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| − | '''Mashups''' are tossups that combine two answerlines (which share words) into one. | + | '''Mashups''' are tossups that combine two answerlines (which share words) into one. For example, the opera ''Einstein on the Beach'' and the poem “Dover Beach” might be combined into a tossup on ''Einstein on the Dover Beach''. Each clue in a mashup contains information about both of the component entities. |
A more strictly constructed subtype of the mashup is the '''before-and-after'''. In before-and-afters, the two components aren’t mixed freely. Instead, one component directly follows the other, joined at a hinge word or syllable, which may be a homophone rather than the same word or syllable. (Thus, ''Einstein on the Dover Beach'' is not a before-and-after but ''Einstein on the Beach Boys'' or ''Einstein on the Beecher'' are.) | A more strictly constructed subtype of the mashup is the '''before-and-after'''. In before-and-afters, the two components aren’t mixed freely. Instead, one component directly follows the other, joined at a hinge word or syllable, which may be a homophone rather than the same word or syllable. (Thus, ''Einstein on the Dover Beach'' is not a before-and-after but ''Einstein on the Beach Boys'' or ''Einstein on the Beecher'' are.) | ||
| − | Before-and-after purist [[John Lawrence]] has written an annual 24-tossup before-and-after packet every year since 2014 | + | Before-and-after purist [[John Lawrence]] has written an annual 24-tossup before-and-after packet every year since 2014 (his first mashup packet, in 2013, contains some non-before-and-afters). |
Latest revision as of 12:20, 30 June 2021
Mashups are tossups that combine two answerlines (which share words) into one. For example, the opera Einstein on the Beach and the poem “Dover Beach” might be combined into a tossup on Einstein on the Dover Beach. Each clue in a mashup contains information about both of the component entities.
A more strictly constructed subtype of the mashup is the before-and-after. In before-and-afters, the two components aren’t mixed freely. Instead, one component directly follows the other, joined at a hinge word or syllable, which may be a homophone rather than the same word or syllable. (Thus, Einstein on the Dover Beach is not a before-and-after but Einstein on the Beach Boys or Einstein on the Beecher are.)
Before-and-after purist John Lawrence has written an annual 24-tossup before-and-after packet every year since 2014 (his first mashup packet, in 2013, contains some non-before-and-afters).