TASC - ITE Competition

Technology Quiz Bowl

The Technology Quiz Bowl Contest is a competition using questions taken from the areas of communication, manufacturing, construction, power/transportation, and general technology. This is a contest similar to the televised high school quiz bowl as well as the SkillsUSA contest.

II. ELIGIBILITY FOR ENTRY

A. Must be currently enrolled in an industrial technology course.

B. Team members need to be indicated on the registration form.

C. Teams will include three or four contestants.

III. LEVELS OF COMPETITION

A. Level I - Grades 7-9

B. Level II - Grades 10-12

IV. SPECIAL REGULATIONS

A. Teams will compete only with other teams in their respective levels.

B. No prompting shall be permitted.

V. PROCEDURE

A. Each school entering this contest will identify the three or four team members at the designated registration time for this event at the contest. Team member names will be submitted to the contest coordinator.

B. Each team will be assigned a number by the contest coordinator. This number will establish the initial order of participation in the contest.

C. The team winners of the first round are paired to comprise the second round according to their chart location and so on, until one team eliminates all others. Thus the winning team.

D. Once a team is defeated, it is eliminated from further competition

E. Questions will be drawn, as needed, from a card file resource bank.

VI. CRITERIA FOR JUDGING

A. The scoring of a team is derived from the total correct answers to the questions asked. For each correct answer the team will receive ten (10) points. If a question is answered incorrectly or if a member of a team presses a button but cannot answer the question five (5) points are subtracted from the team's total points. If the question has a yes-no or true-false answer and is missed the next question will be asked. If any other type question is asked and the team member presses the button before the question is finished the member may answer it; however, if the answer is incorrect, the entire question will be read for the other team. The other team will then have ten seconds to answer the question. No conferring among team members is allowed at any time during the competition

B. In the event of a tie, playoff rounds will be held until one team is eliminated.

C. A total of ten (10) questions will be asked per round. In the case of a tie, three (3) additional questions will be asked until the tie is broken. Questions will be random from the areas of communication, manufacturing, construction, power/transportation, and general technology.

VII. AWARDS

First, second and third place certificates will be awarded in each division.

VIII. CONTEST CONCERNS
A. Concerns should be submitted in writing to Dr. John Renzelman, Wayne State College.