Meet the Show
- Host Hazel — The quizmaster who KNOWS — holds the answer cards and models “check the card, then announce”.
- Cardholder — The secret answer card — commit BEFORE the reveal (retrieval).
- Buzz — The buzzer — the commit moment, before the card flips.
- Category — The spinner — any subject is fair game (cross-curricular breadth).
- Lightning — The true/false speed round — fast, low-stakes recall.
- Gauntlet — The spelling & fact gauntlet — drill recall.
- Tiebreak — Bonus buzzers — the write-your-own Stump Master final.
- Sure-Sam — The confident-wrong contestant you catch — “sure voice ≠ right answer”.
🎬 The 16 Rounds
Round 1: Animal Kingdom animals — groups, records, habitats · 25 to host Round 2: Space & Planets the Solar System · 25 to host Round 3: The Human Body bones, organs, how the body works · 25 to host Round 4: Weather & Earth weather, volcanoes, earth science · 25 to host Round 5: Capitals & Countries capital cities and countries · 25 to host Round 6: Wonders & Landmarks famous landmarks and world wonders · 25 to host Round 7: Oceans, Rivers & Mountains oceans, longest rivers, tallest mountains · 25 to host Round 8: World Cultures festivals, foods, traditions (respectful) · 25 to host Round 9: Inventions & Discoveries who invented/discovered what · 25 to host Round 10: History Milestones big moments in world history · 25 to host Round 11: Word Origins & Vocabulary word meanings and roots · 25 to host Round 12: Idioms & Language what common sayings really mean · 25 to host Round 13: Math & Measurement Facts number facts, shapes, measurement · 25 to host Round 14: Music & the Arts music, art, famous works · 25 to host Round 15: Sports & Records sports rules, events, records · 25 to host Round 16: The Stump Master mixed-topic grand final · 26 to host
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😄 Brain break
Meet the cast — the characters who teach this
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Recalla Retrieval practice — pulls a fact from memory instead of re-reading it; recalling it (the testing effect) is what makes it stick -
Nix Elimination — crosses out the options that can't be right to narrow the field down to the answer -
Gauge Confidence calibration — checks HOW sure you are before you lock in, so your certainty matches your correctness -
Bluff The confident-wrong contestant — gives a fast, sure, WRONG answer; the one the host must catch (misconception-spotting) -
Switcheroo Interleaving — jumps between subjects round to round so recall stays flexible instead of crammed -
Tick Speed-vs-accuracy — the buzzer-timer who trades a little speed to get the answer right -
Encore Spaced recall — brings a fact BACK a few rounds later so it moves into long-term memory -
Facta Fact vs. opinion — sorts what is checkable and true from what is only a view -
Hinta Clue-reading — reads the question stem for the hint hidden inside it before answering -
Nuance The almost-right answer — knows the close-but-not-complete answer and why the full answer is better