This form is specifically for pairings registering for SuMO VII: Haunted By Andrew Johnson's trash event, to be held on July 10 in the Meen Center at Tusculum University.
SuMO still stands for Summer Mixed Open. You still register as a partnership of two. On the morning of the tournament, you and your partner will still be paired with another partnership, roughly based on your experience and skill level; you will play the tournament with that other partnership, two partnerships paired as a team of four. (You'll establish a team name when you're paired up.) We do this to try to build the most evenly-paired field possible; we want every game to be as competitive as possible.
As such, you'll be asked some questions in the form about your most recent trash experience and your self-assessment of your quality. Please answer honestly; we'll also use the information you give us to research your track record as a player, and we'll make sure you're seeded accordingly. The tournament will mirror ACRONYM 15, the regular-difficulty trash set from Erik Nelson's Play Quiz Bowl; keep that in mind as you answer questions.
The registration fee is $50 per partnership, and if at all possible, we need that registration fee in cash; that'll make the redistribution of the prize money easier to handle.
We're hopeful that the currently relaxed attitude towards the COVID-19 virus remains justified in the summer, with the regionally low incidence of the virus as this is written on April 15. However, we will maintain a steady attention to the community transmission of the virus (as reported by the CDC) and we will declare precautionary measures if we see those measures required; those precautionary measures may exceed precautions recommended by the CDC. Regardless of any and all of the above, we encourage all participants to be vaccinated to the fullest extent recommended, including boosters if appropriate.
If you have additional questions, please contact the general East Tennessee Quizbowl email handle (
easttnquizbowl@gmail.com).
Thanks for your interest and we welcome you to SuMO!
- Chuck and Dren