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The '''Masonic tournament''' is a high school quiz bowl tournament in Illinois that some people think is a state championship. It used approximately the [[IHSA]] format through 2009, then switched to an even weirder format for 2010. The new format has some portions that are all toss-ups and other portions that are alternating team questions. Team questions are kind of like bonuses, but the term bonus doesn't apply because each team gets first crack at half of them. The team questions bounce back, and they are read all parts at once like IHSA bonuses.
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The '''Masonic tournament''' is a high school quiz bowl tournament in Illinois that some people think is a state championship. It used approximately the [[IHSA]] format through 2009, then switched to an even weirder format for 2010.
  
 
It is often criticized for subpar questions. It used [[Answers Plus]] for a very long time, eventually switched to [[Academic Hallmarks]] for (at least) 2006 and 2007, used [[Aegis Questions]] questions in 2008 and 2009, used [[Questions Galore]] in 2010 and 2011, and hired [[David Reinstein]] to write the questions for 2012.
 
It is often criticized for subpar questions. It used [[Answers Plus]] for a very long time, eventually switched to [[Academic Hallmarks]] for (at least) 2006 and 2007, used [[Aegis Questions]] questions in 2008 and 2009, used [[Questions Galore]] in 2010 and 2011, and hired [[David Reinstein]] to write the questions for 2012.
  
 
==Format==
 
==Format==
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The current format is based on one used in the now-defunct [[Richards tournament]]. It consists of 16 [[tossups]] worth 15 points each (no [[powers]] or [[negs]]), then 16 three-part questions (10 points per part) in which team collaboration is permitted. The Masons call these latter ones "bonuses", but they are not actually [[bonuses]], because each team gets 8 of them regardless of how many tossups it answered. The distribution is vaguely similar to the [[IHSA]] distribution, except that things like ''Twilight'' are categorized as fine arts, obsolete categories like "artistic dance" are still represented, and categories that never existed (like film, which is necessary to provide a home for ''Twilight'' questions) are also represented.
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This tournament basically used an IHSA format until 2009, then switched to a new format that is all its own. The current format consists of 16 [[tossups]] worth 15 points each (no [[powers]] or [[negs]]) and 16 three-part questions (10 points per part) in which team collaboration is permitted. The three-part questions are not [[bonuses]] because each team gets 8 of them regardless of how many tossups it answered. Team questions bounce back, and they are read all at once like IHSA bonuses. The distribution is vaguely similar to the [[IHSA]] distribution.
  
 
==Winners==
 
==Winners==

Revision as of 22:12, 15 July 2011

The Masonic tournament is a high school quiz bowl tournament in Illinois that some people think is a state championship. It used approximately the IHSA format through 2009, then switched to an even weirder format for 2010.

It is often criticized for subpar questions. It used Answers Plus for a very long time, eventually switched to Academic Hallmarks for (at least) 2006 and 2007, used Aegis Questions questions in 2008 and 2009, used Questions Galore in 2010 and 2011, and hired David Reinstein to write the questions for 2012.

Format

This tournament basically used an IHSA format until 2009, then switched to a new format that is all its own. The current format consists of 16 tossups worth 15 points each (no powers or negs) and 16 three-part questions (10 points per part) in which team collaboration is permitted. The three-part questions are not bonuses because each team gets 8 of them regardless of how many tossups it answered. Team questions bounce back, and they are read all at once like IHSA bonuses. The distribution is vaguely similar to the IHSA distribution.

Winners

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