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• Zain Africa Challenge
  ...multi-part bonus'': Helium's symbol is He. What two elements have symbols spelling
  6 KB (949 words) - 22:54, 14 January 2021
• Battle of the Brains
  ...ound," which led to some teams replacing their normal fourth player with a spelling specialist. ...et current standards of [[pyramidal]] quizbowl. [[Computational math]] and spelling questions are used and other questions are generally of the "one-line" vari
  22 KB (3,177 words) - 04:52, 9 December 2023
• Conestoga Valley Tournament
  ...n a hockey team, multiply that by the number of innings in baseball, ...", spelling questions, and, in general, terrible questions.
  7 KB (933 words) - 01:39, 8 December 2016
• 2009 IHSA State Championship Tournament
  ...proved of because a of a lack of literature and an emphasis on grammar and spelling. Beyond that, there were particular questions that caused general uproar.
  11 KB (1,473 words) - 19:04, 14 May 2023
• 2009 Lexington Varsity Tournament
  *at least '''2.0%''' [[spelling]] questions
  12 KB (1,670 words) - 19:50, 10 March 2014
• Trivia
  *periodic table spelling/Scrabble ("What elements spell the word 'TiN'?"/"What is the highest scorin
  9 KB (1,457 words) - 11:17, 3 January 2023
• Prompt
  ...uizbowl insiders" will generally just use the term "prompt on" rather than spelling out "ask the player for a more specific answer" or similar.
  13 KB (2,174 words) - 23:08, 17 July 2023
• IHSA
  ...age Arts category traditionally had a much larger distribution of grammar, spelling, and speech. These sub-categories was also eventually whittled away, leavi
  20 KB (2,818 words) - 17:07, 16 March 2024
• Tom Egan's Report on the 2005 NAC
  Aside from spelling, grammar, and a few changes in word selection, the report was filed immedia
  24 KB (4,176 words) - 11:15, 6 January 2022
• Letter to Questions Galore
  ...e not cute, not funny, and not helpful to players. Similarly, topics like spelling words with chemical element symbols (9B12) and solving number riddles (4B7)
  28 KB (4,475 words) - 00:58, 25 January 2010
• How to Write Questions
  ...f course, but some tournaments I've been to have featured missing words or spelling errors or grammatical mistakes in almost every question. This is the minimu
  31 KB (5,374 words) - 23:27, 16 October 2021
• ACF
  ...s. However, at this early date, ACF still included variable-value bonuses, spelling questions, and other bad College Bowl mainstays.
  28 KB (3,816 words) - 01:05, 26 October 2023
• Atendido-Matthews FAQ List
  ...o more than 3, and ACF discourages the use of any quickies. '''[WIKI NOTE: Spelling questions and "quickie" questions are hallmarks of [[bad quizbowl]] and sho
  80 KB (13,022 words) - 00:07, 5 July 2010

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