2007 Blue Heron Bowl-Refresher Tuesday, February 20th 2007 Friday, February 23rd 2007

Match Details 6-minute round 2 Team Challenge Questions Toss-up questions Bonus questions 2 Team Challenge Questions At least 2 min break

Question types Toss-up (TU) questions Bonus questions Anyone may buzz in No collaboration MUST be recognized by Moderator…otherwise BLURT May buzz in AFTER reading of question subject Bonus questions Awarded to winning team of TU question Team collaboration Only Captain may answer Team Challenge Questions (TCQs) Written Captain must turn in team’s answer

Question Timing To answer TU questions…5 seconds Allow natural pause of 3 seconds when answering To answer Bonus questions…20 seconds 5 second signal given To answer TCQs…at least 2 minutes 45 seconds signal given 15 seconds signal given

Scoring Question Type Points Awarded TU +4 pts and bonus Bonus +6 pts Incorrectly answered interrupted TU -4 pts Unrecognized Interrupted TU (BLURT) 0 pts Incorrect Bonus TCQs +0-20 pts

Answer Flow-Chart - 4pts 0 pts TU question is read by Moderator Question Interrupted? YES NO Subject line read? NO BLURT YES Question read to other team NO Recognized by Moderator? NO BLURT BLURT YES Other team may answer Question re-read to other team YES NO NO - 4pts Correct? 0 pts YES Re-read question to other team YES Other team may answer +4 pts + Bonus +4 pts + Bonus

Answer phrasing First answer is the ONLY one that counts May answer with the letter (“W”,“X”,”Y”,”Z”) May answer with the scientific answer May answer with both the letter and the scientific answer

If Moderator gives answer TU question asked and answer incorrectly by one team Moderator doesn’t give other team chance to answer Moderator skips to the next TU question and presents it to the second team ONLY

Time has run out…now what? Question read completely? YES NO NO NO GAME OVER GAME OVER Player buzzed in? YES YES NO NO Recognized by Moderator? BLURT BLURT Other team gets 5s to answer AND Bonus if successful Re-read question to other team AND Bonus option YES YES NO NO Answered Correctly? GAME OVER YES YES -4 pts. Re-Read ? to other team with Bonus option +4 pts. Bonus asked, then GAME OVER

Challenges Two types: Only team members may challenge Scientific answers Enforcement of Competition Rules Only team members may challenge Must be made before Moderator begins next question Competition “pauses” during challenges Decisions from Appeals room are FINAL!

Tie-breakers Round-Robin Double Elimination NO TIE-BREAKERS 2 pts win 1 pt tie 0 pts loss Place in Round-Robin determines seed for Double Elimination Double Elimination A series of 5 toss-up questions are used to break the tie.

Misc. rules Alternates sub in ONLY at break Coach and alternate introduction at the beginning of match NO audience participation NO notes at the beginning of match NO photography except by competition hosts

Answer Flow-Chart TU question is read by Moderator Question interrupted? NO YES Subject line Read? YES Recognized by Moderator? NO Recognized by Moderator? NO BLURT. Question read to other team BLURT. Other team may answer NO YES YES Correct? BLURT. Question re-read to other team Correct? YES YES NO +4 pts +bonus NO 0 pts +4 pts +bonus -4 pts Re-read question and other team may answer Other team may answer