Scoring Rules

47. Toss-up questions are worth four (4) points, and bonus questions are worth six (6) points. Team Challenge Questions are worth 20 points. Partial credit can be awarded on Team Challenge Questions.

48. If a toss-up question is interrupted, the player was recognized and the answer is correct, the team will receive four (4) points and the opportunity to answer the bonus question.

If the answer is incorrect, four (4) points are deducted from the team’s score, and the question is re-read in its entirety to the opposing team.

49. If a toss-up question results in a blurt, this is considered a non-answer and no penalty points will be deducted.

50. When a team member gives an incorrect answer or blurts, the toss-up question is then offered to the opposing team and all the same scoring rules apply.  If the second team also gives an incorrect answer or blurts, the question is no longer in play and the Moderator will read the next toss-up question in sequence.

51. If the captain interrupts the reading of the bonus question and gets the answer wrong, no points are awarded or deducted and the Moderator will read the next toss-up question in sequence.

52. If the Moderator inadvertently gives an answer to a toss-up or bonus question without giving either team a chance to respond, or gives the answer to a toss-up question or a bonus question before allowing the second team to respond (after an incorrect answer, blurt, or interrupt), the question is removed from the competition and no points are awarded. The Moderator will read the next question in sequence in place of the inadvertently answered question. For example:

• If the Moderator makes an error reading toss-up question #5, the Moderator will throw out question #5’s pair of questions and read toss-up question #6.

• If the Moderator makes an error reading bonus question #5, the Moderator will throw out bonus question #5 and will ask the team bonus question #6. Toss-up Question #6 will be removed from play, and the match will continue with the next pair of questions in sequence, in this example, question pair #7.