--- 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.
>
> Tom
> --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, tak_seorangpun <no_reply_at_y...>
wrote:
I remember the question, Tom, but it must have occurred in a regular
game--there was no all-star game in 89. At the Minnesota NCT (I
think 1990?), we got a bonus on what the outside temperature (I
think it was 20 points within 3 degrees, ten within five or
something like that). IIRC, we bageled.
--Rick