Search results

• Mark Davis
  ...e [[Davis Method]], Mark is known for getting seemingly random [[tossups]] correct.
  168 bytes (25 words) - 14:51, 23 January 2023
• Answers Please
  ...an overall time limit. After the team question, the count of accumulated correct answers reset and a new cycle began. Each question (either a buzzer questi
  889 bytes (132 words) - 14:10, 2 June 2016
• List bonuses
  ...ne answer that is used for an entire bonus, with points given based on how correct answers can be enumerated by a team. This is in contrast to the [[Tossup-Bo ...ints for one, 10 for two, 20 for three and 30 for getting all four answers correct. Name the four states that meet at the Four Corners.
  882 bytes (144 words) - 20:57, 13 June 2021
• Worksheet round
  ...ely within a specified timeframe. Each team receives credit for all of its correct answers, regardless of whether the opponent also got the question right. Th The [[OAC]] format uses a 20-question worksheet in which all correct answers in a particular round begin with the same letter. The letter for e
  865 bytes (136 words) - 13:53, 16 April 2021
• Leading articles
  ...[[NAQT]] rules, the omission of a single leading article from an otherwise correct title does not render an answer incorrect.</onlyinclude> ! Correct in NAQT?
  3 KB (480 words) - 21:35, 9 February 2022
• Overtime
  ...il a correct answer is given (in which case the team whose player gave the correct answer wins) or an interrupt penalty is issued (in which case the teams who ...gh PACE has no interrupt penalties, so the game ends (only) upon the first correct answer being given to a tossup.
  1 KB (224 words) - 11:08, 20 June 2021
• Burden of knowledge
  ...the clue in connection with one possible answer immediately buzzes and is correct. ...(perhaps the burden of meta-knowledge) occurs when a player discounts the correct answer in the belief that a clue could possibly apply to other answers of w
  1 KB (208 words) - 20:48, 1 August 2023
• YSU Academic Challenge
  ...ce, Sports and Leisure). One team was given a category and a question. A correct answer was worth 10 points, and the right to answer more questions until th ...nts to answer one final question, a la Final Jeopardy! on [[Jeopardy!]] A correct answer added the wagered points, while an incorrect answer deducted them.
  4 KB (709 words) - 21:58, 11 July 2011
• Idaho National Labs Scholastic Tournament
  ...ame set of questions, for the other team. Five points are awarded for each correct answer during the bonus round, and there is no penalty for incorrect answer
  3 KB (459 words) - 14:58, 25 May 2014
• 2007 Illinois Panasonic Team
  ...correct and zero negs. D.C. managed four of each, and New Mexico a single correct answer. The team bonus saw Illinois add 8 points to D.C's 7. New Mexico e ...correct, with two negs. Illinois matched D.C. in negs, but managed eleven correct. The twenty point team question saw Illinois earn 18, D.C. 14, with New Me
  7 KB (1,009 words) - 21:58, 8 July 2019
• ACF rules
  ...rupt penalties]] in effect (worth –5 points), but no [[powers]]. Non-power correct tossup answers are worth 10 points. * Correct tossup answers in regulation lead to [[bonuses]] comprising three parts wor
  1 KB (204 words) - 14:02, 18 December 2020
• Primed
  ...due to a failed attempt at priming. Some of these end triumphantly with a correct guess - most do not.
  507 bytes (84 words) - 11:46, 13 February 2023
• Multiple choice
  ...questions provide players with a list of possible answers, one of which is correct. ...with the phrase "this U.S. President" narrows down the number of possible correct answers to 46. Nevertheless, because the player is not given a list of pos
  2 KB (240 words) - 01:37, 16 November 2021
• National Science & Maths Quiz
  ...ountry in primetime and often triggering nationwide debate over rulings on correct answers. Some of the largest companies in Ghana are involved as sponsors.
  639 bytes (87 words) - 23:47, 23 October 2023
• NAQT rules
  ...available. These 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 wor
  3 KB (375 words) - 14:29, 7 February 2018
• Michigan 10
  ...a "'''Michigan 10'''" on a three-part [[bonus]] when it gets the hard part correct, but misses the intended middle and easy parts. Analogously, a '''Michigan
  530 bytes (84 words) - 22:49, 6 May 2023
• 6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system
  ===Correct Buzz=== A correct buzz before the <b><u>(+)</b></u> would be worth 6, before the <b>(*)</b> w
  2 KB (304 words) - 16:45, 22 May 2021
• Changing your answer
  ...ng; See F.8''). A player who wishes to amend their given answer (''e.g. to correct the pronunciation of a word, to change from one given answer to another'') The following table describes a question with a correct answer of {{q|George {{bu|Washington}}}}:
  5 KB (763 words) - 23:02, 17 July 2023
• Anderson Enterprises
  ...are using an off-the-shelf power supply with variable voltage control, the correct output setting is 9 volts.
  717 bytes (92 words) - 23:58, 24 October 2021
• Ventura County Academic Rodeo
  ...s in a category they have chosen from the Academic Rodeo Quiz Board. Each correct answer is worth twenty (20) points. An additional twenty (20) point bonus ...correctly anticipates the question, buzzes in early and does not provide a correct answer, they may be giving the opposing team an advantage. Since the readi
  6 KB (1,011 words) - 20:16, 4 March 2014
• 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.
  2 KB (353 words) - 12:02, 17 May 2010
• 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
  764 bytes (127 words) - 11:49, 13 February 2023
• 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.
  4 KB (623 words) - 11:05, 6 January 2022
• 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
  3 KB (541 words) - 02:51, 10 December 2020
• 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:
  4 KB (715 words) - 10:58, 6 January 2022
• 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
  1 KB (175 words) - 22:40, 29 July 2011
• 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
  1 KB (173 words) - 20:45, 24 January 2010
• 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
  1 KB (171 words) - 16:28, 22 June 2021
• 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
  6 KB (821 words) - 01:09, 23 March 2020
• 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
  1 KB (164 words) - 11:28, 21 June 2023
• 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]].
  5 KB (735 words) - 21:59, 26 October 2021
• Bad Negs
  #Correct answer is gettable by average 6-year-old
  1 KB (177 words) - 12:34, 7 October 2021
• 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
  3 KB (509 words) - 09:51, 24 February 2021
• 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
  5 KB (779 words) - 16:53, 16 January 2014
• 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
  1 KB (217 words) - 17:55, 23 April 2021
• 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
  1 KB (249 words) - 17:56, 24 January 2010
• 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
  7 KB (1,228 words) - 21:39, 9 February 2022
• Conversion
  ...n''' (or '''converting''' a question) is the act of getting a [[question]] correct.
  1 KB (213 words) - 09:18, 28 October 2021
• 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.
  6 KB (840 words) - 22:07, 15 April 2014
• 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:
  1 KB (206 words) - 15:01, 31 October 2020
• 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
  1 KB (229 words) - 14:15, 2 May 2021
• 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
  6 KB (960 words) - 22:33, 12 February 2023
• 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
  2 KB (238 words) - 07:48, 26 November 2022
• 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
  5 KB (847 words) - 09:21, 8 March 2023
• 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
  2 KB (280 words) - 11:08, 20 June 2021
• 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
  2 KB (364 words) - 20:14, 24 January 2010
• 1991 NAC
  ...`balm`` came from what region east of the Jordan River?," and "What is the correct chemical formula for sodium chlorate?"
  2 KB (320 words) - 12:56, 14 January 2014
• 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.
  2 KB (301 words) - 08:42, 13 March 2023
• 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]].
  5 KB (741 words) - 10:33, 6 January 2022

View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)