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'''ESPN''' is the ability to predict where a non-[[pyramidal]] question is going.  This is the key ability needed to succeed in [[bad quizbowl]], more so than knowledge.
 
'''ESPN''' is the ability to predict where a non-[[pyramidal]] question is going.  This is the key ability needed to succeed in [[bad quizbowl]], more so than knowledge.
  
The term originates from Mark Roberts's ever-present malapropism on [[WRAL Brain Game]].
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The term originates from Mark Roberts's ever-present malapropism on [[WRAL Brain Game]], where he mixes up the name of the sports channel with the acronym for extrasensory perception.
  
 
[[Category: Original QBWiki Page]]
 
[[Category: Original QBWiki Page]]
 
[[Category: Bad quizbowl]]
 
[[Category: Bad quizbowl]]

Latest revision as of 02:14, 24 September 2021

ESPN is the ability to predict where a non-pyramidal question is going. This is the key ability needed to succeed in bad quizbowl, more so than knowledge.

The term originates from Mark Roberts's ever-present malapropism on WRAL Brain Game, where he mixes up the name of the sports channel with the acronym for extrasensory perception.