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How the Game Is Played

Format and Timing

There are nine rounds of trivia per game. Five rounds of questions and four bonus rounds of Puzzle, Picture, Fill-in-the-Blank, and Music rounds.

Once you begin asking the questions in round number one, make sure you repeat each question twice. Leave a few seconds in between each of the first few questions. They are designed to be easy and most teams will not need too much time to answer them. Questions 1–5 should take a total of about 2.5 minutes to ask. Leave thirty seconds to a minute in between questions 6–11. These questions are designed to be harder and teams will likely huddle together to debate possible answers. When you have finished, set a deadline (2 or 3 minutes) for teams to complete the round. When a team turns in the first round, give them a copy of the Puzzle round. Begin scoring the answer sheets as soon as you get them. It is up to you whether or not you accept an answer that is close, but remember, you have to deal with the consequences. Once all of the Round One answer sheets have been collected, set a deadline for the Puzzle round (again, 2–3 minutes). Ideally, you should finish scoring all of the Round One answer sheets around the time teams start turning in their Puzzle rounds. Score the Puzzle rounds as soon as you can. When you have finished scoring the Puzzle rounds, add up all of the total score of each team.

Once all Round One and Puzzle rounds have been scored and entered, read off all of the answers to Round One and the Puzzle round. Make sure to re-ask the question before giving the answer. Feel free to use any of our quips to make yourself seem funny.

After you finish reading off all of the questions and answers, review the teams’ scores in order from the lowest to the highest. Repeat for Round Two and the Picture round, etc.

Each round of questions should take about 7–10 minutes to ask. You should have all answer sheets at the 13 minute mark. All puzzle rounds should be collected by 18 minutes.