We here at DePauw had an interesting idea (ok, so it was interesting to us) a week or two ago about a competition to prove whom was really the best individual or team in Quiz Bowl. What we propose -- and this posting should serve as an opportunity to critique, add to, tweak etc. this sugestion -- is a competition, (either team, individual or doubles) where the rounds consist of questions alternating between academic and TRASH. Timing is still to be determined, but can be worked around. It seems to us that any team who could consistently win this would be the best team (or group of players, depending) around, and it would be a fun format for everyone. If you're like our team, you have players who are either really academic-minded or really TRASH minded. This puts in play some fun strategy of how to put teams together, if it is decided that that is the route the tournament will go. Please respond and let us know what you all think. If there is interest, DePauw is willing to host such a tournament sometime during the Spring semester, which we feel could draw a large percentage of the good teams in the country, due to our central location (the euphemistic way of saying we're near nothing in particular). Also, we could work with perhaps East and/or West Coast schools to run mirrors and see what happens. Just a thought. Stan Jastrzebski '03, President, DUCKS Quiz Bowl www.depauw.edu/student/orgs/ducks
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