I also agree that grad-school level questions should be highly discouraged,
though certainly could be part of tossup clues or something. With regard to
famous scientist people, that is similar to authors/artists/composers from
works, or a poor recollection of a book's plot or a painting description-
essentially all these questions can be written without knowing a bit about
what it means, and can probably be gotten through memorization (though
actual knowledge helps). Questions on Clement Greenberg, key historians,
literary criticism and form, quantum structures, glycolysis cycles, or set
theory behind Berg's luminous violin concerto (sigh...)- these all require
expertise in the field. I think a good packet should have a nice balance of
the accessible to anyone, and accessible to those who have studied the
subject some, hopefully making all playing feel like it's worthwhile (the
goal, right?). Nothing like feeling you wasted a whole day driving
somewhere, eating crappy food, and playing a bad tournament.
-Dan Blim
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