ks@astrovax.UUCP (Karl Stapelfeldt) (05/23/84)
This is to announce the imminent appearance of the semi-final and
final rounds of the National College Bowl Championships TONIGHT (Wed. 5/23)
at 8:00 pm on NBC. Our Princeton team has made it to the semis, and here
we think we're going to take it all.
A peculiar thing about the LIVE hour-long telecast is that we are told
that the general level of the questions will be made easier, with the intent
being to not lose the viewing audience. Once again, television programmers
underestimate the intelligence (and trivia enthusiasm) of the viewing audience.
But hey, they are at least putting the show on the air this year.
astrovax!kswrmoe@houxf.UUCP (W.MOE) (05/25/84)
Re: Making College Bowl questions easier so as not to lose the
TV audience
The questions did not seem to me to be simplified - Most
of them were answered but the teams were very good.
Besides if Princeton had that hard a time with "easy" questions...
(At least my Alma Mater - Wash U made it to the finals)
Semi-gloat,
Warren Moe