Inside Quizzing

For the first time (and likely last time) ever, Gryphon and Scott record an entire Inside Quizzing episode in "NPR Voice Mode." As far as content, the dynamic duo primarily talk through a series of "bugs" in the current rule book. These aren't the umbrage items from previous episodes. These are instead actual mechanical faults in the current rule book, where it either contracts itself or otherwise provides confusing or misleading information. Gryphon offers a PNW District Meet 2 update. And then Scott and Gryphon discuss the "Exploit Rule Book Bugs Competition" wherein someone can win some cool and unspecified price for coming up with the most awesome exploit of a rule book bug. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott begin with a quick review of the Adult Quizzing League (AQL) international meet 1 that was this past Saturday. Then the dynamic duo discuss a series of hypothetical and real quizzing scenarios to tease out Quizzing philosophy debates. And of course then the two debate the debates, exploring various trees of logical thought related thereunto. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott begin with a quick review of PNW District Meet 1 along with some stats observations. Then the dynamic duo discuss and even debate a variety of interesting Quizzing topics including: marked questions from the last meet, curious rulings either from or inspired by the last meet, and some rulebook clarifications. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott welcome to the podcast Alex Mellen, originally from Central, now from Midwest; and the trio discuss a recent article published in Christianity Today regarding memorization theory, specifically around Bible verse memorization. Before that, Gryphon offered a PNW District Meet 1 update. And after chatting with Alex about memorization, Gryphon and Scott announce and discuss the new rulebook project in detail (at least in so far as the details of the project thus exist). To read the Christianity Today article, visit this link: https://shfr.us/ZeJ2 As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Allen McPherson from Metro District returns to the podcast to announce and answer questions about a new imitative coming up: International Adult Quizzing League. The first meet of the season is this coming Halloween. Then Scott, Gryphon, and Allen discuss a variety of quizzing topics including some quizzer influence philosophy. The then trio discuss a series of marked questions. And finally, they discuss how best to answer questions in a general sense. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott review the PNW Quizzing pre-season meet from the previous Saturday, then they discuss and debate various thoughts around a chapter-reference question from Matthew 2:3. Then the dynamic duo deep dive into common junior or rookie quizmaster mistakes, nearly all of which Gryphon has made in his past. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott discuss a variety of somewhat randomly different quizzing philosophies, a smorgasbord if you will. But first, a listener question about FTV/INT list prep. Then the dynamic duo discuss quizmaster concurrent mental thread capacity, the most important attributes of amazing officials, Matthew material rules from the 2018 rule book, subjective versus objective rules, and a famous Dijkstra quote. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott continue with part 3 of taking umbrage with the worst quizzing practices. In this, the final chapter of the topic (at least for now), the dynamic duo address: equipment, software, data, and material providers, Quizzing prejudice, Internationals meet leadership, and International quizzing leadership. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott start off by answering some questions from a listener. Then the dynamic duo embark on part 2 of their quest to take umbrage with the worst Quizzing practices. They discuss bad quizmaster practices and misguided and wrong-headed district program philosophy and operations. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott being with a quick announcement about an upcoming virtual game night for quizzers, and they answer an interesting listener question about the value of specialization. Then the dynamic duo discuss a series of topics they consider to be the worst quizzing practices, and they take a certain measured amount of umbrage regarding each. Quizzer enunciation, inability to accept feedback, coach favoritism, and question writing silliness are some of the topics discussed. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott being with a quick announcement about the upcoming 2020-2021 PNW Quizzing season. Then the dynamic duo quickly move into part 2 of the discussion and debate over the worst rules of Bible Quizzing, the rules with which they would like to take umbrage. Unique words, determine word or phrase, context, prompts, and more. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott welcome to the podcast PNW Internetionals coaches Jeremy Swingle and Kristine Delamarter to talk all things coaching, but before they do, Scott offers an Internetionals statistics overview. Then Gryphon and Scott discuss two related rulings from Internetionals regarding when a jump should be a foul versus an error. Then the quizzing quartet discuss how to be a coach, how to recruit and motivate quizzers, how to setup teams, how to run practices, how to coach at meets, and how to put together an Internationals coaching strategy. At the very end, Jeremy promotes his and Jon's new podcast: John 3:15. (https://open.spotify.com/show/3zmpvLK7ItGlC6OBaCYG44) As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott being with a quick review of some of the Internetionals 2020 highlights, then quickly move into a short list of lingering questions and concepts. Then the dynamic duo spend the bulk of the episode discussing and debating the worst rules of Bible Quizzing, the rules with which they would like to take umbrage. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott discuss some listener questions and listener feedback, first about the ethics of challenging. Then the dynamic duo discuss in detail some edge cases for "out of context" and the concepts and implications of context in general. And finally, Gryphon and Scott explore how quizmasters are required to rule on provided reference in both reference questions and quote questions. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott discuss a variety of questions related to quizzing: What do you think is a good way to jump competitively in a virtual meet while still minimizing risk? What are ethical standards for quizzing and coaching in terms of challanging and protesting? Is there such a hing as being "too competitive"? And if so, what might that look like for quizzers and coaches? As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott start off with an Internetionals update. Then they proceed to answer listener questions. First, how to approach a question set that you are unfamiliar with. Second, how to adjust your jumping speed in the middle of a quiz to maximize the probability of getting a correct question. Then the dynamic duo discuss how to deal with strange quizmasters and the Internetionals question type distribution. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott welcome back regular guest Jeremy Swingle. Gryphon provides an Internet-ionals update. Then Scott and Jeremy discuss how best to prepare for and answer reference questions. Gryphon talks about Bible Quizzing evangelism and how best to go about it. Then Scott and Jeremy talk about the differences between material years, particularly as we move from Heb/Pet into Matthew. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

Gryphon and Scott welcome special guest Zachary Tinker, CMA Quizzing Leadership Team (CQLT) chair and quizzing leader in the Great Lake District. Zachary announces the upcoming "Internet-ionals" virtual quiz meet and answers questions about it from Scott and Gryphon. The trio then discuss several marked questions from the recent "COVIDQUIZ," the inter-district virtual meet between PNW, CMD, WCD, and Metro. Scott also leads a discussion around question types, specifically multiple answers and reference questions. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app

The "Inside Quizzing" podcast is a weekly podcast from quizmasters Scott Peterson and Gryphon Shafer. Each week, these two will discuss quizzing topics, details about the memorization material on a typical quiz season schedule, and anything else they find interesting related to Bible quizzing.

Gryphon starts off the show with a bunch of news and announcements including: the upcoming virtual district meet 2, virtual quizzing outside our own PNW district, and what's next for PNW Quizzing (remainder of this season and looking into next season). Then Scott responds to the idea of a CBQZ Academy that trains and credentials officials and coaches. What makes a good quizmaster? Can that be trained and certified? And then Scott walks through SIT question theory and MA rules concerns. As always, email questions and comments to iq@cbqz.org and follow us on Twitter: @InsideQuizzing. The CBQZ web-based Bible Quizzing application is hosted at: https://cbqz.org/app