Inside Quizzing

Gryphon and Scott read and discuss an email from a listener covering our previous discussions on trying to filter or limit the negative impact a berserk quizzer at Internationals and similar competitive levels. They also cover a Great West Invitational recap, a District Championships update (now less than 2 weeks away at Double K in Easton, WA), and a very special announcement: CBQZ now offers Sta...

Gryphon and Scott discuss the idea that quizzers can be divided up into various types, often times with high levels of complexity and across multiple type categories. The dynamic duo discuss these categories and how coaches can best coach these different types of quizzers. Categories include: older versus younger sibling quizzers, the "I'm just here for the food" quizzer, quizzers with great mater...

Gryphon and Scott discuss how college basketball officiating might have parallels to officiating Bible Quizzing. Since Gryphon is only vaguely aware of college basketball, Scott leads the discussion, citing many examples of officiating problems he witnessed from a long weekend watching various games. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing....

Gryphon and Scott, in an effort to imagine what Quizzing might be like if we were to recreate it anew, work through some thought experiments to help determine what may be our shared first principles of Bible Quizzing. Quizzing must be fun and engaging. We need to remove inconsistent and error-prone activity because it's unfair, and what is unfair is anti-mission. And Quizzing needs to grow. As alw...

Gryphon and Scott discuss the initiation of the first ever Rule Book Committee. The dynamic duo discuss the formation of the committee, where it's charter comes from, how it basically works, and other particulars. But the really exciting bits are all about how everyone from across the whole of Quizzingdom can participate in the process as equals in a transparent collaboration of ideas. Gryphon and...

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 iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack chan...

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, b...

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...

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...

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. T...

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 an...

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"...

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...

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 an...

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...

Gryphon and Scott join an panel of many of the podcast's past guests to discuss Internationals 2021 and the future of Bible Quizzing. This episode was recorded at Internationals 2021 in Toledo, Ohio in front of a live studio audience. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel. The C...

Gryphon and Scott review their favorite episodes over the past nearly three and half years of Inside Quizzing's 98 episodes. They've selected their top 6 moments in Inside Quizzing history: Episode 14 from April 16, 2018 about hypothetical crazy quizzing ideas. Episode 24 from October 1, 2018 about officials' table roles and duties. Episode 34 from March 4, 2019 about philosophy and rules Scott an...

Gryphon and Scott discuss a series of classic logical fallacies and provide examples of how sometimes we can see these classic logical fallacies inside Bible Quizzing. The dynamic duo cover: Appeal to Authority; Ad Hominem; Appeal to Common Practice, Appeal to Tradition, Appeal to Popular Belief, and the Bandwagon Fallacy; Hasty Generalization; Strawman Argument, Ad Absurdum, Red Herring, and Non-...

Gryphon and Scott first discuss preparing for the in-person Internationals by role. For example, what should quizzers do now and over the next 4 weeks? What about coaches, QMs, or AJs? Then Gryphon talks a bit about Air Quizzing, with flight service from the PNW to Toledo and back. There's some discussion about what topics we should schedule for episode 100, since it'll likely be recorded in perso...

Gryphon and Scott begin with some news and updates about the upcoming Internationals quiz meet. Then the dynamic duo discuss Internationals traditions of the past, present, and perhaps even the future, including: banners, uniforms, talent shows, and more. Should Adult Quizzing League select James/Romans versus Timothy/Jude for next season? Then finally, Gryphon and Scott discuss a theoretical "Vir...

In light of Reagan's recent stats tool and Zachary's recent Google Sheets scoresheet, Gryphon and Scott dive into the question: What makes for good versus "less-good" Quizzing tooling? The dynamic duo discuss tooling across the ages, going back to the pre-laptop days of the paper concordance and walk up to the present with our electronic options and the various stages between. What makes one seat...

Gryphon and Scott discuss various somewhat random topics about Bible Quizzing, everything from the "just start" principle, "do the hardest things first" concept, and establishing an accountability partner for memorizing. The dynamic duo also dive into the idea of Seinfeld calendars, various "Levels" of memorizing and their associated expedcted outcomes, and the conflicting theories of KVL memoriza...

Gryphon and Scott discuss various theories, philosophies, and anecdotal experiences around optimizing practice and preparation for International-meet-bound Quizzing teams. The dynamic duo discuss things to do in practice and theories about what to focus on and what to ignore. There's a deep dive on syllable/jump speed targeting and training along with an exploration of the cadence of preparation t...

Gryphon and Scott begin with some announcements for PNW, specifically about the upcoming District Championships meet this coming weekend and what's in store for the 2021-2022 James/Romans season. Check out the PNWQuizzing.org web site for details. Then the dynamic duo deep dive into Quizzing evangelizing and recruiting, everything from how things are done now (which isn't much and isn't enough) al...

Gryphon and Scott open the episode with a few PNW Quizzing updates and announcements, then they discuss their thoughts and various cool statistics from the recent Great West Invitational meet. Then the dynamic duo discuss what might be an optimal quizmaster disposition and qualities. Then they explore the question: How can we tell if we're being successful? As always, email questions and comments...