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Competition Rules

There will be one moderator (who reads the questions), two judges (one from each team—can be parents), two scorekeepers (one from each team—can be parents), one person to handle/clear the buzzers (can be a parent) and one timekeeper (can be a parent).

Questions will be read only once. The moderator will read the question and if stopped by the buzzer, the team will be given fifteen (15) seconds to answer. Team members may talk to each other while deciding the answer to give. However, only the captain may give the team’s answer. If the team answers incorrectly and the question has not been completed, the moderator may repeat the question. The next team to attempt the answer will have five (5) seconds to do so. There will be only two buzzes per question. If the question is not answered correctly after two teams have tried, then the question is thrown out.

If a wrong answer is given, that team is assessed a penalty. They will not be allowed to answer the next question. If a team member other than the captain should give an answer, that answer is considered incorrect. No points will be given and the team will be penalized in the usual way.

Complete titles must be given as answers but omitting a, an, or the will be permitted. One point will be awarded for a correct title. A team can earn an extra point by giving the last name of the author if they have answered the title correctly.

The team that has the most points at the end of the questions will be declared the winner. If necessary, five (5) questions from the bonus list will be used as tiebreakers.

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This page was last updated 07/30/09 .