Inside Quizzing

Gryphon and Scott begin with some announcements and discussion about and around the new rule book, which as of now is fully ratified by vote of the districts. Then the dynamic duo briefly discuss the upcoming Great West Invitational quiz meet. Then Scott leads a discussion into objectivism versus subjectivism, especially in the context of context. And finally Gryphon poses the question: Why Quizzing? 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 3 philosophical Quizzing topics. First, they discuss whether or not we should make rules solely to prevent bad quizmasters from doing bad things. Then the dynamic duo discuss uniqueness by word count and the implications around that concept. And then they conclude by talking through the hypothetical idea of what might be question difficulty optimal range, across types, within types, and beyond. 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 respond to some intelligent and well-articulated listener disagreements. First, from Maddy, a disagreement about PNW's new key verse list (KVL) policy. And second, from Andrew, a disagreement about Gryphon and Scott's shared desire to kill the unique word rule with fire. But first, some announcements from Gryphon about PNW Quizzing, in particular about Great West, the remainder of our current season, and Internationals. 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 welcome back to the podcast Zachary Tinker and Jeremy Swingle to debate a series of topics related to key verse lists, the concepts and practice of creating lists of verses from the material from which all Quote and Finish questions are derived. 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 an announcement about a CBQZ bug patch, then they discuss the calculus around switching back to in-person quizzing. Then the dynamic duo dive into a deep discussion about the best ways to organize and coach and Internationals-bound team, inspired by a hypothetical. 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 couple of announcements relevant to Quizzingdom. Then the dynamic duo discuss some question writing theory, in particular about question difficulty in constructing an ideal question set. Scott describes what he calls a distillation of hist past umbrages. Then Gryphon and Scott summarize some of the discussion in the Slack #inside-quizzing channel about motivations and incentives. Then Gryphon describes his "Thriving Districts" theory. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott being with a review of PNW District Meet 3, which took place a couple days prior to recording this episode. Then the dynamic duo dig into some marked questions from the meet that raise some very interesting scenarios, rules interpretations (and maybe misinterpretations), and a rare disagreement between Scott and Gryphon. They then discuss some follow-up comments about one of the Quizzing heresies from the previous episode (push-button quizzing). And then they discuss intentional quizmaster errors and what if any value they might provide. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott open by talking briefly about the upcoming PNW District Meet 3. Then the dynamic duo discuss the current status of the rule book project as it is now in the district review and ratification phase. Then Gryphon and Scott discuss a series of "Quizzing Heresies," ideas that may or may not be good or bad, but when brought up will usually cause most Quizzing folks to emotionally bristle. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott open by discussing the remainder of the PNW 2020-2021 season, if and when we can move back to in-person meets, as well as extra-PNW meets like Great West and Internationals. Then the dynamic duo discuss transitioning from in-person to virtual meets, reflecting on some good advice about virtual quizzing. Then they discuss the expected transition from virtual back to in-person, with some sage thoughts about how to prepare now so you and your teams can maximize potential. Then Gryphon and Scott discuss some question-writing content overlap philosophy, in terms of what sort of "duplicate-like" questions are OK and not OK in a single question set. As always, email questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

The "Inside Quizzing" podcast is a periodic discussion hosted by veteran Bible Quizzing leaders and innovators Gryphon Shafer and Scott Peterson, occationally including special guests from across Quizzingdom. Each episode, the dynamic duo discuss Quizzing topics, evanglism, methods and practices, study and strategy theory and tips, and anything else they find interesting related to Bible Quizzing.