BIBLE BOWL
PURPOSE: To challenge participants to achieve an in-depth knowledge of God’s Word!
BOOK: Genesis (1984 NIV) will be the book covered in this year’s Bible Bowl.
PROCESS:
1. All participants and coaches must read and understand rules for the current year.
2. Enroll four (4)-member team(s), using Official Team Form(s) only, in Grade Category of highest grade player on each team. See “TEAMS” for further information on incomplete teams.
3. Enroll one adult “COACH” for each team registered. See “OFFICIALS” (scorekeepers) for further information on any scorekeeping change.
4. Mailed completed official “Team Form(s)” must be postmarked on or before the registration deadline.
5. Registration Changes/Corrections must be postmarked or made by email
by April 1st.
STUDY MATERIALS:
1. A good study guide provided by the Heart of America LTC Region has been made available on the LTC-NW web site www.ltcnw.org. We have their permission to use this great tool. Send LTC Heart of America a “Thank You.”
2. A Study Book may be available from Bible Learn, P.O. Box 38372, Dallas, TX 75238. The cost of this Study Book is approximately $7.00 (contact publisher for more information). Copyright law prohibits copying of this Study Book. It comes in a question-and-answer form and can be very helpful, but it is only intended to be used as a study aid. It is not a requirement that this Study Book be obtained.
3. ALL ACTUAL QUESTIONS WILL BE DEVELOPED BY THE EVENT DIRECTORS FROM
II SAMUEL (1984 NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION) OF THE BIBLE.
TEAMS:
1. Teams are composed of four (4) young men and/or women in grades 3-12. You may enter as many complete teams as desired. LTC will help in filling incomplete teams (“pickup teams”) for those congregations who have an uneven number of players to make up complete teams, but it is ultimately the Church Coordinator(s)’ responsibility to see that their players have a complete team.
2. The Grade Categories are: Grades 3-6, and Grades 7-12.
3. A player may be a member of only one team during the event. A player may participate in a Grade Category above his/her own, but may not participate in a lower Grade Category.
4. Players competing on incomplete teams will compete for individual awards only. Any team which loses one or more players after the event begins will no longer be eligible to compete for a team award, but each remaining player on such incomplete team may continue to compete for an individual award.
5. No “phantoms” will be used to score incomplete teams so as to allow an incomplete team to compete for a team award. See also “SCORING/POINTS.”
6. No alternates are permitted.
7. All team changes must be reported to the Event Director at least one hour before the Bible Bowl Event begins. The Event Director will be available in the area where the Bible Bowl Event will be held in order to facilitate any last minute changes (see also, “COACHES MEETING”).
ROUNDS:
1. Bible Bowl, for all Grade Categories, will consist of four (4) rounds, all of which will be conducted Friday evening between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. in two (2) separate rooms. Grade Category 3-6 will be conducted in one of the rooms and Grade Categories 7-12 will be conducted simultaneously in the other room. Due to time constraints, it will be very important for all players, other participants and spectators, to be cognizant of these times and be promptly in their appropriate places for the beginning of each round.
2. Each of the four (4) rounds will be approximately thirty-five (35) minutes in length, with approximately a ten (10)-minute break between the second and third round.
3. Each of the four (4) rounds will consist of fifteen(15) questions for 3rd-6th grades; twenty (20) questions for 7th – 12th grades… with three (3) possible multiple choice answers (i.e., A, B or C) per question. See also “QUESTIONS” and “ANSWER SYSTEM.”
QUESTIONS:
4. Questions will be developed by the QUIZMASTER from the book of II SAMUEL. (1984 New International Version). All questions will cover only textual facts. There will be no questions on interpretation. Players should be prepared to answer questions in each round from any chapter.
5. All questions, followed by the three (3) possible multiple choice answers, will be read aloud two (2) times only. All questions will also be displayed visually by power point or transparencies.
6. Questions for Grade Category 3-6 will be somewhat different and easier than those asked Grade Categories 7-12. See also “EXPLANATION OF AWARDS.”
ANSWER SYSTEM:
1. An “answer sheet” will be provided to each individual player. Each player must keep his/her eyes forward, their writing hand on their score sheet while each round is being conducted. As Christians, cheating anytime, and doubly on a Bible test, should be unthinkable.
2. The letters A, B, and C (the three (3) possible multiple choice answers per question) for each of the twenty (20) questions will appear on prepared score sheets which will be given to each individual player at the beginning of each round.
3. Each player must privately mark his/her answer (with the pencil provided to each player) IMMEDIATELY AND AT THE SAME TIME on his/her score sheet when “answers please” is called. At no time is a player to look over to attempt to see the answer marked by another player.
4. If a team member marks his/her answer BEFORE “answers please” is called, NO SCORE WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE ENTIRE TEAM ON THAT QUESTION.
5. If a team member is not ready or fails to mark his/her answer on the score sheet when “answers please” is called, NO SCORE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL BE GIVEN FOR THAT QUESTION.
6. THERE WILL BE NO REQUESTS FOR A THIRD READING OF THE QUESTION, MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWER, OR SCRIPTURE REFERENCE. COME PREPARED FOR ONLY TWO READINGS! NO ANSWERS WILL BE SPELLED!
SCORING/POINTS:
1. Each team member will have the opportunity to score points for his / her team on each question.
2. There will be no “phantom” scores or any type of averaging for incomplete teams. Players on incomplete teams will compete for individual awards only.
3. For 7th – 12th, each individual correct answer will be worth ten (10) points, with a total possible of 200 points per round per team member, resulting in 800 total possible points per team member for the four (4) rounds of the event. For 3rd – 6th, each individual correct answer will be worth ten (10) points, with a total possible of 150 points per round per team member, resulting in 600 total possible points per team member for the four (4) rounds of the event.
4. Awards will be based on the most cumulative points earned in all rounds, both for each team (3200 or 2400 total points possible) and each individual (800 or 600 total points possible).
5. Both team and individual scores will be supplied to the individual congregations in their take-home envelopes. To the extent possible, scores will also be provided to the players and participants at the conclusion of the Bible Bowl Event on Friday evening.
OFFICIALS:
Reader:
1. The Reader will read the questions and three (3) possible multiple choice answers aloud, keep track of time and have the final ruling over any disputed questions. A QUESTION MAY BE ASKED ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF ANY QUESTION ONLY AFTER THE ROUND. At that time, the “Reader” will confer with a “panel of experts” who will look up the scripture on the disputed question and make a decision. The ruling will be final, with no further discussion. If a question is deemed to be invalid, that question will be thrown out and everyone will receive credit.
Panel of “Experts”:
1. Three adults selected to look up in the Bible any disputed question to confirm the correct answer for the Reader.
Scorekeeper / Coach:
1. Each congregation is to enroll one (1) ADULT COACH per team registered.
2. Responsible for monitoring the players on one or more teams with respect to assuring that answers are marked when “answers please” is called and that those players adhere to the Bible Bowl Rules.
3. The COACH will be supplied with an answer template from which he or she may score each player’s score sheet (See also “COACHES AND SCORESHEETS”).
COACHES AND SCORESHEETS:
1. Coaches will be asked to initial each player’s score sheet after it has been scored, if an answer template is used to manually score players’ score sheets. After the Coach initials the score sheet, it becomes “sacred writ” and will not be checked again. So…this behooves all Coaches to observe and/or check the scoring of each score sheet carefully before it is initialed by that Coach.
EXPLANATION OF AWARDS:
1. Scoring for awards FOR BOTH GRADE CATEGORIES (3-6 and 7-12) is based upon a point-spread method. The separate point spreads for each Grade Category for Individual and Team Ratings are developed after determining the total points accumulated for all four (4) rounds by each individual player and each team (cumulative total of the four (4) players’
individual scores) within each Grade Category. There are three (3) Individual and Team Ratings (Gold, Silver and Bronze) which can be received by each individual player and each team within each Grade Category. A Gold Individual Rating will be awarded to those individual players achieving the upper point spread, a Silver Individual Rating will be awarded to those individual players achieving the middle point spread and a Bronze Individual Rating will be awarded to those individual players achieving the lower point spread. Similarly, a Gold Team Rating will be awarded to those teams achieving the upper point spread, a Silver Team Rating will be awarded to those teams achieving the middle point spread and a Bronze Team Rating will be awarded to those teams achieving the lower point spread.
2. Individual Awards: Each individual in each Grade Category qualifying for a Gold, Silver or Bronze Rating will receive an appropriately colored plate for their individual plaque.
3. Team Awards: Individual players whose team receives a Gold, Silver or Bronze Team Rating will receive the corresponding appropriately colored plate for their individual plaques. ADDITIONALLY, a team plate will be awarded to each team in each Grade Category to hang on the congregational plaque.
GENERAL:
SHHHHHH!!!
1. Doors will be closed at the scheduled start of any round. Teams or team members not inside will forfeit that round. Coaches/Directors need to make sure no team is late.
2. No one is allowed to enter or leave the event room while questions are being asked. Please enter or leave the event room during the allotted break times.
3. No talking by players or spectators is permitted while the event is in progress. Players and spectators are to be as quiet as possible so as to avoid any distraction or disruption of the event. No outbursts by a player, after an answer is given, is permitted.
4. No physical contact between individual team members and/or their Coaches or spectators is permitted.
5. Players are not to eat (candy, etc.) and/or drink during the rounds. Don’t distract. Wait for the break.
6. Be sure your cell phone is turned off! ….Not on vibrate or mute, but OFF!
COACHES MEETING:
1. There will be a Coaches Meeting Friday evening at 6:00 PM. This will be held in the location where Bible Bowl will be conducted. It is requested that all coaches attend this meeting to review rules, pick up team folders and make any applicable team changes.
AS IN EVERYTHING WE DO, PLEASE UPHOLD THE ATTITUDES AND DECORUM WHICH REFLECT THE NATURE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
WHILE BIBLE BOWL IS A “COMPETITION,” AND EACH PLAYER IS CHALLENGED TO DO HIS OR HER VERY BEST, OUR DESIRE IS TO PROMOTE THE LEARNING OF GOD’S WORD, AND CHRIST OVER COMPETITION!