Ed. Magazine Format for 100 Posted May 17, 2011 By News editor Published as a sidebar to Ed. magazine feature, “Quiz Kids.” If you’ve never seen a high school quiz competition, think Jeopardy! but with teenagers, two teams, and without the answer being phrased as a question. Although every competition has its own format, most high school quiz competitions operate in similar manners. The schools, usually four students on each team, face off, answering a series of questions asked by the “quizmaster” for points. There are usually a series of “rounds.” During early rounds, the person who buzzes in first gets first shot at answering the question; wrong answers often don’t cost teams points. General questions are asked during most rounds; other rounds focus on specific categories such as Philosophy 101 or Creepy Crawlies. A lightning round involves rapid-fire questions posed to both teams in a short period of time — a minute or so. Sometimes, competitions include head-to-head matches between single players from each team. Students usually answer questions individually, although during the category rounds, students are allowed to huddle and, as a team, come up with one answer. The team with the most points at the end wins. Ed. Magazine Quiz Kids Ed. Magazine The magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Education Explore All Articles Related Articles News Fighting for Change: Estefania Rodriguez, L&T'16 EdCast Notes from Ferguson News Part of the Conversation: Rachel Hanebutt, MBE'16