Re: Regionals - Question Dos and Donts

• From: ZAMM_Phaedrus <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 20:28:48 -0000
• Message-ID: <au2iu0+aodi_at_...>

Subash makes plenty of wonderful suggestions that should be followed. 
Of course, he's scaling difficulty towards what he expects for ACF 
Regionals. For exmaple, I think that Cup of Gold could be a suitable 
first clue for Updike for a lower level of competition.

The only adjustment to his suggestions I would make is in his 
reworking quoted below. It is plausible to buzz in before "this novel" 
with Clym Yeobright, and while that may be promptible under ACF rules, 
the fewer possible prompts the better.

I would suggest rather writing: "This work's protagonist, a former 
diamond merchant in Paris who is now losing his eyesight, is Clym 
Yeobright."

Also, many of the moderators who I consider among the best, will give 
at least a slight emphasis on "This novel" to help make clear as early 
as possible that the question is going for a work rather than a 
character or author.

But, yeah, Subash's post is an excellent idea. My only hope is that he 
keeps all the original, unedited packets and distributes them when 
people buy electronic copies or when they get put online in years 
hence, so that people can look back and see what changes he made and 
which questions he left unused and perhaps figure out on their own 
why.

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, suby10 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:

For example: "The 
> former diamond merchant in Paris who is now losing his eyesight is 
> this novel's protagonist, Clym Yeobright."