How do "Contests" work?

There is one aspect of Quizzing we don't do much in the monthly practice quizzes, and pretty much never allow at the weekly practices. CONTESTS! Contesting is a mechanism built into the rules to allow a quizzer to challenge the ruling of a Quizmaster. If there is a ruling (either correct or incorrect) that you believe was truly in error and cost your team points, here are the things you need to know.

• A contest must be done before the next question is asked, or before a bonus question is asked.
• The contest can only be declared by either (1) the captain of the team, or (2) the quizzer ruled incorrect.
• The first step is to request to "confer". (A quizzer can confer with the captain, a captain can choose any member of the team to confer with.) Conferring lasts 30 seconds.
• Once you have conferred, the contesting person can either present their contest (within 30 seconds) or they may choose to sit down.
• After the contest, the opposing team may confer (quizzer with captain or captain with any quizzer) for 30 seconds.
• They may then choose to present a counter-contest (a rebuttal) or not.
• The quizmaster will then give a ruling. They may uphold the original ruling, reverse it, or declare a do-over on the question.

Remember, you can not contest against your own team. (i.e. If you were ruled right, you can't contest.) And you can not contest the question - only the quizmaster's ruling.

Also, remember that coaches can't present a contest. If you think one is needed, a quizzer needs to speak up.

The WHY of Quizzing

If anyone ever asks you why we quiz, QuizMaster Jack has a good summary of our motivation as coaches and Quizzers. (Jack works in a different system, but often has good things to say about quizzing.)

Why do I…and so many others…pour a lot of time into promoting, running, and encouraging Bible quizzing?

For a program? Yuck.

For trophies and statistics? Nope.

We do it because “The Word of God does the work of God.” And because the venue of quizzing gets teenagers into the Word, and thus the Word into teens.

Be careful what questions you ask!

Bible Quizzing Promo

If you have a friend thinking about coming to the kickoff, remember the Promo is always up there to give them a taste for what Bible Quizzing is all about!

Once-Used-Words for 1 and 2 Corinthians Are Online

This upcoming year we'll be studying 1 and 2 Corinthians. One of the key tools for Quizzing new books is the keywords - the words that are used only once across both books. If you hear one of these once-used-words, you can be sure where in the books you are. And the keywords have now been posted and be found at...

http://www.barefootministries.com/nphweb/html/qol/uniqueWords.jsp?nid=lcol