Inside Quizzing

Gryphon and Scott play for the very first time ever the new game "Is this OK?" In this game, Scott asks thought provoking questions based on ethical scenarios from Quizzing, then the dynamic duo discuss these scenarios to determine: Is this OK? 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. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott discuss 2 mostly philosophical questions: First, is it really the case that Bible Quizzing is the most effective discipleship program in modern western Christianity today? To answer that, the dynamic duo may have to wrestle with the notion of what "effective" means and how that can be objectively measured. Second, does a program, whether a Quiz program or not, Christian or not, become toxic necessarily (or has an increasing probability of becoming toxic) when its leaders act unilaterally, forcing their will across the program? 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. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott begin with a review or recap of PNW Quizzing District Meet 1, held at Alliance Bible Church. It was the first in-person official PNW Quizzing quiz meet in 1.75 years. The dynamic duo discuss some long forgotten (over the past 1.75 years) rules and practices of meets. Then Gryphon and Scott dive into various concepts and philosophies around the notion of question difficulty. What does question difficulty mean, exactly? What are the components of difficulty? What's the purpose of difficulty? What are the intended and unintended consequences of different ranges of difficulty? 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. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

With less than a week to go before the first official district meet of the season, Gryphon and Scott discuss tips

for rookies of various types. First, they talk about what it's like to be a rookie quizzer, what to expect, and how best

to approach this first meet. Then the dynamic duo discuss tips for coaches with rookies, new captains, and new officials. 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. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott first cover some PNW Quizzing announcements; in particular, some logistics about the upcoming November meet, a new online registration system, and participation fees. Then the dynamic duo discuss the theory and practice of removing the type designations from the PNW key verses list (KVL). They then discuss the idea of requiring OT book references to quote in the NT from the OT. They discuss how important in-person practices are for in-person meets (and conclude they aren't that important). And finally, they discuss a seemingly crazy but really interesting idea they both like about teams in championship quizzes selecting the type distribution assembly. 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. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott discuss all things scoring and scorekeeping; but first, Gryphon reviews the recent Scramble meet and highlights some upcoming meets and events in PNW Quizzing. Scott then leads the episode's deep-dive on all things scoring. First comes an individual versus team core scoring rules and concepts. The dynamic duo discuss everything from correct and incorrect to bonuses. Then Scott and Gryphon dig into end of quiz team points calculation and various "wrinkles" to scoring including 2-team, 15-point quizzes. They then discuss overtime, overruled challenges, fouls, question type minimums and maximums, timeouts, and substitutions. And as a bonus, Gryphon and Scott discuss a deep thought about Quizzing: there there may be downsides to having reference material on question writing and coaching. 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. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon opens the episode with a Scramble meet update, the first in-person meet for PNW Quizzing in about a year and a half. Then Scott and Gryphon discuss all sorts of reference question philosophies. The dynamic duo discuss writing reference questions and how it may be easier to write more CRs than CVRs. They then dive into the notion of "split MAs" and why these may be good or bad. How "small" of a word or phrase should be considered for use in a reference question? What's the difference between "Of the what?" and "I am what?" in terms of question quality. 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. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott open with a PNW Quizzing leadership meeting announcement and some good news about the upcoming season. Then the dynamic duo turn their attention to reference questions in their quest to answer all your reference questions questions. What are they? What's the point and value of them? What are the differences from other types? What's the history of CRs versus CVRs? What's the best strategy for preparing and answering reference questions? What's a "50/50" reference question? What does "Similar" mean, and why should we care? And what does "Determining reference word or phrase" mean? 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. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott discuss the first few verses of James 1, first in the context of how best to memorize, then on question-writing. The dynamic duo discuss there preferred ways to prepare, memorize, and review along with a few other ways others have said work for them. Then Gryphon and Scott walk through the first few verses of James 1, writing questions in real-time and discussing the positives and negatives of various writing choices. 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. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott turn episode 101 into a "Quizzing 101" college class, intended for anyone curious about or interest in Quizzing but who has zero experience or exposure to it. The dynamic duo discuss what Quizzing is and why Quizzing is at a conceptual level, then they dive into how quiz meets and quizzes work, how questions work, and some ideas for how to startup a new team with zero experience from just about anywhere. 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. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app