Re: Trivial Pursuit and Quizbowl

• From: allythin <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 00:31:42 -0000
• Message-ID: <bjofpe+n5cf_at_...>

Dear He Who Loathes Trivial Pursuit But Can't Let a Natural Disaster 
Stop Him from Worshiping the One-Sentence Questions of Jeopardy!,

If anything I hope your team uses MORE Trivial Pursuit questions.  
Frankly, it's irrelevant to me (or any of us) what they use, but as 
long as they piss you off Jason then more power to them.  THIS is 
what happens when you treat your teammates like shit, they don't 
listen to you and I think the majority of us would agree that you 
deserve to stew in the hell you have created for yourself.

Sean Phillips

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "Jason Mueller" <jcmpn7_at_m...> wrote:
> Is using Trivial Pursuit questions for quizbowl practices instead 
of 
> packets a good idea, because that's what the new leadership at 
Mizzou 
> wants to start out with, as they're still mad at me for starting 
last 
> year off with Moon Pie questions.
> 
> I oppose using Trivia Pursuit questions instead of packets for the 
> following reasons:
> 
> 1.  The canons of TP knowledge and QB knowledge do not have 
complete 
> overlap.  If you want to succeed at QB, study QB questions.
> 
> 2.  TP questions are poor preparation for tossups, as TP questions 
> are not pyrimidal.
> 
> 3.  Difficulty of TP questions are hit-and-miss, as some are 
> ridiculuosly easy and some are incredibly obscure.
> 
> Does anyone else have an opinion on this?
> 
> Jason Mueller