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High School Celebrity Shoot Format

Revised 8/22/99 1:38:20 PM

Introduction

Why a biography competition?

The CWRU Trivia Club decided to host a novel competition in a novel non-buzzer format. All answers will pertain to individuals who have achieved a national or international popular reputation in his/her field (academic or not). All efforts will be made to including all regions of the world, underrepresented groups and cultures, and all time periods.

We have decided on a non-buzzer format to reward knowledge depth for each team of four students rather than team "speed." Consequently, we have drawn upon our experience with a variety of non-buzzer competitions to produce this format. We do not have a pre-determined syllabus. This way, teams that compete in buzzer competitions and non-buzzer competitions will be at a similar disadvantage.

The following is a list of influences governing this competition's format.

Preliminary Round

For the Preliminary Round, all four members of the team will take identical written tests in separate rooms. Each competitor will be asked to identify 70 different individuals in 30 minutes. The test is written so that competitors write down a written response on an answer sheet, so it's not multiple choice. Last names are sufficient unless otherwise prompted in the question.

The seventy questions are divided into five sets of 14 questions each. Each set is further subdivided by question difficulty and alloted a point-value as follows:


The maximum number of points possible per set is 40 points, making the entire test worth 200 points.

Click the link to see how this round contributes to the Team Championship.

Team Consulation Round

In the Consultation Round, all four members of the Bachelors team will identify 44 individuals. The questions are given simultaneously to all teams in an auditorium. Each team will submit one written answer to each question for the appropriate number of points.

The 44 questions are divided into three sets of questions as follows:


The maximum number of points possible is 800 points. Each of these sets is further subdivided into sections of questions related by a common category or theme.

Each team will have ten seconds to provide a written answer to the proctor, who will award the appropriate number of points for each correct answer.

There will be "progressive" or "multi-clue" questions as well during the Team Match worth 20 or 30 points. For these questions, two or three clues pertaining to the same person will be read. Teams can submit answers after every clue, but your last answer counts for the number of points offered at the time that answer was submitted.

Click the link to see how this round contributes to the Team Championship.

Category Relay

The Category Relay will involve identification of 40 individuals, separated into eight categories of five questions:


Each team will select one member to answer questions for any one Academic Category and any one Potluck Category. Once that person has answered a category, he/she cannot represent the team in subsequent categories of that type (Academic or Potluck). If you want to know what Categories we will be using, sorry. The Celebrity Shoot Organizers will withhold revealing those categories until just prior to the start of the Relay. We may opt to just announce categories as they come up in the Relay, making it more critical for coaches and team to make up their strategies.

The maximum number of points possible 800 points.

Click the link to see how this round contributes to the Team Championship.

The Team Championships

If you haven't read the sections on the Preliminary Round, the Team Match, or the Category Relay, you better before you read more.

The team championship is determined by combining all the points earned by that team for the Preliminary Round, the Team Match, and the Category Relay. Each event is worth a maximum of 800 points for the team, so the total maximum points for the championship is 2400.

To spell it out, here's the formula:

  1. Preliminary Round
    Add all four team members' scores (4 x 200 points) = 800
  2. Team Match (out of 800)
  3. Category Relay (out of 800)

Individual Shootout Championship

The top 64 scoring competitors in the Preliminary Round will qualify for the Individual Championship.

NEW FOR 1999: All competitors will be placed in foursome matches based on seeding against other appropriate level competitors. No matches between team members will be made (though you can have students from the same school but on different teams). The highest scoring student advances to the next round.

Each match will consist of two sets of ten questions organized as follows:


The maximum number of points possible is 60 points. These scores will not carry over to subsequent matches. None of the questions sets is organized into categories.

Each competitor will write down their answers to these questions for the appropriate number of points.

In cases of a tie for first place, additional questions will be read until the tie is broken (i.e., you advance when you get the answer right and your opponent doesn't).

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