Academic Competition Newsletter Vol. VI issue 8 Editors: Eric Owens and Gaius Stern May 2000 Welcome to the final issue of the sixth year of the Academic Competition Newsletter. The primary mission of the newsletter is to spread information about QB to new players and schools. To get a free subscription (or drop it), just write the editors and ask to be (un)subscribed. When posting questions or gripes, however, please write only to the editors and not to the entire subscription list. The newsletter will return next September with the usual reports on tournaments and invitations. New material is always welcome, and our efforts to cover all QB events for teams West of the Mississippi will continue without change. If you need or have old issues or information about buzzer companies, different formats, televized QB events, or other concerns, please write us. Eric Owens Gaius Stern etowens@feist.com gaius@uclink4.berkeley.edu Contents: Results Washington-St Louis KICK:ASS ACF Nationals CBI Nationals Announcements BYU Perpetual Motion UC-Riverside UC-Irvine Summer Masters QB-list changes domains Carol Guthrie wins Carper Lifetime Achievement Award --------------------------- ILLINOIS WINS KICK:ASS On April 15, the Washington University Academic Team hosted its Kool-Aid Invitational Collegiate Knowledgebowl: Academicians Struggling for Superiority (KICK: ASS), and what a show it was. Eleven teams participated in KICK: ASS, seven in Division I (Slithey Toves bracket) and 4 in Division II (Mome Raths bracket, 1st and 2nd year players). A round-robin was played, and afterward the teams were broken up into the top four, middle four, and bottom three, and played a mini-round-robin within those brackets. After these 13 rounds, since the winning team had more than a one-game lead over the next team in Division I, Illinois was declared the winner. In Division II a best 2/3 play-off was required before Northwestern U. defeated Kentucky Jejune. Congratulations are in order for Illinois Janet Weiss (Slut!), who took home the first place trophy after going undefeated all day. The second place trophy went to Kentucky Skulduggery for their fine performance (first appearance at a WUAT tourney). Congratulations to all teams and everyone that participated for a job well done. CHICAGO WINS ACF NATIONALS Congratulations to the University of Chicago for winning the 2000 ACF National Championship Tournament, held on April 22 at the University of Maryland. They defeated Illinois 305-155 in the final to claim their second straight ACF NCT title. The 22-team field was split into 2 brackets. After the completion of bracket play, the field was split 4-4-3, with the teams in each group playing the teams from the other bracket in their group, with the overall group records determining the final standings. These were the standings before playoffs: Philemon: 1. Illinois (10-0) 2. Harvard (9-1) 3. Princeton Sic (7-3) 4. Cornell (6-4) beat Swarthmore 5. Swarthmore (6-4) 6. Carleton (5-5) 7. Washington U. St. Louis A (4-6) beat Chicago B 8. Chicago B (4-6) 9. Wichita State (2-8) beat Michigan B 10. Michigan B (2-8) 11. UCLA B (0-10) Onesimus: 1. Chicago A (10-0) 2. Virginia (8-2) 3. Michigan A (7-3) beat Princ. Non, lost to UMCP, +115 diff 4. UMCP (7-3) beat Mich A, lost to Princ. Non, -35 diff 5. Princeton Non (7-3) beat UMCP, lost to Mich A, -80 diff 6. Oklahoma (5-5) 7. UCLA A (4-6) beat Case Western 8. Case Western Reserve (4-6) 9. Arkansas (2-8) 10. Duke (1-9) 11. Washington U. St. Louis B (0-10) Final records: TOP: *. Illinois (6-1) beat Chicago A, lost to Michigan A *. Chicago A (6-1) 3. Harvard (5-2) 4. Virginia (3-4, Def. Prin Sic, L. to Mich A, 10-4 overall) 5. Princeton Sic (3-4, 9-5 overall, beat Mich A) 6. Michigan A (3-4, 9-5) 7. Cornell (1-6) beat UMCP 8. UMCP (1-6) MIDDLE: 9. Swarthmore (6-1) 10. Carleton (5-2) beat Prin Non 11. Princeton Non (5-2) 12. Oklahoma (4-3) 13. Washington U. St. Louis A (3-4) beat UCLA A 14. UCLA A (3-4) 15. Case Western Reserve (1-6) beat Chicago B 16. Chicago B (1-6) BOTTOM: 17. Michigan B (4-1) beat Arkansas 18. Arkansas (4-1) 19. Duke (3-2) beat Wichita State 20. Wichita State (3-2) 21. Washington U. St. Louis B (1-4) 22. UCLA B (0-5) The top four scorers were Andrew Yaphe from Chicago A, John Kenney from Virginia, Jeff Hoppes from Princeton Sic, and Roger Bhan of Washington-St Louis A. MICHIGAN WINS CBI NATIONALS Congratulations to the University of Michigan for winning the 2000 College Bowl National Championship Tournament. They defeated Arkansas 220-175 and 290-110 in the finals. The format was a full round-robin, with the top two teams advancing to a best of three final. Overall results: Michigan 12-3 Arkansas 12-3 Williams 11-4 Florida 11-4 Chicago 11-4 Oklahoma 10-5 Iowa 10-5 Pittsburgh 9-6 Wisconsin 8-7 Southern Cal 7-8 College of New Jersey 4-11 Alaska-Fairbanks 4-11 Rhodes 4-11 Utah 3-12 Cornell 2-13 Indiana 2-13 All-Stars were Joel Iams (Williams), Joe Wright (USC), Michael Davidson (Michigan), Steve Watchorn (Wisconsin), Peter Steffen (Chicago), Mike Wehrman (Arkansas), Kevin Comer (Florida), and Trevor Schultz (Iowa). The Sportsperson award was given to David Murphy of Oklahoma. UC-RIVERSIDE Highlander Clan TOURNAMENT 21 MAY On 21 May UC-Riverside wishes to hold a single-day tournament that would be geared toward high schools and JV college teams. The tournament would be a "cool-off" for the academic year, and in that spirit we are making it themed packet submission. Thus, questions should be from a particular subject area (which can be anything), but shouldn't be too trashy. Of course, academic themes are also allowed (UCR is pumped up for some science packets!). Also we understand that packet submission might be hard for some high schools so we are leaving it optional with a monetary discount if you bring one. For all the college/quiz bowlers that are ready to write packets, they should be typical NAQT-style with 20 toss-ups and 20 bonuses. The cost of the tournament has yet to be determined, but it will be fairly reasonable. Limited discounts for buzzers, packets, moderators, distance, and alcohol will be available. (Just kidding on the alcohol.) If you are interested, please contact Nirav Patel at . BYU PERPETUAL MOTION Perpetual Motion 7 is tentatively on for the weekend of 25-26 May at BYU in Provo, Utah. PM is the oldest invitational event in the Rocky Mountains and traditionally features a double or even triple RR, so teams get a lot of games. There is no entry fee. Teams are asked (not required) to submit a packet. For more information, please contact Earl Cahill and Ken Jennings . If you can fly into SLC, the BYU team might be able to drive you to campus. UC-IRVINE OPEN 2-3 JUNE The second annual UCI Open will be held on the campus of the University of California, Irvine on June 2-3, 2000. Like last year, we will be playing trash on Friday evening and the academic tournament on Saturday. Play will commence at 6 pm on Friday night and resume at 9 am Saturday morning in Humanities Hall, Rm 262. Open tournament means ANYBODY who wants to play can play. To participate, contact Willie Chen as a team or as an individual (we'll put you on a team). Submit a packet by 6 May for a $40 discount. The first submission plays for free. SATURDAY JULY 8 - MAD CITY MASTERS (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison) In 1999 the Mad City Masters succeeded the Minnesota Masters (Paul Bunyan/All-Onion), held since 1993, as the upper Midwest's summer open tournament for three-person teams. For the third year in a row, Eric Hilleman will be packet editor and tournament director. This year's Mad City Masters will again be a Saturday-only, packet-submission, open quiz tournament featuring teams of THREE_or fewer players, not four. As an open tournament, anyone is welcome to play regardless of age or student status. The tournament will generally employ NAQT game rules, except that games will be untimed. Field size will be capped at a maximum of 22 teams, and registrations are welcome at this time. The tournament costs $45 per team whose acceptable packet is received by June 19. Teams who submit a round after that date will pay more. For more details, contact Eric Hillemann . QUIZ-BOWL MAILING LIST CHANGES DOMAINS The quiz-bowl mailing list has recently changed domains. To subscribe to the tournament announcements list, send an email to majordomo@silicon-age.net with the phrase "subscribe qb-announc" in the BODY of the message (not the subject). Similarly, to subscribe to the regular mailing list, send an email to majordomo@silicon-age.net with the phrase "subscribe qb" in the BODY of the message. Both lists continue to be moderated by R. Robert Hentzel. GUTHRIE IS CARPER HONOREE The 2000 Dr. N. Gordon Carper Lifetime Achievement Award honoree was announced at the ACF National Championships on Saturday, April 22. Dr. Carol Guthrie is the second recipient of the prestigious annual award. Carol began her collegiate academic competition player career while a student at Berry College in Rome, GA. There it was her privilege to be coached by Dr. Gordon Carper, the namesake of the award with which she is now being honored. As a student, Carol distinguished herself as an excellent player and great competitor--both as an undergraduate at Berry, and later in graduate school at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. As a woman, Carol was a pioneer in academic competition, setting an example and standard for all women who would follow her. Carol's greatest contributions, however, undoubtedly lie in her organizational work. For several years she hosted one of the premier invitational tournaments in the nation at the University of Tennessee. With Don Windham she wrote the All-American Invitationals-ur-ACF National Championships-in 1988 and 1989. Carol instituted the summertime tradition of masters' tournaments, hosting the Tennessee Masters from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s and she edited and directed most of the MLK tournaments held at Georgia Tech. Perhaps her most lasting contribution in this arena was her co-founding of ACF in 1990. Her leadership and dedication were critical in insuring its institutional success. Her achievements include tournament directing ACF NCTs at the University of Tennessee in 1991, 1995, and 1996, and either being chief editor or a contributing editor in virtually every ACF NCT since its inception. ------------------------------------ Eric and Gaius