TRASH's Rocky Mountain Regional was the subject of a feature story in the Boulder (CO) Daily Camera on October 10th. It's not online, but I received the text from regional contact Paul Bailey. Enjoy... This is the text of the article in the Daily Camera. For some reason it has not been posted on the web site yet. There are a couple of errors, but it has stimulated interest in the event. Date: 10/10/2003 Section: Local News Page: B1 Trivia Bowl returning to CU Changed event hits campus Nov. 15 By Kate Larsen, Camera Staff Writer It was 1979, and Paul Bailey was a curious University of Colorado freshman trying to get a seat at the famed Trivia Bowl. "I remember not being able to get into the ballroom because it was so packed, and going to watch it on closed-circuit TV," Bailey said. After a one-year hiatus, the CU Trivia Bowl will return to campus Nov 15. Bailey is organizing the event with the help of students in CU's Circle K International service club and Program Council. "It's changed in some ways, but it's also grown in some ways," Bailey said. The competition will last two days instead of a week. The format will also change, with multiple games scheduled simultaneously. Based on those scores, 16 teams will advance to a playoff round. The winning teams from the student and open divisions will have the chance to compete in a national tournament. The Trivia Bowl debuted in 1968, the brainchild of a business professor who coached CU's undefeated team at the G.E. College Bowl the year before. The event was wildly popular in the 1970s and early 1980s, so much so that it was featured on ABC`s "Wide World of Entertainment" and drew musical acts like Bo Diddley and The Guess Who. By 1993, though, interest had waned, and Program Council shelved the contest. The event returned in 2001 but was canceled again the following year because of lack of interest. "As a CU alumni and a Boulder native, it`s like Kinetics or the Bolder Boulder -- it`s just something that should happen here," Bailey said. Ed Toutant, an IBM engineer from Austin, Texas, discovered the competition while on a business trip to Boulder in 1983. He competed eight times in subsequent years. In 2001, Toutant won $1.8 million on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" and credits the Trivia Bowl for honing his skills and developing a network of trivia buffs. "They were the people I called when I needed to phone a friend," he said. Contact Kate Larsen at (303) 473-1361 or larsenk_at_.... TIMELINE 1968: CU Trivia Bowl is started by a business professor who coached CU's undefeated team at the G.E. College Bowl the year before. It is wildly popular for the next two decades. 1993: The event is shelved after waning popularity. 2001: Trivia Bowl revived, thanks in part to the new interest in trivia-heavy television game shows like "The Missing Link" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" 2002: Trivia Bowl dies again, due to costs and lack of student interest. 2003: The competition returns. IF YOU GO WHAT: CU Trivia Bowl WHEN/WHERE: From noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 on the third floor of the University Memorial Center; from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16 at Coors Event CenterWHO: Teams of up to five people (campus division teams must have at least three CU students); and the public is welcome to watch COST: $25 for campus teams and $50 for open teams on or before Nov. 1. After Nov. 1, an extra $25 is added. MORE INFORMATION: Go to http://home.comcast.net/~triviabowl/ or call (303) 520-0200
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