SCORE
KEEPERS' GUIDELINES
1. 20 points for a correct answer to a
regular or toss-up question.
2. 10 points to the team and individual
score for a correct answer to a free question.
3. 10 bonus points to the team and individual
score for four correct answers to 20-point questions by one person without
errors.
4. 10 bonus points to the team score for a
correct answer to a 20-point question by the third, fourth and fifth team
member. Total bonus could equal 30
points.
5. -10 points from the team score for
every 2 team fouls.
6. -10 points from the individual score
for every 2 individual fouls
7. -10 points from the team score for an
error on the 16th and subsequent questions.
8. -10 points from the team score for the
4th team error and each successive error in that quiz.
9. -10 points from the team and individual
score for an individual's third error.
10. Incorrect
answers on a free question do not result in any points being deducted from the
team or individual score.
11. Never
deduct more than 10 points on one question.
12. Teams
can have negative scores.
13. Each
team can have two 45-second time-outs per quiz at any point in the quiz. However, they may only be called between
questions, after the quizmaster has ruled on the correctness of the answer.
EXAMPLE SCORING
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Correct points are marked in the center of the scoring box. |
20 |
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Errors or attempts are marked with an "E" or "A" in the center of the box. |
E |
A |
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Error points from personal score should be marked in the bottom right-hand corner of the scoring box. Team error points are marked in the team score box. |
E -10 |
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Fouls are recorded in the lower right-hand corner of the box with an "F". Example of a quizzer with a correct question but also a second foul. |
20 F -10 |
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Bonus points are recorded in the lower right-hand corner of the box. Example a quizzer scoring bonus for four correct twenty-point questions with no errors. |
20 +10 |
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Team bonus points for the third or fourth quizzer correctly
answering a twenty-point question are recorded in the team score box. |
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OLYMPIC TEAM POINTS
Olympic points are awarded for each quiz as follows:
First place team receives 10 Olympic points with one additional point for each ten team points over 120 up to a total of 14 Olympic points.
Second place team receives 5 Olympic points with one additional Olympic point for each ten team points over 70 up to a total of 9 Olympic points.
Third place team receives 1 Olympic point with one additional Olympic point for each ten team points over 30 up to a total of 4 Olympic points.
