It's only a quiz, you know. No need to get outraged about everything.
I'm not outraged.
People do need to know a lot more about other systems than their own, but some of the questions were a little to specific and low yield.
That is the purpose of that quiz. It includes much more knowledge than needed. You know, knowledge for knowledge. Like the quiz leagues in UK or the "Génies en Herbe" for adults in Quebec. Well, true than there is nothing of that kind in US (except Jeopardy, which isn't even hosted by an American) and than knowledge is seen as bad in the US.
That is a cultural difference.
Sorry. I looked at it from the point of view as an outsider. I thought it was educating outsiders about UK political history. I did not realize that it was for domestic UK consumption. Criticism withdrawn.
Well, it is for foreign consumption, too. Some of us (us being the "nerds" haunting this particular sub-forum) have an excessive and borderline excessive interest in foreign elections. Often, we know more about politics of a country than many residents of the said country. Look, I'm Canadian and I'm very interested in local by-election in UK.
Is that sane and normal? Probably not, I'll admit, but that shouldn't be depreciated. And I think I know the answer to the question 7, afleitch loves to talk about the past of the Glorious Scotland.
And Xahar means than the answer ISN'T Prime Minister! That office doesn't even legally exist. The office giving access to 10 Downing St isn't well-known and is mostly honorific, if I remember well (and is always given to the Prime Minister since centuries).
Reminds me of some of the meta-discussions I get in my quiz leagues (usually the boring bloke loudly bemoaning that there are too many questions on a subject he isn't interested in).
I feel that knowledge for knowledge's sake is a good thing. Most questions in UK quiz leagues on foreign politics are of the level of 'who is the Prime Minister of Canada?' That's nothing more than a name - what about all the other useful facts? What's his party? What does he stand for? What should he be famous/notorious for? Is he the spawn of the devil or the best thing since sliced bread? But still, that's the level and anything more in-depth than that is impossibly hard for the average UK pub quiz audience. That doesn't mean it's too hard for the Mastermind-contender, quizbowl or other general nerd audience - and if we don't fall into one of these categories what are we doing on this forum?
Oh, and BBC Mastermind isn't even hosted by an Englishman.
