The Day I Threw the Trivia Bowl

"The Day I Threw the Trivia Bowl" is an autobiographical essay by former Onion editor Robert Siegel in which he recounts his participation in a 1988 quizbowl-style event. According to the essay, the sixteen-year-old Rob Siegel intentionally blew a question asking for the assassin of Robert F. Kennedy in order to avoid the perceived embarrassment associated with having his name broadcast over the school loudspeaker system for winning a countywide high school quizbowl-like tournament. The essay can be found in the 2005 anthology Guys Write for Guys Read, edited by Jon Scieszka.