t's poll time again. The GW Trivia Club is pleased to announce the<br>Top 25 Informal Academic Competition Poll for March 1998.<br><br>Polls close March 12, ...
o some extent I'd have to agree with Tim's assessment of how college bowl (in general) would fare on TV. We can look to more recent attempts<br>to televise CBI...
everal (leading) quesitons should be asked about the ACF question distribution<br><br>(1) Who is ACF for, does it want to serve existing customers (the ...
CF? (That is, people who do like it. I've heard plenty enough already about why ACF opponents dislike it.)<br><br>I personally enjoy ACF because it, more than...
rash question a round make any difference? Interestingly, people were shocked in the Midwest that there was ANY trash in Regionals, and there were some good ...
earing all this in mind (yikes! I didn't realize until know how much I had written), I think that the ACF clientele consists of people who enjoy this kind of...
br><br>> In a nutshell, the stereotype of ACF is long, difficult, trash-less, with an<br>> over-emphasis on the Greco-Roman.<br><br>Yes, I agree that...
'm taking advice and posting the jazz debate over here. Simply put, I put forward the notion that the canon has become stodgy and inertial, and that a ...
igh.<br><br>OK, let's just agree (for the moment) that your premise is correct. Jazz is a wonderful art form, and must be included in the canon, and the fact...
o try to sort out your confusion over my attitude, I would not replace Greek, Roman, Norse, or Egyptian mythology with 19th century philosophy; I would replace...
ut your confusion over my attitude, I would not replace<br>> Greek, Roman, Norse, or Egyptian mythology with 19th century<br>> philosophy; I would...
t _is_ a matter of taste, but I don't ignore the ancient; I just shift geography a little. Religion from the Indian subcontinent coincides temporally with ...
akes subject matter askable in an academic sense? What makes Jazz appropriate to the academic canon, but not Disco or Calypso? It has already ben noted that...
or the most part, I agree that academic competition currently would not translate well to television. However, considering Mark's points about how a fringe ...
cademic competition currently would not translate well to television. However, considering Mark's points about how a fringe market may exist (say TLC or...
ant to see<br> the game turned into the lastest MTV fad with the bimbo-of-the-month<br> hosting it"<br><br>Still, you have to admit, the image of eight lonely,...
lt;<What makes a subject matter canonically viable in is that a range of possible question _themes_ that can be asked about it. Any kind of<br>question that...
lt;<Disco has been studied academically- in any way possible. So have lots<br> of other forms of music (polka, calypso, tejano, zydeco, etc.). Why<br> ...
his Jazz debate has got me thinking. What makes a good question? What makes a good packet? What makes a good Tournament? I wonder if anyone else, besides me,...
've been thinking about this a little (warning -- math I'm not qualified to talk about follows). It seems to me that a properly-written tossup should be, ...
e warned, I have given this a lot of thought. The following assumes the pyramidal structure for a tossup. Anything less would be uncivilized.<br><br>Tossups...
CF] make any difference?"<br><br>Actually, I think exactly one trash question a round would be a good idea; it would provide some light relief, and force ...
either, actually. I think there are two different kinds of distribution curves: The "single player curve" and the "two average teams" curve. Consider the ...
promised them and here they are -- check out the new photos in the "Default Club Album."<br><br>Incidentally, is there any way to change the name of "Default ...
ue to the popularity of the Quiz Bowl NCAA pool, I have started a Quiz Bowl Fantasy Baseball League. It is under Yahoo! Games. If you are reading this, then...
ue to the popularity of the Quiz Bowl NCAA pool, I have started a Quiz Bowl Fantasy Baseball League. It is under Yahoo! Games. If you are reading this, then...
ue to the popularity of the Quiz Bowl NCAA pool, I have started a quizbowl fanstasy baseball league under yahoo games. To join, go to games.yahoo.com, and ...
am trying to put together a comprehenisive list of high school level televised quiz programs. I have started adding links to the club (access from the "Links" ...
CF] make any difference?"<br><br>rjmason2 replies "Actually, I think exactly one trash question a round would be a good idea; it would provide some light...
