So... Literature questions should not be written without the author having read the work... Science/engineering questions should not be written without the author having studied the topic in detail and/or worked problems about the topic... I assume that everyone holds the same standards to history questions, and social science questions, and fine arts questions... and mythology and religion questions... Hmmm... so before I write a question on the book of Psalms, I must first read the whole book of Psalms... My point is that if these standards were held, then it would be virtually impossible for a five-person team to submit a playable packet to a tournament, because those five people must comprise of a physics major, a biology major, a history major, a literature major, a music major, a philosophy major (that's six right there, so I can stop now). Quizbowl is meant to test the knowledge of a wide range of subjects, and for a person to become a superb quiz bowl player, he/she must learn about a wide range of subjects. (If a history player only studied in-depth history and got EVERY history tossup and bonus, that's 40-50 PPG. What about the other 150-160?) Moreover, it has been repeatedly stated that the best way to improve in quizbowl is by writing your own questions. Thus, I believe that limiting acceptable questions to those written by majors in the subject matter is ludacris, and I don't mean the hip-hop artist. --Josh, whose weakest quizbowl subjects are the sciences despite being an engineering major
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