Specific PNW Quizzing Rules
The following are the Bible Quizzing rules that are specific to PNW Quizzing. These are local district additional rules, policies, and practices for Quizzing.
These rules are managed by the PNW Rules Subcommittee as per the PNW Bylaws and Standard Operating Policies (SOPs).
Bracket Types
Quiz meets will be comprised of preliminary score sum bracket consisting of all registered teams. Each team should be given the same number of quizzes therein, with as many being 3-team quizzes as possible, and 2-team quizzes only as necessary to ensure an equal total quiz-per-team count.
Following the score sum bracket, there will be 1 or more "top-9" positional brackets and an "auxiliary" positional bracket. The teams sorted by total team score from the score sum bracket will fill the 1 or more "top-9" positional brackets, and the remaining teams will be placed in the "auxiliary" positional bracket.
There will be at least 1 but possibly multiple finals/championships quizzes of the top 3 teams from the "top-9" positional brackets.
Club List Weighting
The club lists will be weighted as follows:
- Preliminary score sum quizzes are:
- Club 100: weight of 1 (thus 40% probability a query is unique to this set)
- Club 250: weight of 2 (thus 35% probability a query is unique to this set)
- Full Material: weight of 3 (thus 25% probability a query is unique to this set)
- "Top-9" positional quizzes and finals/championships quizzes are:
- Club 100: weight of 0 (thus 20% probability a query is unique to this set)
- Club 250: weight of 0 (thus 30% probability a query is unique to this set)
- Full Material: weight of 1 (thus 50% probability a query is unique to this set)
- Auxiliary score sum quizzes are:
- Club 100: weight of 3 (thus 67% probability a query is unique to this set)
- Club 250: weight of 2 (thus 25% probability a query is unique to this set)
- Full Material: weight of 1 (thus 8% probability a query is unique to this set)
Individual Averages
Quizzer individual averages for a meet are computed as follows:
- Preliminary score sum and "top-9" positional are summed and divided by the number of these quizzes
- Finals/championships quiz scores do not count toward individual averages
- Auxiliary score sum quiz scores do not count toward individual averages
Quizzer individual averages for a season are computed as follows:
- Scramble and pre-season meets are ignored
- For meets 1, 2, and 3: drop the lowest score of these, then the remaining 2 count 10% each
- For meet 4: count at 20%
- For meet 5: count at 25%
- District Championships: count at 35%
Tie-breaking for individual quizzer standings (both at a meet and across the season):
- Total quizzer points
- Most quizzes in which the quizzer earned points
- Standard deviation of quiz scores
Great West Invitational (GWI) Qualification
We invite quizzers by year-to-date average, but we require quizzers to be eligible by their tracking of their memorization of at least 50% of the material at the synonymous quality level or better. Coaches will have the final say as to whether a quizzers of theirs has fulfilled this requirement.
Meet Cancellation due to Inclement Weather
The Board of Directors will decide if a quiz meet needs to be canceled due to inclement weather. If individual quizzers or whole teams of quizzers are unable to attend a meet due to inclement weather, the Board of Directors will determine if such absences are justified, and such determination will not be unreasonably withheld.
For individuals missing a meet due to weather:
- If missing one of the first 3 meets or District Championships, the individual will receive a 0 average for that meet
- If missing District Meet 4, the individual will receive a 0 for 10% of that meet and 10% weight applied to District Meet 5
- If missing District Meet 5, the individual will receive a 0 for 10% of that meet and 15% weight applied to District Championships
For teams missing a meet due to weather:
- If missing District Meet 3, the team will receive Last Place for 15% of that meet and 10% weight applied to District Meet 4
- If missing District Meet 4, the team will receive Last Place for 25% of that meet and 10% weight applied to District Meet 5
- If missing District Meets 1, 2, 5, or District Championships, the team will receive Last Place for that meet
Eligibility
A ministry organization (typically but not always a church) is eligible to sponsor teams of quizzers to participate in PNW Quizzing provided that organization be theologically traditional Christian. (See our bylaws for more information.)
Any youth who will be 18 or younger at any point during the quiz season and has adequately to their local ministry organization's head coach demonstrated maturity sufficient to be a quizzer may participate. (See our quizzer behavioral expectations document for more information.)