Solidarity Day Quiz Bowl

Solidarity Day Quiz Bowl 2013

March 1, 2013

University Auditorium

8:00 AM

1.    The contest is open to all bona fide Religious Education (REED) students only and must be officially endorsed by their respective REED Advisers.

2.  A maximum of three (3) participants per REED Adviser can join the contest. Pre-Registration Forms can be secured from their respective REED teachers and to be submitted to Mr. Dennis Madrigal at the REED Office on or before February 26. Only those who have pre-registered and submitted the complete requirements within the specified date will be eligible to join the contest.

3.    Participants are to report to the University Auditorium by 8:00 AM for the formal registration and determination of their official contest numbers and competition briefing. Any late arrivals will be disqualified. The contest will immediately follow around 9:00 AM.

4.    All questions will only cover matters pertinent to the Year of Faith, Articles of the Creed, Augustinian Recollect and Solidarity Day History in general.

5.    Questions will be prepared by the Solidarity Day Academic Committee.

6.    The contest is divided into two main parts: the Qualifying Round and the Final Round.

7.    There will be twenty (20) questions for the Qualifying Round and thirty (30) for the Final Round which will be distributed into three categories: Easy Questions (15), Moderate Questions (10) and Difficult Questions (5).

8.    Questions shall be Multiple Choice for the qualifying round, easy and moderate questions. No choices shall be provided for the difficult questions.

9.    Since the questions will be flashed on screen, the questions shall be read only once after which no repetition of the same will be done.

10. The contestant shall not write the answers until the signal is given. Timer will start as the quizmaster gives the signal “GO.” A bell shall be rung to signal that the time I up and the contestant should stop writing.

11. Contestants will be given 10 seconds to answer each question in the qualifying round, easy and moderate questions, and 20 seconds in the difficult questions.

12. No points shall be awarded for incomplete and wrongly spelled answers.

13. The points to be awarded for each correct answer will be as follows:

Questions	No. of Items	Point
Qualifying Round	20	1
Final Round
Easy	15	2
Moderate	10	3
Difficult	5	6

14. At the end of each qualifying round, the total score of each contestant will be computed. Only those contestants who belonged to the Top Ten highest scores will qualify and proceed to the Final Round.

15.  The contestant with the highest score at the end of the difficult round shall be declared the Champion; while the second and third highest scoring contestants as the first and second runners-up respectively.

16. In case of a tie, a clincher question/s will be given. The first contestant to gain a point advantage shall be declared winner.

17. Protest arising from the contest must be addressed to the panel of judges which will be composed of the Vice President for Religious Affairs and all REED Teachers. The validity of the answer shall be decided upon by the judges. The decision of the judges is final and irrevocable.

18. The audience must observe silence while the contest is going on. COACHING IS STRICTLY NOT ALLOWED FROM THE AUDIENCE.

19. All contestants must abide by the contest rules.

20. One point will be deducted from the total score of the contestant for every violation of any above-stated rules and/or non-compliance of the same.

21. Winners will receive the following prizes:

First Place     -           Php 500.00 + Certificate of Recognition

Second Place -           Php 300.00 + Certificate of Recognition

Third Place    -           Php 200.00 + Certificate of Recognition

         

          Fourth – Tenth Places will receive Certificates of Participation.