--- In quizbowl_at_y..., castrioti <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> My point is-- for someone who has never played quizbowl
> before, yet wants to begin writing questions, this is a useful
guide
> because it shows how important something is to the world (more
> webpages = more important), if not potentially to quizbowl. For
many
> of us looking back on all the packets we've heard and seen, though,
> the harder questions according to google are just part of the
> standard quizbowl fare that may seem to have been around forever.
>
> --Wesley (wondering what to call the "scale.")
The Castrioti Scale of Question Hardness sounds authoritative,
scientific and European. It's also a Chevy dealership around here,
if you remove "Scale of", "Question", and "Hardness".