Paragraph structure and hose-ability aside, I wonder if #61 was
responsible for that politically loaded question.
Philip
--- In quizbowl_at_y..., stipenn <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
>
> As those of you who were there saw, there was a question thrown out
> of the DivI finals because of buzzer malfunctions. [The problem was
> not with the Q, as a -5 on the Q was allowed to stand.]
>
> With NAQT's permission, I present the text of that Q here:
>
> A February 1992 editorial in the ~Wall Street Journal~ called one
of
> them "political pornography." The basis of such lawsuits as ~Shaw
v.
> Barr~ and ~Thornburg v. Gingles~, in March 2002 a court held that
the
> current ones--which include one more than in (*) 2000--are also
> illegal, causing the postponement of primaries scheduled for May
> 2002. For 10 points--name these geographic regions, which now
number
> 13, which once included the infamous "I-85 district."
>
> answer: _North Carolina congressional district_(s) (accept
> equivalents and prompt on partial answers; accept _gerrymander_
until
> the word "Shaw," after which prompt for more specific)