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-<onlyinclude>A '''prompt''' is a request for additional information given by a [[moderator]] to a [[player]] whose [[answer]] to a [[question]] is not ruled sufficiently [[correct]] to receive points but has been deemed "close enough" by the [[writer]]. In this scenario, the player is said to have been '''prompted''' because the answer they gave was '''promptable'''. Receiving a prompt allows a player an opportunity to give an additional answer.</onlyinclude>
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-A player may receive multiple successive prompts. It is possible for a player to intentionally aim to be repeatedly prompted to [[stall]] or to attempt to gain additional information about an answer.
-The set of answers which warrant a prompt is enumerated in the [[answerline]] alongside the acceptable answers. Under strict readings of the rules, no answers other than those written down should be prompted on but moderators will occasionally use their [[moderator discretion|discretion]] to determine that an answer should be prompted on or accepted.
-==Examples==
-The most common reason for a prompt is that a player has answered with a superset of the correct answer. For example, a question on "the '''<u>second Punic War</u>'''" would prompt on "the ''Punic War''s".
-Answers which are insufficiently specific to uniquely identify a single person are typically prompted on - for instance, if multiple people in a field share a [[surname]].
-==Philosophy==
-Prompts are a recognition that questions are not typically written precisely enough to allow only a single correct answer (or set of answers). The need for some prompts could be removed by careful editing, but in general it is not possible to remove ambiguity from every clue without making questions [[transparent]] or otherwise impacting their [[playability]].
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-{{c|Quizbowl concepts}}
-{{c|Quizbowl basics}}

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