Book contents
- The Other Divide
- The Other Divide
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1 A House Divided against Itself?
- 2 Subtleties of Partisan Division
- 3 Beyond Political Interest
- 4 The Deeply Involved Are Different
- 5 Bubbles of Involvement
- 6 Perceptions of the Most Sacred Duty
- 7 A New Form of Self-Expression
- 8 The Voice of Which People?
- 9 Middle Grove
- Appendix
- References
- Index
9 - Middle Grove
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2022
- The Other Divide
- The Other Divide
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1 A House Divided against Itself?
- 2 Subtleties of Partisan Division
- 3 Beyond Political Interest
- 4 The Deeply Involved Are Different
- 5 Bubbles of Involvement
- 6 Perceptions of the Most Sacred Duty
- 7 A New Form of Self-Expression
- 8 The Voice of Which People?
- 9 Middle Grove
- Appendix
- References
- Index
Summary
The long-running British quiz show, Mastermind, has a very simple premise: Contestants sit in a chair and face the quizmaster who asks them a series of trivia questions. In the first round of an episode, the questions are all on a single subject that the contestant has chosen as his or her specialty. The specialty subject questions can be quite specific – for example, “The 7th Amendment [to the U.S. Constitution] provided for the right to a jury trial if the amount concerned in the case exceeded a certain sum of money; how much?” The only way to succeed on Mastermind is to have dedicated a good deal of time to your specialty topic. In essence, Mastermind is deep involvement packaged as a game show.
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- The Other Divide , pp. 233 - 251Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022