The Battle of the Books will be Sat May 30th at the Champlain Centre Mall in Plattsburgh.
So far this year, we have 1 full teams of 5 children, plus two teams of teach three children for the upcoming Battle of the Books.
There are just 4 spots that remain for Plattsburgh Library to have a third team. Children
Must be in fifth, sixth, or seventh grade in order to participate. Sets of this year’s books
are available at the Children’s Room desk, &parents must commit their children to being
at The Battle of the Books on May 30 to participate in the trivia challenge in order to
receive the books for your children.
Attached is a flyer with the book covers on it, as well as a document outlining the rules
for The Battle of the Books. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anyone you think
might be interested.
Please don’t hesitate to call (536-7445) or e-mail me if you have any questions.
Sharon
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Sharon Bandhold, M.L.S.
Youth Services Librarian
Plattsburgh Public Library
BOOKS FOR THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION
Dewy the Library Cat
Mr. Lemoncello's Library
House of Secrets (bonus book)
Ninth Ward
One and Only Ivan
A Tangle of Knots
RULES:
Take a Bite Out of Books 2015
Battle of the Books Competition Rules
Local
Team Information
Teams
will be made up of a minimum of 2 players, with a maximum of 5 players, if
desired. If there
is a 5 player team, 1 player will be an alternate. Registrants
must be in grades 5-7 in the Spring of 2015. Only
four members of the team will be “in play” during a round. Substitutions
may be made in team members between rounds at the discretion of the coach.
The
Competition
The
competition will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the Champlain Centre Mall
in Plattsburgh. All
contestants and coaches must be at
the mall by 9:15 a.m. for a briefing
and assignment of
the first round locations. The briefing
will be held inside the Mall outside of the Gander Mountain
entrance.
If
there is an uneven number of teams, the team from the library that won last
year’s championship
will receive a bye in the first round.
Teams
should report to the Gander Mountain location to find out who and where they
play next;
or team members and coaches can ask each station’s staff member who has the
walkie talkie
for that station for this information.
The
final competition will be at the Gander Mountain location.
Questions
and Scoring
Questions
will be asked only by the designated questioner for each round. Reading of the question
will stop immediately when a buzzer is pressed.
The first team to buzz in will be allowed
5 seconds by the timekeeper to correctly answer the question. If the first team to
buzz
in cannot answer the question within the 5 seconds allowed, the question will
be read in it’s entirety for the
other team and they will be allowed 5 seconds to answer the question.
Team
members may talk among themselves before giving the answer, but only one person may
speak to answer the question.
The question will stop immediately when a buzzer is pressed. The first team to buzz in will be allowed 5 seconds by the timekeeper to correctly answer the question. If the first team to buzz in cannot answer the question within the 5 seconds allowed, the question will be read in it’s entirety for the other team and they will be allowed 5 seconds to answer the question.
Team
members may talk among themselves before giving the answer, but only one person may
speak to answer the question.
The
judges will have the final say over whether the question was answered correctly
or not. The
first answer from a team will be accepted or judged incorrect by the judges.
If
answered correctly, each question is worth 5 points. Zero points will be given for an incorrect
answer or if the question isn’t answered within the five seconds allowed.
During
each round an equal number of bonus questions will be offered from the bonus
book, House
of Secrets. How many of the bonus
questions given in each round, however, will depend
on the total number of questions asked in each round. If a team answers correctly, the
question is worth 10 points. If the team
that receives the bonus question does not answer
or answers incorrectly;y, then the opposing team will be allowed to answer for
10 points.
Judges
will be responsible for keeping each team’s score and will be the final
authority on the Scores
at the end of each contest.
The
highest scoring team in each preliminary round will advance; the lowest scoring
team will compete
in the consolation division. Winning
teams in the quarter finals and semi-finals will
advance. Losing teams will be eliminated after two
losses; except for the championship round.
In
case of a tie in any round, tie-breaker questions will be used to determine the
winner. Five
questions from a set of special tie-breaker questions will be asked. The regular format will
be followed. At the end of the five
questions, the team with the highest score will be declared
the winner. Should there be a tie at the
end of the five questions, questioning will continue
until one team answers correctly to break the tie.
Each round will last 15
minutes regardless
of how many questions have been asked
If all of the
questions have been asked before the 15 minutes expires, the team should stay at
their station until the 15 minutes is up.
Questions
The questions asked in any
given round will be the same in every location, no matter where the teams are located at the mall. The questions will be
based on the six books that the participants have been asked to read. The questions in
succeeding rounds will be straightforward and specific and ma relate to characters, setting,
plot, detail, or quote identification. The bonus book, House
of Secrets, will only be used for bonus questions in each round.
Questions will be read
in their entirety unless they are interrupted by a team buzzing in. The emcee will then read the question in its
entirety for the other team.
The judges will have a
set of questions with the answers and with reference to the book and page number
where the answer can be found. They will
make the final determination as to
whether a question has been answered correctly.
Any prompting from the
audience will disqualify the question and void any points to the team answering the
question.
There will be no
challenge to questions by coaches, players, or parents during play. Challenges may be made
to judges at the conclusion of each round.
