Team Indiana Tryouts

NASAT• Depart Fri 12 Jun; return Sun

14 Jun• Tourney Sat all day, Sun

morning• Distribution

– 4/4 literature– 4/4 history– 4/4 science– 3/3 arts– 3/2 or 2/3 RMP– 1/0 or 0/1 current events– 1/1 geography– 1/1 social science

How to Qualify• Players earn “norms” a la

chess• Some norms already earned• New norms up for grabs in

today’s competition• Four categories will award

threshold norms; top player automatically qualifies for the team

• Any spots remaining, including the alternate, are determined by total norms

Bonus Phase• Five three-part bonus series

per category• Ten seconds to write each

answer• Answers will be revealed and

players will count up points• Norm ≥ 100 points• Anyone with norm (or the top

three if fewer norms) moves to tossup phase in the category with those points

Tossup Phase• Ten tossups per category,

with sudden death if needed• Negs but no powers• One buzz per player per

tossup; five seconds to buzz after end of tossup

• No hesitations allowed; don’t wait to be recognized

• 1st place player gets automatic qualification

Sample Bonus• For 10 points each, name these nymphs.• [10] Alpheus pursued this nymph, who

spurned his advances and eventually transformed into a fountain in Sicily. She is interrogated by Demeter since she saw who abducted her daughter.

• ANSWER: Arethusa• [10] Arethusa was one of these 50 nymphs,

daughters of a namesake god of the ocean. They also include Thetis, the mother of Achilles.

• ANSWER: Nereids• [10] Some sources state that this enchanting

woman was also a nymph. A spellbound Odysseus spent many a year before the action of The Odyssey begins on her island of Ogygia.

• ANSWER: Calypso

Sample Tossup• This item, which apparently comes with a ten

year warranty and is used by Olympic divers, can be purchased by calling 1-800-951-7807. One man who talks about this product states “you following me cameraman” and notes that “you’re throwing your money away” because you “spend $20 a month” on other products anyway. That man also notes you should get one of these “for the house, one for the car, two for the kitchen and bathroom.” This product is good because it is “made in Germany, and the Germans always make the good stuff.” This product takes its name from a type of leather made out of a namesake material and is known for holding “20 times its weight in liquid.” For zero points, in addition to the Slap-Chop, Vince Offer is known for advertising what cleaning product with a fantastic name?

• ANSWER: Sham-wow!