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• Comcast Academic Challenge
  ...s once ruled wrong for answering "Asia" when asked "Where is Bhutan?" (the correct answer was the Himalayas). In 2003 the Sanford School was furious after be
  6 KB (1,013 words) - 17:03, 24 January 2010
• 1995 Bell
  At this point, Lisgar was scheduled to represent Ottawa as "the correct team". Bell managed to receive an injunction extension that allowed them t
  6 KB (998 words) - 13:52, 27 January 2010
• International History Bee and Bowl
  ...where a student buzzes they can earn either 6,5,4, or 3 points if they are correct. If they are incorrect, they suffer a -2 penalty if they buzzed before the
  7 KB (818 words) - 02:30, 13 September 2022
• Michael Kohn
  ...|Warwick University]]. Due to a high number of games played, he amassed 45 correct starters and a large number of negs, one of the highest totals in recent hi
  5 KB (856 words) - 10:49, 19 February 2024
• Knowledge Bowl
  ...the information may or may not be read), and may also supply one factually correct statement that is not included in the question. Thus if tossup is binary, t ...truth value of the extra piece of information, and on several occasions, a correct answer has been ruled incorrect due to the moderator's incapacity.
  13 KB (2,125 words) - 10:14, 6 January 2022
• Power-matching
  ...team takes the lower-numbered card", since although this is mathematically correct, lower-numbered cards correspond to higher rankings within the tournament,
  8 KB (1,344 words) - 15:29, 13 January 2018
• Grail
  ...tossups]] heard in a [[game]]. Generally, this implies a team answering 20 correct tossups, though in a [[timed games|timed match]] this can vary. The team do
  6 KB (788 words) - 08:47, 27 January 2022
• 2011 NAC
  ...written answer of "line." Irvington's protest in defense of ray was deemed correct after an already long wait, but then Plano fired a counter protest and some
  5 KB (816 words) - 04:06, 13 April 2016
• Brain Busters
  ...ncludes a "bonus question" at the end of the first quarter that grants the correct team free Turkey Hill ice cream, or a similar prize.
  6 KB (926 words) - 00:25, 26 May 2018
• Jackson-Bollinger rivalry
  ...opardy answer was "Kazakhstan" and Jackson wrote "(hi Matt B.)" after his (correct) answer.
  7 KB (1,077 words) - 15:54, 3 November 2023
• 1999 PAC
  .... Additionally, a team may protest another team’s answer that was ruled as correct. Wow! Is that not a lot for a team who just came off of state finals battli ...know Martin, he is sometimes timid in his answer, only to find out he was correct. Martin is considering joining the academic team at the U of I. Good luck,
  14 KB (2,605 words) - 21:04, 29 March 2020
• Zain Africa Challenge
  ...d answers as many of the ten questions as possible in sixty seconds. Each correct answer is worth fifty points. The team ahead at the end of the third quart
  6 KB (949 words) - 22:54, 14 January 2021
• Edmontago
  ...r incorrectly answered the next question, allowing UTS to buzz in with the correct answer. However, debate ensued as to when the 90-second clock ran out. If i
  8 KB (1,270 words) - 22:19, 10 January 2023
• Conestoga Valley Tournament
  Moderators at the tournament are not allowed to give correct answers. Full names are required by some moderators, while others will tak
  7 KB (933 words) - 01:39, 8 December 2016
• 2009 Francis Howell Central
  This incident was appalling because "Mary I, Queen of Scots" was a perfectly correct [http://www.websters-dictionary-online.com/definition/MARY,+QUEEN+OF+THE+SC ...answers given by Francis Howell Central to these questions had been ruled correct, Francis Howell Central quite possibly could have won the District tourname
  17 KB (2,677 words) - 11:13, 6 January 2022
• Letter to Questions Galore
  ...ues and questions should be sourced so that the answer on the paper is the correct answer. Several of the questions I edited had the wrong answer, including ...t not even the best player has a chance to buzz after the lead-in with the correct answer. Additionally, the lead-in must be '''uniquely identifying''': it
  28 KB (4,475 words) - 00:58, 25 January 2010
• 2011 NSC
  ...uld allow for "Eleanor Roosevelt" (an answer given by State College) to be correct. Bellarmine protested that this answer should not be allowed; the protest w
  8 KB (1,305 words) - 02:24, 27 March 2023
• Modern World
  ...and protest committee, I declare that the question I wrote and edited was correct!" fashion.) Whatever the case, Neff took umbrage at this protest and decide
  8 KB (1,268 words) - 13:33, 25 February 2021
• 2005 Faulkner State
  ...t Shoals, who won the final match in round robin and the tournament with a correct answer in overtime of Hungry, Hungry Hippo.
  11 KB (1,786 words) - 18:07, 5 May 2011
• 2012 IHSA State Championship Tournament
  * Round 8 (which is the 2nd round at State) did not have the correct number of computational questions according to IHSA policies.
  10 KB (1,391 words) - 16:46, 14 May 2023

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