--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "dan blim" <danblim_at_h...> wrote:
>
> I'm interested in how these things make it into the CB lexicon of
answers.
> I've always found it interesting which books are asked about, and which
> pieces of music, etc.
Step One: Someone wrote a question with a certain answer.
Step Two:Then someone else decided to write another question with the
same answer.
Step Three: Goto Step Two.
If the cycle iterates sufficient times, it is in the canon. For
example, if Jason Mueller's ardent love for the questions of Matt
Lafer causes him to write a write a question on Mt. Townsend and
others join in his cult of hero worship and also write questions on
Mt. Townsend, then Mt. Townsend rises on the list of Australian
landmarks that you oughta know.
You can either whine about things you want to come up that don't, or
you can write questions. The the chagrin of some, I have preferred
doing the latter, but at least I put my pen where my mouth is.
You want some favorite subtopic to come up, whether it be art
historians, gaucho lit, Star Wars novels, or decent earth science,
then it starts you writing questions.
Anthony