>From: virginia_scholastic_bowl <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com> >Reply-To: quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com >To: quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com >Subject: [quizbowl] Re: Trash: Age and Accessibility, redux >Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 15:48:08 -0000 > >--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, tfmichael1 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: > > If memory serves me right, there was a bonus question during the > > all- star game of the 1989 College Bowl NCT (the one held at the > > College of DuPage with the host hotel that was also hosting the > > midget convention) along the lines of, "for five points per digit, > > tell me yesterday's closing Dow Jones Industrial Average" which was > > nailed for full points. > >for the commonwealth academic tournament i held in 1997 at r-mc, i >wrote 5/5 for the tournament from that day's edition of the richmond >times-dispatch. i waited until 4am and the papers came out to write >those questions, one of which was "For 5 points each, name the four >division leaders in the NBA." > >i think instant current events should come up at least once or twice >in a tournament. > >shawn pickrell > I like having *current* events. Of course, to be fair, it may be hard at a multiple day tournament for people to get access to news, depending on situations. But stuff from that week, definitely. The worst is when something current happens that changes the answer to an already-in-packet question. I'm oftemn inclined in such situations to simply skip those questions just to avoid the anger (assuming people playing are up to date on things). -Dan Blim _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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