Battle of Brains
A competition to test one’s intellect, the main objective of this is to popularize quizzing activities.
Teams: 03
1. Three teams, with three players each, compete in a game during the regular season.
2. Each team may have one alternate player.
3. After the Arts & Literature round, an alternate may be substituted, but must stay in place for the remainder of the game. Otherwise, alternates may be substituted during a commercial break and only due to an existing player’s illness or another physical inability to play.
TIME: 1 Hour
ROUND: 02
Location: PG-136
Questions / Categories
1. Brain Game questions are created by a panel of writers, members of this panel also serve as judges during games.
2. Correct answers are worth 20 points. For incorrect answers, 20 points will be deducted.
3. Each game consists of the segments listed below in that order. Unless noted, there are 10 questions per segment.
Pop Up Culture: Themed Segment – Movies, TV, Internet, Music, Sports, Games
Headliners: International, National, State and Local News
Word Power: Themed Segment – Vocabulary, Language, Creative Thinking
Arts & Lit: Music, Dance, Theatre, Art, Architecture, Literature
Game: Timed, Themed Segment – Any Person, Place or Thing (5 questions per team)
Crunching Numbers: General Math, Algebra & Geometry (5 questions total)
Rocket Science: Earth & Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry
Globetrotting & Extra Credit: Study Segment – Geography and Culture Around the World
4. Extra Credit: In the commercial break after the Globetrotting round, each team will secretly write down several bonus points, 0-100, they are willing to risk on the “Extra Credit” question based on the Globetrotting countries. All teams will be asked the same question and they will secretly write down their answers. answer a question after 5 seconds, the
host moves on to the next question with no impact on any team’s score Answers and points risked will be revealed at the end of the game. Those with correct answers will add the “Extra Credit” points to the score. Those with incorrect answers will have the points deducted from their score.
Method of Play
1. Except for Name Game, the questions in each segment are open for all teams to answer.
2. Questions are answered by buzzing in. Teams may buzz in once the host begins reading a question.
After buzzing in, the team must wait for the host to recognize them. The player who buzzed in may
confer with teammates. Once the team is recognized, they must answer within 5 seconds. The judges
will sound the bell when the time is up. If no answer has been given, points will be deducted from that
team.
3. If a team answers incorrectly, the question is then open for one remaining team to answer.
4. All questions will be read only once. If no one buzzes in to answer a question after 5 seconds,the host moves on to the next question with no impact on any team’s score.