LOCAL BRAIN BEE COMPETITIONS PDF Print E-mail
(adopted from the rules of Fairfield University's Brain Bee)

    • Grenada National Brain Bee Challenge is open to any student schooling in Grenada who meets the eligibility guidelines below.

     


    • Must be in forms III, IV or V as of January 1, 2009. Not less than 12 years and not more than 19years by this date.

     


    • A student can only participate in a Local Brain Bee if he/she had passed and qualified through the Preliminary Screening Test.

     


    • A Local Brain bee Contest shall be limited to 30 contestants only.

     


    • The Local Brain bee shall be 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 on this website. Both phases are in oral format. A team consisting of a Moderator, two Judges, a Record Master and Time Keeper will conduct the both phases. Contestants will be seated by the badge number order from left to right.

     


    • The Moderator and Judges face the contestants and audience. Questions timing will be by use of an electronic stop watch with an alarm. The performance records of the contestants shall be displayed on a screen through the course of the contest. The Judges are in complete control of the competition and their decisions are final.

     


    • No type of recording instrument (tape recorder, mp3 player) is allowed to be on during the competition. Also, parents/teachers 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.

     


    • When a contestant answers a question correctly, he/ she is shown a green card. When a contestant gets an answer wrong, he/ she is are shown a red card.

     

    Phase I (Oral):

    • Phase I is oral. Contestants will be asked questions that require one or two word answers. There are no multiple choice questions. Most of the questions asked require very specific answers.

     


    • In each round, the contestant will be required to come up to the microphone 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.

     


    • The judging panel (consisting of a Chief Judge and Associate 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.

     


    • Once a contestant accumulates three incorrect answers, he/ she will be eliminated from the competition. However, the contestant should return to his/ her seat. All eliminated contestants will be announced at the end of every round.

     


    • Once 5 contestants remain, Phase II begins.

     


    • All the five remaining contestants are eligible to participate in the Grenada National Brain Bee Competition.

     

    Phase II (Oral):

    • Phase II is exactly like Phase I. All 5 finalists begin with a clean slate: all of them begin with zero incorrect answers. As in Phase I, once a contestant accumulates 3 incorrect answers, he/ she is eliminated.

     


    • 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 3 incorrect answer in the same round, they simply continue to answer questions as if they had only 2 incorrect answers.

     


    • This phase will determine the final positions of the five final contestants for their prizes. However, only schools of the top three will receive an award.
 
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