2015 Hellenic History Tournament. Instructions

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1 2015 Hellenic History Tournament Instructions

2 1. Thank you Students! 2. Thank you Parents! Thank You! 3. Thank you St Barbara Community & New Haven Chapter! 4. Thank you Volunteers: Question Provider, Chaperones, Set up Crew, Technical Support, Moderators, Scorekeepers, Dispute Resolution Advisor, Photographer! 5. Thank you Participating AHEPA Chapters!

3 Contents 1. Question Format Reminders 2. Computerized Match Guide 3. Match Timing & Rules 4. Team Number Assignments 5. Tournament Bracket (Rounds and Matches) 6. Schedule and venues 7. Prize Amounts

4 Question Format Reminders Most questions and answers were taken from the book Hellenika by T. Peter Limber All questions are in the form of multiple-choice (4 choices) All decisions regarding validity of tournament answers have already been made and are final There are no provisions for challenging these decisions and no resources for evaluating the challenges Using traditional designations of years (BC/AD) vs. recently adopted designations (BCE/CE) Short names for the three broad historical periods used in the tournament: 1. Mycenaean through Hellenistic (1500 BC to 30 BC) = Ancient 2. Roman and Byzantine (29 BC to 1453 AD) = Middle 3. Ottoman and Modern (1454 AD to the present) = Modern Timeline: Each question starts with a year or approximate year. Use this information! e.g AD. Which Sultan conquered Cyprus from the Venetians? c. 240 BC. Who was the first person ever to calculate the circumference of the Earth with some accuracy? Naming conventions: 1. For periods 1 and 2 (through 1453 AD), the names of persons and places are those that are standard in an English-speaking history course. Non-standard transliterations from the Greek are NOT used. Examples: Athens is OK, Athinai is not; Socrates is OK, Sokratis is not; Pericles is OK, Periklis is not, Constantine is OK, Konstantinos is not; etc. 2. For period 3 (1454 AD to the present), Modern Greek transliterations into English are preferred. Examples: Theodoros Kolokotronis is preferred to Theodore Colocotrones; Konstantinos Karamanlis is preferred to Constantine Caramanles, etc.

5 Computerized Match Guide

6 Match Timing Questions / match 24 (4 additional pairs of questions {8} as tie breakers) Minutes / question 1 (seconds / question = 60) Question minutes / match 24 Transition minutes / match 21 (time to move to next match & set up) Total minutes per match 45 (also per round of simultaneous matches) Number of teams 16 Number of matches 15 (8 in Round 1, 4 in R02, 2 in R03, 1 in R04) Number of rounds 4 Total tournament minutes 180 (4 rounds x 45 minutes per round) Total tournament hours 3 (180 minutes / (60 minutes/hour)) Match Rules Match Rules 1. Due to the limited size of the classrooms, competing students, parents and chaperones get priority in that order for a given match. The moderators will make final decision 2. Overflow audiences should watch the matches in the Hall 3. After a match starts, nobody should enter or leave the room until the match ends 4. Answers should be given within a few seconds no time to reflect 5. Moderators should just read the questions and record the answers; they should NOT interact with the competitors in any other way 6. In addition to keeping backup score, the Scorekeeper should ensure that members of the audience DO NOT interact with the students competing in the match 7. In the event of a dispute, the Scorekeeper will summon the Dispute Resolution Advisor (Greg Stamos) Only the team captain is empowered to speak on behalf of the team no parents please! 8. At the end of each match, the Scorekeeper must report the results of the match to the designated control point in the main hall.

7 Team Number Assignments Team Number Chapter City Team Name Captain Member2 Member3 T01 35 Nashua Gate City Greeks Thomas Pappas Christina Katsioulis Maggie Panteli T Watertown Socrates Aris Paschalidis Irene Pantekidis Iasonas Zavras T03 54 Paramus Argonaftes Constantine Baltzis Sofia Kontolios Georgios Vardakis T04 48 Waterbury It's Greek to Me Zoe Olbrys Elena Persico Alexander Tzepos T05 99 Stamford Titans Aphrodite Haralabidis Dina Haralabidis Steven Stanton T New Britain Hip Hoplites Elias Manos Alexander Koci Yianni Koci T Pawtucket Μολών Λαβέ Panayiotis Zymaris Niko Lazouras Vicky Platsidakis T08 58 Hartford Argonauts George Zugravu Antonia Dinicu Effie Makris T09 99 Stamford Wiltonian Hellenes Alexander Koutsoukos Peter Dantini Zach Muraskin T New Rochelle Athena's Owls Joanna Georgiou George Kalyvas Alexandros Kerwick T Wilmington Cape Fear Argonauts Vasilis Lazaridis Valerie Lazaridis Jordan Mount T Newport Newport Theodore Panoutsopoulos Panagiotis Panoutsopoulos Nikolaos Spentzos T13 54 Paramus Saria Panayioti Logothetis Matthew Delaney Fotis Tsambounieris T Norwich Trias Capitolina Ninoska Arroyo Tessa Carty Evan Novosad T New London ASK Aspasia Sophie 2 Stacey Tasoulas Sophie Joseph T16 98 New Haven Troy Story Christen Maccone Paul DeBassio Katherine Esposito Teams were assigned numbers by lottery at the D7 Fall Conference in Bridgeport, CT on October 17, 2015 Participants should know the number and name of their team and of the AHEPA chapter sponsoring them

8 14 Team Single Elimination Bracket Team No. Team Name Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Semifinal Final T01 Nashua - Gate City Greeks T00 is Team Number M01 M00 is Match Number T02 Watertown - Socrates R00 is Round Number T03 T04 T05 T06 T07 T08 T09 T10 T11 T12 T13 Paramus - Argonaftes Waterbury - It's Greek to Me Stamford - Titans New Britain - Hip Hoplites Pawtucket - Μολών Λαβέ Hartford - Argonauts Stamford - Wiltonian Hellenes New Rochelle - Athena's Owls Wilmington - Cape Fear Argonauts Newport - Newport Paramus - Saria M02 M03 M04 M05 M06 M09 M10 M13 M15 This team sequence will remain in effect throughout the tournament except to avoid having two teams from the same chapter compete against each other before the final match. M11 M14 M07 Byes given to team(s) with T14 Norwich - Trias Capitolina highest cummulative score(s) M12 T15 New London - ASK Aspasia Sophie 2 Kouklas M08 T16 New Haven - Troy Story

9 Venue Map Room 2 Room 9 Wide Corridor Room 7 Room 6 Room 4 Library Grade 11 Library Grade 6 Narrow Corridor Screen Main Hall

10 Preparation Arrival & Lunch Group Photo & Instructions Volunteer Assignments Start Time 10:00 AM 11:30 AM Main Hall Moderator Training New Haven Chapter 12:00 PM Nicholas Nikas Schedule and Room Assignments Library Grade 6 Moderator Nina Barclay Vivianne Furst Library Grade 11 Kirsten Esares Dwyer Room Room 4 Room 6 Room 7 Room 9 Room 2 Gary Andrews Scorekeeper Jack Isaac Andy Aros James Benas Peter Argyros Vassilios Diakogeorgiou Penelope Venetsanos Steve Sarigianis Angelika Stamos George Syrimis George Scarveles Russ VerSteeg PARENTS! PLEASE DO NOT INTERACT WITH YOUR STUDENTS IN ANY WAY DURING A MATCH! Kevin Burke Round 1 12:30 PM M01 M02 M03 M04 M05 M06 M07 M08 Round 2 1:15 PM M09 M10 M11 M12 Round 3 2:00 PM M13 M14 Round 4 2:45 PM M15 Trophy Awards Departure 3:30 PM 4:00 PM DG Alex Boutsioulis

12 PRIZES Winning Team $1,000 per student (x3=$3,000) Second Team $500 per student (x3=$1,500) Total $4,500 Courtesy of your local AHEPA Chapter!

13 ΚΑΛΗ ΕΠΙΤΥΧΙΑ! GOOD LUCK! LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

2016 Hellenic History Tournament. Instructions

2016 Hellenic History Tournament Instructions 1. Thank you Students! 2. Thank you Parents! Thank You! 3. Thank you St Barbara Community & New Haven Chapter! 4. Thank you Volunteers: Question Provider,