Funn

Funn is the property exhibited by things in quizbowl which meet all of the following three conditions:

• they violate good and/or standard quizbowl practices
• someone obviously thought that their violation of good and/or standard practices was more than made up for by how fun they are
• they are not actually fun

Things which are funn include:

• "Shootouts," lightning rounds, and other departures from Tossup/Bonus format at the collegiate level
• Most Reach for the Top categories, especially "chain snappers", wherein each question is related to the answer of the previous question (most readers are only able to say 3-4 words before the next question is answered)
• Bonuses whose answers spell out a sentence when arranged in order
• Notes appended to questions relating the answer to the location in which the tournament is taking place
• Questions on haiku written in the form of a haiku, questions on limericks written in the form of a limerick, questions on Memento written backwards, etc.
• Single-elimination playoffs
• Tossups on two different things with the same name in the same tournament (e.g., the Hitchock Spellbound and the documentary Spellbound)
• Chanting things in unison
• Throwing food products
• Single tossup overtime
• 40-point bonus clues
• Every single thing that goes on at VETO

Tournaments run by Charlie Steinhice are often accused of being funn.