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• Sun 'n' Fun
  ...hris Ray]] called the set "absolutely horrible" and listed out a number of answers - these form an interesting slice into what was considered "too hard" at th ...n 2009 Discussion] by [[Matt Weiner]] » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:07 pm</ref> The history was cited as distinctly weaker than the rest of the set, which had many of
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• Hose
  The first well-documented naval battle in history, it took place in 480 BC. (*) The Battle of Salamis saw a victory for what Someone who buzzes at the star here could easily say many other answers that would be correct at the time they buzzed, since it is not unique. This
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• 2001 IHSA State Championship Tournament
  ...ion writers would also be more careful to have more acceptable alternative answers listed. ...while he was at [[St. Teresa]], thus he became the first coach in Illinois history to win state titles with two different schools.
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• Trivia formats
  ...titutes "close enough", but they typically approximate the [[vowel rule]]. Answers which differ in major ways, like the placement of consonants or entirely wr ...s and assign a point value for each (termed "defense") - if their opponent answers a question correctly, they receive the points assigned.
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• Academic Olympics
  ...ence, Current Events, English/Literature, Economics/Government, Fine Arts, History/Geography."
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• Masonic tournament
  ==History== ...by volunteers. Later they were provided by [[Answers Plus]]. After Answers Plus lost the contract around the year 2000, the tournament went through a numbe
  13 KB (1,666 words) - 12:45, 15 March 2024
• National Ocean Sciences Bowl
  * Ocean history (usually explorers) * Unlike in Science Bowl, multiple-choice answers do not always need to exactly match the wording of the answer choice. Addin
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• 2014 NTAE
  ...itten) question, Team Pennsylvania fell to second (because, at NTAE, wrong answers are actually penalized), with Team Florida seizing the lead. ...to a different newspaper comic strip, usually preceded by a paragraph-long history of the comic strip itself which had no relevance to answering the question.
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• Modern World
  ...ice]] credit for the answer ''The End of History'' or whether ''The End of History and the Last Man'' was required in its entirety. Sorice eventually entered ...nts in any other tournament, uninterestingly written 1990s and early 2000s history that barely qualified as current events at all, and random sports and video
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• Old PACE format
  ...very Category Quiz bonus set consisted of Arts, Current Events, Geography, History, Literature, Popular Culture, Religion/Mythology/Philosophy, Mathematics C ...or 10 points after the reading of the words "For 10 points". The team that answers the tossup correctly is then given a typical 30 point bonus.
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• It's Academic
  ...individual rounds. The format features an opening letter round (where all answers start with a particular letter). The tossup rounds are all speed based, wit ==History==
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• Montgomery (San Diego)
  ==History== ...d to mute and unmute each self when buzzing in or they could type in their answers in the chat to score points.
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• IESA
  ==History== ...m may end conferral early. After conferral, the controlling team gives its answers, then [[bounceback|the non-controlling team may attempt to answer any parts
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• David Reinstein
  ...A]] improved its question quality somewhat when it switched from [[Answers Plus]] to a secret cabal. The [[Masonic]] Tournament used improved questions wri David has a long history of managing Turnabouts and writing letters and articles for [[IHSSBCA]]. He
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• IHSSBCA Hall of Fame
  ==History== |winningest coach in state history at time of retirement - notable players: [[Donald Taylor]].
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• Ohio Academic Competition
  ...re, U.S. Government/Economics, Physical Science, World Geography, and U.S. History. ...uestion. If the team that is directed to answer the original team question answers incorrectly twice before the ten seconds, runs out the opposing team is awa
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• National Academic Quiz Tournaments
  ==History== ...timed halves as well. NAQT uses [[powers]], which means that early correct answers falling within the "power" portion of the tossup (which is designated by a
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• 2009 Francis Howell Central
  ...''' was one of the top teams in Missouri and the most successful in school history. Not only did it win many tournaments, but more importantly, it improved on ...quare root of three over three," despite the fact that both are equivalent answers. Francis Howell Central gave the first answer, had it deemed wrong in favor
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• Ottawa Schoolreach League
  ...and a disputed question in the second round led to, for the first time in history, an unresolved draw after all methods of tiebreaking proved unsatisfactory. ...ontroversially lost to Merivale by 10 points, due to the lack of alternate answers provided by Reach for the Top editors. Merivale soundly defeated Bell to ma
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• How to Write Questions
  ...ion of the Encyclopedia Britannica is superb for many topics, particularly history. Masterplots are a good resource for literature plot summaries, and there a ...estion; although most answers are fine, all other things being equal, some answers don't lend themselves well to good questions and should be avoided if possi
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