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The USA College of Law Trivia Contest

Mechanics

- A team may consist of 2-4 persons. Teams must think of a team name to use. Teams will be given a
board to write their answers on.

- The Trivia Contest will consist of 30 questions, divided into 4 rounds- easy, average, difficult and very
difficult- with 10 questions each for the easy and average round, and 5 questions each for the difficult
and very difficult round.

- Questions will be read twice only, and flashed on the screen. The time starts as soon as the MC says
Go!” after reading the question twice.

- Teams will be given 10 seconds to answer for the easy round, 15 seconds for the average round, and
20 seconds for the difficult and very difficult rounds. The easy and average rounds will have multiple
choice type questions, while the difficult and very difficult rounds are identification-type questions.

- Questions may be about, but not limited to, general information, pop culture and law school trivia.

- Teams shall raise their answer boards as soon as the time is up.

- Each correct answer in the easy, average, difficult and very difficult round is worth 1 point, 2 points, 3
points, and 4 points, respectively.

- The judges have the final say on any disputed answers. The judges’ decisions will be final.

- The scores shall be tallied, and the scores for each team shall be announced at the end of each round.

- No asking the audience and/or no phoning/texting a friend shall be allowed. Resource materials and
electronic devices (computers, mobile phones, tablets, etc.) are strictly prohibited for use. Teams are
prohibited from communicating with other teams, or looking at other teams’ answers. Any form of
cheating is not allowed, and will result in disqualification. The audience shall be asked to refrain from
coaching the teams.

- The team with the highest score at the end of the contest shall be declared the winner. In case of a tie,
tiebreaker questions shall be used, and the first team to answer the question correctly shall be declared
the winner.