1. KAAC Quick Recall Training
Coaches and Officials with One Year Experience

2. Thank you for your willingness to serve!
What sets KAAC events apart from most other academic events is the quality of the coaching and officiating.
YOU make it happen!

3. Required Quick Recall Officials in Governor’s Cup
District: One certified official that must be listed as a judge or moderator. *This is the MINIMUM!
Regional: Two certified officials, one of which must be listed as a judge or moderator.
State: A certified scorer, or a timer who will serve as a buzzer operator. A judge or moderator can fulfill this requirement, pending KAAC approval.

4. Required Officials for JV Challenge/Sixth Grade Showcase
TWO certified Quick Recall officials, one of which must be listed as a judge or moderator

5. How Can the Required Quick Recall Head Coach be Certified?
At the KAAC Conference
At a “local” KAAC training by a KAAC trainer – these dates will be posted at around Sept. 20

6. How Can Assistant Coaches and Required Officials be Certified?
At the KAAC Conference
At a “local” KAAC Training
By a KAAC-trained coach
Must complete online quiz
Head coaches CANNOT be certified online

7. Rules Changes and Clarifications
If an inquiry after overtime results in additional play, play resumes from the point at which the overtime ended.  If the fifth point for Team A was a tossup, play resumes with a bonus for Team A and possible bounce-back to Team B.  If the fifth point was a bonus, play resumes with a tossup.

8. Officials
Judge—the primary official—coordinates match and supervises other officials
Moderator—reads questions and makes initial ruling on answers
Scorer—keeps official score
Trainers – refer to the manual as you discuss each one of these

9. Officials (cont.)
Spotter—recognizes the team and individual who buzzes in first on a tossup - may also operate buzzer equipment
Timer—keeps official time—may also run buzzer, or serve as spotter.
Trainers – refer to the manual as you discuss each one of these

10. Room Setup

11. Question Types Tossup – either team can answer
(Regular) Bonus – earned by the team that answers a tossup correctly
Bounce-back bonus—if first team misses a bonus, second team gets a chance to answer

12. Questions On Questions: True/False

13. True/False: Tossups
Tossups interrupted with an incorrect answer are read in their entirety for the other team
False – tossups are re-read beginning at the start of the sentence that was interrupted
Players must complete their answer before response time expires
False – they must BEGIN their answer by that timeeen reached.

14. Correct Tossup Bonus Question
Bonuses are also worth one point
A bonus always follows a tossup UNLESS time expires, or if the tossup was the last question in the half.
Both teams may confer on a bonus question.

15. Who can answer a bonus?
Only the captain or the person the captain designates.
What if someone else does?
On a "regular" bonus question, answers given by the wrong person or after time has elapsed are ignored by match officials

16. Bonus Questions: Incorrect Answers

17. Bounce-Back Bonus
If a team fails to answer its bonus question, or answers its bonus question incorrectly, the bonus question “bounces back” to the other team.
The moderator states “Incorrect—captain” or “Time—captain?” while turning to the other team.
Hesitation rules are in effect as soon as the moderator finishes his or her prompt.

18. Bonus Captain Designation
The captain must say, “I designate (name).” That designation must be given without pause; if it is not, a hesitation or infraction is called.
No additional time is given
The designee must begin his or her answer before the 10-second answer time is over, and immediately after the captain calls his or her name. If anyone other than the designated student answers, “infraction” is called and the bounce-back bonus ensues.

19. True/False: Bonuses Both teams may confer on a bonus question. True
Bonus questions are worth 10 points
False – all questions are worth one point.
If half time expires after a successful tossup, no bonus is given.
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20. True/False: Bonuses Only the captain can answer a bonus.
False – the captain may designate another player
“I designate <name>” is the ONLY acceptable designation method.
True
The captain may interrupt the reading of a bonus.
True.

21. True/False: Bonuses
A team is only eligible for a bounce-back bonus if they attempted a tossup answer.
False
A bounce-back bonus is offered if the first team allows the moderator to read the entire question
True
Hesitation can be called on a bounce-back

23. Hesitation
“Hesitation” is a judgment call and cannot be quantified by a certain number of seconds
All adult, certified match officials make appropriate hesitation calls.
Hesitation calls are not subject to inquiry

24. 10 seconds for all grade levels
Response Times
Grade Level
Tossup Answer Time
Bonus Answer Time
Elementary
10 seconds
10 seconds for all grade levels
Middle Grades
High School
6th Grade
JV Challenge
5 seconds

25. Governor’s Cup—Time and Questions per Half
Match Length
Governor’s Cup—Time and Questions per Half
District
Regional
State
Elementary
10 minutes or 30 questions
10 minutes or 30 questions
N/A
Middle Grades
12 minutes or 40 questions
Pool Play—10 minutes or 30 questions; single elimination—untimed halves with 40 questions.
High School
15 minutes or 40 questions
Pool Play—12 minutes or 40 questions; single elimination—untimed halves with 50 questions
6th Grade Showcase
10 minutes OR
30 questions
JV Challenge
12 minutes
35 questions

26. True/False: Match Timing
True or false: in an Elementary match, the last question in the half, question #30, is a correctly answered tossup. Because the moderator is out of questions with time remaining, the moderator should read one of the “Extra Questions” for the bonus.
False – the half is over when the maximum number of questions has been reached.

27. Timeouts Two Types: “Regular” timeout “Substitution” Timeout
Coach must substitute at least one player
Both coaches can substitute
Coach may talk with players, but must be ready to begin play when prompted.
All timeouts are one minute. Only the coach may call a timeout.

28. True/False: Timeouts can be called...
After a successfully answered bonus or bounce-back bonus
True
After both teams miss a bonus
After both teams miss a tossup
Between a tossup and a bonus
False
Between a missed bonus and a bounce-back bonus

29. Inquiries Two types Procedure: Answer: Questions read inaccurately
Challenges relating to the timing of a match
Application of rules
Answer:
Answer stated in the question set is incorrect
Correct alternate answer is not accepted by the judge
Correct answer is not the first answer given
Incorrect or incomplete answer is accepted by the judge

30. Inquiry Procedure Timeline
The time in a half or overtime expires—judge notifies coaches that the three‑minute inquiry period has begun.
Coach files written inquiry within three‑minute period.
Judge considers inquiry and informs coaches of initial ruling. Either coach informs judge if he/she wishes the inquiry to be sent to the Chief Official.

31. Inquiry Procedure Timeline
If so, judge notifies the coach who did not file the inquiry that the three‑minute rebuttal period has begun.
After rebuttal, judge sends inquiry to Chief Official. IMPORTANT: Do not put team names on the inquiry sheet.
If the inquiry is filed at halftime, the judge begins the second half and does NOT wait for the inquiry to be returned from the Chief Official.

32. Overtime First team to score five (5) points wins
If the amended score following an inquiry results in neither team having the required five points to win the match, play resumes from the point at which the overtime ended.  If the fifth point for Team A was a tossup, play resumes with a bonus for Team A and possible bounce-back to Team B.  If the fifth point was a bonus, play resumes with a tossup.
If the amended score is 5‑5, an additional overtime begins with no score.

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