FWIW, the pub quiz I've been frequenting of late has two different types of tiebreakers--for first place, a 5 question round, with team getting most correct answers taking it all. For Second/Third place, a question with a numerical answer (a la Wits and Wagers) with closest team taking it--e.g., "Combined, how many Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet Valley High books were there (main series only)?," "By surface areas, how many Great Salt Lakes could fit into Hudson Bay?"
I had never seen that before! And it happened so quickly - before I even understood how it would work, the game was over. Strange. Wonder why they can't just declare a tie?
I'm assuming it's in the rules. Normally, if at the end of a game, there's a tie, both are returning champions in the next game. This was at the end of a tournament final, so no returning champions, and involved combining totals for two days, which makes a tie SUPER unlikely.
FWIW, the pub quiz I've been frequenting of late has two different types of tiebreakers--for first place, a 5 question round, with team getting most correct answers taking it all. For Second/Third place, a question with a numerical answer (a la Wits and Wagers) with closest team taking it--e.g., "Combined, how many Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet Valley High books were there (main series only)?," "By surface areas, how many Great Salt Lakes could fit into Hudson Bay?"
ReplyDeleteI had never seen that before! And it happened so quickly - before I even understood how it would work, the game was over. Strange. Wonder why they can't just declare a tie?
ReplyDeleteI'm assuming it's in the rules. Normally, if at the end of a game, there's a tie, both are returning champions in the next game. This was at the end of a tournament final, so no returning champions, and involved combining totals for two days, which makes a tie SUPER unlikely.
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