- How many seconds do Elementary students have to buzz in on a bonus question?
Your answer:
1 - it's all they need after 3 or 4 doughnuts
5
10
15
- Which item below may NOT be present on a Quick Recall team's table?
Your answer:
Scratch paper
Name plates
Stopwatch
Stuffed animal mascot
- Who can legally answer a bonus question?
Your answer:
Only the captain
Only the person who buzzes in first
The captain or designee
Anyone. This is America.
- When does the Inquiry Period occur?
Your answer:
During timeouts
After each half and overtime period
At the end of the second half
Wasn't it between the Jurassic and the Cretaceous?
- Which choice correctly describes the inquiry process?
Your answer:
3 minute inquiry period, 3 minute rebuttal
5 minute inquiry period, 3 minute rebuttal
5 minute inquiry period; 5 minute rebuttal
7 minutes of Non-Stop Mud-Slingin Action!
- What action below may NOT be taken by a judge who has been handed an inquiry?
Your answer:
Accept it (agree with it)
Deny it (disagree with it)
Accept supporting reference material
Defer to the Chief Official
- How long is an overtime period?
Your answer:
Until one team gets 5 points
5 questions
3 minutes
5 minutes
- Which choice below is an example of a proper recognition by the spotter?
Your answer:
"Sara, Seat 4"
"Sara, North Middle"
"The chick with the Avril Lavigne eyeliner"
"North Middle, Sara"
- What happens if an inquiry after an overtime results in a tie 5-5 score?
Your answer:
One sudden death question determines the winner
The match is declared a tie
A new overtime begins with no score
The match is decided with a Physical Challenge
- In any particular Governor's Cup question set, mathematics makes up what percentage of the total questions?
Your answer:
5
10
20
I'm pretty sure someone told me there would be no math.
- How many certified officials must each Governor's Cup team provide at District?
Your answer:
1
2
3
4
- A team answers its tossup correctly, but misses its bonus. What do we call the opportunity the other team receives to answer that missed question?
Your answer:
Rebound bonus
Bounce-back bonus
Return bonus
Pity bonus
- The answer to a question is (GEORGE) ORWELL. The timer to end the first half goes off during a student response, precisely between "GEORGE" and "ORWELL". What is the appropriate ruling?
Your answer:
Half a point should be awarded.
A point should be awarded as long as the student does not hesitate
The question carries over to the second half where the student gets a second chance to answer.
No point should be awarded.
- Who has a right to demand that an inquiry be sent to the Chief Official?
Your answer:
Only the coach that filed the original inquiry
Only the coach that rebutted the original inquiry
Either coach
Any coach present, or any teacher with less than a year left before retirement
- Which choice below is NOT an allowable area of inquiry?
Your answer:
Hesitation calls or the lack thereof
Correctness of answers
Equipment malfunction
Failure to follow rules
- On question #2 in the first half, the moderator accidentally gives the answer before either team has a chance to respond. The judge calls "moderator error". If you're the moderator, what do you do then?
Your answer:
Slap the judge with anything handy and heavy
Nothing--this is an uncorrectable error
Immediately go to the extra questions for a replacement
If time permits at the end of the half, offer a replacement question from the extra.
- Unless otherwise stated in the question, probabilities may be given in all of the following forms EXCEPT which one?
Your answer:
one-fourth
one over four
two eighths
twenty-five hundredths
- Who is the primary official in the Quick Recall match room?
Your answer:
Judge
Moderator
Scorer
Timer
- Which choice below is an acceptable thing for a moderator to say during a match?
Your answer:
(as tossup time winds down) "Two seconds..."
(as bonus time winds down) "Captain"?
(after a missed bonus, heading to a bounce-back) "Incorrect. Captain?"
"Wow. I knew my alma mater had gone to the dogs, but I had no idea how much."
- A time-out can be called in all of these cases EXCEPT which one?
Your answer:
After both teams miss a bonus
After a successful bonus
Between a tossup and a bonus
After both teams miss a tossup