Driver's Ed

Driver's ed (short for driver's education) is a question category historically featured in some local academic bowl formats, perhaps most notably in old IHSA question sets. Driver's ed questions are often seen as indicative of bad quizbowl due to the implausibility of writing pyramidal questions on the subject.

Explanation

Driver's ed questions most often consist of basic tests of rules of the road in a vein very similar to written examinations for driver's licenses. Topics typically range from license specifics to road signs and markings and more. The nature of the subject makes the "canon" for Driver's Ed questions very small and thus very easy to fully grasp, much to the delight of players of older formats.

Driver's ed does not appear in modern accepted forms of good quizbowl, as it's very difficult to write pyramidal questions on it. An attempt at a pyramidal driver's ed question led to the infamous IHSA question on "solid white triangles."