Question recycling - Revision history

Joseph Feldman at 09:50, 11 August 2026

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Kevin Wang at 20:46, 26 October 2021

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Nate Kang at 18:07, 10 May 2019

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Gregory Gauthier: /* Known instances of unacceptable question recycling */ 2015 NAC

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Known instances of unacceptable question recycling: 2015 NAC

David Reinstein: /* Known instances of unacceptable question recycling */

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Known instances of unacceptable question recycling

Joe Su at 16:03, 21 December 2010

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fix>QBWikiBot at 00:29, 25 January 2010

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'''Question recycling''' is the practice of reusing questions at more than one tournament. In general, '''''question recycling is only acceptable under the limited provision that it is stated outright and that no one who could have heard recycled questions would be able to attend a tournament where recycled questions are being used without knowingly committing a violation'''''.

Examples of acceptable question recycling include
*The use of questions at a multi-site tournament where the sectionals are held on the same day.
*The reuse of a portion of the questions for different divisions of a tournament, held on the same day.
*The reuse of packets during the same season for different regions, where the questions are prohibited from being discussed in the interim.

Unacceptable question recycling includes
*Reusing questions from a previous season.
*Using questions that have been cleared for practice.
*Using [[plagiarism|another question provider's questions]].

==Known instances of unacceptable question recycling==
*[[Questions Galore]] has reused old questions for the Nashville quizbowl show ''[[Quizbusters (WNAB)|Westfield Insurance Quizbusters]]
*In the 1980s, [[CBI]] reused questions from six years before, which according to policies at the time, were supposed to have been destroyed.
*[[Platypus Questions]] has reused questions; given the fact that the questions appear to be completely computer-generated from a database, this isn't really that surprising.
*[[Chip Beall]] has admitted that questions from preliminary rounds of the [[NAC]] are recycled; since the rounds are a week apart and Chip doesn't ensure question security, this practice is unacceptable. (It also doesn't help that [[Criticisms of the NAC|some of the questions had been previously used]].)

===Television===
*''[[Hometown High-Q]]'' reuses questions from previous seasons, as well as from previous games within a season, as well as questions that have appeared on ''[[It's Academic]]''.
*The San Diego County [[Academic League]] has admitted to a policy of question recycling.

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 ===Television===
-*''[[Hometown High-Q]]'' reuses questions from previous seasons, as well as from previous games within a season, as well as questions that have appeared on ''[[It's Academic]]''.
+*''[[Hometown High-Q]]'' reused questions from previous seasons, as well as from previous games within a season, as well as questions that have appeared on ''[[It's Academic]]''. Per internal discussions, this was due to the It's Academic producers slow-walking packets. This is no longer the case; all questions are written new every season by the [[LIQBA]].
 *The San Diego County [[Academic League]] has admitted to a policy of question recycling, though it is unknown if this still occurs.

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 <onlyinclude>
-'''Question recycling''' is the practice of reusing [[questions]] at more than one [[tournament]].  In general, '''''question recycling is only acceptable under the limited provision that it is stated outright and that no one who could have heard recycled questions would be able to attend a tournament where recycled questions are being used without knowingly committing a violation'''''.
+'''Question recycling''' is the practice of reusing [[questions]] at more than one [[tournament]].  In general, '''''question recycling is only acceptable under the limited provision that it is stated outright and that no one who could have heard recycled questions would be able to attend a tournament where recycled questions are being used without knowingly committing a violation'''''. It can be deliberate or accidental, but, when unacceptable, is considered just as bad either way.
 Examples of acceptable question recycling include
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 ==Known instances of unacceptable question recycling==
-*[[Questions Galore]] has reused old questions for the Nashville quizbowl show ''[[Quizbusters (WNAB)|Westfield Insurance Quizbusters]]
+*[[Questions Galore]] reused old questions for the former Nashville quizbowl show ''[[Quizbusters (WNAB)|Westfield Insurance Quizbusters]]
 *In the 1980s, [[CBI]] reused questions from six years before, which according to policies at the time, were supposed to have been destroyed.
 *[[Platypus Questions]] has reused questions; given the fact that the questions appear to be completely computer-generated from a database, this isn't really that surprising.
-*[[Chip Beall]] has admitted that questions from preliminary rounds of the [[NAC]] are recycled; since the rounds are a week apart and Chip doesn't ensure question security, this practice is unacceptable.  (It also doesn't help that [[Criticisms of the NAC|some of the questions had been previously used]].)
+*Questions from preliminary rounds of the [[NAC]] were openly recycled; since the rounds were a week apart and no attempts at question security existed, this practice was unacceptable. Questions were sometimes plagiarized as well.
-*[[Reach for the Top]]
+*[[Reach for the Top]] has recycled questions.
 *In the 1990s, [[Answers Plus]] sold questions for a Northern Illinois University invitational that had already been used in an Illinois [[Masonic tournament]] and sold to some of the teams as practice questions.
 *The [[2015 NAC]] New Orleans phase used questions previously sold for practice in a playoff round.  [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=303531#p303531]
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 ===Television===
 *''[[Hometown High-Q]]'' reuses questions from previous seasons, as well as from previous games within a season, as well as questions that have appeared on ''[[It's Academic]]''.
-*The San Diego County [[Academic League]] has admitted to a policy of question recycling.
+*The San Diego County [[Academic League]] has admitted to a policy of question recycling, though it is unknown if this still occurs.
 [[Category:Quizbowl lingo]] [[Category:Quizbowl scandals]]
 [[Category: Bad quizbowl]]
 [[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

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-'''Question recycling''' is the practice of reusing questions at more than one tournament.  In general, '''''question recycling is only acceptable under the limited provision that it is stated outright and that no one who could have heard recycled questions would be able to attend a tournament where recycled questions are being used without knowingly committing a violation'''''.
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 Examples of acceptable question recycling include
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 *Reusing questions from a previous season.
 *Using questions that have been cleared for practice.
-*Using [[plagiarism|another question provider's questions]].
+*Using [[plagiarism|another question provider's questions]].</onlyinclude>
 ==Known instances of unacceptable question recycling==