--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, ehillema <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> I find the notion that there might be anything in the least
problematic
> about such mixing utterly baffling and a bit disturbing.
It seems to me that a common argument around here is that tossups
that start with clues that tangentially relate other things to their
subjects are bad. Like, "Someone who knows Anthony Burgess would get
this question before someone who was a big Shakespeare buff." Maybe
this argument is used more for non-science openings to science clues?
Either way, I've never had a problem with that sort of stuff. It's
how I steal questions from better players...