The
official slogan of the Nazarene Youth International is quoted from I Timothy
4:12 - “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an
example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity”.
The main purpose of Bible Quizzing is to help cultivate the actions,
attitudes, and the lifestyle that are necessary to accomplish this slogan. The
Bible Quiz program intends to reach this goal through a tactic that is divided
in these different areas:
1.
Get Personal
a)
Talk one on one. You won’t have much success when addressing a large group
b)
Get to know prospective quizzers ahead
of time by being involved in teen functions.
c)
Use a teen on the team to recruit for
you
2.
Don’t Beg
a)
Tell them that the team needs them
b)
Make sure they realize that quizzing
takes commitment
B.
Promote
Quizzing Among Teens
1.
Talk to as Many Teens as
Possible
2.
Explain Advantages of Quizzing
a)
Travel all over xxxxxxx
b)
Meet teens from all over the country;
start new friendships
c)
Make boyfriends/girlfriends
d)
Get away from Mom & Dad
e)
Get to skip some school
f)
Learn more about the Bible
1.
Explain Goals of Quizzing
a)
Bible study
b)
Deepen or initiate a relationship with
Christ
2.
Explain Benefits of Quizzing
a)
Develop Christian relationships
b)
Refine/develop study skills for school
(school grades often improve)
c)
Fellowship with other teens
3.
Explain Requirements of Quizzing
a)
Be truthful with parents—quizzing
takes time and commitment
b)
Summarize approximate time teens need
to spend with quizzing
4.
Why?
a)
You will need help to make your job
easier
b)
Allows you to miss a quiz if needed but
still allow the team to go
5.
Who?
a)
Current and former NYI adult
leaders/workers
b)
People like yourself
c)
Former quizzers
6.
Explain Aspects of Quizzing
a)
Travel
b)
Fun competition
c)
Building special relationships with
teens
7.
Explain the Quiz Cycle
For every year, there is a book (or books) from the New
Testament that is used as a resource material for the questions of the
competition.
Following is the 8 year cycle that is used around the
world for Quizzing.
8.
Explain Goals of Quizzing
a)
Bible study
b)
Deepen or initiate a relationship with
Christ
c)
Involvement in ministry
d)
Disiciple making
9.
Explain Benefits of Quizzing
a)
Develop Christian relationships
b)
Refine/develop study skills for school
(school grades often improve)
10.
Explain
Requirements of Quizzing
a)
Be truthful—quizzing takes time and
commitment
b)
Outline approximate time needed
1.
Make Plans For Your Program
a)
Establish what each practice will cover
b)
Select Tournaments you wish to attend
c)
Plan special activities for the team
2.
Organizational Meeting
a)
Once your quizzers are lined up, have
an organizational meeting with them, their parents, and any adults interested
in helping.
b)
This meeting should establish practice
times, and perhaps the goals of your team.
c)
Explain the benefits of quizzing to the
parents so they may become supportive of quizzing and not view it as just
another activity
d)
Solicit parental support as chaperones,
drivers, and fund-raisers
(1)
Chaperones
are needed for overnighters and cheerleading at quizzes
(2)
Drivers
will free you to work with team on the way to quizzes
(3)
Fundraising
events will pay for team going to ET, Regionals, etc.
e)
Explain approximate costs for each quiz
event (gas, registration fees, motel, etc.).
Decide how it will be paid for.
3.
Plan a Kickoff Event
a)
Could be a pizza party, a lock-in, or
dinner.
b)
Use it to explain what quizzing is and
what it can do for teens and adults if you don’t have an organizational
meeting.
c)
Make it fun or make it nice, but most
of all make it special!
1.
Don’t Give Up
a)
Commit to yourself to continue the
program even if you start late or are slow to start a program
b)
It’s never too late to start.
First quiz is a few weeks, but you could miss it and still be
competitive in Nov. since we weight the material.
c)
Don’t skip first quiz.
(1)
Use
it as learning experience to prepare for the next quiz
(2)
Each
quiz mostly uses the new material, so you can be competitive even if starting
in January!
2.
Communicate with Teens and
Adults Participating
a)
Publicize practice times through the
bulletin and pulpit announcements
b)
Personally remind quizzers, parents,
and adults so they know you expect them to follow through on their commitments
c)
Follow up with those who missed the
first practice and insist that they come to the next practice
1.
NYI Sponsored.
Attend NYI council meetings (even if you not invited).
Suggest the whole NYI run a fund-raiser with part of the proceeds
marked for the quiz program
2.
Team Sponsored.
Run a team sponsored fund-raiser to finance all trips, one special
trip, or whatever your goals are.
3.
Examples
a)
Car washes
b)
Bake sales
c)
Quizathon or quoteathon in your church
d)
Candy sales
1.
Straight Reading — least effective
2.
Triple Repetition — most effective
3.
Double Repetition
1.
Grid Outline
2.
Topical Outline
3.
Importance of Keywords — enables them
to make faster jumps
4.
Make flash cards to learn the uniques
(or more if you’re bold enough)
1.
Study commentaries
2.
Study explanations
3.
Study questions
4.
Memory verses for the year
5.
Memory verse prejumps
1.
Study commentaries
2.
Study explanations
3.
Study questions; create question sets
based on number of questions, question type, etc.
4.
Copy of the scripture being used
5.
Memory verses for the year
6.
Memory verse prejumps
7.
Key words
8.
Individual competition against other
quizzers around the USA
9.
Cost only $15 per year
1.
Why?
a)
Helps teens formulate the finish to
prejumps in a quiz.
b)
Helps them to learn the material
quicker and better
2.
How to write them
a)
Look for the answer first and then make
a question for it
b)
Don’t change any words unless you
have to
3.
Use them at practices along with the
blue books
1.
Why review? — must keep old material
fresh
2.
3-5-7 Plan — an organized approach to
reviewing
3.
How to review — use double review
method
1.
Find a day and time convenient for you.
You will be putting in the more time than anyone else..
2.
Plan practice for the same day each
week
1.
Find a central location if possible
2.
Find a room large enough to spread out.
Good practices may have several things going on at the same time
especially if you have a helper.
3.
Examples of good locations are church,
your home, or rotating among quizzer’s home.
1.
Best practice length is usually 1 hour.
Can be more.
2.
Should meet only once a week so that
quizzing does not dominate the teen’s and your time.
1.
Jump on specified material, both new
and reviewed material
2.
Drills—quick jumps, fast questions
and answers
3.
Strategies that will be used in a quiz
(burning, jumping on a specific word, etc.)
4.
Covering specialties—memory,
reference, context (do not focus too much on one speciality unless you are
practicing with just the specialist)
5.
Use a variety of methods to cover
material—written quizzes, quizzers asking questions, one on one drills, etc.
1.
Blue question book — for asking
questions at practice
2.
Jumps seats
3.
Quizzer’s questions — for asking
questions at practice
1.
Get their parents involved and keep
them involved
a)
Practice in their homes
b)
Involve them in practices
c)
Have them help on trips to tournaments,
e.g. drive, organize, etc.
2.
Add variety to practices, e.g. have a
quizzer ask questions, get the coach to jump.
Don’t let every practice be the same.
3.
Incorporate fun activities during the
year that don’t relate to quizzing, e.g.: after a quiz, go out for pizza or
ice cream. Have a pool party,
slumber party, skating party, any kind of a party!
4.
Travel to quizzes other than Virginia
Nazarene quizzes such as Lancaster YFC, WBQA Regionals, WBQA Finals, or SDG
1.
You need to keep your motivation up.
An unmotivated coach cannot motivate his quizzers
2.
If you feel you’re losing your
motivation, stop and refine the focus of your program.
3.
Don’t concentrate on the results so
much, concentrate on the experience.
4.
If you’ve let the program get off
track, do your best to get it back on track.
Then learn from your mistakes for next year!
1.
Keywords, 1–3
a)
What are unique, double, and triple
keywords?
b)
Ensure quizzers underline keywords each
week as they start learning new chapters
2.
Keyword Concordance
— Helps you quickly identify whether a word is a unique, double or triple
keyword.
3.
Memory Verse Prejumps
a)
What are they?
b)
Teens should learn them as they learn
the verses.
4.
People & Places List
— Can use these in drills to help teens learn about the people and places in
the scripture.
5.
Context Products
a)
Old Testament quotes
b)
Questions asked by the writer
c)
Numbers mentioned
1.
Yellow Question Books
— Should have one for each quizzer. Used
in their studies. You should not
use these in practices.
2.
Blue Question Books
— Should have one for each coach. Use
these in practices.
3.
Forms —
Score sheets, line-up pads. You
should get at least 2 score sheet pads and 1 line-up pad for the year.
4.
Rules —
You need to be intimately familiar with rules.
Your teens that are new to quizzing will ask lots of questions and you
should have the rule book so you can properly answer them.
Your teens should not come to a quiz without a good understanding of
the basic rules.
5.
Concordance
— Each coach should have one. A
good tool to find where the quizzer is at when he is giving an answer.
6.
Scripture Portion
— Very slim compared to what we gave you here but more expensive.
Every coach and quizzer needs a Scripture portion, whether it is the
slim or thick one.
7.
Cassette Tapes
— Audio cassettes of the Scripture are available for sale, but they are very
expensive ($15). You can make
them a lot cheaper than Publishing House.
8.
Quiz Leader’s Handbook
— A valuable book to help any coach with his local quiz program.
Only $7 and well worth it. Highly
recommend it.
9.
YouthQuiz.com
-- Web based study program available for $15 per year for quizzers or
$15 per year for coaches.
PLEASE NOTE:
The green book questions are no longer available.
District directors must use the YouthQuiz.com WEB access to print
question sets for district tournaments; $45 per year. The district directors
may also supply questions to the Regional Open Invitationals.
I.
Be
the Leader
A.
Be in Charge
1.
Act as the focal point of information
for your team and those traveling with your team
2.
Control the actions of your team; hold
them responsible
3.
Direct the activities of your team
B.
Be
Responsible
1.
Get quizzers to the proper area on time
2.
Be responsible for the conduct of your
team
3.
Assist tournament directors any way
possible
II.
Be
the Coach
A.
Keep Score
1.
Helps insure correct score is posted by
official scorekeeper
2.
Allows you to make informed decisions
about when to “send” quizzers
3.
Let’s the quizzers keep their focus
on the quizmaster and not worry about the score.
B.
Anticipate
Possible Outcomes
1.
Learn to anticipate what the other team
might do to stop your team
2.
Learn how to stop the other team by
sending, burning, etc.
3.
Anticipating means knowing the score
and all the scoring potentials
C.
Direct the Jumping
1.
Directing the jumping is the same as
the “game plan” in other sports
2.
Learn to know when to “send” a
quizzer
3.
Let the quizzers know that you are the
boss; they jump when you tell them to. Sometimes
that means jumping on first word and other times to sit out the entire
question.
4.
Hold your quizzers accountable for
their jumping. If they jump when
you say, praise them regardless of the outcome.
If they don’t jump, discipline them (make them sit out, verbally “scold”
them, etc.).