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• Interrupt penalty
  ...the [[IPNCT]], during group rounds, penalties are given for all incorrect answers before the end of the question.) ==History==
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• Harvard International
  ==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
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• NAQT rules
  ...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
  3 KB (375 words) - 14:29, 7 February 2018
• Idaho National Labs Scholastic Tournament
  ...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==
  3 KB (459 words) - 14:58, 25 May 2014
• Laming
  ==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
  2 KB (253 words) - 20:34, 13 June 2021
• Bergstrom Stateline
  ==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.
  5 KB (773 words) - 22:03, 13 May 2023
• Botticelli
  ...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
  4 KB (707 words) - 16:18, 18 April 2024
• I.Q.
  ...]]. "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
  1 KB (249 words) - 17:56, 24 January 2010
• Commissioner's Academic Challenge
  ...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 ==
  6 KB (840 words) - 22:07, 15 April 2014
• Lightning round
  ...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
  1 KB (224 words) - 21:50, 9 February 2022
• 2008 Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Novice Tournament
  * History 4/4 ...r. Every effort to explicitly include acceptable or promptable alternative answers ought to be made.
  4 KB (634 words) - 01:57, 28 January 2010
• Prompt
  ...] 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
  13 KB (2,174 words) - 23:08, 17 July 2023
• Tossup
  ...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
  5 KB (741 words) - 10:33, 6 January 2022
• KYVE Apple Bowl
  ...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==
  5 KB (779 words) - 16:53, 16 January 2014
• Colorado Knowledge Bowl
  ==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
  8 KB (1,104 words) - 13:35, 21 February 2018
• Quiz 'em on the air
  ...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]
  4 KB (661 words) - 14:56, 14 July 2021
• Zain Africa Challenge
  ...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
  6 KB (949 words) - 22:54, 14 January 2021
• Campus Quiz
  ...em in use at the time, so participants seem to have had to shout out their answers before the other team. [[Category: quizbowl history]]
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• The Challenge
  ...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
  6 KB (839 words) - 20:16, 25 March 2020
• Plagiarism
  ...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
  4 KB (679 words) - 07:51, 14 July 2019

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