FREE METHODIST YOUTH - Bible Quizzing - Study Tips & Resources

L-2: Time Limit(146) If a quizzer’s handicap significantly slows the rate of speech, he may qualify for a 30-second time limit in placeof any 20-second time limit if approved for this by the tournament coordinator.L-3: Rulings(147) If the quizzer’s handicap is such that speech is hard to understand or articulation difficult, quizmasters may bemore lenient in judgments of word clarity or allow more time for answering. The correct answer, however, must still begiven in order for the quizzer to qualify for points. Rereading consideration (with no loss of answer time) might be providedfor those with special conditions like ADD. Any handicap that affects ability to quiz should be taken into consideration.Special needs like these should be brought to the tournament director for consideration.MSAMPLE MATERIALS FOR DUPLICATIONInstructions for Quizzing ScoresheetKeeping score for a Bible quiz provides a way to be helpful in a quiz tournament. By following these simple instructionsyou can keep “perfect” score in no time. The actual scoring is quite simple, once you get the hang of it.1. Use a ballpoint pen and press hard when you write. Before the quiz starts, fill in all blanks at the top of the sheet.Write each quizzer’s name in the rectangles numbered 1-6. (Note there is space for 2 teams.) Use the quizzers’ firstand last names or at least an initial.2. Each correctly answered question is worth 20 points. Mark a 20 in the column of the quizzer who answered, thenadd twenty to that team’s running score and mark it in the middle column (see #4).3. The small box inside each of the individual scoring boxes is used for two similar functions:(a) Where there is a prejump, mark the box with an X in the appropriate quizzer’s column. If he or she proceeds toanswer correctly, 20 points are given. If, on the other hand, the quizzer cannot complete the question correctly,or answers incorrectly, the small box should be darkened in. This is important especially in Individual Competitionwhen penalties are made against the quizzer who accumulates too many.(b) Use the box to record jumping order. If there is no prejump, the scorekeeper should place a 1 in the small box ofthe first quizzer up, a 2 in the box of the second, all the way to the fourth. This can be easily determined by theelectronic quiz box. (Ask the Quizmaster if you need assistance reading the box.)4. The center columns are used for the running score. When a quizzer scores, a 20 is placed in his personal column,and the running score is adjusted accordingly. Mark these columns promptly, as the Quizmaster may ask you forthe official score at any time.5. An important feature of the quiz scoresheet gives the statistician the ability to calculate a weighted average foreach quizzer. These are the boxes at the bottom of the scoresheet under the caption “No. of Questions ‘In’ PerQuizzer” (#6b). When a quizzer is substituted out of or into a quiz, draw a dark line on the line directly beneaththe box of the question that was just completed (in the column of that quizzer). At the end of that quiz, you canquickly determine the number of questions a quizzer was “in.”6. At the end of the quiz:(a) Total all columns, including the final score.(b) Put the number of questions that each quizzer was “in” the match in the appropriate boxes. (For most quizzersthis number will be 15, but if they quizzed out or were substituted in or out, this number will be less.)(c) Have a representative from each team initial the scoresheet next to the team name.(d) Give the scoresheet to the Quizmaster to be checked, initialed, and distributed. In the case of triplicates, the toppage is to be turned in to tournament officials, and the bottom two sheets can be given to coaches.