Truman Week Trivia Contest
(Jeopardy Style)
How it Works:
- Six teams: Missouri, Ryle, Centennial, West Campus, Dobson & BNB, and Commuters & apartments
- Three members on stage for each team (3-6 Members per team)
- Any team member is able to buzz in
- One team member will be designated to provide answers
- There will be an opportunity to substitute halfway through
- Can quietly discuss amongst themselves
- Jeopardy Style
- Five categories, five questions each
- $100-$500 value assigned to each question
- One team will be randomly selected to go first
- Teams announce the category and dollar amount they want
- Teams will be supplied with a copy of the board to scratch off as the game progresses
- Google slides does not have the option to change the color of a link once it has been selected, so there will be no visible means on the main board as to what questions have already been selected
- Question will be selected on the board and read aloud by the emcee
- Buzzing is not allowed until after the question has been read
- $100 deduction for buzzing early
- Teams will have 15 seconds to buzz after the question has been read
- Teams DO NOT have to begin their answer with “what is…”
- If a team buzzes first and incorrectly answers the question, the question will open back up to everyone after the emcee says “I’m sorry but that is incorrect”
- Teams cannot buzz twice on the same question even if every team has answered incorrectly
- If no team answers the questions correctly, the answer will be revealed
- The team that correctly answers the question then has control of the board and will be prompted by the emcee to choose their next question
- If no team answers correctly, control goes back to the team who originally selected the question
- The game continues in this manner
- Once half of the questions have been completed, the emcee will announce the current standings so the teams have an idea of where they are
- Once all the questions have been read, the emcee will announce the current standings again and then go into the final jeopardy question
- The category of the questions will be announced, and the teams will have 30 seconds to decide how much money they want to wager
- They will write their wager on a designated piece of paper that will then be collected
- The emcee will then read the final jeopardy question, and all teams will again have 30 seconds to write their answer on a designated piece of paper
- After the 30 seconds is up, the emcee will go down the line asking each team to hold up their paper and say what they wrote as their answer
- The emcee will state whether or not they are correct, and then announce what they wagered
- Finally, the emcee will announce the winning team!
- Five categories, five questions each