Pyramidal style toss-up questions are now considered essential in higher level tournaments, thus, they are my emphasis.  I am still able to supply the shorter style if desired. 

The following is a pyramidal question:

1. This novel, published in 1931, is set in a utopian World State that has the motto: "community, identity, stability".  Feelies are movies that stimulate the senses, babies are born in laboratories, and soma is taken daily to combat depression.  Give the title of this Aldous Huxley novel.  Ans.  Brave New World

The following is the same question in the short style:

1.  Give the title of the Aldous Huxley novel published in 1931 with the future of the world as its theme.  Ans. Brave New World

Vocational Bonus Question

Name the four strokes in the function of an internal combustion engine.  Ans.  Induction (or intake), compression, power, exhaust

Math/Computer Bonus Question

In computer architecture, give the term for the following definitions:

a) A branch of science concerned with creating computer programs that can perform actions comparable with those of an intelligent human.  Ans. Artificial Intelligence (AI)

b) A unit of electricity signaling speed equal to one pulse per second.  Ans. Baud

c) A system of numbers to base two, using combinations of the digits one and zero.  Ans. Binary number system

d) An error in a program.  Ans. Bug