Vancouver Estival Trivia Open (VETO) weblog

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I have finally put up the web page for VETO 2006, and also the web page with question guidelines. See “Links” on the right.

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OK, the mirror will be in Toronto at Hart House, the same place as last year.
In Vancouver, we’re requesting rooms at Harbour Centre again. Thanks to Tara for doing the booking!

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I started a thread about modifying the Canadian content requirements for VETO this year. Is there anything else that anyone wants to do differently before we post the full announcement? Here’s what we posted last year:

VETO 2005 announcement
VETO 2005 question guidelines

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Last year, the rule for Canadian content was that there had to be some in at least 4 of the first 20 tossups, and at least 4 of the first 20 bonuses. Also, don’t exceed 50% Canadian content overall in the packet.
I’d like to retain the 50% maximum (not that this has been an […]

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This is the first post in my VETO blog.
Tentative date for VETO this year: Saturday, July 15, 2006.