> > 4) As I only play quizbowl for the purpose of answering questions > about arcane topics in antebellum American political history I have a > complaint. In round twelve a question began with something like: > This party's last presidential candidate was John P. Hale... > This statement is true of two parties, the Liberty Party (1848) and > the Free Soil Party (1852). Given that Hale eventually endorsed > Martin > Van Buren in 1848, it's arguable that his 1848 candidacy with the > Liberty Party was not serious at the time of the election. > http://dig.lib.niu.edu/message/candidates-hale.html > All sources I've seen indicate Hale's 1852 candidacy with the Free > Soil Party, which merged with the Republican Party by 1856. > http://www.state.nh.us/nhdhr/legport2/hale.html > In any case, I found that question flawed, and to counteract claims > of sour grapes, my team had a bye that round and played a meaningless > scrimmage. Although, I also noticed one other mistake, let me first say that NAQT asked us not to discuss the questions before June 1. I'm not saying this to call you out, you may not even have heard it at your sectional, but I think they would appreciate it if someone pointed it out to the list for future reference. Anyway, since this question has already been mentioned, and I negged on it (So yeah, I'm replying for sour grapes.) This question was indeed misleading. Overall, however, I thought the questions were excellent, and I was especially pleased with the difficulty, which was enough to determine differences between the good teams and allowed for fun by all. Dargan > > Steve Kaplan > who enjoyed the Gold Club toss-up in round 12 LMAO .. I powered that one.. I assume you did too :). Scott B. said I must be a customer.
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