Bonuses usually have multiple parts, related by a common thread but not necessarily related to the tossup that was answered. Bonuses are also typically introduced with a theme or fact that connects them before the questions themselves are read. A team is usually rewarded with 10 points for each correct answer in a bonus. Bonuses are the only types of questions that allow conferral among team members, with 5 seconds typically being given after the question to confer before an answer is required. Usually, only the team that answered the tossup correctly can answer the bonus, though some formats allow the opposing team to answer those parts of the bonus not correctly answered by the team that earned the bonus, a gameplay element known as a "bounceback" or "rebound." Less-used types of bonus questions include multiple-choice bonuses (sometimes seen in Science Bowl), list bonuses (which require answers from a given list), and "30-20-10" bonuses (which give small sets of clues for a single answer in order of decreasing difficulty, with more points being awarded for giving the correct answer on an earlier clue. The 30-20-10 bonus was officially banned from ACF in 2008 and NAQT in 2009. Most programs now use a bonus of easy, medium and hard but in different orders.
bonuses usually have multiple parts related by a common thread but not necessarily related to the tossup that was answered bonuses are also typically introduced with a theme or fact that connects them before the questions themselves are read a team is usually rewarded with 10 points for each correct answer in a bonus bonuses are the only types of questions that allow conferral among team members with 5 seconds typically being given after the question to confer before an answer is required usually only the team that answered the tossup correctly can answer the bonus though some formats allow the opposing team to answer those parts of the bonus not correctly answered by the team that earned the bonus a gameplay element known as a "bounceback" or "rebound" less-used types of bonus questions include multiple-choice bonuses (sometimes seen in science bowl) list bonuses (which require answers from a given list) and "30-20-10" bonuses (which give small sets of clues for a single answer in order of decreasing difficulty with more points being awarded for giving the correct answer on an earlier clue the 30-20-10 bonus was officially banned from acf in 2008 and naqt in 2009 most programs now use a bonus of easy medium and hard but in different orders