Entomology games

Each round begins with a Toss-up question. The first player to signal answers the question. They must do so without consultation with other team members. They must be recognized by the moderator as the eligible respondent prior to giving the answer. Repeated failure to be recognized by the moderator may result in turning the question over to the opposing team. If no player signals within 10 seconds of completion of the question, no points are awarded and, the next Toss-up question begins. If a player answers a Toss-up correctly, the team is awarded 10 points and is given a chance at a Bonus question.

All team members may confer on the answer to the Bonus question. On the turnover, a player must signal and be recognized before answering. If a player answers a Toss-up incorrectly, the question is turned over to the other team without a deduction in score to the incorrect team. If answered correctly, 10 points are awarded. A player may interrupt the moderator before a Toss-up question has been completely read by signaling.

If a correct answer is given, the team scores 10 points and is given a chance at a Bonus question. If an incorrect answer is given, the team is penalized 5 points and the entire question is repeated for the other team.

A correct answer by a member of the other team scores 10 points and a chance at a bonus question. Bonus questions are never eligible to be answered by the opposing team. Questions are read in their entirety only one time. A game consists of 16 Toss-up questions. The team with the most points at the end of the game is the winner.

If the score is tied at the end of the regulation game, the tie is broken by a sudden-death playoff. The first correct answer to a Tie-Breaker Toss-up question wins the game.

An incorrect answer through an interruption an answer given before question completely read to a Tie-Breaker loses the game. We have retained most of the eligibility requirements for the traditional Entomology Games. Currently enrolled students, or those who graduated less than a year ago, are eligible to participate.

The minimum team size is two participants and maximum team size is five, however, only four participants can compete in any given round of the games the fifth participant is designated as an alternate, to fill in for another team member who is unable to participate. All participants must be registered for the virtual annual meeting. Traditionally a team is comprised of students from the same university or institution, but in the spirit of encouraging intercollegiate collaboration, we are changing this rule for the virtual competition.

If a student attends a university that does not have enough participants to field a team, we invite them to form a team with students from other schools that similarly lack a full-sized team. These intercollegiate teams must be comprised of students from the same Branch. Individuals and teams must sign up by Thursday, 1 October Registered teams will receive a link to a mock-quiz example that will take teams through the rules of the games and the virtual process of recording answers to questions.

Answers will be recorded and submitted via the third-party website WikiQuiz. We want to encourage a fair and safe competition. We emphasize the importance of honesty and integrity during this event — cheating will not be tolerated, and we hope competitors will put forth their best effort without using external resources including non-team members, books, the internet, etc.

We also want to emphasize the importance of safety, and we encourage teams to practice social distancing while competing i.

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