QUIZ CHAMP — PRIVATE HOST KEY AND RULES Keep this key out of the player view. Print/cut only the selected question slip for each team when its round starts; keep unused questions private. Keep at least three unused questions ready. Collect guesses simultaneously on paper or through your own private-message method; announce this extra round's winner separately. READ THE RULE BEFORE PLAY Use one numerical question and have each tied team submit one private written guess. Give the same short thinking time to everyone. The closest answer wins, whether the guess is above or below the target. If the distances are equal, use the next unused question. Announce this rule before the main quiz. For example, with a target of 144, guesses of 140 and 148 are equally close. Do not choose the lower guess unless that rule was agreed in advance. Require the unit named in the question. A guess in hours cannot be compared directly with an answer in minutes. Choose whether calculators are allowed. For estimation, use no calculators and a 20-second limit; this is a host-run rule, not an automatic Quiz Champ setting. Use paper or a private communication method outside the game for simultaneous guesses. Do not use first-to-buzz speed to resolve an estimation tie. Keep at least three questions unused so a second tie has a clear next step. HOST ANSWER KEY 1. How many seconds are in exactly seven hours? Answer: 25,200 seconds Check: 7 × 60 × 60 = 25,200. 2. How many small squares are in a grid with 12 rows and 12 columns? Count only the smallest squares. Answer: 144 squares Check: 12 × 12 = 144. Larger combined squares are excluded. 3. How many hours are in a 366-day year? Answer: 8,784 hours Check: 366 × 24 = 8,784. 4. What is the total of the integers from 1 through 20, including both endpoints? Answer: 210 Check: Pair 1 with 20, 2 with 19, and so on: 10 pairs of 21. 5. Six dice each have faces numbered 1 through 6. What is the sum of all the numbers on all the faces? Answer: 126 Check: One die totals 21; 6 × 21 = 126. 6. How many minutes are in a 365-day year? Answer: 525,600 minutes Check: 365 × 24 × 60 = 525,600. 7. Eighteen people each shake hands with every other person exactly once. How many handshakes occur? Answer: 153 Check: 18 × 17 ÷ 2 = 153. 8. What is the sum of every integer from 1 through 100? Answer: 5,050 Check: 100 × 101 ÷ 2 = 5,050. 9. Fourteen teams each play every other team once. How many games are played? Answer: 91 games Check: 14 × 13 ÷ 2 = 91; each pairing creates one game. 10. A triangular display has 12 rows. Row 1 has one light, row 2 has two, and so on. How many lights are there? Answer: 78 lights Check: 12 × 13 ÷ 2 = 78. 11. How many squares of every size are in an 8-by-8 square grid? Count only squares aligned with the grid. Answer: 204 squares Check: Add 1² + 2² + 3² + 4² + 5² + 6² + 7² + 8² = 204. 12. A three-letter code uses the 26 English letters. Letters may repeat and case does not matter. How many different codes are possible? Answer: 17,576 codes Check: 26 × 26 × 26 = 17,576. 13. A row has ten switches. Each switch can independently be on or off. How many different settings are possible? Answer: 1,024 settings Check: There are 2 choices for each of 10 switches: 2¹⁰ = 1,024. 14. A domino set has one tile for every unordered pair from 0 through 6, including doubles. How many spots appear across the entire set? Answer: 168 spots Check: Each value appears in six mixed pairs and twice on its double. The sum is 8 × (0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6) = 168. 15. A large cube is painted on all six outer faces, then cut into a 5-by-5-by-5 array of small cubes. How many small cubes have paint on exactly two faces? Answer: 36 cubes Check: Only non-corner edge cubes qualify: 12 edges × 3 cubes per edge = 36. JUDGE EACH GUESS Copy the chosen question and its answer into your private host notes. Record each team's original guess before revealing the target. Calculate absolute distance: subtract the smaller of the guess and target from the larger. Keep the original question visible so teams can check the unit and assumptions. Do not round guesses differently for different teams. If you want whole numbers only, say so before submissions. If a team submits two guesses, ask for one final answer before closing the round. If a question was read incorrectly, discard it and use a fresh one for all tied teams. These targets are calculated from the conditions in the clues. They do not rely on changing population estimates, sporting records, or an undefined average. For teams that dislike arithmetic, choose another neutral ending in advance, such as shared winners. ROUND RECORD — copy this block for each team Question number: ______ Team: ____________________ Original guess and unit: ____________________ Exact target: __________ Absolute distance: __________ Equal distance? Use the next unused question for the tied teams. QUIZ CHAMP HANDOFF Build and host the main category board in Quiz Champ. If it ends tied, run this closest-answer round separately on paper or through your own private-message method, then announce its winner. Quiz Champ's normal clue scoring does not automatically calculate numerical distance or collect a simultaneous tie-break round. These editable TXT sheets can be opened in a local text or document editor and printed. They do not create or import a live quiz board.