Inside Quizzing

Gryphon and Scott discuss memorization motivation from the perspectives of quizzers, parents, coaches, and program administrators. What drives motivation and competition? What are the cycles and trends that contribute to memorization motivation, both within and beyond the influence of coaches and administrators? Is making a quiz meet "too fun" counter-missional? All this, plus a reference to an obscure Japanese sushi-maker documentary. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel.

Gryphon recounts the most recent past meet, District Meet 1 at Madras. Scott and Gryphon discuss the emerging strategies and tactics on display at the meet. Then the dynamic duo deep dives into the theory and practice of 2-team and 4-team quizzes under both Second Age and Third Age systems relative to 3-team quizzes, including any advantages and disadvantages to teams competing across the various formulations. And finally, Scott shares a golf technology analogy that helps illuminate insight into Quizzing theory and deployed operational preferences. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel.

Gryphon and Scott first discuss how to memorize, including various ways each memorize and some useful analogies of mental conditioning. They also chat about ways to memorize with others and gain support from even non-quizzers in memorization investment. Then the dynamic duo discuss how to prepare and use reference materials, both for open book quizzing and for private and group study. They also deep dive into various strategies for how reference materials can help performance and what sorts of return-on-investment (ROI) there might be in each strategy. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel.

Gryphon and Scott discuss and then deep dive into the Christian Bible Quizzing (CBQ) rules version 1.1, specifically it's small but important differences to the version 1.0 used at the recent International Open Championships (IOC). Then the dynamic duo explore open book theory including scoring probabilities, pro/con-missional aspects thereof, and what this all means for quizzers and coaches. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel.

Gryphon and Scott discuss the International Open Championship meet hosted at Seattle Pacific University the previous week. The dynamic duo discuss the meet highlights and dig into what worked in Quizzing strategy and where teams could have improved. The pair also discuss a handful of proposed rules changes for the next version of the CBQ rule book. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel.

Gryphon and Scott welcome back special guest Andrew Borden to continue their review the Christian Bible Quizzing (CBQ) rules system. In this, part 3 of the series, the tremendous trio discuss: rulings, timeouts, fouls, and appeals. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel.

Gryphon and Scott welcome special guest Andrew Borden to continue their review the Christian Bible Quizzing (CBQ) rules system. In this, part 2 of the series, the tremendous trio discuss: scoring, including quizzer points, ceilings, and bonus team points; query identifiers and quiz flow; and query base subtype and translation distribution. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel.

Gryphon and Scott review the Christian Bible Quizzing (CBQ) rules system at an introductory level and deep dive on the unspoken implications of how its parts fit together in operation. In this, part 1 of the series, the dynamic duo discuss: the preamble, quizzes, materials, query process, query types (both base subtypes and quizzer-selected subtypes), and the concept of context. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel.

Gryphon and Scott dig into various needs and structures of recording and tracking Bible Quizzing statistics. The dynamic duo discuss minimum viable statistics operations at the quiz, meet, and season level. Then they discuss wish-list ideas for statistics, both in the current "Second Age" systems and in the upcoming "Third Age" CBQ system. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel.

Gryphon and Scott have no pre-planned notes of any kind and instead riff on a topic known only to Scott prior to recording. The dynamic duo also discuss the origin of the term "riff" (and they riff on that a little). As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel.