D. Notification by each district of its intention to enter a team must be received by the
Life Impact Ministries Office, on a form supplied by that office, no later than May 1
of that quiz year.
E. The names of the All-Star Team, coaching staff, and all registration fees must be
sent, when specified, to the Life Impact Ministries Office for that quiz year.
QUIZ OFFICIALS
Officials for a sanctioned quiz shall be a quizmaster, answer judge(s), scorekeeper(s) and a
timekeeper.
I. SELECTION OF OFFICIALS
A. The district quizmaster and officials will be approved by the Disciple Making Ministry
director, District Youth Task Force, or the Disciple Making Ministry Committee.
B. The international quizmaster and officials will be appointed by the International
Bible Quizzing Advisory Committee. This committee is appointed by the Life Impact
Ministries Executive Director. The Canadian representative will be appointed by the
Canadian National Church Education Committee.
To be considered for
appointment, all quizmasters and officials must:
1. Be a regular church attender.
2. Have three years of district quiz mastering experience and be recommended by
their district office or quiz committee.
3. Go through an evaluation process established by the International Bible
Quizzing Advisory Committee.
II. QUIZMASTER
A. The quizmaster must:
1. Be thoroughly acquainted with all rules, procedures, and material of that quiz
year.
2. Be impartial and render decisions consistently.
3. See that all officials are briefed regarding rules and procedures.
4. Read at a normal conversation rate. Hesitating or reading too quickly must be
avoided since either may cause inaccurate quizzing.
5. Read all questions at the same rate of speed with the ability to stop reading the
question at the exact moment a jump is made.
6. Keep the quiz moving at a consistent pace. A quiz should not be rushed, but it
is important to maintain the quickest pace which does not interfere with
accuracy.
7. Be open to challenge and be willing to evaluate whatever the captains or cocaptains feel is in error.
8. Double-check the questions for accuracy and throw out any questions that are
found to be invalid.
9. Facilitate a positive, uplifting environment through out the quiz. Quizmasters
should speak clearly and be enthusiastic about quizzing. To this end, quizzers
should be called by name, the score should be announced often
(when
a
score-board is not present), and bonuses and quiz-outs should be promptly
recognized.
The C&MA Internationals Bible Quizzing Executive Team
Revised 2013
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