Hypothetical clues
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Hypothetical clues are clues that refer to things that did not actually happen. An archetypal hypothetical clue asks what might have happened after a different result of a Presidential election--e.g, "if Al Gore won the 2000 Presidential election, this man would no longer be the last sitting Vice-President to win..."
Hypothetical clues are a hallmark of bad quizbowl.