Acceptable Answers

Acceptable Answers

31. The correct answer and acceptable alternatives are given to the moderator.  The necessary information is underlined. The moderator will determine if the player has given clear and precise knowledge of the information requested, or if the player is just guessing in an effort to hit the required answer.

32. Answers which show clear and precise knowledge will be judged correct. For example, if a question lists famous guitarists and the given answer is "guitar", then "guitars" and "guitarist" or "guitarists" are also acceptable answers.

33. On a Face-Off, the first response given is the one that counts. If a player gives more than one piece of information, the moderator will evaluate the first answer only.

34. Unless otherwise stated in the question, players may use abbreviated answers, such as last names only, acronyms, etc. However, unless specifically requested, chemical symbols are not acceptable for element names, and numbers in astronomical catalogs are not acceptable for the names of astronomical objects.

35. For all married women, we will not accept the form of her husband’s name. “Mrs. Barack Obama” would not be an acceptable answer for Michelle Obama.

36. In questions dealing with performing artists, we will only accept the professional name of the artist, unless specifically called for in the question. “O’Shea Jackson” would not be an acceptable answer for “Ice Cube”.
    
    
37. Proper names, quotations and titles must be exact. Neither “Sonnets In the Portuguese” nor “Sonnet From the Portuguese” are acceptable for “Sonnets From the Portuguese,” for example. However, leading articles may be omitted and we will accept “Scarlet Letter” for “The Scarlet Letter.”
    
    
38. When the moderator gives a list of choices for answers, the player must give the specific answer. Answers like “the third one” or “the last one” are not acceptable.
    
    
39. if the moderator's question screen includes the word “Prompt” as a note below the answer, the moderator may ask the player for “more specific information” to determine if an answer was correct.  A moderator may only prompt once per question.  For example, if the player answers “Jackson,” the moderator may ask for more information, to elicit “Curtis” or “O'Shea.” A moderator may ask a player to spell a response to determine if s/he was correct on phonetically similar answers, i.e. “Manet” or “Monet.”
    
    
40. If a player spells an answer to a question which does not ask for spelling, it will be considered correct, as long as s/he spells the answer correctly.