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...the [[IPNCT]], during group rounds, penalties are given for all incorrect answers before the end of the question.) ==History==

==History and Conception== ...g 16 lines. Apart from that, however, a good time was had; the literature, history, art, and RMP were all quite decent, except for the occasional tossup on Ef

...e are worth 15 and –5 points, respectively, while non-power correct tossup answers are worth 10 points. * Correct tossup answers in regulation lead to [[bonuses]] comprising three parts worth 10 points ea

...rrect answer during the bonus round, and there is no penalty for incorrect answers. The team with the highest score after 3 periods win. ==History==

==History== ...he opponent fails to answer (e.g., team A punts a 3-part question; team B answers two parts correctly. Team A collects 10 points on the punt). At Maryland 1

==Broadcast history== ...vious process. The fourth segment known as the "Final Challenge" has teams answers questions like in the first segment, but each question's points are double.

...Questions and involves the guessing the identify of a notable figure from history, literature, or popular culture. ...son is, such as "Are you real?" or "Is your person an author?". If the bot answers "Yes, I am X" to a non-freebie question, the game is over because the perso

...]]. "Solo questions" were open to both teams with no conferring. Correct answers were worth 10 points; interrupts were -10. "Team questions" specific to on Questions topics covered "fine art, music, history, literature, and current and international events, with the odd brain-twist

...or each correct answer, and are not subject to losing points for incorrect answers as they are in Button questions. The questions asked become progressively h == History of CAC ==

...s not inherently a marker of bad quizbowl. The third quarter of [[National History Bowl]] is a lightning round. ...rounds, albeit with several differences, such as point penalties for wrong answers, a smaller penalty for passing a question (but that allowed the other teams

* History 4/4 ...r. Every effort to explicitly include acceptable or promptable alternative answers ought to be made.

...] alongside the acceptable answers. Under strict readings of the rules, no answers other than those written down should be prompted on; moderators will occasi The standard formatting for answers which can be prompted is underlining, though in older sets it is possible t

...descending difficulty, and its [[answerline]], which specifies the correct answers and [[prompts]]. ...r (e.g. "this person", "this country"). At an earlier point in quiz bowl's history, questions would frequently use vague pronouns like "this" or omit them ent

...ints for his or her team for a correct response. If one member of the team answers incorrectly, no other members of that team can buzz in, although a member o ==History==

==History== ...e team may not discuss the question after buzzing, but they may decide who answers the question. In the Colorado Springs area meets, no talking period is allo

...ted from the other's responses. Some shows also awarded partial credit for answers. [http://detroitkidshow.com/Quiz_Em_On_The_Air.htm History of the Detroit Quiz Em Show]

...the third quarter chooses from one of either three or four categories, and answers as many of the ten questions as possible in sixty seconds. Each correct an ...the Celtel Africa Challenge Scholars Team should reflect the diversity and history of the institution," in lieu of more standard ways of picking the team like

...em in use at the time, so participants seem to have had to shout out their answers before the other team. [[Category: quizbowl history]]

...re all multiple choice and come from four categories (always pertaining to history, literature, science, and computational math). The question and choices we ...ng answer. Again, bonus questions were hidden in each category, and wrong answers to bonus questions did not deduct points. The team with the most points wo

...less description of art and artists are thought to be plagiarized from art history textbooks, but no one outside of maybe [[Matt Weiner]] is really checking. ..., riddles on popsicle sticks, and other things that ask questions and have answers. [[Chip Beall]] has been caught "stealing" questions from question-and-ans

==History== ...y covers some of the basic high school canon in its tossups, especially in history and literature, as well as current events, sports, and other various [[tras

==History== ...stion writers. And fifth, there are relatively few prompts and alternative answers are not generally accepted.

...rrectly answering a tossup [[powers|sufficiently early]]. [[negs|Incorrect answers]] given while the question is being read lose a team 5 points and that team [Player 2’s team earns 20 points for their correct answers of Populists and Teddy Roosevelt out of a possible 30 points]

* [[Marshall Steinbaum]]'s [[Urgent Call for Unity]] was played as a history side-event and won by [[Jeff Hoppes]]. ...forum discussion of the questions was about difficulty levels of specific answers, which means that the tournament was a success.

...can refer to the specific act of "using Google during questions to look up answers", but is often used to refer to related actions or just cheating in general ...there is rarely a smoking gun if someone has been occasionally looking up answers to questions. In some cases, players have had multiple accusations leveled

==History== ...nts and bonuses are 3 parts worth 1, 3, or 5 points for 1, 2, or 3 correct answers, respectively, though the San Diego City League and Metro Conference League

...er team asked in 60 seconds, with a 45-second bounceback period for missed answers. The final round is nine minutes of tossups without bonuses. == History ==

...re, U.S. Government/Economics, Physical Science, World Geography, and U.S. History. ...tions. Both teams receive the exact same set of questions, and all of the answers will begin with the same letter. Usually the letter will either be announc

...ship match in Class A featured one of the single great performances in the history of the Tournaments. Making their fourth consecutive trip to the Tournament ...A history. It is widely considered among the biggest upsets in tournament history, as well as one of the toughest roads that any champion had to go through t

...905 summary of his observations], which is perhaps the longest post in the history of the [[Missouri Academic Competition Message Board]], found that at least *at least '''4.6%''' were answers that shouldn't come up in quizbowl, had [[Weiner's Laws|neither cute nor cl

...dominant format despite inroads by quizbowl (facilitated by [[ONQBA]]) and History Bowl. All cited questions are verbatim from the 2012-2013 regional level co ...the winner may be determined just by a coin flip where there's two logical answers, as seen in "CLUE A: I am named after a scientist whose first name is Chri

...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

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

...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.

...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.

...ence, Current Events, English/Literature, Economics/Government, Fine Arts, History/Geography."

==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

* 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

...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.

...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

...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.

...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==

==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

==History== ...d to mute and unmute each self when buzzing in or they could type in their answers in the chat to score points.

...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

==History== |winningest coach in state history at time of retirement - notable players: [[Donald Taylor]].

==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

...''' 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

...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

...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

...igh school quizbowl has been one of the most hotly debated subjects in the history of the [[hsquizbowl.org forums|Quizbowl Resource Center forums]]. Eventuall |Other quizbowl subjects that appear in the classroom like history or chemistry are written to focus on important concepts and deemphasize [[t

Like an open question (see last category), but the answer often requires 2 answers in one (e.g. Q: Name both years in which a player's strike or owner's locko ...s. One "scramble" question is posed to both teams. The team that correctly answers the scramble has an opportunity to answer three more questions on a related

...nswers before time expires; as long as they are in the correct order, such answers will be accepted. ==History of College Bowl==

==History== For most of its history, IHSA questions have been distributed according to six categories: Math, Sc

...o the Christ child. The child, held by the angel and seated on the ground, answers with a gesture of blessing. The whole scene is set in a lonely, secret, mou ...o the Christ child. The child, held by the angel and seated on the ground, answers with a gesture of blessing. The whole scene is set in a lonely, secret, mou

...operated the musical selections, sound effects, and who confirmed certain answers. The judge and host may switch jobs, but I saw the same reader in each roo ...asily answerable, the teams were unable to answer, or gave incredibly poor answers (for example, answering “Pearl Harbor” on a fast buzz about the first u

==Broadcast history== During some seasons in the 1990s, questions were provided by [[Answers Plus]] after previously sourcing from [[Lloyd Busch]]'s question set originally

...estions about college bowl and posted to alt.college.college-bowl and news.answers newsgroups. It was first edited by Pat Matthews and later updated by Georg ...rs. This release was originally meant for June, but the moderators of news.answers got back to me faster than I anticipated. The next guaranteed release is th

...nty, and thirty points respectively. There are no penalties for incorrect answers in this phase of the competition. These written questions are not head-to-h ...andomly selected social studies teacher to "write quizbowl questions about history" without providing any further context or explanation about what that means

Ask a hundred players on how to study, and you'll get a hundred answers. The process is very subjective, with different players having different me *'''Quiz bowl has a history'''

==History== ...ntertaining a television audience, tricking good players into giving wrong answers in order to create "excitement," and generally making the spectator feel sm

In NAQT's early history, there was considerable debate over whether NAQT had distanced itself enoug ...//www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2610 ICT discussion: Alternate answers & protest procedure] by [[Matt Weiner]] » Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:26 pm</ref> a

...icago teams that also featured Freeman and Boorstein. Incredibly strong on history, but just a very good all-around player. Clutch! ...’ll make the claim that Ezequiel is the greatest “self-made” player in the history of the game. That is, he’s the most successful player who started out at