TIE BREAKERS AT BOB & MARTY'S LIVE TRIVIA IN LOUISVILLE
Bob and Marty have changed how they run the tie breaker in Louisville a number of times over the years. This is how they do it now:
Bob will go stand by one team, and Marty will stand by the other team that tied, and Bob will slowly read off a list of events that all happened in the same year.
As soon as one team thinks they know the year, they write it down and hand their answer to Bob or Marty.
If their answer is correct, they win.
If the first team to hand in their answer is not correct, Bob continues to read off events that happened in that year. (I believe there are about ten events in all that Bob might read off.) The team that handed in an answer that was not exactly correct, may not change the answer they have already handed in. They are stuck with it, but they might still win.
The team that has not handed in an answer yet can wait to hand in their answer until Bob is done reading his entire list of events that occurred in the year. When Bob finishes his list they must turn in their answer. If they get the year exactly, they win.
However, if they are off by the same number of years as the first team was, the team who turned it in first wins.
Without an exact answer by either team, and without both teams being incorrect by the same number of years, the team that is closest wins.
(One time we had a 3-way tie, and Bob and Marty had to recruit a non-involved player to go stand by the third team.)
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