Difference between revisions of "Binary matching bonus"
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Binary matching bonuses are a staple of [[bad quizbowl]], and their prevalence there is probably due to their ease of creation. They are deprecated in good quizbowl: it is much more educational and useful to provide additional information within the bonus part. | Binary matching bonuses are a staple of [[bad quizbowl]], and their prevalence there is probably due to their ease of creation. They are deprecated in good quizbowl: it is much more educational and useful to provide additional information within the bonus part. | ||
| − | [[NAQT]] [[lightning round]]s and [[NHBB]] [[60 second | + | [[NAQT]] [[lightning round]]s and [[NHBB]] 3rd quarter [[60-second rounds]], although not bonus questions ''per se'', retain some of the elements of binary matching bonuses; however, these are not generally considered bad quizbowl in their context. |
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Latest revision as of 23:43, 9 May 2019
A binary matching bonus is a bonus where each part presents the team with one or more items, and the team must provide a corresponding answer. Binary matching bonuses often have lead-ins of the form "Given the X, name the Y". A characteristic feature of binary matching bonuses is the lack of elaboration or additional information provided in the bonus part: each bonus part is simply a list of one or more items.
Binary matching bonuses are a staple of bad quizbowl, and their prevalence there is probably due to their ease of creation. They are deprecated in good quizbowl: it is much more educational and useful to provide additional information within the bonus part.
NAQT lightning rounds and NHBB 3rd quarter 60-second rounds, although not bonus questions per se, retain some of the elements of binary matching bonuses; however, these are not generally considered bad quizbowl in their context.