Rules
We will be using the AACS rules throughout the tournament with the following additions/exceptions:
1. Teams:
Schools or Churches may have more than one team but quizzers may not switch teams once quizzing has begun.
2. Questions:
All Quizzes will end after 25 regular/tossup questions or 20 correctly answered questions—whichever comes first. The questions are designed to cover all chapters in the Passage.
3. Substitutions:
The number of substitutions in any quiz is unlimited; however, substitutions can only be made during a timeout (2 per team per quiz) or for replacement of a quizzer who has quizzed out.
4. Seeding:
Saturday (Elimination) Seeding will be based on a team's record during the preliminary matches. The best record is determined by:
1. Least number of losses
2. Greatest number of High Wins
If ties are present after the final preliminary quizzes, seeding will be determined by head to head. Further tiebreakers are determined by the CI Staff (available upon request).
Elimination bracketing:
Byes must be determined based on:
1. Higher # of quizzes total
2. Highest Seeding Position after the preliminary rounds (This makes the early rounds actually worth something)
5. Finals:
When there are only 3 teams remaining in a division, scoring changes from “Elimination” to “Finals.” That means that there is no question limit: Quizzing continues until a 20th correct question is reached.
6. Cell phones:
Quizzers may not use a cell phone at all during a quiz. Also, spectators are asked to turn off (or silence) their cell phones when in a quiz room.
7. AACS Rules:
Reminder: A time-out can be called up to question 20. Also, fouls will be called for distracting or delaying the flow of a quiz.
1. Teams:
Schools or Churches may have more than one team but quizzers may not switch teams once quizzing has begun.
2. Questions:
All Quizzes will end after 25 regular/tossup questions or 20 correctly answered questions—whichever comes first. The questions are designed to cover all chapters in the Passage.
3. Substitutions:
The number of substitutions in any quiz is unlimited; however, substitutions can only be made during a timeout (2 per team per quiz) or for replacement of a quizzer who has quizzed out.
4. Seeding:
Saturday (Elimination) Seeding will be based on a team's record during the preliminary matches. The best record is determined by:
1. Least number of losses
2. Greatest number of High Wins
If ties are present after the final preliminary quizzes, seeding will be determined by head to head. Further tiebreakers are determined by the CI Staff (available upon request).
Elimination bracketing:
Byes must be determined based on:
1. Higher # of quizzes total
2. Highest Seeding Position after the preliminary rounds (This makes the early rounds actually worth something)
5. Finals:
When there are only 3 teams remaining in a division, scoring changes from “Elimination” to “Finals.” That means that there is no question limit: Quizzing continues until a 20th correct question is reached.
6. Cell phones:
Quizzers may not use a cell phone at all during a quiz. Also, spectators are asked to turn off (or silence) their cell phones when in a quiz room.
7. AACS Rules:
Reminder: A time-out can be called up to question 20. Also, fouls will be called for distracting or delaying the flow of a quiz.
