Inside Quizzing

Gryphon and Scott discuss what a hypothetical "juniors" program might look like and if it would be a positive return on investment. Gryphon provides a CBQZ update and PNW Quizzing season status update. Then the dynamic duo invest the majority of the episode talking about the history and future of Bible Quizzing. Gryphon explains the theory of the "ages" of Quizzing. Scott walks through reasons why the Second Age of Quizzing is and has been in decline. And Gryphon talks about what the Third Age of Quizzing could and should look like if we want to grow and sustain Quizzing for decades to come. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott dive into Quizzing Theoretical Physics (again) by probing the extra-rule-book-ian concept of "quoting" versus "answering" when a quizzer is responding to a question. Far from staying focused on that initiating topic, the dynamic duo dig into related philosophical questions like, "Are we OK with poorly-written rules that are tribally maintained in a consistent and good way?" Although tribal custom may work in some cases, tribal custom is fraught with long-term costs to the health of Quizzing. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott dive into the theoretical, asking if Quizzing wisdom for Quizzers is better or more commonly received and integrated by experience versus instruction. Some things are better learned by doing, while others are easier learned from coaches and captains. The dynamic duo also discuss ideal international program organization and its impacts on optimizing district-level Quizzing outcomes. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott discuss everything you've ever wanted to know about situation questions (SITs) but were too afraid to ask. What are all the rules around SITs and their implications? What are the best SIT study habits? To what degree is it valuable to specialize in SITs, and how would you do that if you wanted to? Also, the dynamic duo announce some new rule book versions and PNWQuizzing.org resources and next season proposed plans. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

In this episode, Gryphon and Scott discuss a cluster of financial transparency questions, drawing from their own experiences and (possibly flawed and certainly incomplete) memories of the past and their own understanding of the current state of Quizzingdom. The dynamic duo takes umbrage at some points. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The goal here is to shine light on our problems to inspire future leaders to do better. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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 Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope reference materials. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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 material knowledge but are super-cautious, quizzers with poor material knowledge and who throw caution to the wind, and quizzers who are brand new to quizzing. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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 Scott also discuss some related philosophies around why the rule book is important, and they discuss some specific items on the Rule Book Committee's list of topics to resolve. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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 channel. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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, become toxic necessarily (or has an increasing probability of becoming toxic) when its leaders act unilaterally, forcing their will across the program? 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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 does question difficulty mean, exactly? What are the components of difficulty? What's the purpose of difficulty? What are the intended and unintended consequences of different ranges of difficulty? 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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 iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. Chat in near-real-time on the #inside-quizzing Slack channel. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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. They discuss how important in-person practices are for in-person meets (and conclude they aren't that important). And finally, they discuss a seemingly crazy but really interesting idea they both like about teams in championship quizzes selecting the type distribution assembly. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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 and Gryphon dig into end of quiz team points calculation and various "wrinkles" to scoring including 2-team, 15-point quizzes. They then discuss overtime, overruled challenges, fouls, question type minimums and maximums, timeouts, and substitutions. And as a bonus, Gryphon and Scott discuss a deep thought about Quizzing: there there may be downsides to having reference material on question writing and coaching. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing ap

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" of a word or phrase should be considered for use in a reference question? What's the difference between "Of the what?" and "I am what?" in terms of question quality. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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 strategy for preparing and answering reference questions? What's a "50/50" reference question? What does "Similar" mean, and why should we care? And what does "Determining reference word or phrase" mean? 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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 and negatives of various writing choices. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

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 from just about anywhere. 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 CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app