Kultur-Pokal
max 3 teams per school, max 3 students per team
Guidelines:
max 3 teams per school, max 3 students per team
- Levels I (Deutsch 1 & 2), Level II (Deutsch 3+), and Heritage
- Please note that there will be a separate (challenging!) competition for heritage speakers. There will be no teams; rather each student will compete as an individual. The competition for heritage speakers will take place separately.
Guidelines:
- Level I is for German 1 and 2 students, Level II for advanced German students, the Heritage level is exclusively for heritage speakers.
- Each school may enter three teams per level, each consisting of three students, or in the case of heritage speakers, three individuals.
- All questions for Level I will be given in English and should be answered in English, unless otherwise directed. All questions for the other two levels will be in German and should be answered in German.
- The competitions for Levels I and II begin with a written qualifying round that includes all teams for that level. Fifteen questions will be given to each team on paper. Team members may consult with each other but not with any outside sources. They will have 8 minutes to write down their answers. The sheets will be collected and scored; illegible answers will be scored as incorrect.
- The top five teams in each level move on to a second, written round.
- In the second round, ten questions are supplied on paper, two of which are marked as challenge questions. The answer to a challenge question is worth two points, but an incorrect answer results in the loss of one point. A team may therefore elect not to try to answer a challenge question. All teams will have 7 minutes to answer the questions. Sheets will be collected and scored.
- The top three teams then play a final round. In this round, the teams answer orally, one after the other. The question may be repeated a second time upon request, but the team must then supply an answer within 30 seconds. The first team will be given a question; if the team supplies a correct answer, they receive one point; however, if they supply an incorrect answer, the second team is asked the same question. Likewise, if the second team also supplies an incorrect answer, the third team is asked that question. Once a question is answered correctly, the next team gets a new question. The first team to the highest score after twelve questions have been asked is the champion. If the score is tied, three more questions will be asked to determine the winner.