QUESTION TYPES AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION
Preparation of Questions
All questions will be based on the English Standard Version 2011 of the Bible. For the
International Finals, questions must be written covering the entire material for the quiz year.
Questions for the International Finals will be the responsibility of the Life Impact Ministries
Office. The head answer judge is responsible for the correctness of questions.
I.
TYPES OF QUESTIONS
A. Interrogative Questions (INT)
1. Questions should not be overly long and should be clear and precise.
2. An Interrogative Question must be worded exactly as it appears in the text and
must contain a completed key word or phrase in the first five words.
a. A key word is a word that appears only once in the material.
b. A key phrase is two or three words – the sequence of which distinguishes
them from the rest of the material.
3. Interrogative Questions drawing from the context of Scripture without a direct key
word or key phrase are invalid.
4. The seven permissible interrogatives are who (or a form of it), what, why, where,
when, which, and how. One of these interrogatives must be in each Interrogative
Question, either at the beginning or end.
There shall be a minimum of eight and a maximum of twelve Interrogative
Questions in each quiz.
B. Finish-The-Verse Questions
1. Will be direct quotes from Scripture and must be quoted word-perfect.
2. Must be strong enough to stand on its own without requiring additional verses
to explain it.
3. Must be of spiritual value or be significant to the chapter.
4. The quizmaster may give no more than five words of the verse.
5. Quizzers may go back and correct their answers if done in the 30-second time
limit. The quizzer may not quote from any but the required verse or verses.
6. There are four forms of Finish the Verse questions.
a. Finish the Verse (FTV) – begins at the beginning of a single verse and
finishes at the end of that verse.
b. Finish-This (FT) - begins in the middle of a verse and finishes at the end of
the verse. A FT must start at the beginning of a sentence or the beginning
of a quotation.
c. Finish these two verses (FT2V) – begins at the beginning of a verse and
continues to the end of the next verse.
d. Finish-This and the next (FTN) – begins in the middle of a verse and
finishes at the end of the next verse. A FTN must start at the beginning of
a sentence or the beginning of a quotation.
There shall be no less than two and no more than three FTV or FT in each quiz.
The C&MA Internationals Bible Quizzing Executive Team
Revised 2013
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