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HDQ LogoHARONG NIN DUNONG QUIZ
Tagisan sa Diliman

March 2, 2005
1:00-4:00pm
Claro M. Recto Hall, Bulwagang Rizal
(Faculty Center), UP Diliman


Rationale

The University of the Philippines HARONG, a duly recognized socio-civic organization of students from the Province of Camarines Sur and the Cities of Naga and Iriga, is committed to serve Camarines Sur, the University and the country. With the UP Harong Acadfest already instituted for Camarines Sur high school students, the Organization has also come up with a major activity for UP Diliman.

This newly initiated event called the HARONG NIN DUNONG QUIZ primarily aims to gather Iskolars ng Bayan for a friendly and interactive quiz-game contest that gives ample emphasis on Philippine and UP cultures. The contest further hopes to help promote, build, and maintain a culture of academic excellence among UP organizations and students in general. Students from different regions and ideals would converge for one good fight. Finally, the HARONG NIN DUNONG QUIZ: TAGISAN SA DILIMAN is established to recognize and popularize the nature of UP Diliman as the harong nin dunong—home of wisdom—in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.

Qualifications

  1. Any team of two (2) members representing any UP Diliman organization may participate in the competition. There is no limit as to the number of teams a particular organization may send.
  2. UP Diliman students without any organization may also participate but has to form a team of two (2) members with a name for identification.
  3. Must pay the registration fee of PhP40 if able to register at the UP Harong Tambayan on or before February 21, 2005. Teams may register during Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays starting January 17, 4:00-6:00pm, at the UP Harong Tambayan, back of the Office of Student Activities (OSA), Vinzons Hall Annex.

Mechanics of the Contest

  1. The contest will be open to all bonafide UP Diliman students (Please refer to the qualifications stated above).
  2. Questions shall be read twice before the teams are allowed to answer. The teams shall be given 15 seconds to answer a question regarding all categories/ fields.
  3. The covered categories/ fields for the Quiz are the following:
    1. UP Trivia
    2. Social Sciences and Philosophy
    3. Science and Technology
    4. Arts and Humanities
    5. Pop Culture
    6. Sports and Leisure
    7. General Information
    8. Current Events
  4. The HARONG NIN DUNONG QUIZ: TAGISAN SA DILIMAN has six levels/ rounds: Passport, Across the Board, Phil 100%, Halo-Halo, Word Bank, and Whiz Circle Quiz.
    • PASSPORT
      1. There will be 10 questions about anything that falls under the categories/ fields stated above. Questions are answerable by TAMA or MALI.
      2. A team that commits two mistakes shall be eliminated from the HARONG NIN DUNONG QUIZ Contest. Teams who will commit a mistake shall be tied with a ribbon to indicate that one more mistake would disqualify them from the game.
      3. Teams who finish this round will move to the next level.
    • ACROSS THE BOARD
      1. There will be 10 questions about anything that falls under the categories/ fields stated above. Each question shall correspond to a letter in the word CROSSOVERS. The first question shall correspond to letter C, the second to R, and so on. Teams shall use bluebooks as answer sheet.
      2. Each correct answer earns a team one (1) point.
      3. The corresponding letter is a hint to the answer to the question as the correct answer contains such a letter. For example, the first question corresponds to the letter C. It follows then that the answer to the question contains the letter C. A board containing the word “crossovers” arranged vertically with blanks crossing each of the letters of the word horizontally shall be displayed. In short, this is an acrostic-type of quiz.
      4. The three (3) lowest-scoring teams shall be eliminated from the HARONG NIN DUNONG QUIZ.
      5. Teams who finish this round will move to the next level.
    • PHIL 100%
      1. There will be 10 questions about anything Filipino and falls under the categories/ fields stated above. Questions are answerable by letters that correspond to the correct answer (A, B, C, or D). Teams shall use bluebooks as answer sheet.
      2. Each correct answer earns a team one (1) point.
      3. The three (3) lowest-scoring teams shall be eliminated from the HARONG NIN DUNONG QUIZ.
      4. Teams who finish this round will move to the next level.
    • HALO-HALO
      1. There will be 10 questions about anything that falls under the categories/ fields stated above. All questions will require teams to identify what is being asked. Teams shall use bluebooks as answer sheet.
      2. Scores are back to zero. Each correct answer earns a team one (1) point.
      3. The three (3) lowest-scoring teams shall be eliminated from the HARONG NIN DUNONG QUIZ.
      4. Teams who finish this round will move to the next level.
    • WORD BANK
      1. There will be 10 questions about anything that falls under the categories/ fields stated above. Each question is answerable by one word. The answers to the first 9 questions are clues to the 10th word. Thus, the final question in this level is: "What is that ONE WORD that relates all the nine words?" Teams shall use bluebooks as answer sheet.
      2. Scores are back to zero. Each correct answer earns a team one (1) point except when rule c of this level applies.
      3. A team can already guess the mystery WORD after the 3rd, 5th, and 7th questions. Teams will not be allowed to guess after the other questions have been read.
      4. The quizmaster shall ask all teams who among them would make a guess after the 3rd, 5th and 7th questions. A member of a team that wishes to guess the WORD shall be asked to raise his/her hand. Teams that choose to guess shall be approached by members of UP Harong.
      5. The teams that wish to guess the WORD shall write their guess on their bluebooks, at the line/row of either 3rd, 5th or 7th answer, whichever is applicable. Members of UP Harong shall check whether a team’s answer is correct. If a team gets the mystery word correctly, that team will automatically be eligible to the next level and will no longer continue to play in this level.
      6. A team is only allowed to make a guess twice. If a team fails to guess the WORD correctly after two trials, that team will not be allowed to answer the 10th question. If a team gets the WORD correctly, the team earns 15 whole points for this level if it gets the WORD right after the third question. A team earns 12 and 10 points if it gets the WORD correctly after the fifth and seventh questions, respectively.
      7. The five (5) highest-scoring teams shall move to the next and final level.
    • WHIZ CIRCLE QUIZ
      1. There will be 10 regular and 4 special questions about anything that falls under the categories/ fields stated above. The teams will have to give/ say what is asked from them in each question. Teams shall use bond papers as answer sheet.
      2. Teams will be required to show their answers to the audience after the time limit has elapsed.
      3. Before this round begins, the quizmaster(s) shall give the highest scoring team (scores of the five qualified teams during levels 2-5 shall be added together to determine this) the option whether to “PASS” or “PLAY.”
      4. If the team decides to PLAY, the quizmaster shall read three (3) questions exclusive for that team. If the team gets two (2) out of three (3) questions correctly, the team earns five (5) points. Otherwise, five (5) points shall be deducted from the team’s score for this level.
      5. If the highest scoring team chooses to PASS, the three (3) questions shall automatically be given exclusively to the next highest scoring team. If the team gets two (2) out of three (3) questions correctly, the team earns five (5) points. Otherwise, five (5) points shall be deducted from the team’s score for this level.
      6. The lowest scoring team shall be given one question, called the BAWI QUESTION, exclusively for it. if the team answers the question correctly, it earns two (2) points. However, there shall be no deduction if it fails to do so.
      7. The ten (10) regular questions can be answered by all five (5) teams. Each correct answer earns a team one (1) point.
      8. The three (3) highest-scoring teams shall be declared winners of the 1st HARONG NIN DUNONG QUIZ: TAGISAN SA DILIMAN. The highest scoring team shall be declared Champion. The next two highest scoring teams shall be proclaimed Runners Up.
      9. Winners shall receive the following prizes:
        CHAMPION Php3000 + Certificate of Recognition
        1st RUNNER UP Php1500 + Certificate of Recognition
        2ND RUNNER UP Php500 + Certificate of Recognition
  5. 5.For inquiries, please contact Rojo at 0918-9395379 or Marlon at 09162218719. You may also email us at upharong[at]gmail.com and visit us at www.upharong.tk for more details.

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