Tangential knowledge from trash is legit for QB purposes; it
certainly has no substantive merit.
--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, steinhic_at_b... wrote:
> Way back when I was an undergrad, I once got a tossup on Alcibiades
> because I'd heard a reference to him in the movie _Patton._ Patton
was
> quoting him on strategy re Sicily, which the tossup discussed. I'd
> never heard of Alcibiades otherwise at that time. (And no, the
tossup
> didn't mention the movie.) So should I give those 10 points back?
>
> acf_cabbala wrote:
>
> > "If you know a clue about a Pulitzer Prize winning novel because
of
> > its reference on Friends, it's not any less legit than if you read
> > seven critical essays about the work."
> >
> > Bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit.
> >