Bonus - Revision history

Kevin Wang: /* Bonus parts */

2026-04-04T17:29:01Z

Bonus parts

Arthur Ramsay: Removed reference to PACE NSC using bouncebacks, as PACE NSC no longer uses bouncebacks.

2025-11-08T21:53:09Z

Removed reference to PACE NSC using bouncebacks, as PACE NSC no longer uses bouncebacks.

June Yin: /* Bonus parts */

2022-02-10T02:39:44Z

Bonus parts

June Yin: /* Bonus parts */

2022-02-10T02:39:31Z

Bonus parts

Kevin Wang at 15:34, 6 January 2022

2022-01-06T15:34:01Z

Kevin Wang: /* Defunct styles of bonuses */

2021-12-03T20:24:19Z

Defunct styles of bonuses

Kevin Wang: /* Structure */

2021-10-27T14:06:00Z

Structure

Kevin Wang at 14:20, 20 October 2021

2021-10-20T14:20:47Z

Kevin Wang at 19:48, 6 October 2021

2021-10-06T19:48:10Z

Kevin Wang at 15:52, 20 June 2021

2021-06-20T15:52:40Z

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 Three-part bonuses are intended to have an "easy part" accessible to most teams, a "middle part" (or "medium part") that about half the teams can answer, and a "hard part" that only the top teams at a given tournament should be able to answer.
-This is sometimes explicitly stated as 90%, 50%, and 10% of the [[field]] should be able to answer each (though other percentages are also stated, such as 85%-50%-15%).
+This is sometimes explicitly stated as the [[90-50-10 rule]]: 90%, 50%, and 10% of the [[field]] should be able to answer each. Other percentages are also stated, such as 85%-50%-15%.
 The three parts (easy, medium, hard) may occur in any order.

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 The [[variable-value bonus]], which assigns different point values to each bonus question, is an [[unfair]] "[[bad quizbowl]]" practice which has largely disappeared.
-The team which answered the tossup is said to "control" the bonus, as they have the right to answer it. In formats with [[bouncebacks]] like [[PACE]] [[NSC]], the other team has the opportunity to answer when the controlling team gets a question incorrect - the first team retains control of the bonus, though.
+The team which answered the tossup is said to "control" the bonus, as they have the right to answer it. In formats with [[bouncebacks]], the other team has the opportunity to answer when the controlling team gets a question incorrect - the first team retains control of the bonus, though.
 ==Structure==

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 Three-part bonuses are intended to have an "easy part" accessible to most teams, a "middle part" (or "medium part") that about half the teams can answer, and a "hard part" that only the top teams at a given tournament should be able to answer.
-This is sometimes explicitly stated as 90%, 50%, and 10% of the [[field]] should be able to answer each (though other percentages are also stated, such as 85%/50%/15%).
+This is sometimes explicitly stated as 90%, 50%, and 10% of the [[field]] should be able to answer each (though other percentages are also stated, such as 85%-50%-15%).
 The three parts (easy, medium, hard) may occur in any order.

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 Three-part bonuses are intended to have an "easy part" accessible to most teams, a "middle part" (or "medium part") that about half the teams can answer, and a "hard part" that only the top teams at a given tournament should be able to answer.
-This is sometimes explicitly stated as 90%, 50%, and 10% of the [[field]] should be able to answer each.
+This is sometimes explicitly stated as 90%, 50%, and 10% of the [[field]] should be able to answer each (though other percentages are also stated, such as 85%/50%/15%).
 The three parts (easy, medium, hard) may occur in any order.

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 <onlyinclude>A '''bonus''' is a set of several [[questions]] that the whole team can [[conferring|work together]] to answer. Bonuses are given as a reward to the team that answered a [[tossup]] immediately beforehand. A bonus is typically worth 30 points, and they have been standardized as three-part questions whose parts are worth 10 points each.</onlyinclude>
-The [[variable-value bonus]], which assigns different point values to each bonus question, is an [[unfair]] [[bad quizbowl]] practice which has largely disappeared.
+The [[variable-value bonus]], which assigns different point values to each bonus question, is an [[unfair]] "[[bad quizbowl]]" practice which has largely disappeared.
 The team which answered the tossup is said to "control" the bonus, as they have the right to answer it. In formats with [[bouncebacks]] like [[PACE]] [[NSC]], the other team has the opportunity to answer when the controlling team gets a question incorrect - the first team retains control of the bonus, though.

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	Some local formats have the moderator read the entire bonus, then allow the team to confer on all parts for thirty seconds, and then give their answers.		Some local formats have the moderator read the entire bonus, then allow the team to confer on all parts for thirty seconds, and then give their answers.
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		+	==See also==
		+	* [[Seth Teitler]]'s guide to bonuses: [[All Things Bonus]]

	==References==		==References==

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 The three parts (easy, medium, hard) may occur in any order.
 These different orderings [[playability|play]] differently, and [[writers]] may have preferences for specific orderings.
 ====Some considerations====

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	<onlyinclude>A '''bonus''' is a set of several [[questions]] that the whole team can [[conferring\|work together]] to answer. Bonuses are given as a reward to the team that answered a [[tossup]] immediately beforehand. A bonus is typically worth 30 points, and they have been standardized as three-part questions whose parts are worth 10 points each.</onlyinclude>		<onlyinclude>A '''bonus''' is a set of several [[questions]] that the whole team can [[conferring\|work together]] to answer. Bonuses are given as a reward to the team that answered a [[tossup]] immediately beforehand. A bonus is typically worth 30 points, and they have been standardized as three-part questions whose parts are worth 10 points each.</onlyinclude>

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	<onlyinclude>A '''bonus''' is a set of several [[questions]] that the whole team can [[conferring\|work together]] to answer. Bonuses are given as a reward to the team that answered a [[tossup]] immediately beforehand. A bonus is typically worth 30 points, and they have been standardized as three-part questions whose parts are worth 10 points each.</onlyinclude>		<onlyinclude>A '''bonus''' is a set of several [[questions]] that the whole team can [[conferring\|work together]] to answer. Bonuses are given as a reward to the team that answered a [[tossup]] immediately beforehand. A bonus is typically worth 30 points, and they have been standardized as three-part questions whose parts are worth 10 points each.</onlyinclude>

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−	<onlyinclude>A '''bonus''' is a set of several questions that the whole team can [[conferring\|work together]] to answer. Bonuses are given as a reward to the team that answered a [[tossup]] immediately beforehand. A bonus is typically worth 30 points, and they have been standardized as three-part questions whose parts are worth 10 points each.</onlyinclude>	+	<onlyinclude>A '''bonus''' is a set of several [[questions]] that the whole team can [[conferring\|work together]] to answer. Bonuses are given as a reward to the team that answered a [[tossup]] immediately beforehand. A bonus is typically worth 30 points, and they have been standardized as three-part questions whose parts are worth 10 points each.</onlyinclude>

	The [[variable-value bonus]], which assigns different point values to each bonus question, is an [[unfair]] [[bad quizbowl]] practice which has largely disappeared.		The [[variable-value bonus]], which assigns different point values to each bonus question, is an [[unfair]] [[bad quizbowl]] practice which has largely disappeared.