I concur (I've never seen them before but they seem cool!)
William
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, virginia_scholastic_bowl wrote:
> --- 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.
>
> for the commonwealth academic tournament i held in 1997 at r-mc, i
> wrote 5/5 for the tournament from that day's edition of the richmond
> times-dispatch. i waited until 4am and the papers came out to write
> those questions, one of which was "For 5 points each, name the four
> division leaders in the NBA."
>
> i think instant current events should come up at least once or twice
> in a tournament.
>
> shawn pickrell
>
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