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4-H History Bowl
General Rules and Procedures |
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| The History Bowl will have
all three regional teams on the stage at the same time. The
bowl will be conducted in two parts. |
| 1. |
There
will be a pool of 12 questions with each team having
the opportunity to answer four questions each without
any competition from the other teams. |
| 2. |
The
questions will be rotated between the regions. (There
will be
a question for Western Region, then Central Region
and finally the Eastern Region until all regions
have the opportunity to answer
a question for a total of 12 questions.) Each team's
questions will be drawn from the pool of questions
on
stage. |
| 3. |
A correct
answer will count 10 points. An incorrect answer will
result in 10 points deducted from a team's score. There
will be no penalty for an unanswered question. |
| 4. |
A team
will have five seconds to answer a question. |
| 5. |
Scores
earned in Part I will be added to scores earned in Part
II to determine the winner. |
| 1. |
Each
team, seated at a table, will have a signal box. When
a question is asked, the first team to press its signal
button will have the opportunity to answer the question.
The team whose signal light is activated will have the
opportunity to answer the question even if another team
answers out of turn. After one signal button is pressed,
no other signal will register. Contestants should be sure their signal is
lit before giving an answer. |
| 2. |
The team
with the activated signal will have five seconds in
which to give an answer. Either member of the team may
press the signal button and either may answer the question,
but it would be wise for one team member
to be sure of the answer before flashing the signal. |
| 3. |
If the
signal button is pressed before the question is completed,
that team must answer with no further information given. |
| 4. |
Correct
answers will count 10 points each. An incorrect answer
or failure to answer after a team has turned on its signal
light will take 10 points from a team's score. There will
be no partial credit for a question. |
| 5. |
A team
that "goes in the hole" 50 points drops out
of the contest. |
| 6. |
The contest
will continue until one team has scored 200 points or
until expiration of allotted time, whichever comes first. |
| 7. |
If two
or more teams are tied when time is up, one question will
be asked to break the tie (other teams are not eligible). |
| 8. |
Score keepers
standing behind the teams will use cards to keep the audience
informed on team scores. |
| The two individuals making up the state-winning team
History Bowl team will receive engraved plaques and a $100 US savings
bond. All other participants will receive $50 US savings bonds. |
| Janet Cluck, Dickson County |
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