Inside Quizzing Gryphon Shafer and Scott Peterson

Gryphon and Scott discuss memorization motivation from the perspectives of quizzers, parents, coaches, and program administrators. What drives motivation and competition? What are the cycles and trends that contribute to memorization motivation, both within and beyond the influence of coaches and administrators? Is making a quiz meet "too fun" counter-missional? All this, plus a reference to an obscure Japanese sushi-maker documentary. 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.

Gryphon recounts the most recent past meet, District Meet 1 at Madras. Scott and Gryphon discuss the emerging strategies and tactics on display at the meet. Then the dynamic duo deep dives into the theory and practice of 2-team and 4-team quizzes under both Second Age and Third Age systems relative to 3-team quizzes, including any advantages and disadvantages to teams competing across the various formulations. And finally, Scott shares a golf technology analogy that helps illuminate insight into Quizzing theory and deployed operational preferences. 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.

Gryphon and Scott first discuss how to memorize, including various ways each memorize and some useful analogies of mental conditioning. They also chat about ways to memorize with others and gain support from even non-quizzers in memorization investment. Then the dynamic duo discuss how to prepare and use reference materials, both for open book quizzing and for private and group study. They also deep dive into various strategies for how reference materials can help performance and what sorts of return-on-investment (ROI) there might be in each strategy. 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.

Gryphon and Scott discuss and then deep dive into the Christian Bible Quizzing (CBQ) rules version 1.1, specifically it's small but important differences to the version 1.0 used at the recent International Open Championships (IOC). Then the dynamic duo explore open book theory including scoring probabilities, pro/con-missional aspects thereof, and what this all means for quizzers and coaches. 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.

Gryphon and Scott discuss the International Open Championship meet hosted at Seattle Pacific University the previous week. The dynamic duo discuss the meet highlights and dig into what worked in Quizzing strategy and where teams could have improved. The pair also discuss a handful of proposed rules changes for the next version of the CBQ rule book. 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.

Gryphon and Scott welcome back special guest Andrew Borden to continue their review the Christian Bible Quizzing (CBQ) rules system. In this, part 3 of the series, the tremendous trio discuss: rulings, timeouts, fouls, and appeals. 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.