SCIENCE QUIZ BEE

Contest Guidelines:

1. Registration shall be on or before in the afternoon of September 10, 2019. 2. Each section is entitled
to have three (3) representatives who will compose a TEAM. Each team shall bring ¼ sized illustration
board with an eraser and chalk.

3. The contest is divided into three (3) phases: the Easy, Moderate, and Difficult Phases

4. Questions shall be of Multiple Choice Type for each phase.

5. At the end of each phase, the cumulative score of each team will be computed and presented to the
audience.

6. At the end of the contest, the group with the highest cumulative score will be declared the Champion.
The next two highest scoring teams will be declared First and Second Runners up, respectively.

7. A short explanation will be given after every revelation of the correct answer.

8. Set of concepts and ideas that might come out in the actual day of the competition will be given to
the students 5-days before the said competition.

Reading Mechanics

1. Questions will be read twice by the quizmaster After the second reading, the quizmaster shall say
"GO" and only then the team be allowed to write the answer. Automatically, ten (10) seconds time-
limit will begin with the signal "GO” given by the quizmaster.

2. After the time a warning sound will be heard. The team then should STOP writing and raise their
writing boards. The answer of the team violating this rule will be considered void.

Answering Mechanics

1. Each TEAM contestant will be provided with official writing boards 2. Answers must be written legibly
on the writing boards as instructed. If the question team is a multiple choice, the answer must be
written in PRINT BIG LETTERS such as A, B, C, and D

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

5. One point shall be deducted from the total score of the TEAM contestant for every violation of any of
the mechanics or contest rules. Any violation will be signaled by a VIOLATION CALL which will be done,
identified and confirmed by the Battle of the Wiz Committee.
Scoring Mechanics

1. The Battle of the Wiz contest will follow a point system of scoring.

2. Points shall be awarded as follows: NO. OF ITEMS POINT VALUES FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER

PHASE No. Of Questions POINT VALUES FOR EACH TOTAL

CORRECT ANSWER
Easy 20 1 20
Moderate 10 3 30
Difficult 10 5 50
OVERALL TOTAL 100

Tie Breaking Mechanics

1. In case of a tie at the end of the last phase of this contest, a te breaker will immediately ensue

2. Three (3) set of questions of any difficulty and type will be asked. In case, further questions will be
given until one contestant gains an advantage in score over the other.

3. The first contestant to gain an advantage in score will be declared the victor of the tie and will ment
the corresponding award