NAQT packets tend to sit between hard-core academic packets and trash. To recieve a deduction of five points for interrupting a tossup and failing to give the correct answer. Packet A set of questions. Packet-Submission Tournament A tournament for which each team attending submits one or more packets. ACF and most invitational tournaments are packet-submission.
Teams have a bye in the round of competition in which their packet is used.
In some tournaments, notably CBI, players must be recognized, by name, by the moderator before giving their answer. If the player answers before being recognized, the player's answer is deemed incorrect. Other tournaments may require less formal methods of recognition. An archive of packets used in previous academic quiz tournaments, maintained by the Stanford College Bowl Club. The moderator reads three clues of decreasing difficulty, all relating to the same answer.