http://veto.caql.org a quiz bowl tournament in Vancouver with mirror in Hamilton, Ontario, on Saturday, July 17, 2010 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:09:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en All the question packets from VETO in 2010 are now available for free download on the Stanford Quizbowl Archive. Comments on the questions are welcome here. http://veto.caql.org/?p=21 If your team writes just one question per day starting today, you’ll have a complete packet ready by the time VETO rolls around. But sometimes you just can’t think of what to write about; you don’t feel inspired to write anything, but you know that it’s your duty to write something. ... http://veto.caql.org/?p=20 VETOX will be on Saturday, July 19, 2008, at two locations: Simon Fraser University on Burnaby Mountain the University of British Columbia (not Harbour Centre as in recent years); University of Toronto, St. George Campus (same as past few years). http://veto.caql.org/?p=19 It’s time to plan for the tenth Vancouver Estival Trivia Open. First, to set the date: Is Saturday, July 19 OK with people? Some other issues: It might be a nice idea to have somebody editing all the packets instead of going with our traditional “guerrilla” style. But this work, ... http://veto.caql.org/?p=18 This is what I know so far of teams for VETO. VANCOUVER: 1. FARSIDE: Peter (2 packets) 2. SFU Junta: Carlos, Hanson, Mike, … (no packet) 3. UBC: Mike, … (1 packet) 4. UBC Pseudo: Daniel, Brendan, … (maybe packet) 5. SFU alumni: Tara, Joanne, Mischa, … (maybe packet) 6. ... http://veto.caql.org/?p=17 Teams that have won VETO in a previous year are entitled automatically to participate in this year’s tournament without any review. Other teams send a couple of their old packets to the VETO Invitation Committee, which looks over the packets and provides feedback on them and decides whether the ... http://veto.caql.org/?p=16 This year’s VETO will be on Saturday, June 30, 2007, in both Vancouver and Toronto. It will once again be a guerrilla tournament, meaning teams will just show up with their packets and there will be no central editing. We’re working on an announcement. http://veto.caql.org/?p=15 Results have been posted for Vancouver and Toronto. This blog is being closed to comments because of spam attacks. http://veto.caql.org/?p=14 The schedule in Vancouver is set to what I wrote below (July 12). We’ll meet in room 1510 of 515 W. Hastings St. News: The UBC team will bring a packet that its members wrote. The DBCA team is called UBC Pseudo. The BGT. team has a new player ... http://veto.caql.org/?p=13 We have rooms 1500, 1510, 1520, 1525, 1535. I suggest 1510 for the meeting room. I don’t like rooms 1525 and 1535 so much, because they have no windows. Also, there is a chance that UBC might put together an original packet. room 1500 room 1520 room 1525 ... http://veto.caql.org/?p=12