Questions are arranged randomly and will be asked in the order provided. Since the difficulty of the questions is predetermined, complaints about the order of the questions will not be accepted and can result in the disqualification of a team. Late arrivals: At the district and regional levels, if all teams are not present by the designated starting time of the competition, we will wait five minutes to begin the Battle. Teams arriving after the five-minute period will be allowed to join the competition in progress, but will not have the opportunity to up” any missed rounds of questions. “make Ties: If there is a tie, the competition will be continued until winning teams have been determined. There will be first, second, and third-place winners. The winners of the district competition will go on to compete at the regional level. When 1 team misses a question during tie-breaker rounds, the remaining teams must answer the next question(s) correctly in order for the first team to be dropped. BATTLE BOOKS For Mesa Public School District BATTLE 1 BOOK TITLE—AUTHOR # OF GENRE APPEAL 179 FANTASY The Castle in the Attic - Winthrop Action 128 FANTASY The Lightning Thief Riordan Action-packed – 96 HISTORICAL FICTION Moving Sarah, Plain and Tall MacLachlan – 176 REALISTIC FICTION The View from Saturday - Konigsburg Plot-driven Total Pages 579 BATTLE 2 BOOK TITLE # OF PAGES GENRE APPEAL Artemis Fowl Colfer 304 FANTASY Mystery and – adventure Everything on a Waffle Horvath 176 HUMOR Funny – Frindle - Clements 112 REALISTIC FICTION Fun and
Questions are arranged randomly and will be asked in the order provided. Since the difficulty of the questions is predetermined, complaints about the order of the questions will not be accepted and can result in the disqualification of a team. Late arrivals: At the district and regional levels, if all teams are not present by the designated starting time of the competition, we will wait five minutes to begin the Battle. Teams arriving after the five-minute period will be allowed to join the competition in progress, but will not have the opportunity to “make up” any missed rounds of questions. Ties: If there is a tie, the competition will be continued until winning teams have been determined. There will be first, second, and third-place winners. The winners of the district competition will go on to compete at the regional level. When 1 team misses a question during tie-breaker rounds, the remaining teams must answer the next question(s) correctly in order for the first team to be dropped. BATTLE BOOKS For Mesa Public School District BATTLE 1 BOOK TITLE—AUTHOR # OF GENRE APPEAL The Castle in the Attic - Winthrop 179 FANTASY Action The Lightning Thief – Riordan 128 FANTASY Action-packed Sarah, Plain and Tall – MacLachlan 96 HISTORICAL FICTION Moving The View from Saturday - Konigsburg 176 REALISTIC FICTION Plot-driven Total Pages 579 BATTLE 2 BOOK TITLE # OF PAGES GENRE APPEAL Artemis Fowl – Colfer 304 FANTASY Mystery and adventure Everything on a Waffle – Horvath 176 HUMOR Funny Frindle - Clements 112 REALISTIC FICTION Fun and
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