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 National Finals - 2009
Jul 31 - Aug 2 2009, University of Maryland, MD
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Specific Rules for National Brain Bee Finals
What is Brain Bee
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Brain Bee is open to any child who meets the eligibility guidelines below.
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Must be in grade 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 as of February 1, 2009. However,
the first place winner of the NSF Brain Bee must be in grades 9 through 12
in March of 2009 to be able to participate in the National Brain Bee
Championship conducted by the University of Maryland.
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Due to rule changes this year in the format of the International Brain Bee,
the NSF Brain Bee winner will not immediately go to the International Brain Bee.
Rather, he/ she will go to Maryland to compete in a national competition. The winner of that national competition
will go to the International Brain Bee, which will be held in Canada. In other words, the NSF winner is not guaranteed a
spot in the International Brain Bee.
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A past winner of the NSF Brain Bee is not eligible to participate again.
The admission is based on first-come-first served and is limited to 30 contestants ONLY.
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Brain bee is held in two phases and all the questions for both phases are taken from the book, Brain Facts,
which can be found from a link at this website. Both phases are in oral format. A team consisting of a proctor and
three judges will conduct both the phases. Contestants are seated by the badge number order from left to right.
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The proctor and judges face the contestants and audience.
The judges are in complete control of the competition and their decisions are final.
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No type of recording instrument (tape recorder, mp3 player) is allowed to be on during the competition.
Also, parents may not write down questions and answers. Parents and other members of the audience found to be
using such devices and/ or writing down questions will be asked to leave immediately.
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When a contestant answers a question correctly, he/ she is shown a green card.
When a contestant gets an answer wrong, he/ she is shown a red card.
Phase I (Oral):
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Phase I is oral. Contestants will be asked questions that require one or two word answers.
There are no multiple choice questions. Most of the questions asked require very specific answers.
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In each round, the contestant will be required to come up to the mike and answer his/ her question.
All contestants have exactly 15 seconds to answer a question once it has been asked. Time starts as soon as the proctor
has finished asking the question. If there is any confusion, contestants should ask for clarification immediately and not wait
until the end of the time period.
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The judging panel (consisting of a chief judge, associate judge and laptop judge) will decide on the validity
of each answer. Only challenges that provide evidence from Brain Facts will be entertained. The contest is based around
Brain Facts, which is the source for every question in the competition.
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Once a contestant accumulates three incorrect answers, he/ she will be eliminated from
the competition. However, the contestant should return to his/ her seat. All eliminated contestants
will be announced at the end of every round.
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Once 5 contestants remain, Phase II begins.
Phase II (Oral):
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Phase II is exactly like Phase I. All 5 finalists begin with a clean slate: all of them begin with zero
incorrect answers. As in Phase I, once a contestant accumulates 3 incorrect answers, he/ she is eliminated.
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When two contestants are left, they will continue to answer questions until one contestant compiles 3
incorrect answers. In that case, the other finalist is named the champion. If both contestants get their
3d incorrect answer in the same round, they simply continue to answer questions as if they had only 2 incorrect answers.
Winners and Ranks:
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The Foundation recognizes only the top 3 ranks.
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Phone: 630-323-1966
Fax: 630-455-9008
Email: info@northsouth.org
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