Name: Scarlet Houseknight UK Mirror
Start: 2025-11-08T09:30:00+00:00
Location: University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham Quiz Society is delighted to announce it is hosting its first ever Quizbowl tournament. This will be the UK mirror of Scarlet Houseknight, held at the Murray Learning Centre on Saturday 8th November 2025.
THE TOURNAMENT
Scarlet Houseknight is a closed (student-only) tournament of intermediate or 1.5 dot difficulty (between ACF Fall and ACF Winter) with “predominately novice-friendly answer lines”. The subject distribution and further details about the set can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28837.
Questions will not be Briticised.
As this is a 1.5 dot tournament, UKQB will be applying eligibility restrictions. Decisions will be based on a range of factors with players’ previous tournament performance considered holistically to ensure this tournament remains as accessible as possible to a wide range of players. Teams are therefore requested to submit their rosters in good time, so that the UKQB Tournament Subcommittee can make eligibility decisions, and to put forward only players they believe are of an appropriate experience level for a tournament of this difficulty. The decision of the UKQB Tournament Supervisor on player eligibility will be final.
LOGISTICS
The tournament will be held at the Murray Learning Centre close to the University’s West Gate, shown here on the campus map: https://campusmap.bham.ac.uk/search/5d6f490d1e1f64009327a041?projectId=uob. Access to the building is controlled by swipe card access.
Please aim to arrive promptly at 9.30. There will be a moderator briefing at 9.35 followed by a player briefing at 9.45 in Room UG07. Play will commence promptly at 10.00. Normal rounds should conclude by 6.30pm with any required finals proceeding at the conclusion.
The University of Birmingham is easily accessible by public transport. The tournament venue is located less than 2 minutes-walk from University Railway Station which is located on the Cross-City line with a 7 minute journey time from the well-connected New Street Station. At weekends, parking is available on site for £3 all day with payments via the Ring Go app, with more info here: https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/travelling-to-campus/parking-with-ringgo.aspx.
We have booked space at Joe’s Bar at the Guild of Students for after-tournament socialising and would like to encourage teams to join. Food will be available for purchase.
The AccessAble accessibility guide for the venue is here: https://www.accessable.co.uk/university-of-birmingham/access-guides/murray-learning-centre
Please contact us at [email protected] at the earliest opportunity to discuss any accessibility requirements you may have.
ENTRY FEES AND SIGN UPS
To register a team, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/ySVemjauJUg8dQaW9
To register to moderate, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/9uuB4bgtf4xJfW8R6
Sign-ups will close at 23:59 on Monday 3rd November 2025.
The field cap for this tournament is 20 teams. If necessary, diversity of universities will be prioritised - that is, A and B teams from different universities will be prioritised over C teams.
The base entry fee for the tournament is £90 per team.
We are pleased to offer the following discounts:
Per Moderator attending with fully working laptop: £25
Per Working buzzer set used: £5 up to a maximum discount of £20, for a maximum of 4 sets.
For teams travelling more than 200 miles one way (per Google Maps): £10
Please note: a minimum entry fee of £40 per team applies.
QUERIES
Mikey Brown will act as Tournament Director. Kindly direct any questions to [email protected] with “Scarlet Houseknight” in the subject field or message mikeybrown_ on Discord.