Moderator Rules Cheat Sheet

Jain Academic Bowl 2017 Moderator Rules Cheat Sheet

Category round Grab bag Individual round (Buzzer) (Buzzer) Number of questions 10 per team 12 16 Question Length? (Unofficial) Medium/Long Short Short/Medium First Team Correct +20 +20 +20 First Team Penalty 0 -20 -10 50% of points (for the first team’s missed parts Second Team Correct (except anagram) +10 +10 ONLY if correct answers are given for all parts) Second Team Penalty (except anagram) 0 -10 -5 Seconds until “Time” (first team) 7 5 5 Seconds until “Answer Please” (first 5 3 3 team) Seconds until “Time” (second team) 2 3 3 Conferring before buzz? N/A Penalized Penalized Conferring before answer begins? Allowed Penalized Penalized Conferring during answer? Only by writing Penalized Penalized Conferring for non-answering team? Only by writing Penalized Penalized Deferring? Allowed Not Allowed Not Allowed

Anagram Question Without any clues 1 Clue 2 Clues Timing and Clues Given at 15 second mark – Given at 20 second 15 seconds to answer until (remember no 5 seconds to answer until mark – 5 seconds to 1st Clue is given bounce backs) 2nd Clue is given answer till time Points 20 Points 15 Points 10 Points

Timing flow for buzzer rounds:

3 Seconds for either team to buzz-> ON FIRST BUZZ -> 3 seconds till “Answer Please” -> 3 second till “Time” -> (FINISH QUESTION IF NECESSARY) 3 seconds for second team to buzz-> 0 seconds till “Answer ON REBOUND BUZZ -> Please” -> 3 second till “Time”

Sections Excluded for Juniors: B11, B12, B13, B14, C06, C09, C10, E01, E02, E03