1. Guidelines stated in the RULEBOOK are to be used in all levels of competition.

2. All deadlines must be met to participate in any and all categories.

3. Each participant must be registered with the FAMILY BIBLE BOWL FELLOWSHIP.

A. Oral Bible Bowl Registration

1. Pre-registration FBBF Form is required for all Oral Bible Bowl Teams.

2. Each team must pay a registration cost of $75.00, which includes individual registration for each team member for the Written Bible Bowl competition.

3. For a Team to be considered "Registered" it must submit both the $75.00 registration cost and the Registration Form by the due date.

4. Each member of an Oral Bible Bowl Team must be listed on a Registration Form by the due date.

B. Written Bible Bowl Registration

1. A Registration Form is required for any individual not listed on the Oral Bible Bowl Team registration. THIS COST IS INCLUDED FOR ORAL BIBLE TEAM MEMBERS.

2. All other individuals will pay a registration cost of $5.00 for each child and teenager.

C. Spelling - Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade

1. All individuals are required to PRE-REGISTRATION.

2. Individual registration cost of $5.00.

D. Art - Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade

1. All individuals are required to PRE-REGISTRATION.

2. Individual registration cost of $5.00.

E. Essay – First Grade through Twelfth Grade

1. All individuals are required to PRE-REGISTRATION

2. Individual registration cost of $5.00.

F. Speech - Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade

1. All individuals are required to PRE-REGISTRATION.

2. Individual registration cost of $5.00.

All registration fees are non-refundable.

First Place & Second Place Team Trophy for the church, school, or youth organization whose Children's and Teenager's team finishes first and second place in the final round competition.

First and Second Place Individual Trophies for team members of the winning teams in the Children's and Teenager's categories and their coach.

All other participating youth receive an award for each competition entered and recognition.

ORAL BIBLE BOWL cont.

It is important to note that the procedure outlined is to be followed for all levels of competition.

For each game you will need:
- One quiz person, who reads the questions and a judge of the answers
- Two judges listen to evaluate the reading of the questions and the answers
- One score keeper
- One time keeper

The quiz person will determine who will play first for the alternating question system. Each team is given a letter name (Team A or Team B) and each quizzer a number and the letter for identification.

The quiz person secretly selects a number between 1-10. Each coach selects the number closest to that of the quiz person, without going over, is the first to play.

The Alternating System begins and applies only to the first ten questions. The first question is directed to the team who is chosen to begin, i.e. Team B. Team B then has five seconds to buzz in. The timekeeper will identify the team member by their team letter and number i.e. B-4. B-4 is allowed to answer and the points are awarded if correct. If incorrect, the ruling is made and the opposing team (A) is give five seconds to buzz in and give their response. Points are then awarded if a correct answer is given. Note: No points are given or taken from team B for the incorrect response.

Question #2 is now directed to the other team (A) and the same rules for answering apply.

Questions 11-20 use the Toss Up System. When a question is asked, the first quizzer to press his button and is identified by the timekeeper will have the first chance to answer.

After the timekeeper identifies the team and calls the quizzer's letter and number, the quizzer must give an answer. The quizzer has 30 seconds to complete the answer.

If the answer is correct or incorrect, the quiz person shall announce the decision. If the answer is incorrect, the other team has 5 seconds to buzz in and answer to the same question.

Please note: if the judges cannot hear your answer it is a wrong answer.

All quizzers need to speak loudly and clearly.

If no quizzer responds within 5 seconds after the question is read, the question will be closed by the calling of "time" by the time keeper, and the quiz person goes on to the next question.

If the quizzer thinks the answer needs to be changed, quizzer must
say correction and start from the beginning.

The play continues using the Toss up system until all questions are completed. The two judges may be called to assist the quiz person to rule on answer to the question . All conferring should be done privately and a decision announced publicly by the quiz person, who is the head judge. The judges' role is to monitor the game and record responses correct and incorrect.

If an interruption occurs when the quiz person speaks a part of a question or word, the quiz person shall stop reading the question immediately. After proper identification, the quizzer who interrupted the question will answer it. If not answered correctly, a 10 point deduction is given to the team and then the question is re-read in its entirety to the opposing team, allowing them the five second opportunity to buzz in to answer the question within 30 seconds.

When an uninterrupted question is answered incorrectly, after the quiz person's ruling, the opposing team has the opportunity to answer. The question is not repeated for that team, the team member must respond by buzzing in within 5 seconds and completing the answer within 30 seconds.

If a quizzer responds out of turn and stops before completion of the answer, the team is given a warning and the correct team member is allowed to answer the question. If a team member responds out of turn again and answers correctly, full point value is given to the other team who should have responded. If on this second time, the team member answers incorrectly and interrupted the question, 10 points will be deducted from his team's score.

A warning may be given the first time there is any response from the team members, substitutes, or coaches, which might hinder or help the quizzers in answering the question or a 10 point deduction may be given. This is the judges' decision. There is no talking among team members and from the audience during the competition. If a team member is helped, he will not be permitted to answer the question. For any subsequent occurrences, 10 points will be deducted from the team that caused the occurrence and they will not be allowed to answer the question.

Other procedures:

1. Official Time Outs.

During all official time outs, quizzers may confer among themselves and their coach. This ruling applies only to the team requesting the time-out.

A. Each team is permitted 3 time-outs during the competition.

B. Time-outs are allowed. Time-outs may be called at any time during the game after a question is completed.

C. A Time out lasts sixty seconds (one minute).

2. Substitutions.

In all levels of competition substitutions of team members may be made only during time outs, and only by the coach. There can be only one alternate team member per team.

3. Tie Game.

In case of a tie, an overtime period of three 20 point questions will follow. If the tie still prevails there will be a second overtime of one 20 point question. If the tie still prevails there will be another overtime of one 20 point question until one team wins.

4. Bonus Question equals 25 points.

A Bonus question is earned when a team has correctly answered three 20 point questions (in a row) consecutively. Prior to giving an answer the team is allowed to confer. The team is given 60 seconds to confer, buzz in, and answer the question. One team member is required to buzz in after conferring with team members to answer for the team. This person is the only member to answer for the team.

PLEASE NOTE:
No conferring is allowed once the quizzer buzzes in.

ORAL BIBLE BOWL cont.

Oral Bible Bowl consists of two teams competing against each other, receiving points for correctly answering questions presented to the team first in an alternating fashion, and then with a Toss up buzzer system. Oral Bible Bowl uses a process of single elimination at all levels.

The maximum number of team members entered into Oral Bible Bowl at each level is 5 (4 competing members and 1 alternate). Each team can have 1 or 2 coaches. A team can consist of as few as 1 member.

Teams study the designated Bible Study Guide, which is furnished by the Family Bible Bowl Fellowship. The Bible used is the New King James Version.

There are seven basic types of questions:

DQ - Direct Question: Give the answer indicated in the study guide.
E.g.: DQ-Who made Heaven and Earth?

QUOTE - Quotation Question: Give direct quote indicated in the study guide.
E.g.: Quote: Genesis 1:1

QC - Quotation Completion: Complete quote where quiz person stops speaking.
E.g.: QC-In the beginning God .

MC - Multiple Choice Question: Give the letter choice and state the answer after all choices have been given. If the question is interrupted before the letter choice is given simply give the answer as indicated in the study guide.

SPELL AND DEFINE - Vocabulary Question: Spell and define word as indicated in the study guide.

T/F - True-False Question: First answer given is judged. The team member must give the correct answer for the false question as indicated in the study guide.

FITB - Fill-in-the-Blank: The team member is required to give only the answer that will fill the blank in the question. Team members may use pencil and paper on this type of question only.

WRITTEN BIBLE BOWL

1. Guidelines:

A. Examination is 20 questions and limited to one hour.

B. Six types of questions will be used from the study guide.

C. ALL QUESTIONS ARE VALUED AT 10 POINTS.s

D. One point will be deducted for each error up to the total point value of the question.

E. tab Hand writing must be legible. If it is difficult to read, it could cost points.

First place trophy winner must have a minimum of 90 %.
Second place trophy winner must have a minimum of 80 %.
Medallion winner less than 80%.

ART

Judging criteria

First place trophy winner must have a minimum of 90 %.
Second place trophy winner must have a minimum of 80 %.
Medallion winner less than 80%

SPELLING

Spelling is a written competition limited to one hour. The spelling words are called out and the participant writes the words on an answer sheet. All capitalization, dotted “I’s” and crossed “T’s” all count in the grading of spelling words and Scripture quotations.

Scripture quotations must be written, word-for-word, exactly as worded in the New King James of the Bible as indicated on the given Spelling sheet. All capitalization, punctuation and spelling count in the grading of Scripture quotations.

* Fill-in-the-Blanks, Unscramble words, Direct question may include word definitions for a matching activity, or multiple choice questions consisting of one or more answers.

Please note: Spelling sheet is the test. If there are no direct questions, or definitions, or matching, or Fill-in-the-blanks ,or multiple choice questions, on the Spelling sheet, there will not be any on test.

Handwriting on the test must be legible. If it is difficult to read, it could cost you points.

First place trophy winner must have a minimum of 90 %.
Second place trophy winner must have a minimum of 80 %.
Medallion winner less than 80%

ESSAY

ENTRY SPECIFICATIONS

-EACH ENTRY MUST BE REGISTERED AND PAID BY THE DUE DATE

-ALL ENTRIES MUSTED BE TYPED

-ALL ENTRIES MUST BE 500 WORDS OR LESS

-ALL ENTRIES MUST BE DEVELOPED AROUND THE THEME GIVEN

-ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE DUE DATE

20 POINTS - CONTENT AND IDEAS [HOW IT RELATES TO THE SCRIPTURES]

20 POINTS - CONTENT AND IDEAS [HOW IT RELATES TO YOU PERSONALLY]

20 POINTS - COMPOSITION [GRAMMAR AND USAGE, SPELLING, PUNCTUATION, CAPITALIZATION]

20 POINTS - NEATNESS [CLEAR MARGINS AND PARAGRAPHS]

20 POINTS - ORIGINALITY AND CREATIVITY [SKILLFULLY USES WORDS 1 28 AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE EFFECTIVELY]

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

THERE WILL BE FIRST PLACE TROPHIES AND SECOND PLACE TROPHIES FOR EACH GRADE CATEGORY AND HONORABLE MENTION MEDALLIONS FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS. ALL YOUTH WILL BE RECOGNIZED IN THE AFTERNOON YOUTH PRAISE, WORSHIP, AND AWARDS SERVICE.

First place trophy winner must have a minimum of 90 %.
Second place trophy winner must have a minimum of 80 %.
Medallion winner less than 80 %.

ENTRY SPECIFICATIONS:

-EACH ENTRY MUST BE REGISTERED

-EACH ENTRY MUST BE PAID BY THE DUE DATE

BIBLE MEMORATION:

-STUDENT WILL STATE THE SCRIPTURE REFERENCE & BIBLE VERSION.

-GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PASSAGE MEANING, ALL FROM MEMORY. ADULT HELP MAY BE NECESSARY TO EXPLAIN THE PASSAGE TO THE STUDENT, BUT THE STUDENT MUST EXPRESS THE MEANING IN HIS/HER OWN WORDS, NOT THOSE OF THE ADULT. THE SUMMARY SHOULD BE VERY BRIEF NO LONGER THAN ONE MINUTE.

-FACIAL AND VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PLUS GOOD SPEECH TECHNIQUES SHOULD BE EVIDENT.

-GESTURES ARE NOT REQUIRED AND ONLY MINIMAL NATURAL SPEAKING GESTURES WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

-THE PRESENTATION IS NOT BE DRAMATIZED.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

THERE WILL BE FIRST PLACE TROPHIES AND SECOND PLACE TROPHIES FOR EACH GRADE CATEGORY AND HONORABLE MENTION MEDALLIONS FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS. ALL YOUTH WILL BE RECOGNIZED IN THE AFTERNOON YOUTH PRAISE, WORSHIP, AND AWARDS SERVICE.

First place trophy winner must have a minimum of 90 %.
Second place trophy winner must have a minimum of 80 %.
Medallion winner less than 80%

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