Business Standard Quiz Western Region Finals

Last Updated : Jan 20 2015 | 11:31 AM IST

Rules & Regulations

General

The Business Standard Quiz is open for participation to B-School students as well as Corporate professionals from the respective regions.
Entries in teams of two are eligible. Both team members should be from the same institute/ company.
Registration is compulsory beforehand. Please contact regional offices for last dates of registration for each region.
There is no registration fee for participation in the Business Standard Quiz.
Each participant is requested to carry their College ID/ Company ID.
Business Standard employees, their relatives, or employees of partners for the event will not be eligible to participate.
The participants shall not be allowed to use mobiles or any other electronic instruments.
Prizes received under the competition shall not be transferable. Prizes cannot be substituted for other articles or gifts.
Kindly note, the decision of the quiz-master will be final.
Participation in this Quiz competition implies acceptance of all the terms and conditions of the Quiz competition.

Competition

Elimination Round

Answer sheets will be provided. And 20 questions will be asked by the Quiz master.
On handing over of completed answer sheets, the semi-finalists will be identified.
Scoring will be 1 mark per correct answer. There are no negative marks.
Top 12 teams go through to the next round.
In case of a tie in determining the top 12, those with equal marks will be asked an additional set of 5 questions.

Semi-final round

Teams will be grouped into groups of 6 each. There will be two semi-final rounds so to speak.
This will be determined through a draw of lots among those who made the cut.
Each semi-final round will have 5 rounds each with questions going both clockwise and anticlockwise.
Teams get 30 seconds to answer the question after which it passes to the next team.
Scoring: 10 points for a direct question and 5 points for an indirect.
There are no negative marks for wrong answers.
Top 3 teams from each semi-final round go through to the final.
In case of a tie, a tie-breaker question to each of the tied participants will be asked till winner emerges.

Final

6 teams vie for the final prize.
There will be 6 rounds in the final round. Scoring will be the same as in the semi-final with no negative marking.

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