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| + | <onlyinclude>A '''Bad Neg''' is a particularly comical or ridiculous neg which has been documented for the purposes of sharing.</onlyinclude> | ||
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Once upon a time, someone gave an answer that was really stupid given the clues, or really funny given what the eventual answer turned out to be, and someone else thought it was funny enough to document it. And thus the tradition of '''Bad Negs''' began. | Once upon a time, someone gave an answer that was really stupid given the clues, or really funny given what the eventual answer turned out to be, and someone else thought it was funny enough to document it. And thus the tradition of '''Bad Negs''' began. | ||
Bad Negs is a somewhat quirky attempt at quizbowl humor, which makes us all feel better about those really stupid buzzes we made. | Bad Negs is a somewhat quirky attempt at quizbowl humor, which makes us all feel better about those really stupid buzzes we made. | ||
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| + | The '''Wrong Answer of the Year''' category of the [[Player's Choice Awards]] is a modern revival of the concept. | ||
==Proposed Criteria== | ==Proposed Criteria== | ||
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#Given answer in question | #Given answer in question | ||
#Correct answer is gettable by average 6-year-old | #Correct answer is gettable by average 6-year-old | ||
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[[Category: Quizbowl lingo]] | [[Category: Quizbowl lingo]] | ||
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]] | [[Category:Original QBWiki Page]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:34, 7 October 2021
A Bad Neg is a particularly comical or ridiculous neg which has been documented for the purposes of sharing.
Once upon a time, someone gave an answer that was really stupid given the clues, or really funny given what the eventual answer turned out to be, and someone else thought it was funny enough to document it. And thus the tradition of Bad Negs began.
Bad Negs is a somewhat quirky attempt at quizbowl humor, which makes us all feel better about those really stupid buzzes we made.
The Wrong Answer of the Year category of the Player's Choice Awards is a modern revival of the concept.
Proposed Criteria
Greg Peterson has attempted to codify six proposed criteria for a bad neg:
- Wrong type of answer (person, place, thing)
- One of a group, you name something not in the group
- Confusing two similar-sounding but very different answers
- Just plain wrong (especially applicable when pop culture is involved)
- Given answer in question
- Correct answer is gettable by average 6-year-old