Bible Bowl Chairman
 Fr. Alexander Kamilaris
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
 Daytona Beach, FL 

Theme: The Gospel According to Saint Luke

This Study Guide is to help prepare for the Bible Bowl Contest, which will occur during the Metropolis of Atlanta's Winter Youth Rally on December 27-30. 

In Addition to this Study Guide, the participants are to use only the Orthodox Study Bible (as this is the translation that is being used) and become familiar with the information provided in the footnotes or in the short theological commentaries, which are also found in the Orthodox Study Bible, in the pages in between the New Testament Text and are related to the selected verses. This includes any feast day explanations and/or any information written in the pages leading up to the start of the Gospel verses and that are found throughout the Gospel of Luke. In simpler terms, read the introduction to the Gospel of Saint Luke until the last page of this book; anything within these pages can be used to formulate competition questions.

Each team may have up to 6 members. 

December 27  Qualifying Round Rules

1. 20 Question paper test. Please use legible handwriting.
2. No use of cell phones or other outside reference materials.
3. Please do not call out any answers.
4. No collaborating with other teams.
5. Once an answer sheet has been turned in, teams may NOT change their answer.
6. The Top 32 Teams with the most amount of points will advance into the Bracket Tournament (in the case of a tie, the tie breaker will be which parish submitted their test first). The Top 32 teams will be announced no later than 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 28. Of the top 32 teams, the highest 8 team scores will be awarded a first round bye.

December 28-29 Bible Bowl Tournament Rules

1. Flip a coin. The team positioned in the top slot of the bracket will make the call. The team winning the coin toss will choose to receive either the even numbered questions or the odd numbered questions.
2. The Facilitator will read the entire question.
3. Team A has 20 seconds to answer the question. There will be a 5 second warning (the timer will an­nounce “5 seconds”).
4. If Team A answers correctly, they will receive 1 point. If they do not answer correctly, the question then goes to Team B. If Team B answers correctly, they will receive 1 point (5 seconds will be given to receive the answer). If neither team answers correctly, then the next question is read for Team B.
5. There will be 24 questions (12 for each team, not counting any possible attempts to answer the other team’s incorrectly answered questions).
6. If at the end of 24 questions the game is tied, then a 3-question tie-breaker series will begin until one team wins.
7. The team with the most points will advance to the next round.
8. A priest will be present as judge in all matches. His ruling is final in all disputes.