Section 05 · 4 guides
The Trade
Millions play it. Almost nobody writes it.
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Millions Play It. Almost Nobody Writes It.
The strange economics of a form with an enormous audience and a tiny profession. Who actually writes questions, how the work is bought, and why it stays invisible.
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House Style
Every quiz has one, most are unwritten: length, register, how a question announces its own difficulty.
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A Setter's Week
Where material comes from, how it is stockpiled and how a set is assembled — the unglamorous rhythm of the job.
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Who Owns a Question
Copyright in a fact, in a phrasing and in a set. Where the line falls, and why the answer surprises people.