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Overview:

The intent of this scholarship challenge competition is to bring together some of the leading ITE student members, from the various Sections of the Southern District, to the Annual Meeting of the Southern District to participate in a team competition.

The following are the awards for the top three teams:
• The 1st Place Winning School receives $3,000 from the ABD
• The 2nd Place Winning School receives $1,500 from SDITE
• The 3rd Place Winning School receives $750 from SDITE

In addition, this year’s winning team will represent SDITE at the International ITE Traffic Bowl to be held at the 2010 ITE Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC August 8 -11th.

This competition is open to only those students recognized by ITE as ITE student members associated with the ITE Southern District.

The Southern District has approved to reimburse all teams the costs of expenses up to $500 or $1000 per team, depending on distance traveled and will waive meeting registration fees of 3 members per team.

Student Team Selection Process:

During the year prior to the Annual SDITE meeting, the Sections within the Southern District will organize their own competition (or selection process) where one (1) team consisting of up to three (3) students will represent their Section team. The total number of students will be twenty-four (24), representing the eight (8) Sections of the Southern District.

The Deep South Section has the authority to fill two teams, one team from Louisiana and one team from Mississippi, if they wish. This is not a requirement, only one Section team is recommended.

All students shall be a “Student Member of ITE” to qualify as a contestant.

If a student is in their final semester of studies, at the time of the SDITE Annual Meeting, they will still be eligible for this competition. The scholarship funds would be applied toward their current academic expenditures. Therefore, there would be no time constraints to qualify. However, they still must be an active student of the university and a student member of ITE at the time of the competition.

Section Involvement:

The Section (after establishing a selection process and approving a student team to compete) will be obligated to coordinate the travel and registration of their team. SDITE will reimburse up to $500 for each team, for documented normal travel and meeting (hotel and food) expenses, and will waive their registration fees for the meeting. Any additional cost incurred by each team over the $500 limit will be the responsibility of the student’s Section, and/ or the student’s ITE Student Chapter, and/or the student.

In the event that a qualified student of the team can not attend this competition after being selected, the Section would be responsible for selecting an alternate student from their Section. If, in the event no other student was chosen by the Section, the team could continue with less than a three (3) member team.

The Section has the authority to select a team, up to three (3) students, however any number of students, less than three, would be permitted to compete in this event.

Competition Resources:

The competition will involve clues and responses (questions and answers) from various transportation resources. The following current resources will be used:

1. Traffic Engineering Handbook, 6th edition
2. Transportation Planning Handbook, 3nd edition
3. USDOT Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 2009 edition, and Canadian Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
4. Highway Capacity Manual 2000 and Canadian Capacity Guide
5. ITE Web site, www.ite.org

Note: We will not be using the Canadian resources at the SDITE meeting.

The clues and responses will strive to cover the concepts and material presented in these resources that is common in both the United States and Canada. The clues and responses will be presented in English to the teams. Both Metric and English units of measure will be accepted as answers. In addition, there will be exciting potpourri categories that will feature clues about the ITE and its structure and governance and from “general transportation knowledge” as well as pop culture that are of course related somehow to transportation planning and engineering.

Competition Structure:

Depending on the number of teams competing, there will be preliminary matches of competition, with teams seeded by random draw. Three teams will compete against each other during each semi-final match. The winning teams in each semi-final match will advance to the final Championship Match. In the event that only two preliminary rounds are conducted, the team with the highest total score from the remaining four teams will be selected as the third or “Wild Card” team to advance to the Championship Match. The clues and responses will be presented in English to the teams in both a spoken form by an Emcee and a visual display on a large projector screen.

Group 1 Preliminary Match (approximately 30 minutes)
Match Format:
• Introduction of Group 1 teams and team members (3-5 minutes)
• First Round (approx. 15 minutes) (25 questions in 5 categories)
• Break (approx. 3 minutes)
• Final Round (one written question), points to be determined by team (30 seconds to record your answer)

Tiebreaker: If there is a tie after the final written question, a second question will be given by the Emcee, using the same format of the Final Round, and continuing until there is a winner.
(5-10 minute break between matches)

Note: They will not have a second round in any of the competitions!

Group 2 and 3 Preliminary Matches (depending on number of schools)
Same format as Group 1.

Championship Match (approximately 30 minutes)
The three winning teams, or two winning teams and a “Wild Card” team, from the semi-final matches will compete in the finals.

Match Format:
• Introduction of teams and team members (3-5 minutes)

• First Round (approx. 15 minutes, 25 questions in 5 categories. The game will continue until all clues are read and answered.)

• Break (approx. 3 minutes)

• Final Round (one written question), points to be determined by team (30 seconds to record your answer)

Tiebreaker: If there is a tie after the final written question, a second question will be given by the Emcee, using the same format of the final round, and continuing until there is a winner.

The winning team will be the William H. Temple Scholarship Challenge Champion and SDITE’s representative to the ITE International Traffic Bowl.

Total anticipated time of competition is 2 hours.

General Rules of the Game
1. Contestants will be presented with clues and they will try to provide the responses.
Each clue in a category will be assigned point values of 100, 200, 300, 400, or 500. The responses should be phrased in the form of question.

2. Prior to the start of the competition, one of the three teams will be chosen by random draw to select the first category and point value. The competition clues will be read by the “Master of Ceremony” (Emcee). The first team (or individual) that operates (triggers a switch) their signal after the Emcee has completely read the clue will have the first opportunity to respond.

3. Once the Emcee has read the clue completely, the clue will be displayed to the teams and the teams (or an individual) will be allowed to trigger a signal first. The Emcee will recognize the team (or individual) that triggered their signal, at which time the team (or individual) shall have ten (10) seconds to confer amongst their team and provide a response.

4. If the response is incorrect, the Emcee will reread the clue to the remaining contestants. One of these teams (or individual) may signal at any time during the reading of the clue. Upon seeing a signal, the Emcee will stop reading and recognize the team signaling and they will have ten (10) seconds to confer and provide a response. If this response is incorrect, the Emcee will offer the remaining team the opportunity to respond. If they accept the offer, they will have ten (10) seconds to confer and provide a response.

5. The value of the clue will be deducted from the appropriate team(s) for each wrong response.

6. The team that responds correctly will control the board and select the category and value of the next clue. The process is then repeated with each clue.

7. If no team responds or responds correctly, the team that choose the clue will retain control of the board and select the category and value of the next clue. The process is then repeated.

8. Randomly throughout the course of a game, a Daily Double will appear. The team in control of the board that selected the clue shall place a wager of any amount up to their current cumulative score or 500 points, whichever is greater. They will be the only team allowed to respond to the clue, and if correct, their wager will be added to their score. If a wrong response is given, the waged points will be deducted from their current score.

9. The Final Round shall consist of a single clue in a single category that is indicated to all competition teams with a positive score at the end of the first round. For the Final Round, each team shall be able to make a point wager of any amount up to their total cumulative score. If a wrong response to the Final Clue is given, the wagered amount shall be deducted from their score. The wager total will be added to the score for a correct answer.

10. The team with the highest score after the Final Clue will be the winner of the match.

Competition Staff

The competition staff will consist of the competition committee, master of ceremony, judging panel, time keeper, and score keeper.

Descriptions of their roles follow:

• Competition committee:
The competition committee will be responsible for the preparation and set-up of the Matches and the registration of the teams.

• Master of Ceremony:
The competition’s clues and correct responses will be read by the “Master of Ceremony” (Emcee), who will also serve to control the flow of the game.

• Judging:
A panel of three (3) Judges shall rule on correctness of the responses. The judges will be responsible for signaling if a correct or incorrect response to the answers given by the team.

Two different sounds such as a bell and buzzer should be used to denote a correct or an incorrect response. The decision by the judges shall be final and shall stand without recourse. Judges will also be responsible for ruling on irregularities or issues that evolve during the course of play that are not specifically addressed within the rules.

For the International competition, the three individuals will be recruited to serve as judges – International Vice President, International Past President, International Vice President-elect, and Coordinating Council Chair. For a District competition, judges should be recruited from among prominent ITE members present at the event and shall be selected for their broad knowledge and fairness. Each clue will have an answer provided to the judges, but judges will be allowed to determine whether a different answer is also acceptable, based upon their collective knowledge and judgment.

• Time Keeper:
During the First Round of each Match, the team that signals will have ten (10) seconds to provide a response. The time keeper will be responsible for keeping track of the ten (10) second answer clock (time allowed after a question is given). The clock for the ten (10) second answer rule shall start after the student, who has signaled, is recognized by the Emcee. A buzzer should be used to signal that time has expired.

• Score Keepers:
The score keepers will be responsible for operating the visual display of the clues and correct responses, and visibly displaying the scores of all teams. One score keeper should operate the software, and the other keep a running tally of the scores and answers “off line.”

They will also be responsible for recording the Final Round wager by each team, and will give each team a wager card on which to write the amount to be wagered against their current score. If a wrong response is given, the wagered amount shall be deducted from their score.

Other Rules and Awards
Prior to the competition, any interpretation or clarification of the contest rules shall be submitted to the International ITE Executive Committee for their consideration. The International ITE Executive Committee decision shall be final and shall stand without recourse.

Awards:

Each team competing will receive a certificate of recognition for attending the event. The winning student chapter will receive a plaque and a cash award. The second and third place teams will also be recognized with special plaques. ITE shall maintain a historical record of the winner of each year's competition.

ITE will issue a press release announcing the results of the competition. The release will be sent to the winning school for use in their publications.

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