Difficulty cliff
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A difficulty cliff results when a tossup instantly transitions from "difficult" to "easy" without any intervening middle clues.
Difficulty cliffs are found more commonly in NAQT than ACF due to its shorter questions. While difficulty cliffs are almost always present in "bad quizbowl", these mistakes are typically viewed as less egregious than transparency or the use of bad clues.