First Annual Baltimore Orthodox Bible Bowl

1st Place: Trophy Bell – winning team brings trophy to own parish’s Sunday School for one year. Each team members receives $25 Gift card.
2nd Place: Each team member receives $10 Gift card and certificate.
3rd Place: Each team member receives certificate.

Registration Deadline

May 1, 2008

Teams should consist of 3-5 students each. Parishes can enter in one or both age levels; there is no Limit on number of teams. Initial fee of $100/team to defray start-up costs this first year

Orthodox Bible Bowl (Baltimore 2008) Rules

Participants

Each Orthodox parish in the vicinity of Baltimore and surrounding areas is eligible to enter teams in two categories:

Category One - Grades 8 and below (Through Middle School Teams)
Category Two - High School age.

A team will consist of from 3-5 participants.

Bible Bowl Questions

The 2008 Baltimore Bible Bowl will use the Orthodox Study Bible to exact questions for participants with focus on First Corinthians.

Category One Teams will (Up to Middle School) will encounter questions from Chapters 1-8 of First Corinthians.

Category Two Teams (High School) will encounter questions from Chapters 9-16 of First Corinthians.

Procedures

Each team will identify an official captain for their team. The team captain will serve as the official answer from the team. No other response will be accepted. Questions will go in a round robin way with each team taking turns. A question will not be used again or offered to the next team if missed.

Answers

Each team will field a question from the event proctor and have 10 seconds to respond.
If incorrect, the team will have a second chance to articulate a response within 5 seconds.
Again, only responses presented by the team captain will be accepted.
There will be no lightning rounds.

Scoring

A correct answer will count for 3 points.
A correct second attempt will count for 1 point.
An incorrect answer will not count for any score. It gets zero points.
An official scorer will keep track of each answer scored or not scored by the team.

Tiebreaker

A single tiebreaker question will get proctored to each team until a clear winner and/or second place team is identified based on points accumulated. Scoring for the tiebreaker will be the same as for the rest of the event.

Judges

All answers will come from the “The Orthodox Study Bible”. The participants have the right to challenge an answer, however the judges will have final decision as to whether an answer is acceptable or not.
The Judges have sole authority on whether or not an answer is correct or not. Should the judges feel a particular question or answer fell into an area of discrepancy or caused confusion, the Judges will direct it stricken from the contest another question and answer submitted.
Judging will come from a representative panel of Priests of each of the participating parishes.

Timekeeper

An official timekeeper will start and stop the clock during the competition. Again, 10 seconds will be given to answer the question with 5 seconds allocated for a second attempt. Both timelines will begin when the event proctor indicates.

Practice Questions

A list of practice questions will be made available to all teams participating in the event. This will serve as practice for the team coordinators to exercise their team and ready them for the event. Questions will be made available upon registration.

Miscellaneous

Each team is encouraged to bring a support group to help cheer and root their team on during the event. This event while serious in content intends to offer a chance to all participants to have fun in the faith.

Registration

To register, please download the registration form and submit it as noted in the form.

Teams must register prior to the event. May 1st is the final day of registration. Every team and team member must check in during the event and remain at the event venue throughout the competition and on through the awards ceremony.

Contact

Please contact Paul or Ann Marie Havrilko at (410) 796-7617 or by with any questions related to this event!

Holy Cross Orthodox Church

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