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QUIZ BOWL

Philippine History, Government, Geography and Culture

1. Five (5) questions for each of the following categories: Philippine History, Government,
Geography, and Culture shall be prepared by each competing School following the suggested
format; to wit:
Question:
Answer:
Reference/Source:
Name of Coach:
Name of School:

a. Each question must be printed in a ½ sheet Short Bond Paper. Submitted questions by all
respective coaches from each School shall be factual and are based on a legitimate
reference or source (e.g. no Wikipedia, slides-share data, online information without any
citations or are not even cited by other authors).

b. These submitted questions shall be pre-screened by the members of the panel of
adjudicators before it is officially included as one of the official questions during the
conduct of the event. The Coach may be called for verification of the submitted questions
and answers during the pre-screening.

c. Submission of the questions shall be done 2 hours before the competition starts.
Screening of the questions immediately follows.

d. To ensure fairness and justness to all participating Schools, four (4) boxes will be
provided where the questions for each category (Philippine Government, History,
Geography, and Culture) will be dropped after having been pre-screened and verified by the
members of the panel of adjudicators.

2. Each participating School is entitled to three contestants composing a team, who are
bona fide students at the School. One official alternate will be allowed.
Alternate will only be allowed once per team and only at the end of Levels I and II.

3. Contestants will answer the same set of questions in writing. Before a question is read,
the contestants must raise their right hand. Each team will be provided with an illustration
board, chalk and eraser.

4. The question will be read twice by the Quizmaster. After the second reading, the
Quizmaster shall say "go" - only then will the team be allowed to write the answer.
Automatically, the ten-second time limit will begin with the word "go" by the Quizmaster.
If a question requires enumeration, the time limit will be extended to ten (10) more
seconds.

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