Bible Quiz

Forms

6229 Longford Dr #1
Citrus Heights, CA 95621
916-716-7316
qflytieman@yahoo.com

To challenge students to achieve in-depth knowledge of God's Word.

Read and understand rules for the current year.
Enter teams consisting of one to 5 members in the grade level of the highest-grade member.
Be certain that their teams are registered for Bible Quiz and only Bible Quiz for the given time period.
Provide one adult Facilitator for each Bible Quiz team entered.
The subject of study for the 2010 Bible Quiz will be . The text of The Holy Bible, New International Version, Copyright 1984 by International Bible Society, including all footnotes, will be the source of all quiz questions and answers.
Mail completed "Team Form" to Rebekah Robertson with registration forms.
Submit all changes to the event coordinator by March 19, 2010. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES ALLOWED AT THE CONVENTION.

A congregation may enter any number of teams in any number of grade levels.
A team may be entered in any one of three levels: Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12.
Each team (1 to 5 members) must be entered in the grade level of the highest-grade member. A team member may participate in a grade level above, but not below his own grade level.
To allow time for processing, each team and adult Facilitator is to report to the event area 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the event.
To check in at the session, a team must have the following:
- All team members
- The adult Facilitator that the team is providing for the Bible Quiz event.
- The team's completed Team Sheet with the names of the team members listed.
- The team member handling the registration at the event must have his team sheet with the team number on it.
- No substitutions will be allowed during the event. Team members must participate on the same team throughout the entire event.
- If a team member misses the beginning of a round, his team must participate without him for that round. No substitution is allowed. He may participate in the next round.

The quiz will be administered in an area with table space and chairs for each team.
Teams from the same congregation may not share a table.

Biblical texts may be marked in any way desired.
Photocopies of the Biblical text are allowed but no papers may be added to the text, and extra papers must be removed. Writing/listings on the back of a photocopied text are considered extra paper.
No helps, other than the text of the Bible may be used. Charts, concordances, maps, etc. included in the Bible may not be used.
For Round One, Bibles may not be opened, and may not be on the testing tables. In subsequent rounds, each team member may use the text of a printed Bible to complete the Quiz.

Round One will feature a 50 question closed Bible comprehensive quiz requiring team members to identify chapter numbers of selected topics and quotations.
Each subsequent round will be an open-Bible quiz. The quizzes 3rd- 5th grader will have 40 questions divided into 4 units of 10 questions, each having a different testing method. For 7th-12th graders the quizzes will have 50 questions divided into 5 units of 10 questions, each having a different testing method.

Questions will vary in degree of difficulty and in method. Answer in any order.
No question will call for interpretation.
Sample questions for study purposes will be sent to you upon request. Contact the Event Coordinator for samples.

In finding and recording answers, each team may work in open conference and assistance.
All questions call for short, objective answers. Each answer in Round One will be in the form of a chapter number. In subsequent rounds, answers will be in the form of a numeral, a letter, a combination of letters, or a Scripture reference, or a circle.
Each team must write all of its answers on the one colored quiz sheet by the end of each round.
Answer keys will be placed in the congregation take-home packets.

At the Quiz event, the Quizmaster will give instructions on physical procedures, but will not explain the testing methods. Understanding of testing methods is part of your pre-convention preparation.

Each round will consist of pre-quiz instructions and quiz. No breaks are long enough to leave the testing area.
Subjects and Times of rounds:
- Round One 9 minutes
- Round Two 12 minutes
- Round Three 12 minutes
- Round Four 12 minutes
- Round Five 12 minutes
No team is ever eliminated from Bible Quiz; all teams take all quizzes.

When each team registers in the Quiz room by turning in their team sheet, they will receive a large envelope with five pencils and five sealed envelopes inside.
At the beginning of each test you will be instructed which envelop to open (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) and when to open it. Inside you will find five copies of the quiz (four white, one colored). Final answers go on the colored answer sheet.

All spectators and coaches will be seated in the area behind or around the testing area.
Others will leave the testing area to go to the scoring area.

Protests will be received only from adult Coaches or Facilitators.
All protests must be lodged with the Event Coordinator by the end of the round in question. No protest regarding a given round will be heard after the end of that round.
The Event Coordinator's judgment will, in all cases, be final.

Facilitators will do hand scoring.
In 3rd- 5th grades a maximum of 50 points may be scored in round one and a maximum of 40 points in rounds two through five. A maximum of 210 points may be scored during the entire Bible Quiz.
In 6th- 12th grades a maximum of 50 points may be scored in each round. A maximum of 250 points may be scored during the entire Bible Quiz.

Each individual will receive an appropriate colored engraved plate based on their team's score.
A conversion factor will be added to all cumulative scores of each grade level. The conversion factor in each grade level is determined by subtracting the highest actual cumulative score in that grade level from the highest possible score of the grade level.
3rd � 5th grade Bible Quiz teams will receive ratings based upon the cumulative five-quiz scores after the conversion factor has been added.
- Gold 90-100% (190 - 210 points)
- Silver 80-89% (167 - 189 points)
- Bronze 50-79% (105 - 166 points)
6th � 12th grade Bible Quiz teams will receive ratings based upon the cumulative five-quiz scores after the conversion factor has been added.
- Gold 90-100% (225 - 250 points)
- Silver 80-89% (200 - 224 points)
- Bronze 50-79% (125 - 199 points)
Awards in this event are for teams, not individuals.