College Bowl is the varsity sport for people who have too many factoids lodged in their brains. It's sort of like Jeopardy, except with teams and more random exclamations of excitement, woe, or unfathomable lust for the character of Elmer Gantry.
| Type of group | Academic |
|---|---|
| Selective | no |
| Membership | 12 |
| Meeting time | 8:00-9:00 PM Tuesdays |
| Meeting place | Paresky 210 |
| Established | One fact we don't know. |
| Website | [1] |
All are welcome to try College Bowl. Meetings are currently Tuesday evenings around 8 in Paresky 114.
Tournament Results since 2002
TRASH Regionals, 2002- A (Jenny McElroy '03, Jenni Simmons '05, Dave Letzler '06): 4-9
Puppy Chow, 2002- A (Evan Bick '06, Dave Letzler '06, Daniel Klein '06, Laurie Brink): 10-2, 3rd B (Isaac Foster '05, Ian Barbash '06, Jacob King '06): 4-8
Penn Bowl, 2003- A (David Rosenblum '03, McElroy, Letzler, Bick, Brian Hirshman '06): 7-7
NAQT Regionals 2003- A (Rosenblum, McElroy, Jon Hendrickson '04, Simmons): 4-8, DI B (Klein, Bick, Letzler): 7-5, DII
CBI Regionals, 2003- A (Rosenblum, McElroy, Hendrickson, Simmons): 12-3, 2nd
NAQT Nationals, 2003- A (Rosenblum, Klein, Letzler): 5-10, DI, 26th
Puppy Chow, 2003- A (Letzler, Bick, Brian Munroe '07, Hirshman): 9-2 (?), 5th
Penn Bowl, 2004- A (Klein, Letzler, Hirshman): 10-4, 10th
NAQT Regionals, 2004- A (Klein, Letzler, Elliot Heilman '07, Munroe): 2-10
CBI Regionals, 2004- A (Bick, Letzler, Klein, Hendrickson, Hirshman): 11-3, 3rd
Junior Bird, 2004- A (Letzler, Munroe): 7-3, 4th (in bracket) B (Klein, Hirshman): 6-4, 6th in bracket C (David Mathias '08, Katie Stack '08): 8-2, 2nd in bracket
COTKU, 2004- A (Letzler, Christopher Paci '08, Hirshman, Jason Kohn '08): 10-2, 2nd
TRASH Regionals, 2004- A (Letzler, Brandi Brown '06, Paul Hess '08, Stack): 6-8
Bulldogs Over Broadway, 2004- A (Mathias, Letzler, Munroe, Hirshman): 6-6 B (Zachary Thomas '08, Klein, Paci, Max Gutman '08) 4-8
Penn Bowl, 2005- A (Mathias, Letzler, Klein, Hirshman): 6-5, 5th B (Thomas, Paci, Munroe, Gutman, Hess): 4-8 (?)
NAQT Regionals, 2005- A (Mathias, Klein, Letzler, Hirshman): 6-6, 4th, DI B (Thomas, Paci, Munroe): 9-3, 3rd, DII C (Gutman, Hess, Andrew Goldston '09, Stack): 4-7
CBI Regionals, 2005- A (Mathias, Letzler, Klein, Munroe, Hirshman) 12-0, 1st
NAQT Nationals, 2005- A (Mathias, Letzler, Klein, Hirshman): 6-7, 19th, DI B (Thomas, Munroe, Paci): 8-5, 5th, DII
CBI Nationals, 2005- A (Mathias, Letzler, Klein, Munroe): 8-7, 7th
Heinrich Boll, 2005- A (Letzler, Paci, Bick): 7-5, 4th B (Mathias, Thomas): 6-6, 6th
WIT, 2005- A (Mathias, Thomas, Letzler): 10-0, 1st B (Paci, Hirshman, Jared Lunkenheimer '09): 4-6, 5th
Lemur Bowl, 2005- A (Brown, Brian Hwang '09, Gutman, Hess): 4-4
ACF Fall, 2005- A (Thomas, Letzler, Paci, Hirshman): 8-3, 2nd
MLK Mirror, 2006- A (Thomas, Letzler, Hirshman, Allison Smith '07): 9-0, 1st B (Mathias, Klein, Goldston, Hwang): 6-3, 2nd
ACF Regionals, 2006- A (Thomas, Letzler, Mathias, Klein): 7-4, 3rd B (Paci, Hirshman): 2-9
NAQT Regionals, 2006- A (Mathias, Thomas, Letzler, Klein): 9-3, 2nd (1st Undergrad)
ACF Nationals, 2006- A (Letzler, Thomas, Klein, Hirshman): 6-6, 11th
NAQT Nationals, 2006- A (Thomas, Mathias, Klein, Letzler): 8-5, 10th DI (Undergraduate Champions) B (Paci, Hirshman, May Hunter-Smith '09): 3-10, 30th DI
CBI Regionals, 2007- Thomas, Mathias, Ana Correa '07, Goldston: 8-0, 1st
CBI Nationals, 2007- Thomas, Mathias, Correa, Goldston: 12-2, 3rd
NAQT Regionals, 2008- Thomas, Mathias, Paci, Goldston: 9-5, tied with Princeton A and Harvard A for 2nd (tied for 1st Undergrad with Harvard A)
NAQT Nationals, 2008- Thomas, Mathias, Paci, Goldston: 7-6, 14th (4th Undergrad)
Early Autumn Collegiate Novice, Sept 2010- 5th
EFT V, 2010- 1st (Div II)
Williams Trivia
If you're reading this, you might also be interested in a little thing called Williams Trivia, which, while being nothing at all like College Bowl, also involves teams and dislogding long-forgotten factoids from one's brain...just with more caffeine, music, and semi-naked people.