2012 McKinley High School African American Quiz Bowl

The 2012 Annual McKinley African American Quiz Bowl

McKinley High SchoolFebruary 15th , 2012
9am-11am

Register your school today!

The STUDY GUIDES

"Jeopardy Style"
With Your Host, Mr. Keith Hughes
khughes@buffaloschools.org

Welcome to another exciting Quiz Bowl tournament. Here are the rules.

1. Each high school will be allowed to enter two teams of four students (three members and an alternate). Schools must notify Mr. Hughes by February 9th in order to be registered for play. Each team MUST fill out an electronic registration form by February 9th, 2012.

2. Two teams will play at one time. Each team member will receive a wireless remote control. One team member will be designated as the team spokesperson.

3. Once an "answer" has been read, who ever rings in first will give their team an opportunity to score. The team will have five seconds to relay information to your spokesperson. If the timer rings, I will then ask your team for your final answer.

4. Points WILL BE DEDUCTED for incorrect answers, be VERY careful before ringing in.

5. If a team answers incorrectly, other teams will be able to buzz in and attempt to answer.

6. Each single round of Jeopardy includes a hidden daily double. Teams when receiving the daily double question may bet up to the total amount of their score or the highest amount offered on the scoreboard (which ever is higher). Only teams who pick the daily double may answer it.

7. Only teams with a positive amount of points will advance to Final Jeopardy.

8. Before wagering, teams will be informed of the Final Jeopardy category. Teams may bet up to the amount of points they have, all bets must be written down.

9. Teams will have ten seconds following the reading of the Final Jeopardy question to write their answer down.

10. All decisions on timing and accuracy of answers are to be determined solely by Mr. Keith Hughes. Any formal protests must be made with Mrs. Crystal Barton.

11. Team members who fail to comply with the rules and regulations outline for student conduct according to Buffalo Public Schools may be disqualified from the tournament and cause their team to be removed from the tournament.

Helpful Hints

a) While intelligence, memory and wit play a large part in winning, button skill and luck also plays its part. Remotes are not activated until the question has been read in its entirety.

b) Do not buzz in to guess or think about a question. You will run out of time.

c) Watch your scoring, depending on your score you may decide to play more conservatively or liberally.

d) Develop a system to maximize your teamwork. Hand signals to ring in, good whisper-ing and sharing content management in the studying process are crucial

e) Answers should be read in the form of a question. It makes the game fun and real. If you forget I will remind you, while it will no effect in scoring, you may get embarrassed.

f) The Quiz Bowl award will be given at a later date in the week at an African American Conference ceremony.