BRAINQUEST: THE GENERAL INFORMATION QUIZ BEE

ELIMINATION ROUND 1. 2. 3. Each local chapter is only allowed to send one group with 3 members. Contestants are advised to be at the designated area of competition 30 minutes before the time schedule. Late contestants shall no longer be allowed to join the competition. ELIMINATION ROUND shall be comprised of three rounds namely: Easy, Average and Difficult. Time allotment, number of items and corresponding points are as follows: Time allotment Number of items Corresponding points 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. EASY 10 seconds 10 2 AVERAGE 15 seconds 10 3 DIFFICULT 20 seconds 10 5 CLINCHER 10 seconds -

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The quizmaster shall read each question TWICE. The group shall assign a group leader. Only the group leader is allowed to write the answers on the board after the quiz master says GO. Group leaders who shall violate this shall be given a warning on the 1st offense. 2nd offense shall mean disqualification from the particular question while, 3rd offense entails disqualification from the competition. The groups shall not be provided with a copy of the question in the ELIMINATION ROUND but the questions shall be flashed on the screen The group leaders should have written their answers on their respective answer board provided for the contest within the time allotted for each question. When the bell rings signaling the lapse of time allotted, all group leaders should stop answering and must immediately raise the boards. Answers of the group who shall violate this provision shall be forfeited. All answers should be written clearly and legibly on the answer boards. The following rule shall be strictly followed: Only one answer should appear on the answer board. In case two answers appear on the board, the answers should be deemed invalid. Wrong spelling and incomplete answers shall not be accepted. Abbreviations shall not be allowed unless stated in the question. On questions requiring name of a person, last name shall be accepted unless otherwise specifically required by the question. Answers that have former names, (e.g., New York Twin Towers now Ground Zero) shall be accepted unless otherwise required by the question. A judge or board of judges shall be a selected by the Council who can give an intelligent and independent decision. The judge or the board of judges shall have the sole and exclusive authority to clear or answer any protest/clarification raised by the contestants. The decision of the judge or board of judges is final and irrevocable. Before proceeding to the next question, the contestants solely, shall be given an allotted time of five seconds to raise a protest/clarification, to request for new marker or to raise any other concerns. After the allotted time has elapsed, the quizmaster shall read the next question, thus, protest, clarification, or any concerns shall no longer be entertained. The TOP FIVE groups with the highest accumulated scores shall advance to the FINAL ROUND.

14. In case of tie after the difficult round, clincher questions shall be given to the contestants until the deadlock is broken. The 1st group who shall raise the board with the correct answer shall advance to the FINAL ROUND. FINAL ROUND 1. 2. The FINAL ROUND shall be a buzzer type round. The TOP FIVE contestants from the ELIMINATION ROUND shall advance in the FINAL ROUND. All points of the contestants from the elimination round shall revert to zero. This round shall test the speed and strategy of the contestant to answer the questions using a buzzer. Contestants may answer the question at any moment even if the quizmaster is still on the course of reading the question, provided that before pressing the buzzer, the answer must be already be reduced to writing and the right term or digits are legibly written on the board. Otherwise, the answer shall be deemed as null and void. The 1st contestant who pressed the buzzer shall get the chance to answer the question. If the 1st contestant answered the question incorrectly, only one contestant has the chance to steal. The other contestant who shall steal can only start pressing the buzzer after the quizmaster declared the answer of the 1st contestant as incorrect. But if the contestant who got a chance to steal still answered the question incorrectly, the quizmaster shall proceed to the next question. There are 25 questions in the FINAL ROUND and questions may be multiple choice or identification type. Time allotment, number of items, corresponding points and corresponding deductions are as follows: Time allotment Number of items Corresponding points Corresponding deductions 7. EASY 10 seconds 7 10 3 AVERAGE 15 seconds 8 15 5 DIFFICULT 20 seconds 10 20 7 CLINCHER 10 seconds -

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The contestant shall create five straight patterns in the BINGO CHART, which could be horizontal, vertical or diagonal, to win the game and be declared as the Champion. The next two contestants who shall create a five straight pattern shall be declared as the 2nd place and 3rd place. 8. The FINAL ROUND shall end when three contestants have formed five straight patterns either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally or after exhausting the 25 questions whichever comes earlier. 9. In case no contestants were able to make five straight patterns at the end of the game, winners shall be the determined based on the accumulated points garnered by each contestant and the top three highest pointers shall be declared as winners. 10. In case only one or two contestants were able to make five straight patterns at the end of the game, the 2nd place and/or 3rd place shall be the determined based on the accumulated point garnered by each contestant. 11. In case of tie, clincher questions shall be given until the deadlock is broken. The 1st contestant who answered the question correctly shall be declared as the winner. 12. The Regional Council shall have the exclusive power to interpret the provisions of the IRR and shall be vested with the power to give sanctions to any contestant who shall violate any provisions in this IRR.

13. In case there are any concerns or protests which are not covered in this IRR, the Regional Vice President for Non Academics shall have the absolute power and sole authority to decide and interpret the implementing rules and regulations of the Battle of the Brains The Search for Brainiac Masters, upon consultation with the Regional Council President and Regional Adviser, on matters which he deems necessary to preserve and protect the integrity of the event. Should there be any ambiguity encountered by any party, such should be addressed on a timely basis. The decision of the Regional Council shall be final and irrevocable.