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Within a game, a '''dead''' tossup is a tossup that is not answered correctly by either team. A question set is probably overly [[difficulty|difficult]] if it regularly features multiple dead tossups per game when played by its target audience.
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Within a game, a '''dead''' tossup is a tossup that is not answered correctly by either team. A tossup is said to "go dead" when the time limit on answering the question expires and/or the second team with a chance at the question gives their incorrect answer. A question set is probably overly [[difficulty|difficult]], and has lower [[conversion]] statistics, if it regularly features multiple dead tossups per game when played by its target audience.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:14, 13 July 2013

Within a game, a dead tossup is a tossup that is not answered correctly by either team. A tossup is said to "go dead" when the time limit on answering the question expires and/or the second team with a chance at the question gives their incorrect answer. A question set is probably overly difficult, and has lower conversion statistics, if it regularly features multiple dead tossups per game when played by its target audience.