The quiz questions are divided into 3 levels of difficulty: easy, intermediate and difficult questions. There’s a different number of questions in of each difficulty. The number of points awarded for a question in the different levels are different as well.
All corrections are made by The Big Challenge. For each of the school levels from primary to secondary, three rankings will be established: national, regional and by school.
Contest
Number of questions
55 questions
Points per correct answer
25 easy questions (4 points each)
15 intermediate question (5 points each)
15 difficult questions (6 points each)
Points for incorrect answer
If an easy question is answered incorrectly, the 4 points are not awarded and 1 point is lost.
If an intermediate question is answered incorrectly, 5 points are not awarded and 1.25 points are lost.
If a difficult question is answered incorrectly, the 6 points are not awarded and 1.50 points are lost.
Points in absence of response
If no answer is given, the question is scored 0 points. If more than one answer is given, the question is also scored 0 points.
Bonus points
To avoid the risk of obtaining a negative number of points or 0 points, the total number of points obtained by adding all the points is increased by 85 points. Thus, each student’s grade will be between 18.75 and 350 points.
Example
The answer to a 4-point question is correct.
+ 4
The answer to a 4-point question is incorrect.
– 1
The answer to a 5-point question is correct.
+ 5
The answer to a 5-point question is incorrect.
– 1,25
No answer to a question
0
The answer to a 6-point question is correct.
+ 6
The answer to a 6-point question is incorrect.
– 1,50
Two answers are given to the same question
0
Total
11,25 points
11,25 + 85 = 96,25 points
For this example, the final score would be 96.25 out of 350.
