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've always thought it would be impressive if, in the finals
> of a tournament, there was a question about some big news event of
the
> same day that occurred after the tournament began -- thus rewarding
> the serious news junkie who had taken a break to listen to the radio
> or check the Web.