The Manhattan Beach Middle School Scholar Quiz 2016 will be held on the last two weeks of May. This is a Jeopardy style event that will have several hundred students entering. These students will compete in teams with several different types of questions on several subjects.
2015 Champs: Bryce Verket, Spencer Hurst, Joshua Hoye, and Russell Blakey
Important Dates
Sign ups will be sometime in April
Manhattan Beach Middle School Scholar Quiz 2016 runs two weeks beginning on May 16, 2016
Finals will be May 24 to 27, 2016
The Final Quiz will be on May 27
Teams
Students can build their own teams.
Each team will have four students in it.
Gameplay
The Manhattan Beach Middle School Scholar Quiz 2016 will be held during the lunch period in several classrooms.
Questions for the competition are taken from the areas of:
Math and Science
Literature and Grammar
Social Studies and Geography
the Arts, Sports, and Popular Culture.
Here is a breakdown of how a round of competition goes:
It is divided into two parts by a 1-2 minute half-time.
There are 3 Types of Questions
1)Toss-Up Questions:
Both teams have 5 seconds, after the reading of the Toss-Up question to answer. For Math questions, 10 seconds are given. With Toss-Up questions, if the first team to answer does so incorrectly, the second team is given an opportunity to answer immediately. The question is not re-read for the second team, nor is an additional 5 seconds given to answer.
2) Four-Part Bonus Questions:
ONLY the team which correctly answered the preceding Toss-Up question may answer this question. Teams have 20 seconds to confer before the Team Captain must immediately provide all four answers.
3)Lightning-Round Questions:
Both teams have 1–2 seconds to answer these 10 rapidly-delivered, theme-related questions. With Lightning Round questions ONLY, if the first team to answer does so incorrectly, 5 points are deducted from that team’s score AND the second team is NOT given an opportunity to answer.
Answering
Players will signal they are ready to answer Toss-Up and Lightning Round questions by raising their flags.
The first person to raise his/her flag receives the first opportunity to answer.
If a flag is raised and a team is called upon to answer BEFORE the reading of a question is complete:
the question will not be finished being read and the team must answer immediately.
If the answer is incorrect, the reading of the Toss-Up question will be completed for the second team.
Scoring
Toss-Up Questions: 5 points each.
Bonus Questions: divided into 4 parts, each worth 5 points, for a maximum of 20 points.
Lightning Round Questions: 5 points if answered correctly. However, 5 points are deducted for an incorrect answer.
GETTING INVOLVED:
The Manhattan Beach Middle School Scholar Quiz has volunteer opportunities for people trying to get involved. If you would like to learn more or volunteer The Study Hut can help refer you to the people in charge of the event. There are positions for things such as: reader, flag judge, and scorekeeper.
