Inside Quizzing

Gryphon and Scott review the exciting finale to the Pacific Northwest District's season: District Championships. They discuss the pros and cons of the idea of moving to a 2-divisions structure in the PNW, similar to how some other districts have done. Scott raises 3 interesting question examples and discusses their legality and quality with Gryphon. The officials at District Championships used CBQ...

Gryphon and Scott recount the epic saga now known as The Great Bible Quizzing Ecumenical Council of Port Orchard of 2018, wherein the dynamic duo plus Jeremy discussed in great detail question difficulty scoring and the implications of attempts to implement question selection based on difficulty scoring. Scott shares some additional Great West feedback. Finally, the two quizmasters discuss hypothe...

Scott returns from the Great West Invitational with a lot of wonderful stories. The trip up and back, the overnight stays, the quizzing, the meet's well-organized process, and the fun had by all. Gryphon talks about the CBQZ application's version 15, launching soon, that will include scorekeeping. Gryphon and Scott discuss what makes better and less good quiz equipment. Email questions and comment...

After taking a week off (because Gryphon was a lazy bum), the dynamic duo are back. Gryphon and Scott start off by responding to a listener question about an edge-case of the new MA rule. Then Scott provides some Great West updates, including an announcement of changes to the meet format. The pair then discuss individual quizzing strategy in terms of Scott's theory of quizzer energy and Gryphon's...

After a long drive back home from the Madras, Oregon quiz meet, Scott and Gryphon recount the awesome that was this last quiz meet. Gryphon gets excited about receiving 2.5 challenges. The dynamic duo answers a timely listener question about Great West rules versus those of the PNW District. Then Scott and Gryphon highlight some interesting rules edge-cases. Finally, the pair talk through more phi...

Scott and Gryphon talk about a couple of their quizzing-related software technology projects. Scott explains his PROJECT project, and Gryphon discusses the current and expected future states of the CBQZ application. The dynamic duo then discusses what makes a key verse key, a few different ways folks interpret the rule book when it comes to key verses, and the philosophy behind all of it. Then Gry...

Scott and Gryphon continue answering listener questions including: MA "not" questions, how best to provide rules feedback, jumping pace of quizzing, and the ethics of challenging and protesting. Email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org, and follows us on Twitter @InsideQuizzing. For those interested in trying out the new CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application (primarily intended for quizmast...

Scott and Gryphon answer listener questions including: What are cross-reference questions, and will they ever make a comeback? Can a quizmaster ask for deity clarification? Fouls versus errors in quizmaster rulings on a pre-jump. Gryphon and Scott both go off a bit on how awesome Bible Quizzing is and the philosophy around why they are so passionate about the program. Should we focus less on the c...

The dynamic duo is back at it again with more questions ruling and rules examples; but first, they field an excellent and challenging question about the ethics of challenging. Scott talks about Great West question type requirements. Gryphon and Scott do a deep dive on 2 Corinthians, chapters 8 and 9. Finally, the two discuss what makes a good quizmaster including cadence, low spillover, and leader...

Coming off the adrenaline high of a recent quiz meet, Scott and Gryphon discuss what went right and what could have been better about their last quiz meet experience. The dynamic duo talk again about why challenging is so important and explain how to go about making a good challenge. Scott goes through a set of questions with questionable legitimacy, and Scott and Gryphon wax eloquently amongst th...

Despite catching the plague, Gryphon soldiers on. He and Scott answer a quizzing team memorization strategy question from a quizzer. Scott talks in more depth about GWI and Internationals jumping strategy in terms of speed, accuracy, and style. The dynamic duo talk about the true penalty of errors and the prospects of a toss up capture strategy. Scott and Gryphon deep dive into 2 Corinthians, chap...

In this exciting episode, Gryphon gets overly excited by an exciting email the show received with quizzing questions. Scott and Gryphon recount their favorite quizzes of the past and what makes for a fun quiz meet from their perspectives. The two do a deep dive into 2 Corinthians 4 and 5. Then they talk through a series of rules: the so-called "first answer" rule, 2-3 word unique phrases, the rece...

In this, our third episode, Scott and Gryphon get overly excited about Great West Invitational and drone on and on about how awesome it is, practice strategy, team cohesiveness, and the long road trip (which quizzers love and adults loath). Scott and Gryphon then talk about how much they love the Apostle Paul's letters, in this case most especially 2 Corinthians 2-3. There are lots of great questi...

Introduction of our new email address. (iq@cbqz.org) Highlights from the ABC meet review. What kinds of teams routinely make finals and win meets? Why do top teams struggle so much at the end of meets? Memorization schedule and material review. 2 Corinthians 1 content deep dive. Pronoun clarification rule discussion. Deity rule discussion. Specific valid MA versus MACVR questions from recent memor...

In this, our first episode ever, Scott and Gryphon chat about the CVR question type, Great West, 1 Corinthians 15 and 16, and how to answer difficult questions. Scott says Gryphon is correct a lot.