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 National Finals - 2010
Aug 21 - 22, 2010, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
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Specific Rules for National Brain Bee Finals
What is Brain Bee
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Brain Bee is open to any child who meets the eligibility guidelines below.
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Must be in grade 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 as of February 1, 2010. However,
the first place winner of the NSF Brain Bee must be in grades 9 through 12
in March of 2010 to be able to participate in the National Brain Bee
Championship conducted by the University of Maryland.
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The NSF Brain Bee winner will go to Maryland to compete in a national competition.
The winner of that national competition will go to the International Brain Bee,
which will be held in Canada. In other words, the NSF winner is not guaranteed
a spot in the International Brain Bee.
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A past winner of the NSF Brain Bee is not eligible to participate again.
The admission is based on first-come-first served and is limited.
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Brain bee is held in two phases and all the questions for both phases are taken from the book, Brain Facts,
which can be found from a link at this website. A team consisting of a proctor and
three judges will conduct both the phases. Contestants are seated by the badge number order from left to right.
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The proctor and judges face the contestants and audience.
The judges are in complete control of the competition and their decisions are final.
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No type of recording instrument (tape recorder, mp3 player) is allowed to be on during the competition.
Also, parents may not write down questions and answers. Parents and other members of the audience found to be
using such devices and/ or writing down questions will be asked to leave immediately.
Phase I (Written):
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Phase I is written. Contestants will be provided with a question paper with 25 multiple choice
questions and will have 30 minutes to answer them. For each question, the contestant has to
circle the best answer from the multiple choice answers. There can be only one answer that
is clearly marked. Once the written round is over, the results will be announced shortly.
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The top 15 candidates will enter Phase II.
Phase II (Oral):
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In each round, the contestant will be required to come up to the mike and answer his/ her question.
All contestants have exactly 15 seconds to answer a question once it has been asked. Time starts as soon as the proctor
has finished asking the question. If there is any confusion, contestants should ask for clarification immediately and not wait
until the end of the time period.
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The judging panel (consisting of a chief judge, associate judge and laptop judge) will decide on the validity
of each answer. Only challenges that provide evidence from Brain Facts will be entertained. The contest is based around
Brain Facts, which is the source for every question in the competition.
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When a contestant answers a question correctly, he/ she is shown a green card.
When a contestant gets an answer wrong, he/ she is shown a red card.
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Once a contestant accumulates 3 incorrect answers, he/ she will be eliminated from the competition.
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When two contestants are left, they will continue to answer questions until one contestant compiles 3
incorrect answers. In that case, the other finalist is named the champion. If both contestants get their
third incorrect answer in the same round, they simply continue to answer questions as if they had only 2 incorrect answers.
Winners and Ranks:
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The Foundation recognizes only the top 3 ranks.
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NSF Office: North South Foundation, 2 Marissa Ct, Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630-323-1966
Fax: 630-455-9008
Email: info@northsouth.org
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