CEcmisc.59


TITLE:  "THE ANSWER IS----WHAT IS THE QUESTION?
             or Directions for QUIZ-BOWL

AUTHOR:  Julie York, Lincoln Savage Middle School;
         Grants Pass, OR

GRADE LEVEL:  Appropriate for grades 4-8

OVERVIEW:  The Quiz Bowl Game is a generic tool that
can be adapted to any subject area although the example
here is in the social studies area.

ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:

QUIZMASTER: Teacher

SCOREKEEPER:  The student or teacher who lists teams on
chalkboard and keeps track of team points.

PLAYERS: Students, divided into 2, 3, or 4 teams

GAME DESCRIPTION:  There are six categories,
corresponding to individual units of study.  The "Grab
Bag" category may represent questions taken from any
unit of study.  Each number (1-6) below a category
represents one answer to a question for the player.
The answers to questions are matched with points and
become more difficult as the points increase.  The
50-point "Super-Bowl" answers are the most difficult of
all and may be omitted if too hard.

SUGGESTED RULES: The object of these rules is to allow
you to involve the maximum number of students.
a.   Teams take turns in order.  Team members also take
     turns within each team.
b.   Each player in turn selects a category--and a
     number.  The teacher gives the appropriate answer.
     The player is to think up a logical question to
     fit the answer.  If the player responds correctly,
     the team gains the matching number of points.  If
     the player does not respond correctly, the next
     team tries the  answer.  The question process
     stops with the second team--whether it is found
     correct or not.  The next team to play chooses a
     new category.
c.   The game proceeds until all answers on the board
     have been addressed or until a time limit is
     reached.
d.   The team with the highest points wins.

VARIATIONS:
a.   Team "captain" may be allowed to choose category
     each time.
b.   Team members may consult on response for 30
     seconds.
c.   Teams may continue with responses until one is
     missed; then the next team begins their turn.
d.   When a team fails to respond correctly, points may
     be removed from that team's score.

SAMPLE ANSWERS FOR EACH CATEGORY:

AMERICAN EVENTS               AMERICAN HEROES
1  Vietnam War                1  Wright Brothers
2  Watergate                  2  Martin Luther
                                   King, Jr.
3  Spanish Armada             3  Susan B. Anthony
4  Black Thursday             4  Langston Hughes
5  Freedom rides              5  Ethel & Julius
                                   Rosenburg
6  Cold War                   6  Arthur Zimmerman

AMERICAN SCENE                AMERICAN TERMS
1  NAACP                      1  Civil Rights
2  Ku Klux Klan               2  Communism
3  Equal Rights Ammendment    3  Breadlines
4  National Industrial        4  Dictatorship
     Recovery Act
5  "Great Society"            5  McCarthyism
6  "Silent majority"          6  Silent majority

AMERICAN PLACES               AMERICAN GRAB BAG
1  Pearl Harbor               1  Great Depression
2  Panama Canal               2  League of Nations
3  Horoshima                  3  Flappers
4  San Juan Hill              4  "Maine"
5  Little Rock, Arkansas      5  Dust Bowl
6  38th Parallel              6  Brown vs. Board of
                                   Education