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• Half-games
  ...], if necessary, is generally unaffected. For tournaments that use [[timed games]], a half-game may consist of a single timed half or (more commonly) a fixe ...occasionally used when a tournament is running far behind or has run into other constraints.
  824 bytes (123 words) - 21:35, 6 January 2022
• Notebook
  ..., game scores, clues to remember, or some combination thereof as they play games or [[practice]] packets. ...s a study aid. A notebook allows players to easily flip through many days'/games'/tournaments' worth of notes, track their improvement over time, or otherwi
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• Chicken
  .../Chicken_(game) game of chicken], in which participants drive cars at each other and must choose to veer away.</onlyinclude> ...or more passive depending on how hard or easy the questions appear to be - games of chicken occur when there is no clear indicator on how a team should adap
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• Scrabble
  [[Category:Games other than quizbowl]]
  495 bytes (66 words) - 19:50, 24 January 2010
• Tie
  ...me]]) and a tie in the standings at a tournament (resolved by [[tiebreaker games]]). [[Category:Quizbowl basics]]
  284 bytes (45 words) - 11:02, 20 June 2021
• WUFAT
  | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3205/stats/combined/ All Games] | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3947/stats/combined/ All Games]
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• Tiebreaker games
  '''Tiebreaker games''' are extra games used to resolve ties in the standings at a tournament. ...For situations involving more than two teams, multiple games or fractional games are necessary, with teams seeded into them using a [[statistic]]. [[NAQT]]
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• Buzzin.live
  ...line [[buzzer]] site. The site gained popularity with the rise of [[online quizbowl]] as the first replacement for a physical buzzer system.</onlyinclude> ...[Moderator|moderators]] to keep score and create teams, and unlock several other customizable settings.
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• Adam Marshall
  ...stuff from non-academic sources, baseball history, stock clues, NAQT word games ...hitman]]. Adam owes a disturbing amount of his history knowledge to video games, especially Age of Empires II, Civilization IV, and the Total War series.
  759 bytes (99 words) - 07:47, 26 November 2022
• Board score
  ...t on a chalkboard, whiteboard, large piece of paper, projection screen, or other method visible to as many people as possible (ideally including the players
  298 bytes (47 words) - 10:01, 24 February 2024
• Buzzer race
  ...ive of question quality, and thus buzzer races are not a hallmark of [[bad quizbowl]]; however, poorly written questions can exacerbate the frequency of these {{c|Quizbowl lingo}}
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• Micah Hodosh
  |Subjects = Computer Science, Video Games ...legiate quizbowl career ended in 2010. His encyclopedic knowledge of video games and random knowledge of old TV shows made him a highly skilled trash player
  869 bytes (113 words) - 07:53, 26 November 2022
• Schedule
  ...who gather to play a [[tournament]] and the time and order in which those games occur. Good scheduling is vital to an efficiently run tournament. Popular f [[Category: Quizbowl basics]]
  328 bytes (49 words) - 21:38, 2 October 2017
• Certamen
  ==Notable quizbowl players Who play(ed) Certamen== [[Category:Games other than quizbowl]]
  758 bytes (107 words) - 19:55, 27 July 2022
• Dante Lovullo
  |Subjects = History, Video Games Dante Lovullo is a member of the [[UCF]] quizbowl club who often gets bizarre buzzes off Europa Universalis and Crusader King
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• 2008 Harvard Crimson article
  ...f the Harvard Crimson, Harvard's student newspaper. It was entitled "Mind Games" and written by Christian B. Flow. ...e. The article was widely praised for its accurate, positive portrayal of quizbowl, which can be attributed to the author's actual [http://grapesmoker.com/qb-
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• Clear
  <onlyinclude>The term '''clear''' has two primary uses in quizbowl: ==In games==
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• Statistical tiebreakers
  ...e than two teams, statistics are used to seed the teams for the tiebreaker games. ...onents, some have criticized points per tossup heard for rewarding blowout games against weaker teams and punishing neg or interrupt prone teams who are nev
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• Cheese-melter
  A "real '''cheese-melter'''" is an in-progress quizbowl game with a close score. .../www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/lexicon.html], who has occasionally deemed games to be cheese-melters while moderating at [[NAQT]] national championships.
  587 bytes (85 words) - 09:59, 24 February 2024
• Bible Bowl
  ...nd question styles, some of which are quite similar to pre-modern forms of quizbowl. It may be played through teams organized by churches or by Christian priva ...s. Several of the challenges unique to the "invitational circuit" model of quizbowl as opposed to the radio/television shows were first addressed by Bible Bowl
  861 bytes (136 words) - 23:39, 12 June 2022

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