Are you up to the challenge?
WHO MAY JOIN?
- The contest is open to all youngsters (high school and out-of-school teens 18 years old and below) who form a team of three members plus one adviser. They must be certified and endorsed as true students or parishioners by their School Principal or Parish Priest.
- A school or parish may send at most two teams with an adviser for each team.
- Application forms are available at all ST PAULS bookstores and SSP Communities, and can be downloaded from stpauls.ph/biblequiz. No registration fee is required.
CONTEST MECHANICS
- The Bible Quiz is held in three phases: the Elimination Round, the Semi-Final Round, and the Championship Round, in designated areas and dates.
- The official Bible versions are the New American Bible and the New Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition). The contest covers both the Old and New Testaments.
- English is the official language of the contest.
- The decision of the St. Paul Bible Quiz Committee, through its chosen JUDGES, is final and irrevocable.
- Schools and parishes that have an annual subscription of 1,200 copies/issues of Sambuhay, The Youngster, Halo, and Verbuhay (or the same combined sum of the four periodicals are automatically qualified for the Semi-Final Round. Subscribers are to present their receipts for validation.
ELIMINATION ROUND
- Groupings, Coverage Areas, and Dates of Tests
- Group I. Southern Luzon: Laguna, Batangas, and Cavite—June 25 (Sat.).
- Group II. Northern/Central Luzon: Pampanga, Bulacan, and Tarlac—July 2 (Sat.)
- Group III. National Capital Region: Northern Metro Manila—July 23 (Sat); Southern Metro Manila—July 30 (Sat.)
- Group IV: Central Visayas and Cagayan de Oro: Bohol—July 15 (Fri.); CDO—July 16 (Sat); Cebu—July 17 (Sun)
- Group V: Mindanao: Davao—July 23 (Sat.)
