OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
1st VMMC Pa-Utakan! (Quiz Show)
1. Eligibility : The Contest is open to regular and contractual employees
TEAM COMPOSITION
2. Each team will be composed of three members :
a. One resident
b. One paramedical staff
c. One administrative staff
3. Each team will assign a Team Captain who is one of their members.
4. Each time will have a Team Coach who will represent the team in the audience who may raise concerns from their teams.
5. Teams will be loosely based on the VMMC Summer Festivity Teams :
Group I- PINK TEAM
· BMD
· Nursing Service Administration
· Department of Pediatrics
· Department of Orthopaedics
· W1 and W6 Nurses and Staff
Group II- ORANGE TEAM
· Department of Radiology and Radiotherapy
· Dietetic Service
· Social Service Division
· Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
· Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
· Finance Division
· W7, and W20 Nurses and Staff
Group III- VIOLET TEAM
· Department of Medicine
· Administrative Division
· Special Service Division
· W3, W4, , W10, W11, W14, W15, W16, W17, W21, E-Ward, MICU, MITU, and PICU Nurses and Staff
Group IV- BLUE TEAM
· Administrative Division
· Personnel Division
· Supply Division
· Procurement Division
· Management Information System Office
· Department of Family Medicine and OPS
· OPD Nurses and Staff
Group V– YELLOW TEAM
· Department of Dental Medicine
· Accounting Division
· Department of Otorhinolaryngology
· Department of Anaesthesiology
· W12-AMR, OR and PACU Nurses and Staff
Group VI– WHITE TEAM
· Office of the Director
· Office of the Chief, Professional Staff
· Office of the Comptroller/ Budget Division
· Department of Pathology
· Department of Ophthalmology
· W12 Nurses and Staff
Group VII– RED TEAM
· Pharmacy Service
· Engineering Division
· Review and Evaluation Unit
· Department of Surgery
· Department of Nuclear Medicine and Research
· W8, W9, and SICU Nurses and Staff
6. Each group will register their contestants by 01 October 2012 12:00 PM.
TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE
1. Only three members of the team shall be allowed to participate in any round
2. Substitution of a member may be permitted until only before the contest starts. (Please Approach Dr. Maddatu before the event)
3. Contestants will be provided markers and paper and transparencies to display their answers on
4. Electronic gadgets are not allowed on the stage
5. The competing teams will be asked the same set of questions. Answers must be written down on the transparencies provided by the ushers
6. The quiz show has three (3) rounds
a. Head-to-Head Elimination Round
b. Category Round
c. Lightning Round
Round 1 : Head-to-Head
Format : Team vs. Team
Time Limit : 30 Seconds
Questions : Random Topics; Variable Question Format
Points : All questions are worth 1 point
Penalty : None
Buzzing : Players will all raise their answers when the quizmaster announces that “TIME IS UP”
Conferring : Team member will confer with each other to provide the answer
Goal : First four (4) teams to reach 5 points will advance
Clincher : For an exceeding number of teams, an additional clincher question will be asked until the desired number of teams are left
Round 2 : Category Round
Format : Team vs. Team
Time Limit : 30 Seconds or 60 Seconds
Questions : Picked from a Category. Variable Question Format: Quiz Master chooses first category. Team who successfully answers question will choose next category.
Points : Questions are worth 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 points, in increasing levels of difficulty. A correct answer gives an opportunity to select the next category and level of question
Buzzing : Teams may buzz in any time, even before the question is fully read. Team members must wait for the quizmaster to call on them by name before answering the question through a microphone only. In the event of a mistaken buzz, the team will be considered to have given a wrong answer. The quizmaster will finish the question and the remaining teams allowed a chance to buzz.
Conferring : Team members are allowed to confer before but not after buzzing in.
Goal : First two (2) teams with the highest scores after the 25 questions have been exhausted or a team reaches 300 points will advance. Third Place will be awarded the prize at this point.
Round 3 : Lightning Round
Format : Team vs Team
Time Limit : 2 minutes
Questions : Random Categories, short answers
Points : all questions worth 20 points
Buzzing : Teams may buzz any time, even before a question is fully read. If they give a correct answer, the quizmaster will recognize it and the next question is immediately asked. If they give a wrong answer, the quizmaster will announce it and the next question is immediately asked. Once the quizmaster is finished asking question, the players will be given 5 seconds to give an answer without the requirement of buzzing in. Otherwise, he will move on to the next question.
Conferring : Team members are allowed to confer before but not after buzzing in.
Goal : Team with higher points declared champion.
Clincher : If teams get an equal number of points, an additional clincher question will be asked until a winner is decided
Clincher Questions – are sudden-death questions. A buzzer will be used and a correct answer will advance the team. Teams may buzz in anytime and must wait to be recognized before announcing their answer. If the buzzing team gives an incorrect answer, or if an answer cannot be given, the opposing teams will be given a chance to answer or buzz to give an answer.
7. The questions will be coming from the following subject areas/categories
a. Music
b. History
c. Science and Technology
d. Entertainment
e. Current Events
8. The questions will be picked out randomly. These questions may be in :
a. Identification
b. Fill-in the blanks
c. Multiple choice
9. The quizmaster shall read each question twice. Contestants can start writing down answers at the moment the quizmaster starts reading the question
10. The quizmaster shall announce the allotted time to contestants before reading each questions
11. The quizmaster shall announce the start time by saying “TIME STARTS NOW.” When the allotted time has elapsed, the official buzzer rings and the quizmaster shall announce “TIME IS UP.”
12. Points return to zero (0) after each round.
13. An official timekeeper is designated to operate the buzzer
14. Once the official buzzer rings, the transparencies will be immediately raised by the teams then collected by ushers/usherettes. A team who fails to raise its transparency immediately as so deemed by judges is considered to have given an incorrect answer. The answer of each team will be shown to the audience one at a time through an overhead projector.
15. In multiple-choice questions, the letter alone is sufficient answer. The OFFICIAL ANSWER has both letter and the number or word answer just to be sure there is no confusion.
16. “Fill-in the blank” and “identification” type of question requires CORRECT SPELLING. Otherwise, the answer is incorrect.
17. If audible coaching from the audience is heard, the question will be disregarded and the quizmaster will move on to the next question.
POOL OF QUESTIONS
18. An official list of questions shall be prepared ahead by the organizing committee complete with references and basis for the correct or best answers and similar answers that may be considered correct when deemed necessary
19. The list of questions will be in two (2) copies to be kept in the responsibility of the Senior Clinical Psychologist until the start of the quiz.
20. During the duration of the quiz, a copy of the questions will be provided for the judges and the quizmaster.
ROLE OF JUDGES
21. Judges are selected by the organizers and will be required to make every effort to ensure a fair game.
22. Only the Team Captain or Team Coach has the right to raise questions or complaints during the conduct of the Quiz Show. The Board of judges will resolve any questions or complaints.
23. Any complaint and/or protest regarding the score tally, questions, or answer must be immediately raised before the succeeding question is read; otherwise the complaints will be disregarded
24. For record keeping purposes, the board of judges will be required to mark (by a check), questions on the Judges Copy of Questions, which were already asked, and note which questions were protested and what the protests were
25. The decisions of the Board of Judges are FINAL and UNAPPEALABLE
PRIZES
26. The following prizes (the “Prize” or “Prizes”) are available to be won in this Contest:
a. Champion Php 2,500.xx
b. First Prize Php 1,500.xx
c. Second Prize Php 1,000.xx
27. Prizes can be redeemed in VMMC Ward 5 Department of Psychiatry
28. If a potential Prize winner cannot redeem a Prize for any reason, such potential Prize winner will be disqualified after 30 days and the prize will be donated to the C.R.A.D.L.E. (VMMC Psychiatric Patients Support Group) Funds.
29. The Prizes in this Contest must be accepted as described in these Official Contest Rules and Regulations and cannot be transferred, assigned, changed, substituted for another prize, or exchanged.
MISCELLANEOUS
1. Team members will be informed of change of rules as soon as possible and will be provided a written notice. Every effort will be made to inform teams of these changes prior to quiz day, but it may be necessary to inform schools of changes before the start of the quiz show.
2. Dress code – all players are expected to dress appropriately. They are required to dress in their team colors and a funny hat or headdress. A Secret Judge will choose one contestant with the best hat/headdress who will win a prize of Php 500.xx
3. Briefing – players will be provided with a copy of this rules and regulations two weeks before the conduct of the quiz. Any concerns regarding the rules can be raised until one week prior to the conduct of the quiz.
4. Conduct – foul or abusive language by any coach or team member will not be tolerated before, during, or after the quiz. Use of such language could result in the disqualification of the team as deemed by the organizers or judges.
5. Misconduct – if a coach or audience member interjects or “signals” any response to a question including but not limited to any hand signals, mouthing, or whispering, game play will cease and the judges will determine the penalty up to and including disqualifying the team to which the concerned is a member of
30. By participating in this Contest, entrants agree that they have read and understood; and agree to be bound by these rules and all decisions of the Judges, Sponsors and Contest Administrator, which are final.
31. In the event that the Contest is not capable of running as planned for any reason, including tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, including any errors in programming, printing, distribution or production errors or any other errors or other causes of any nature whatsoever beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsors and/or their agencies which corrupt or affect the administration, security, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, the Sponsors reserve the right to terminate or suspend the Contest, in whole or in part, or modify it in any way at the Sponsors’ sole discretion, without advance notice.
32. The Sponsors, in their sole discretion, reserve the right to disqualify any person suspected of tampering with the entry process or otherwise violating these rules. Sponsors further reserve the right to cancel, suspend, terminate or modify any promotion not capable of completion as planned, including unauthorized intervention, force majeure or technical failures of any sort beyond the reasonable control of Sponsors, which corrupts or impairs the administration, security, fairness or proper play of this promotion. Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to suspend or terminate this promotion.
