Competition Schedule | Tournament Event Schedule

2007-2008 Competition Schedule

Invitational Meets

December 1, 2007
December 8, 2007 (Northern Idaho)

Regional Meets

January 26, 2008
February 2, 2008 (northern Idaho)

State Meet

March 14 & 15, 2008

National Meet

April 30-May 3, 2008 - Garden Grove, California

Tournament Event Schedule

Events 1-6 Subject Area Exams
     Multiple choice tests given in each of six subject areas: Math, Science, Fine Arts, Economics, Social Science, Language & Literature. Students are given 30 minutes to answer up to 50 questions in each area, followed by a ten-minute break between exams. Curriculum content varies annually.

Event 7 ESSAY
     A 50-minute written exam during which students are given three topics, usually quotes related to the current year's theme and literature selections, to choose from. They write a formal essay on the selected quote, which is then graded in accordance with USAD standards for style, content, skill in language usage, and mechanics.

Event 8 Speeches
     Students deliver two speeches before a panel of 2-3 judges. The first is a 3 1/2 to 4 minute prepared speech on a topic of the student's choice. The second is a 2-minute impromptu presentation on a topic given to the student one minute before the response begins. Judging is based on USAD standards of content, purpose, and delivery skill.

Event 9 Interview
     Each competitor is interviewed for 7 minutes by a panel of 2-3 judges. Students are questioned about their academic achievement, activities, goals, and future plans. Judging is based on USAD standards for style, poise and communication skill in an interview format.

Event 10 & 11 Super Quiz
     An oral question relay test. The only event open to the public, competitors answer several questions while seated before an audience. The final event of the competition.

A TEAM is made up of nine members from the same school, three students in each of the GPA categories - Honors, Scholastic, and Varsity. (Teams with fewer members can compete but are not eligible to advance to National competition.)

SCORING - each event is worth 1,000 points per student with each student having the opportunity to earn 10,000 points. The students in each GPA category having the most total points are named individual winners. The students with the highest points in each event are named event winners.

TEAM SCORING - The scores of the top two students at each GPA level are used to determine the team score. Teams have the potential to score 60,000 points and the team with the highest team total represents Idaho at the national meet.

JUDGING - Judges for the communications events are volunteers, professional adults from both the public and private sector who are not associated with any of the competing schools. They are given the judging guidelines and instructed in USAD standards. Multiple choice exams are taken with bubbled answer sheets and scored electronically.