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- revised 4.24.09
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I.  THREE-TEAM QUIZ

A. There will be 20 questions in a quiz.
B.
Each question will be read only once.

C. All questions have a value of 20 points when two or three teams are eligible.
D. In the event the quiz ends in a tie, additional units of three, overtime questions each will be used until the tie is broken. Two-team rules will apply in
overtime if only two teams are involved.
E. A toss-up question is the result of an error by one team. The two remaining teams will have the opportunity to jump, but the team making the error is ineligible for that question.
F. If question 1to15 is erred, the next numbered question will be a toss-up question.

G. If toss-up question 2 to15 is erred, then the next numbered question is awarded as a 20-point bonus question to the corresponding chair of the team that has not erred.
H. If question 16 is erred, the toss-up question will be question 16A. If 16A
is erred, then 16B is awarded as a 20-point bonus question to the  corresponding chair of the team that has not erred.
I. If question 16 is a toss-up question and is erred, 16A is awarded as a 20- point bonus question to the corresponding chair of the team that has not erred.

J. Error points begin at question 17.

K. The first error committed, beginning at question 17, results in a toss-up question, which is numbered 17A, for the two remaining teams. If there is an error on 17A, the next question will be 17B and will be a 10-point bonus for the team that has not committed an error. This process applies for the remainder of the quiz. Three teams must be enlisted to jump on questions 17, 18, 19, and 20.


II.  TIE-BREAKER QUIZ

A. In the event three teams are involved, a 20-question tie-breaker quiz will be used. The above rules for a three-team, 20-question quiz applies.
B.
In the event two teams are involved, a 15-question tie-breaker quiz will be used with the following guidelines:

1. If an error occurs on questions 1 through 11, the next numbered question is a 20-point bonus to the corresponding chair on the team that did not error.
2. If questions 12, 13, 14, or 15 are erred, the bonus question will remain on
the same question number and will not be counted in the basic 15 questions. Both teams must jump on questions 13, 14, and 15.
3. All bonus questions up to and including 12B are worth 20 points.

4. All bonus questions from 13 to the end of the quiz are worth 10 points.
5. All bonus questions from 13 to the end of the quiz are worth 10 points.
6. Error points begin at question 13.
7. No time-out will be permitted after the start of question 14.

8. A quizzer will be ineligible to jump when the quizzer has answered  three questions correctly or committed three fouls or three errors.


III.  Two-Team 20-Question Quiz

This quiz is used only in the International Championship Finals when the third team has been eliminated.  The following guidelines apply:

A. There will be 20 questions in a quiz.  Each question will be read once.
B. All questions have a value of 20 points when two teams are eligible.

C. If a question is missed, a bonus question will be read for the corresponding chair on the other team. The bonus question will be the next numbered question, except for questions 16 and following. 

D. Both teams must be eligible to jump on questions 17 to 20.

E. A quizzer will be ineligible to jump when the quizzer has answered four questions correctly or committed three fouls or three errors.
F. In the event the quiz ends in a tie, additional units of three overtime questions each will be used until the tie is broken.

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