Participant Selection:
- All residents must be registered for Annual Meeting to apply, attend and/or participate
- All post-graduate years will be able to participate, and teams should be made up of multiple post-graduate years
- Two ways to apply:
- Team assignments will be sent prior to the meeting so that you can interact if you choose.
- Your team will be assigned a number, and your table will be marked with that number.
- Participants for the Resident Bowl will be capped at 120.
Structure of the Resident Bowl
Prior to the first round, there will be a warm-up. Questions will be posed to serve as an icebreaker and demonstrate the rules.
First Two Rounds:
- There will be 2 rounds of 20 questions each
- Each round will have a mix of questions including: orthopaedics, orthopaedic history and general (non-orthopaedic) trivia. Teams will respond via tablet (provided at the Bowl)
- The two teams with the highest scores will advance to the Final Round.
- If a tiebreaker is needed to determine the final 2 teams, the teams will use the skills challenge.
Final Round (Championship)
- The two top-scoring teams will head to the riser to answer from the podiums. Scores will reset to 0.
- Ten questions in the final round.
- If a team buzzes in before the emcee is finished reading the question, the emcee will not finish question until an answer is given.
- Once the buzzer is pressed, the team will have 10 seconds to answer
- If the first team that buzzes in does not answer correctly in the final round, the other team will have the opportunity to answer the question
- In the event of a tie, additional questions will be asked.
- After the final round is completed, the emcee will announce the winning team.
Audience Rules
- The audience must remain silent throughout the game.
- You cannot signal or message the participants.
Miscellaneous:
- Dress Code - can be casual. Dress up if you wish!
- No penalty for incorrect answers
- Five points will be awarded for each correct answer
- Judges have the final word on all answers
- Cheating will not be tolerated. This includes:
- Cell phone use
- Personal tablet use
- Communication of any kind with the audience
- Entire team disqualified
- Participant no-shows
- Participant does not get to register for next year's bowl if does not communicate that he/she will be unable to participate prior to the bowl
- Questions and answers will be given in English