SCIENCE BOWL
This is a Head-to-Head event. Medals will be awarded to the winning team in each
30-minute time slot, as well as points toward the overall score.
Description: Head-to-head competition answering questions and
buzzing in to see which team answers
Number of Participants: 4
The Competition
Toss Up Questions
1. Each team member has a buzzer. Team buzzing in first
gets to answer.
2. If a person buzzes in before the question is finished, that
team member must answer without hearing the remainder of the
question. If the question is missed, it is then read in its
entirety and the other two teams get to buzz in for an answer.
3. If a question is read in its entirety and missed by the
buzzing team, it is not reread, but the other two teams get a chance to
buzz in for an answer.
4. Once read in its entirety, a question is not repeated for any
team.
5. Team members cannot speak to each other on a Toss Up
Question. The team member buzzing in must answer without
assistance from fellow team members.
6. The team answering a Toss Up Question correctly receives a
Bonus Question.
7. If no team buzzes in for a Toss Up Question, the judge
proceeds to the next Toss Up Question
Bonus Questions
1. Only the team answering the Toss Up Question may attempt to
answer the Bonus Question. That team does not need to buzz in for
the Bonus Question.
2. A team may confer on a Bonus Question for a number of seconds
determined by the judge
3. The first response to the Bonus Question constitutes the
team’s answer.
4. After the Bonus Question, a new Toss Up Question will be given
for which all teams may vie.
Audience
1. No student participating in Science Bowl at a later time may
view any session, nor can any student from any school except those
competing during that session.
2. No adults may view any session except the one in which their
school is competing.
3. These rules will be posted on the doors to the auditorium.
Scoring
Toss Up Question: A correct answer is one [1] point and an
incorrect answer is minus one [-1] point.
Bonus Question: A correct answer is one [1] point and no
deduction is made for an incorrect response to a Bonus Question.
The highest scoring team in each session wins.
Tie Breaker [if any]
A. Team with the greatest number of Bonus Questions answered.
B. If still tied, there shall be one more toss up question