When sending your packet, please indicate clearly which school and which team from that school is submitting the packet. You should send tossups and bonuses together in a single message, with each section marked with the school name and team, i.e. Chicago A Tossups, Chicago A Bonuses. In addition, please indicate the author(s) of the packet.
Printouts of a packet will not be accepted.
Do not number your questions.
You need not label questions with their subject area.
For the purposes of discounts, a packet will not be considered as submitted unless it meets the requirements specified in this document.
Tossups by Edwards U. (Alice Chou and Wallace)
Born December 4, 1972 in Pennsylvania, he attended school
next door to the Barnes Foundation. After four years at the
University of Chicago, during which he was often drunk and
occasionally seen wearing his underwear backwards, he
attended law school at Howard University and appeared on
_Burden of Proof_ to discuss John Wayne Gacy's brain. FTP,
name this employee of the Cook County District Attorney's
office and editor of the 1999 ACF National Tournament.
Answer: John J. _Edwards_, Jr.
Notice that the tossup is not numbered, and that the essential information is underscored and not capitalized (it would be emboldened or underlined instead of underscored if in a better word processor format, though). Also, the book title in the tossup body is marked with underscores (italicization would be preferable).
Bonuses by Edwards U. (Alice Chou and Wallace)
Identify these books found in John Edwards's apartment for
the stated number of points.
1. (5 points) John didn't get more than halfway through
this Samuel Richardson novel about a servant girl whose
virtue is rewarded.
Answer: _Pamela_, or Virtue Rewarded
2. (10 points) John's detailed knowledge of art history
comes from hours of perusing this Sister Wendy tome,
companion to a PBS series.
Answer: The _Story of Painting_
3. (15 points) John was riveted by revelations about the
Baron von Zeppelin in this book, the autobiography of C.
Montgomery Burns.
Answer: _Will There Ever Be a Rainbow?_
Identify some of John's favorite movies from actors for 10
points, or for 5 from a brief plot description.
1. (10 points) Vincent Price, Scatman Crothers, Roddy
McDowell, Arnold Schwarzenegger
(5 points) A board game magnate dies and forces his heirs to
compete in the title activity to win his fortune.
Answer: _Scavenger Hunt_
2. (10 points) Luke Perry, Alec Baldwin, Cynthia Geary
(5 points) Perry plays Coca-Cola-swilling rodeo star Lane
Frost in this 1994 gem.
Answer: _8 Seconds_
3. (10 points) William Shatner, Majel Barrett, Stephen
Collins
(5 points) Kirk and crew save the earth from the evil V-ger.
Answer: _Star Trek: the Motion Picture_ (prompt on
"Star Trek")
Answer the following questions about John Sheahan and his
cats for the stated number of points.
1. For 10 points each, name his two cats, one named after
the fratricidal sibling of the Roman emperor Geta, the other
a mangy critter who shares his name with Grant Show's
character on Melrose Place.
Answer: _Caracalla_, _Jake_
2. Mr Sheahan's and his cats' new hometown, Utica, NY, has
the highest rate per capita of what destructive crime?
Answer: _arson_ (accept equivalents)
Name this person 30-20-10.
1. His inability to control quiz bowl practices has resulted
in dreidels and cheese being thrown at him by impatient team
members.
2. His fat 9-year-old pet bunny rabbit is named Bunny.
3. This 1999 ACF National Tournament director hails from
Swampscott, MA.
Answer: Michael H. _Zarren_
Hopefully these examples are self-explanatory enough. A few notes:
Please, no line breaks within question text!
The answer to a question or question part should immediately follow that question. Do not skip lines between the question and its answer or between parts of the same bonus.
The word "Answer" should be spelled out, not abbreviated, and indented with one tab.
Don't forget to embolden, underline or _underscore_ the essential information in the answer.(If you're sending an RTF or word processor file, do not use underscoring.) Whichever method you choose, please be consistent throughout the packet, and do not also capitalize the essential information.
Book titles, paintings, law cases, and similar information in the body of the question should be italicized (or underscored if italicization isn't possible). Names of poems, nicknames, and other information which is typically enclosed in double quotes should be so.
You should also indicate alternate answers and what partial answers can be prompted on.
Pronunciation guides are encouraged for words that may be difficult.
In bonuses, indicate clearly how much each bonus part is worth in the style shown above (and, of course, each bonus must be worth a total of 30 points).
I don't care what font or what size margins you use. (Dave prefers that you use 10 point Times New Roman if you have it).
If you have any questions about formatting, feel free to contact Alice Chou (achou@midway.uchicago.edu).