Re: Oh another point to this whole thing

• From: sfs98ud99
• Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:49:01 -0800
• Message-ID: <000S64O4D.000VIVP9M.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

"I know you guys are really bickering over the
amount of difference the bouncebacks make,"

Lots
of sports change their rules, so it seems legit to
discuss this until we start attacking people with rusty
knives.

"After all, if you really think about it a lot of
quizbowl is luck. (I know you have to have a great memory
and reflexes but hear me out.) In reality you have
absolutely no idea what question is going to come up, what
category, what they're asking for etc, unless you happen to
be one of those psychic people who predict the
weather, relationships, and all the other junk. You might
as well get full use out of the question. I think
the writers feel appreciated when someone knows the
answer to some obscure question they
concocted."

It's not luck because certain items and subject areas
come up consistently. Yes, a question can include one
of the few areas of science that I know, but the law
of averages dictates that it won't happen that
often.

Your final point also seems incorrect: US history is
usually a specific requirement, while questions on rugby
and cricket (and soccer, to some extent), aren't
nearly as prevalent as those on baseball and (American)
football. Literature also includes a fair amount of
questions on US authors rather than on many European
authors of similar stature.

Hayden
who never
really knows if people are joking or not