Intermission

Let's all go to the lobby.

This is the point when teams are told to talk amongst themselves, refresh their refreshment, and generally take a breather while you get to grading. Assuming you're in charge of the music, that should be set at a medium level during this time. 

Grading

The app really does a bang-up job of making quick work of who should get a point and who should not. You do still need to look at every single question's submitted answers, just in case there is an alternative answer to accept, or you want to offer half points. Typically, grading the first four rounds takes under five minutes. This means you have a sec to take a bio break, order a food or a bev, crack your knuckles, and get ready to run through the answers. 

Sharing Answers

When you finish grading, you'll be prompted to reveal the answers in the app. This only shows each team whether they answered correctly, and how many teams overall got it right. It does not show them how they are doing overall. 

We recommend revealing the answers right before you hop back on the mic to say, "Okay, thanks for your patience! Let's run through the answers." (Sidenote: some hosts dislike having teams looking down at their phones while answers are read, so they reveal the answers and the leaderboard at the same time after they've gone through all the rounds. YMMV.)

You only need to partially reread the questions when you go through the answers, and you can slip the answer right into the reread. Here are a few examples:

Original Question: Mother's Day ranks highest for the number of phone calls made in the United States. What holiday historically has seen the most collect calls?    
You Say: Mother's Day sees the most regular calls made, but Father's Day sees the most collect calls!

OQ: The singer with more Top 40 hits than any other solo female artist in history turned 31 years old in December 2020. What’s her name?    
You Say: The singer with more Top 40 hits than any other solo female artist is Taylor Swift, and she is now older than 31.

OQ: Let's toss the disc around! Flying discs of all kinds are referred to as "Frisbees," but that term is actually a trademark of what company, which also makes the Hula Hoop and Slip 'N Slide?        
You Say: Frisbee is a trademark of Wham-O, which also makes Hula Hoops and Slip 'N Slides. 

This is the best time to share your wisecracks, extra fun facts, and "this one time" (very short) stories! Especially if you are of an age to remember when collect calls were enough of a thing that we had to watch commercials with Carrot Top in them. It was a different time!

If you marked funny wrong answers while grading, read them out! But ONLY if you do so in the spirit of fun - never mock people for wrong answers, or imply that they're stupid. Frame it like, "Shout-out to whomever is such a big fan of Rebecca Black that they think she has more top 40 hits than Beyoncé, but it is, shockingly, Taylor Swift." Good-natured teasing is legit! But we are not in the shame game.

Remember: Most teams won't win, so how do we keep them engaged and having fun? By being kind and making sure they're in on the jokes, not the butt of them. 

Leaderboard Update

Once you've shared the answers, hit that button to update/reveal the Leaderboard. Now that teams can see their full score as well as how they did on each question, give them two minutes to bring up any quibbles, corrections, complaints, or situations with scoring. Drink some water. You'll want to kick off the second half — as in, introducing Round 5 — almost exactly an hour after you started the game. 

Next: Second Half