PSACA presents: The Philly Cheesesteak
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:27 am
I am pleased to announce the Pennsylvania State Academic Coaches Association's inaugural event, titled The Philly Cheesesteak. The set will be available for mirrors this year. This tournament is 90% written, and I'm willing to accommodate tournaments as early as September 16th, 2017 if someone asks for that date with advance notice.
The tournament is written by me. There are 12 rounds of 22 power-marked tossups and 22 three-part bonuses (which you are welcome to play as 20/20 with replacements and tiebreakers).
The difficulty of this set is on the low end. It can be used for novice HS events, but the intent is that it will be appropriate for mid-level teams as well. Consider having "rookie" and "open" divisions if your field accommodates a split.
Tossup answers have been selected with the intent that most rooms will get most tossups by the end. Tossups are 500-550 characters (often 5 sentences) in length to accommodate hard, medium, and easy clues. A sample may be forthcoming, but not before editing is finished.
The mirror fee is $8 per team, with the funds going to PSACA to support outreach and events in the state.
The template I used for each packet is 4/4 literature, 4/4 history, 4/4 science, 1/1 math, 2/2 fine arts, 3/3 RMP, geography, and social sciences, 1/1 current events, 1/1 popular culture, and 2/2 mixed or more academic material. Please note the math does not include computation.
Please contact me stat74 [at] gmail [dot] com to request use of the set.
You are welcome to give paper copies of the questions to teams at your tournament, but please do not forward electronic copies or publicly discuss the questions until the set is posted, which will happen after all sites have had their events.
If you are a coach who wants to participate in PSACA, I can put you in touch with the organizers.
Best of luck this competition season.
The tournament is written by me. There are 12 rounds of 22 power-marked tossups and 22 three-part bonuses (which you are welcome to play as 20/20 with replacements and tiebreakers).
The difficulty of this set is on the low end. It can be used for novice HS events, but the intent is that it will be appropriate for mid-level teams as well. Consider having "rookie" and "open" divisions if your field accommodates a split.
Tossup answers have been selected with the intent that most rooms will get most tossups by the end. Tossups are 500-550 characters (often 5 sentences) in length to accommodate hard, medium, and easy clues. A sample may be forthcoming, but not before editing is finished.
The mirror fee is $8 per team, with the funds going to PSACA to support outreach and events in the state.
The template I used for each packet is 4/4 literature, 4/4 history, 4/4 science, 1/1 math, 2/2 fine arts, 3/3 RMP, geography, and social sciences, 1/1 current events, 1/1 popular culture, and 2/2 mixed or more academic material. Please note the math does not include computation.
Please contact me stat74 [at] gmail [dot] com to request use of the set.
You are welcome to give paper copies of the questions to teams at your tournament, but please do not forward electronic copies or publicly discuss the questions until the set is posted, which will happen after all sites have had their events.
If you are a coach who wants to participate in PSACA, I can put you in touch with the organizers.
Best of luck this competition season.