General Rules:

• Rules are subject to change year by year in unique circumstances. Rules will be updated to match the year's circumstance appropriately. If there are any questions about the rules, please contact the Alabama Brain Bee Team.
• Students must be registered to participate in the Alabama Brain Bee.
• All recording devices, including video cameras, are prohibited. Note taking by students or other members of the audience is also prohibited. This will result in an immediate disqualification.
• All members of the audience (students, parents, teachers, etc.) should refrain from conversations during the competition. During Session I, all non-participating individuals will be asked to leave the testing area.
• Any student that is being disruptive during the competition will be disqualified. Disruptive members of the audience will be asked to leave.
• All electronic devices (cell phones, pages, mp3 players, etc.) must be turned off and put away during the competition.
• Students will not be excused to use the restroom during the competition.
• Students must leave all bags (backpacks, purses, laptop bags, etc.) with their parents, teachers, or in a designated area in the back of the lecture hall during the competition.
• Any student found cheating in the competition will be disqualified immediately.

Section 1: Written Exam

All contestants will take the written exam — 50 questions, 1 hour.

Section 2: Oral Exam

• The top 10 scoring contestants from the written test will advance to compete in the oral exam.
• Each contestant will individually be asked an oral question.
• All questions will be in a free-response/short-answer format and will be general knowledge neuroscience questions taken from Brain Facts and Neuroscience: Science of the Brain.
• Each question will be read twice. Immediately following the second reading of the question, contestants will have 30 seconds to respond.
• An incorrect answer will eliminate the participant from the competition until top three remain.
• Top three will each be given the same oral question and will individually give the answer.
• Three strikes will be allowed for the top three prior to eliminiation.
• If multiple contestants are eliminated simultaneously, final positions will be determined based upon the contestants’ scores on the written exam.
• The last contestant remaining will be named as the Alabama Brain Bee champion.