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<no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> i think instant current events should come up at least once or
twice
> in a tournament.
>
> shawn pickrell
As for "instant" current events, it would be hard to get one more
current than the first toss-up of the second half at the all-star
game - the appropriate place for "stunt" questions - of the 1995
College Bowl NCT (Akron, the one where you could pose for pictures
with Zippy the Kangaroo):
"For a quick ten points, what was the answer to the previous toss-up?"
Tom