This form is specifically for teams registering for the Tusculum Earlybird high school quizbowl tournament to be held at Tusculum University on January 8, 2022.
This is a conventional quizbowl tournament; this registration form is set up to accept registrations from teams of up to six players each. (If you seek to register a team with more than six players, please contact tournament director Chuck Pearson at
cpearson@tusculum.edu for instructions.)
The ruleset for the tournament will follow NAQT rules in all regards except for timing; matches will consist of 10 tossup/bonus-cycle halves and will run untimed for the match (similar to the ruleset for NAQT Sectional Championship Tournament matches). These rules can be read here:
https://www.naqt.com/rules/.
Because of the support of Admissions and the College of STeM, every school attending this tournament may register one team free of charge. If that school intends to register a additional teams, the fee will be $80 for each team.
All tournament participants will also receive a picnic box lunch on-campus (hot dog, chips, slaw, and drink; options for vegetarian participants will be available).
Be aware that current campus guidelines for Tusculum (in effect throughout Fall Semester 2021) are based on the CDC stages of virus spread as measured within the locality of Greene County, TN. Greene County is in Stage 4 (high transmission, based on a standards of >100 total cases per 100,000 residents and >10% COVID-19 positivity over a seven-day average) and therefore Tusculum is requiring mask use by everybody within an indoor space on campus, whether vaccinated or not. Our hope is that the virus spread, which is subsiding in the region, will relax to the point where we do not have to mandate mask use for unvaccinated participants. If we maintain these precautions or if further precautions are required due to the progress of the virus we will contact you to inform you of adjustments to participant expectations.
If you have additional questions, please contact Chuck Pearson at
cpearson@tusculum.edu.