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• Reach for Dalhousie
  ...n other words, teams are not in a rush to buzz and win by earning the most correct answers on all the questions. Questions are multiple choice. ...offs. In the playoffs, teams meet head-to-head, only needing to earn more correct answers than their opponent.
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• Sit
  Many [[buzzer race]]s are won by players who were sitting on the correct answer and thus [[primed]] to buzz immediately on a crucial clue - as a res
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• How to turn a lower-tier high school team into a good high school team
  ...u have above average knowledge of the subject, and getting all three parts correct means that you have deep knowledge of the subject.
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• Westbrook's Amended ACF Rules
  ...y know, they should buzz and say what they think the answer is. If they're correct, they should be awarded points and get a bonus. If they're not, they should ...and one bonus part and win by a final score of 357 to 500. To attempt to correct for these perceived problems in the rule set, Dwight amended the rules into
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• Hose
  ...cally punish players who possess [[uniquely identifying]] knowledge of the correct answer at the time the player buzzed. ...ecify the one answer being sought and does not account for the potentially correct alternative answer. For example:
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• Boston College College Bowl Jam: Tournament Edition
  ...n while a team was on fire, that team could "goaltend" by shouting out the correct answer before the other team had a chance to answer. While this did not gi
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• Wordwang!
  ...e question becomes more of a puzzle to figure out which of several equally-correct words fits the pattern required by the question. This also does not test a
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• Buzzpoints
  ...at buzzpoints from [[2018 ACF Regionals]] found, among other trends, that correct buzzes within the first 25% of tossups were rare even in a set widely playe
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• Educational Service Unit
  ...s for a correct answer, to profound (more difficult), with 10 points for a correct answer, and cover all academic disciplines: language arts, mathematics, sci
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• Romero Method
  ...ing that her buzz "was probably a bad idea", which invariably results in a correct answer being given. In the UK, the Romero Method is most closely associated
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• Clue
  ...yers cannot buzz off of them in tossups, and they cannot get closer to the correct answer in bonuses. # '''Factual correctness''': A clue must be factually correct and non-[[hypothetical]].
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• Bad Negs
  #Correct answer is gettable by average 6-year-old
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• Litvak's Linear Regression Statistic
  ...ses with opponent strength. Although this is usually thought of as a more correct indicator of player depth, it can also be seen a rough measure of a player' The statistic does not adequately correct for players who play partial games, and the regression coefficients are rid
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• KYVE Apple Bowl
  ...tions in some of the rounds. A host reads the questions and determines the correct responses, although off-camera judges are used when an answer is contentiou ...on either team can buzz in and collect 10 points for his or her team for a correct response. If one member of the team answers incorrectly, no other members o
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• NBA Jam Rule
  ...red, a member of the team on fire can call out the answer, and if they are correct before the person who has buzzed gets their answer out, the question is con
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• I.Q.
  ...s format]]. "Solo questions" were open to both teams with no conferring. Correct answers were worth 10 points; interrupts were -10. "Team questions" specif
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• Bonus
  ...he answer given. If correct, they may verbally confirm with a phrase like "Correct" or "10 points" or they may simply proceed to the next part; if incorrect, ...r, 5 for one, 10 for two, 20 for three and 30 for getting all four answers correct
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• Conversion
  ...n''' (or '''converting''' a question) is the act of getting a [[question]] correct.
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• Commissioner's Academic Challenge
  ...ch team, requiring several minutes to complete. Teams earn points for each correct answer, and are not subject to losing points for incorrect answers as they ...question, that question is finished regardless of whether the team gave a correct or incorrect response.
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• Interruption
  ...an incorrect answer. Some formats award extra points (a [[power]]) for a correct answer to a tossup interrupted sufficiently early.
  1 KB (228 words) - 18:06, 9 July 2017
• Four-quarter format
  Believed to be popular at Southern tournaments, please correct as applicable:
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• 30-20-10 bonuses
  ...t of clues and the controlling team has a chance to answer. If the team is correct, they receive 30 points. Otherwise, the moderator reads another clue or set
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• Protest
  ...packet is wrong given the question and the protesting player/team gave the correct answer *The player gave a correct alternate name for the answer that was not included in the list of acceptab
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• Ben Herman
  ...did not play. His rather meager playing accomplishments include getting a correct tossup on John Quincy Adams without hearing a single word of the question t
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• Knowledge Master Open
  ...given two chances to answer each question. Five points are awarded for a correct answer on the first attempt with bonus points based on how quickly the team Two points are awarded for a correct answer on the second attempt, with no bonus points possible. No points are
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• Points per bonus
  ...red that did ''not'' lead to a bonus question, which in many formats means correct tossups answered in [[overtime]]. In formats with [[bonus bouncebacks]], PP
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• Titanomachy
  ...], [[UGA]], and Alabama (A and B) played a triple round robin. The (mostly correct) complete statistics can be found here [http://www.geocities.com/ua_geek/ti
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• 1991 NAC
  ...`balm`` came from what region east of the Jordan River?," and "What is the correct chemical formula for sodium chlorate?"
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• Lateral thinking
  ...ossup compliments such as "you ''figured it out''" are common reactions to correct answers divined in this way rather than through actual knowledge.
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• Tossup
  ...]]s, in which an increased number of points, usually 15, is rewarded for a correct answer being given early in a tossup. When a player [[negs]], or gives an i ...rder of descending difficulty, and its [[answerline]], which specifies the correct answers and [[prompts]].
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• 2021 HSNCT
  ...Carmel]] A. Though the protest committee ruled that Stevenson's answer was correct, the decision was not communicated properly to the game officials, resultin
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• Quiz Kids
  ...uestions were obviously poorly designed, many times questions had multiple correct answers, which the kids came up with, often bewildering the poor host - som
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• San Diego County Academic League
  ...th 3 points 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 Conferenc ...nt organization". Results of an online search appear to indicate that the correct answer to the question depends entirely upon the ''exact'' wording of the q
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• 2014 NTAE
  ...panel) for the final match had intervened and said that the answer, while correct on the answer sheet of the questions, was actually incorrect given the ques
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• Prompt
  ...erator]] to a [[player]] whose [[answer]] to a [[question]] is partially [[correct]] but ambiguous. In this scenario, the player is said to have been '''promp ...n reason for a prompt is that a player has answered with a superset of the correct answer.
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• Tossup-Bonus Format
  A team which answers a tossup correct receives a corresponding bonus read only to them.
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• Ohio Academic Competition
  ...read to both teams, and teams only get one opportunity each to answer. A correct answer is worth two (2) points. ...und. In the final round, twenty questions are read to both teams and each correct answer is worth two points each. The questions in the final round are pyra
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• The Challenge
  ...pectively and are offered first to the team that got the previous question correct.
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• Uniqueness
  ...d on their relative level of knowledge, it must be possible to provide the correct answer at various points in the question.
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• Powers
  ...s with '''power''' have a set of early [[clue]]s where a [[buzz]] with the correct answer is worth extra points. Powers serve to reward deep [[knowledge]] of ...ers''' (or '''superpowers'''), which form a second tier of rewarding early correct buzzes, and are usually worth 20 points.
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• Gettier
  <onlyinclude>A '''Gettier''' is a correct [[buzz]] on a [[question]] made by a player who arrived at the answer throu
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• Studying
  ...flashcarding is often described as a study technique, this is not strictly correct - instead, it is a method of improving retention. Flashcarding is associate
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• How Quizbowl Works
  *Moderator: Correct, 10 points, now your bonus. *Moderator: Correct. Earlier, the Farmer’s Alliance made these 1890 demands, which were named
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• Scholars' Bowl (East Tennessee)
  ...ch nine and a half minutes in length, designed to fit the program into the correct time slot. Each tossup is worth ten points, and bonuses are twenty points
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• Louisiana (MO)
  ...tournament, and with Em once again setting the individual record with 155 correct tossups. They ended their season with a 10th-place finish (6th Very Small S
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• 2005 PAC
  ...on its own, and their neg and the question were thrown out. Illinois had a correct answer on an audio tossup stricken because the audio clip continued playing
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• Public Library Quiz Bowl
  ...per player, for a total of 4 questions per team. If the player gives the correct answer, the team is awarded the points. If the player gives an incorrect a
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• WRAL Brain Game
  ...used for it. Rather, teams gained their wager for reaching their quota of correct Globetrotting answers (3 in a three-team match, 4 in a two-team match), but
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• Buzzerpalooza
  ...orth 20 points apiece. In addition, any team that gets all eight questions correct receives a 25 point bonus.
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• 2001 MSHSAA State Championship
  ''Teams with a single record listed are definitely correct based on the available information.''<br> ''Teams with a single record listed are definitely correct based on the available information.''<br>
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• 2003 NAC
  ...uth America, and Walton took the 15 points on the bounceback by giving the correct answer, "Maracaibo." ...lake, because it flows into the Caribbean Sea, and thus that Titicaca was correct. After consulting with a coach's "internet computer" and calling "NAA chief
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• Jakob Myers
  ...Silverman's 105), and [[Matt Jackson|Matt Jackson's]] 2010 record for most correct tossups in a single HSNCT (211 to Jackson's 206). Myers led their Napervil
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• Ann B. Davis
  ...team received a Get Out of Interrupt Free card, playable after negging. A correct answer after playing the card scored zero on the tossup, but made the team
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• Kyle Gregory
  ...nament grew from six to seventeen teams. Kyle continues to give partially correct answers, which in turn helps the other team figure out the answer. He also
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• Interrupt penalty
  ...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,
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• 1995 NAC
  ...it properly and says "Not caring which side you take." IS answer was ruled correct. I protested at the end of the 4th Q and was told my kid's definition was w
  6 KB (934 words) - 15:04, 21 May 2022
• 2009 Reach for the Top Nationals
  ...th. The Reach organizers, upon consulting the teams involved, opted not to correct what was presumably a mistake the day before the game.
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• NAQT Illinois State Tournament Record Book
  ===100 Total Correct=== ===20 Correct Answers, Zero Negs===
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• Misuse of statistics
  ...tically-trained dissenters, giving them an easy way to bulldoze simple but correct objections to the process. It can be a sign of [[bad quizbowl]].
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• 2009 Lexington Varsity Tournament
  ...correct. Savannah rebounded with the positive equivalent, which was ruled correct. North Kansas City protested the question, claiming that because no direct ...bly [[Eric Mukherjee]], have confirmed that North Kansas City's answer was correct, and thus should have had its protest accepted. The tournament director ha
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• SkillsUSA
  ...p questions. Players have five seconds after being recognized to answer. Correct answers are worth one point. Incorrect answers at any point lose one point
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• Botticelli
  ...don't know", or "Yes, I am X". If the bot answers "No, I am not X" and is correct, the question is successfully answered and play moves on to other questions
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• 2006 Faulkner State
  ...at it was entropy. Several seconds later, a Broward player buzzed with the correct answer. Game over. No defense of national title.
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• Science Bowl
  ...of questions: multiple choice, which have to be answered by repeating the correct choice exactly word-for-word or by saying the corresponding letter (w, x, y
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• How to run a practice
  *Selecting the correct inflection to convey the punctuation and sentence structure of a clue *Not revealing information about whether a buzz is correct while judging it
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• Donald Taylor
  ...diately gave another incorrect answer to prevent a teammate from giving a correct answer, and potentially allowing Carbondale to sweep a rebounded bonus. Af
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• 2000 NAC
  ...er of each time, even if said teams have already played each other before. Correct answers ...question asking to "sing the first line of Julia Ward Howe's..." gave the correct line, but got "buzzed" because he didn't SING it. This was the game we lost
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• Reach for the Top
  ...[pyramidal]]. A correct answer on the first clue gives a team 40 points, a correct answer on the second clue gives a team 30 points, and so on. Teams are allo Team A (buzzes in): "Edmonton Oilers" - Correct
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• Tennessee Knowledge Bowl
  A correct answer in the first two rounds earns a team 10 points and a team bonus ques
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• Academic Olympics
  ...eks culminating in the tournament "play-off". Teams accumulate points for correct answers in the following categories: Math, Physical Science, Life Science,
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• National Academic Super Bowl
  ...or who said, "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute," had the correct answer on the page or not.
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• History of NAQT game format
  ...ayers allowed to answer if they have already buzzed/bonus completed on any correct tossup if buzz occurred in time
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• Quiznet
  ...nus questions in Quiznet have every team entering what they feel to be the correct answer into the chat. Beall awards an insignificantly higher number of poi
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• MACA JV State
  # Lightning Round (10 questions, 1 min.; 20 point bonus if all 10 are correct; rebound at end of minute)
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• Alex Damisch
  ...include judgement, which is the instantaneous and fair application of the correct ruleset to timing, answerline correctness, and other situations.
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• University Challenge
  ...only consisting of 1 or 2 sentences, and are not necessarily pyramidal. A correct starter question earns the team a set of 3 bonus questions, worth 5 points
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• North County Academic League
  ...parts, after which points are awarded based on how many parts the team got correct. The team with more points when time expires wins. If time expires in the
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• Langston
  ...mpionship, maintaining the tradition of outrageous negatives and partially correct answers. Langston persevered to earn a top five finish at ACF Fall Southwe
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• Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource
  ...016 Pennsylvania Novice Initiative], a novice-level tournament designed to correct the lack of material for novice teams to practice on.
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• Pronoun
  ...ght on; ironically, many of the proposed alternatives are technically less correct and less intuitive than "pronoun."
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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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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.
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• Power-matching
  ...team takes the lower-numbered card", since although this is mathematically correct, lower-numbered cards correspond to higher rankings within the tournament,
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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.
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• Jackson-Bollinger rivalry
  ...opardy answer was "Kazakhstan" and Jackson wrote "(hi Matt B.)" after his (correct) answer.
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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.
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• 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.
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