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'''Going dead''' is the process of a [[tossup]] not being answered correctly by any eligible player (either due to all attempts being incorrect or no attempts being made).
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'''Going dead''' is the process of a [[tossup]] not being answered correctly by any eligible player (either due to all attempts being incorrect or no attempts being made). A '''dead tossup''' is one that is not [[convert]]ed.
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A question set is probably overly [[difficulty|difficult]] if it regularly features multiple dead tossups per game when played by its target audience (i.e. it has low [[conversion]] statistics).
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:18, 15 June 2021

Going dead is the process of a tossup not being answered correctly by any eligible player (either due to all attempts being incorrect or no attempts being made). A dead tossup is one that is not converted.

A question set is probably overly difficult if it regularly features multiple dead tossups per game when played by its target audience (i.e. it has low conversion statistics).