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If it cost 10 points for each second lost in researching an answer, and you took 70 seconds using your brain and Google to get all ten answers right, you'd get:

Number right	Time elapsed	Points awarded
10	70	300

The above table follows the 100 points/correct answer that in the current (-1 point/second) system would yield:

Number right	Time elapsed	Points awarded
10	70	930

Clearly, the current scoring system yields an advantage to researchers who can improve the number of correct answers by researching each answer in under 80-95 seconds.

When I set up this tournament in response to Matt's email containing 20 trivia questions, I had two goals:

1) Have fun
2) Learn stuff

FunTrivia.com's competition *system* is a nice bonus, and perhaps an incentive to be consistent with 1) and 2) above.

There will be at least two people drinking a beer or two in early March. Only the strong survive.