Quiz Bee Mechanics/ Guidelines: 9. House Rules
Quiz Bee Mechanics/ Guidelines: 9. House Rules
Quiz Bee Mechanics/ Guidelines: 9. House Rules
Mechanics/ Guidelines
1. The Online Quiz Bee will be held on November 27, 2020 via zoom at 9AM,
Participants must enter the zoom room 15 minutes before the scheduled time.
2. Participants will have to use either one of the following: desktop, laptop, tablet, or cellphone.
Participants must have their own internet or data connection and must have their camera and
microphone open throughout the quiz bee.
4. The Quiz Master will read each of the questions twice. All participants will have to wait for the
signal from the Quiz Master before answering the questions.
5. When time is up, the participants will be asked to raise their boards to show their answers to their
cameras. Participants can only show up and bring down their boards or papers upon instruction of the
Quiz Master.
7. In case of a tie, a Clincher Round will be given. Participants are allowed to write down their
answers immediately while the question is being read. Each question in the Clincher Round is good
for one minute only. Once a participant answers correctly, the other participant will automatically be
eliminated. Clincher Round will however continue if none of the participants correctly answered the
question.
8. The organizers reserve the right to change all rules and guidelines for this event without prior
notice.
9. House Rules:
1. All participants are expected to go online an hour before the quiz bee, and are already in the
zoom room 15 minutes before.
2. The rules and mechanics must BE STRICTLY OBSERVED on the day of the quiz bee.
3. Participants should be ALWAYS facing their cameras throughout the contest, capturing and
showing the upper half of their body.
4. Under no circumstances should the participants turn off or set their microphone on mute.
5. No one is allowed to go outside of their private rooms once the quiz bee has started, unless
official breaks are called by the Quiz Master.
6. Take a picture / Screenshot of the speed of your internet connection and send it to the quiz
master.