Battle of the Books - Chaperones' Resources

Rules and Guidelines

2022-2023 Timeline

Registration period: Monday, September 12 @ 12:00pm EST to Wednesday, September 14, 2022 @ 4:00pm EST

Preliminary Competition: November 15-17, 2022

• Buff Preliminary competition:  Tuesday, November 15, 2022

• Blue Preliminary competition: Wednesday, November 16, 2022

• Bison Preliminary competition: Thursday, November 17, 2022

Playoff Competition: December 5-15, 2022

• Buff Playoffs: December 5-7, 2022

• Blue Playoffs: December 7-9, 2022

• Bison Finals: December 13-15, 2022

National Competition: Friday, March 31st to Monday, April 3rd, 2023

Pre-competition resources:

• Click here for the 2022-2023 Battle of the Books Rules and Guidelines.
• For a video explaining the BOTB procedures and setup for the Preliminary competition, click here.
• Click here to see what the PowerPoint template looks like, and for instructions on how to operate it.

Preliminary competition resources:

• For the chaperones’ cheat sheet, click here.
• For the BOTB Prelims scoresheet, click here.
• For a sample of a disputed answer, click here.
• Click here for the printable BOTB study guide for readers. Click here for the electronic version.
• For the form to submit the score(s) from your Preliminary match(es) click here.

Playoff competition resources:

• For the Playoffs’ chaperones cheat sheet, click here.
• For a video of tips for the Final Chapter, click here.
• For the Playoffs scoresheet, click here.
• For the Interpreters’ Guidelines, click here.
• There are two sample matches available for use for each division to give readers an idea of what a BOTB match looks like (Note: these matches were used in previous competitions and the amount of time shown to answer a question/number of questions might not be the same as for this year’s competition season):
  • Bison Division PowerPoints:
    • Practice Match 1
    • Practice Match 2
  • Blue Division PowerPoints:
    • Practice Match 1
    • Practice Match 2
  • Buff Division PowerPoints:
    • Practice Match 1
    • Practice Match 2