Mixed impure academic - Revision history

Wonyoung Jang: /* Example */

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Kevin Wang at 19:29, 6 January 2022

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Kevin Wang at 19:28, 6 January 2022

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Ophir Lifshitz: restore useful example

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restore useful example

Ophir Lifshitz: pink and note

2021-05-12T18:26:14Z

pink and note

Chris Chiego at 18:07, 12 May 2021

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Chris Chiego at 18:06, 12 May 2021

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Chris Chiego at 18:05, 12 May 2021

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Chris Chiego at 18:04, 12 May 2021

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Chris Chiego at 18:04, 12 May 2021

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 Note the longer-than-usual [[answerline]] that accounts for the various specific uses of the word "soul" referred to throughout the question.
-Note that this is also a [[common link]] tossup.
+Note that this is also a [[common link]] tossup. Note also that this tossup was written by [[Wonyoung Jang]], who has been dubbed the "common-link king" of quizbowl.
 ==Etymology==

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	"'''Mixed impure academic'''" is a name for a type of quizbowl question that contains both [[academic]] and [[trash\|pop culture]] clues.		"'''Mixed impure academic'''" is a name for a type of quizbowl question that contains both [[academic]] and [[trash\|pop culture]] clues.

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 and "impure academic" (meaning "not purely academic" in NAQT's specific usage<ref>
 This concept is unlikely to be referred to by most everyone else using any term that adds a modifier or qualifier to "academic,"
-since the premise of [[good quizbowl]] presupposes that questions are purely [[academic]] (except for those few that are explicitly on [[pop culture]]).
+since the premise of "[[good quizbowl]]" presupposes that questions are purely [[academic]] (except for those few that are explicitly on [[pop culture]]).
 In other words, "impure" would in most other contexts be understood as synonymous with "mixed" (where "impure" means not purely from one category), and thus "mixed impure academic" would be a redundant phrase.</ref>).

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 "'''Mixed impure academic'''" is a name for a type of quizbowl question that contains both [[academic]] and [[trash|pop culture]] clues.
 Some "mixed impure academic" tossups may be [[common link]] tossups.
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 {{qq|1=<mark style="background: inherit; color: deeppink;">This title entity distinguishes a man who is “coming to you on a dusty road” in a Sam & Dave song.
 The player awakens in the Northern Undead Asylum in a video game whose title refers to these things.</mark>
-”Double consciousness” is examined in a (*) W. E. B. Du Bois book named for these things “of Black Folk.”
+“Double consciousness” is examined in a (*) W. E. B. Du Bois book named for these things “of Black Folk.”
 The poem “Invictus” declares “I am the captain of” – for 10 points – what incorporeal entity contrasted with mind and body?

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 ==Example==
-From the [[2019 HSNCT]] Finals Packet ([https://www.naqt.com/samples/hsnct.pdf link on NAQT's website]). Note the longer-than-usual answerline that accounts for the various specific uses of the word "soul" referred to throughout the question.
+{{qq|1=<mark style="background: inherit; color: deeppink;">This title entity distinguishes a man who is “coming to you on a dusty road” in a Sam & Dave song.
-{{qq|
+The player awakens in the Northern Undead Asylum in a video game whose title refers to these things.</mark>
-This title entity distinguishes a man who is “coming to you on a dusty road” in a Sam & Dave song. The
+”Double consciousness” is examined in a (*) W. E. B. Du Bois book named for these things “of Black Folk.”
-player awakens in the Northern Undead Asylum in a video game whose title refers to these things. ”Double
+The poem “Invictus” declares “I am the captain of” – for 10 points – what incorporeal entity contrasted with mind and body?
-ANSWER: '''<u>soul</u>s''' (accept Soul Man or Dark Souls or The Souls of Black Folk; accept I am the captain of my soul) }}
+ANSWER: '''<u>soul</u>s''' (accept <mark style="background: inherit; color: deeppink;"><b><u>Soul Man</u></b> or <b><u>Dark Souls</u></b></mark> or <b><u>The Souls of Black Folk</u></b>; accept <b><u>I am the captain of my soul</u></b>)
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 The name can be understood as being formed by the terms "mixed" (meaning a question whose clues come from several [[categories]])
 and "impure academic" (meaning "not purely academic" in NAQT's specific usage<ref>
-This concept is unlikely to be referred to by most everyone else using any term that adds a modifier to "academic,"
+This concept is unlikely to be referred to by most everyone else using any term that adds a modifier or qualifier to "academic,"
-since the premise of [[good quizbowl]] presupposes that questions are purely [[academic]] (except for those few that are explicitly on [[pop culture]]).</ref>).
+since the premise of [[good quizbowl]] presupposes that questions are purely [[academic]] (except for those few that are explicitly on [[pop culture]]).
 ==Incidence==

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 contrasted with mind and body?
-ANSWER: '''<u>souls</u>''' (accept Soul Man or Dark Souls or The Souls of Black Folk; accept I am the captain of my soul) [The
+ANSWER: '''<u>souls</u>''' (accept Soul Man or Dark Souls or The Souls of Black Folk; accept I am the captain of my soul) }}
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	Some "mixed impure academic" tossups may be [[common link]] tossups.		Some "mixed impure academic" tossups may be [[common link]] tossups.
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		+	==Example==
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		+	From the [[2019 HSNCT]] Finals Packet (sample HSNCT packet on NAQT's website). Note the longer-than-usual answerline that accounts for the various specific uses of the word "soul" referred to throughout the question:
		+	{{qq\|
		+	This title entity distinguishes a man who is “coming to you on a dusty road” in a Sam & Dave song. The
		+	player awakens in the Northern Undead Asylum in a video game whose title refers to these things. ”Double
		+	consciousness” is examined in a (*) W. E. B. Du Bois [doo-BOYSS] book named for these things “of Black Folk.”
		+	The poem “Invictus” declares “I am the captain of”—for 10 points—what incorporeal [in-kor-POR-ee-ul] entity
		+	contrasted with mind and body?
		+
		+	ANSWER: '''<u>souls</u>''' (accept Soul Man or Dark Souls or The Souls of Black Folk; accept I am the captain of my soul) [The
		+	Northern Undead Asylum is the starting area of Dark Souls.] }}

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==