It is definitely possible, so long as you have access to scoresheets that are reasonably kept. I do not have such access for some of those tournaments. To date, Charlie Steinhice is the only one who keeps similar data, with his noting of bragging rights and which tossups go unanswered, although I did once gather data on a non-buzzer CWRU high school competition which involved a worksheet. The most-correctly answered question was: "He said, "Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate," in his 1961 Inaugural Speech, but he is better known for telling his fellow Americans the right questions to ask." 121 students answered correctly, 9 wrote down Nixon. 3 each said Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and Carter. Ford, Reagan, and somehow John Locke each got one response. That doesn't include people who left the space blank. Out of intellectual curiosity, I've always wanted to gather this data. I figure a field size of at least sixteen teams would make it worthwhile. I may be willing to do so if someone gives me access to some scoresheets. --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Webb <sdwebb91984_at_y...>" <sdwebb91984_at_y...> wrote: > What I would be interested in seeing is how many of those whatever > percentage of tossups answered were answered by only a small number > of people. Is that a possible analysis?
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