--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, valenciaqbowl <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> >
> > How many old trash-masters were on this show?
>
> I'm hardly a trash player, but I was on the UF team back in, I
think,
> 1990 (or 89) and played for the Gators in it, mainly b/c we only
had
> three people who knew any sports (the request came through the
> student activities office, which allowed the QB team to self
> select). We got spanked by Wash. U of St. Louis in the first
round,
> which (embarrassingly) I'd never heard of before that. I do
remember
> getting something like $200 just for being on (a king's ransom!)
and
> being mocked by Chris Berman for blanking out and saying "Winnipeg"
> in response to a question about where the big rodeo Stampede is.
Wow...getting mocked by Chris Berman! That's almost as awesome as
winning $2.2 mill on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire...well, almost.
I stand corrected--it was in fact Florida vs. the Washington U. of
St. Lou that was the contest being aired Tuesday morning, which you
were a part of. Synchronicity in play once again.
Do you remember the one video-question that showed a picture of Mark
McGwire and Jose Canseco, and a badly-worded question asking for "the
losing team"? I loved the look of disgust on Berman's face after
reading that clue. I wonder how The Boomer would do in a trash-
masters competition....he'd probably clean up on mid-70's B-list prog
rock bands.