> > On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, virginia_scholastic_bowl wrote:
> > i think instant current events should come up at least once or twice
> > in a tournament.
--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, William Paul Meyerson <meyerson_at_f...>
wrote:
> I concur (I've never seen them before but they seem cool!)
>
A lesson of history, though, is that packet writers should be careful
about the content chosen for an "instant" current events question.
The day before the second BRRR at Cornell, Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed
in Nigeria, and we inserted a bonus question on the execution into the
finals packet. Had we known how one of the Michigan players in the
final would react to learning that news... maybe we'd have chosen to
be less clever. (No emotional breakdown, collapse into shock or such
-- but a very emotional and memorable reaction nonetheless.)
-- Richard Dunlap
(<chuckle> And to those who are surprised at seeing me post -- I do
drop back onto the planet now and again, as a former teammate found
out this weekend. :-) )