Things have names

Certain pieces of information must always be provided exactly to receive points because things have names. In quizbowl, it is taken for granted that published works must be referred to by their exact name, with both NAQT and ACF reflecting this standard in their rules regarding acceptability of answers. The largest set of things in this category are works of literature as well as of non-fiction, but it is often used to refer to concepts which have accepted names in their respective fields as well.

Player: "Ah, I know this! It's the, uh, thing where put compounds in a liquid and they put a voltage and they shoot out! And it forms a cone, and it makes things have charge, what is it!" Moderator: "Alas, things have names - the answer is electrospray ionization."

This phrase is often used facetiously to describe the situation when a player is able to provide only a description of what is being asked for.

Reified phrases

The word "reified" or "reification" is often used to describe phrases which "have a name". This is something of a misuse, as the word literally means "the consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete".