Changes

|Every hour, on the hour, due in an hour (i.e. 1st is released at 1210:00 midnightPM, and due at 111:00 a.m.PM)

|Every four hours, on the hour, due in 4 hours (i.e. 1st is released at 1210:00 midnightPM, and due at 42:00 a.m.)

|Every hour, on the half hour, due in an hour (i.e. 1st is released at 1210:30 a.m.PM, performance is due at 111:30 a.m.PM)

|42:00 a.m. Challenge|Reveal for the 42:00 a.m. break.

Bonuses Boni are sometimes now typically scored on a two-tier scale. One scale offers the possibility of more points for teams that do not use the internet to research answers; other resources (books, phone calls to experts, etc.) are still encouraged. Teams indicate which scoring option they have elected to submit the bonus under. If the running team elects to use this sliding scale, this decision should be clearly communicated on bonus submission sheets. A common scoring breakdown:

Ultra Bonus-- Scored on a downward sliding scale; worth less and less as the night continues and more clues are revealed. Point values have varied, though greatly from contest to contest; the highest possible score is typically 8 or has been as low as 10 and as high as 35 points. In May 2005, the Ultra Bonus was scored on a 16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 scaleat one time or another.

Action Trivia-- 5 6 points apiece, after having long stood at 5. Points In theory, 3 points are awarded for both specific trivial based on demonstration of trivia knowledge, reference pointsand 3 are awarded based on creativity, and general command of the topicenthusiasm, as well as for performing skills: energyprops, humorcostumes, physical mayhemnudity, and general "styleetc." For extremely good action trivia performances, but in practice, the scoring of these tends to be very flexible and allow a score lot of six may leeway for the main scoring criterion simply to be "how much did this entertain the running team?" A 7 was awarded (there are usualy to Dan Bahls for one performance in May 2004 before being reduced to a 6 by [[Dave Letzler '06]] in an attempt to avoid a maximum of one or two sixes awarded per contest)messy precedent.

42:00 AM challenge-- Point values vary depending on circumstance. The top score has typically been in the 3-point range.(Many recent contests have not included a 2:00 AM challenge at all.)