The UTC Academic Trivia Association hosted the 2nd annual Center of the Known Universe Open on Oct. 2. 23 teams from 17 colleges and universities participated, with the field split into two divisions based on players' experience levels. There would be a full round robin for each division, followed by a playoff unless one team went undefeated through the round robin. Thus the University of Maryland was our 1999 Division I champion, with Kentucky continuing a tradition at our tournaments by finishing second.
Third place bears special mention.
A protest on a bonus answer worth 10 pts. was upheld after we researched it and found out the answer given was indeed an acceptable alternative answer. This 10 pts. forced the Georgia-South Carolina match to tossup 21, which Georgia Tech got, giving it the match and third place. Folks, remember that next time you wonder how much a single answer matters. Division II was a bit more complicated. By our rules this forced playoffs, yet one team had a better record than the other playoff teams.