Interrupt penalty - Revision history

Kevin Wang at 14:19, 20 October 2021

2021-10-20T14:19:55Z

June Yin: /* Variants */

2021-06-07T04:35:28Z

Variants

June Yin at 09:07, 4 June 2021

2021-06-04T09:07:29Z

June Yin: /* History */

2021-06-04T09:06:34Z

History

June Yin: /* Variants */

2021-06-04T09:06:17Z

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June Yin: /* Variants */

2021-06-04T09:05:55Z

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June Yin at 09:05, 4 June 2021

2021-06-04T09:05:26Z

June Yin at 09:03, 4 June 2021

2021-06-04T09:03:24Z

Nate Kang: never mind; Jan. 9th is the correct date.

2019-02-24T00:14:30Z

never mind; Jan. 9th is the correct date.

Nate Kang: /* History */ added link to this video; corrected the date to Jan. 2

2019-02-24T00:09:18Z

History: added link to this video; corrected the date to Jan. 2

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	An '''interrupt penalty''' or '''neg''' is a penalty (almost universally 5 points) assessed to a player who has interrupted a [[tossup]] with an incorrect answer. Negs are used in all extant forms of collegiate quizbowl, including [[NAQT]] and [[ACF]] and in many forms of high school quizbowl. The verb "to neg" (word forms: negged, negging, etc.) can either mean incurring an interrupt penalty or any incorrect tossup answer regardless of whether it incurs a penalty.		An '''interrupt penalty''' or '''neg''' is a penalty (almost universally 5 points) assessed to a player who has interrupted a [[tossup]] with an incorrect answer. Negs are used in all extant forms of collegiate quizbowl, including [[NAQT]] and [[ACF]] and in many forms of high school quizbowl. The verb "to neg" (word forms: negged, negging, etc.) can either mean incurring an interrupt penalty or any incorrect tossup answer regardless of whether it incurs a penalty.

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 If a team has negged, it is usually strategic for players on the other team to wait until the end of the tossup to attempt buzzing so that they get more information. The major exceptions are when [[timed play|time]] is running low and the latter team is slightly behind, or when [[powers]] are available and the game is so close that the (usually) 5-point difference between getting power and not getting power could affect the outcome of the game. Answering a tossup after a neg but before the tossup is over is called '''[[vulching]]''' (short for '''vulturing'''), and doing so for power is called '''power vulching'''.
-==Variants==
+==Variations==
 [[Science Bowl]] and [[National Ocean Sciences Bowl|Ocean Bowl]] assess a 4-point penalty (the same value as a tossup) for any incorrect answer. Science Bowl notably adds the penalty to the other team's score, rather than subtracting it. Additionally, after the first wrong answer, the moderator must re-read the question in its entirety for the other team.

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 The first neg was awarded to [[Brown]], on the January 9, 1954 episode of ''College Quiz Bowl''. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxMnZd8Pe5M Video of the Jan. 2, 1954 match between Brown and Michigan, before the initial rule change.]
-==Forum Discussion==
+==Forum discussion==
 * [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=11189&p=210026 ''Negs and How to Avoid Them'']
 * [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=117&t=13940&p=254566 ''Aggressive Buzzing'']

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 The first neg was awarded to [[Brown]], on the January 9, 1954 episode of ''College Quiz Bowl''. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxMnZd8Pe5M Video of the Jan. 2, 1954 match between Brown and Michigan, before the initial rule change.]
-===Forum Discussion===
+==Forum Discussion==
 * [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=11189&p=210026 ''Negs and How to Avoid Them'']
 * [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=117&t=13940&p=254566 ''Aggressive Buzzing'']

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 ==Variants==
-[[Science Bowl]] and [[National Ocean Sciences Bowl|Ocean Bowl]] assess a 4-point penalty, the same value as a tossup, for any incorrect answer. Science Bowl notably adds the penalty to the other team's score, rather than subtracting it. Additionally, after the first wrong answer, the moderator must re-read the question in its entirety for the other team.
+[[Science Bowl]] and [[National Ocean Sciences Bowl|Ocean Bowl]] assess a 4-point penalty (the same value as a tossup) for any incorrect answer. Science Bowl notably adds the penalty to the other team's score, rather than subtracting it. Additionally, after the first wrong answer, the moderator must re-read the question in its entirety for the other team.
 In some TV-style formats like [[It's Academic]], answering incorrectly prevents other teams from attempting to answer that  question. The penalty is often the full value of the question. This is not usually called a neg (at least not without qualification).

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 In some TV-style formats like [[It's Academic]], answering incorrectly prevents other teams from attempting to answer that  question. The penalty is often the full value of the question. This is not usually called a neg (at least not without qualification).
 ==History==
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 The first neg was awarded to [[Brown]], on the January 9, 1954 episode of ''College Quiz Bowl''. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxMnZd8Pe5M Video of the Jan. 2, 1954 match between Brown and Michigan, before the initial rule change.]
 ==See also==

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 An '''interrupt penalty''' or '''neg''' is a penalty (almost universally 5 points) assessed to a player who has interrupted a [[tossup]] with an incorrect answer. Negs are used in all extant forms of collegiate quizbowl, including [[NAQT]] and [[ACF]] and in many forms of high school quizbowl. The verb "to neg" (word forms: negged, negging, etc.) can either mean incurring an interrupt penalty or any incorrect tossup answer regardless of whether it incurs a penalty.
-In all known team-based formats that issue interrupt penalties, a penalty can only be incurred if the answer is (a) incorrect, (b) the first incorrect answer given, and (c) given before the end of the question has been read. As a result, there can only be one penalty per question. Wrong answers after the end, and ''second'' wrong answers, do not incur penalties. (At the [[IPNCT]], during group rounds, penalties are given for all incorrect answers before the end of the question.)
+In nearly all team-based formats that issue interrupt penalties, a penalty can only be incurred if the answer is (a) incorrect, (b) the first incorrect answer given, and (c) given before the end of the question has been read. As a result, there can only be one penalty per question. Wrong answers after the end, and ''second'' wrong answers, do not incur penalties. (At the [[IPNCT]], during group rounds, penalties are given for all incorrect answers before the end of the question.)
 If a team has negged, it is usually strategic for players on the other team to wait until the end of the tossup to attempt buzzing so that they get more information. The major exceptions are when [[timed play|time]] is running low and the latter team is slightly behind, or when [[powers]] are available and the game is so close that the (usually) 5-point difference between getting power and not getting power could affect the outcome of the game. Answering a tossup after a neg but before the tossup is over is called '''[[vulching]]''' (short for '''vulturing'''), and doing so for power is called '''power vulching'''.
-Some formats (notably [[It's Academic]] and [[Panasonic]]) assess a penalty for any incorrect answer. The penalty is often the full value of the question, and it often prevents other teams from attempting to answer the question. This is not usually called a neg, at least not without qualification.
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 ===Forum Discussion===
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 The history of negs traces back to the ''College Quiz Bowl'' radio show.
-Originally, players were allowed to interrupt toss-up questions.  The frequency of interrupted questions surprised the producers and host Allen Ludden.  After the first few shows, the rules were changed to require teams to wait for the toss-up to be read before signalling; with correct answers given before the question was finished not counted.  By January 16, 1954, interruptions were reintroduced and the neg was in effect.
+Originally, players were allowed to interrupt toss-up questions. The frequency of interrupted questions surprised the producers and host Allen Ludden. After the first few shows, the rules were changed to require teams to wait for the toss-up to be read before signaling—with correct answers given before the question was finished not counted. By January 16, 1954, interruptions were reintroduced and the neg was in effect.
 The first neg was awarded to [[Brown]], on the January 9, 1954 episode of ''College Quiz Bowl''. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxMnZd8Pe5M Video of the Jan. 2, 1954 match between Brown and Michigan, before the initial rule change.]
-==See Also==
+==See also==
 * [[Jared Sagoff]]
 * [[Nathan Freeburg]]