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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Feb. 6, 1964
College Bowl Teams Face New Process
The winner of the College Bowl Tournament this year will have faced a more complicated elimination procedure than teams faced in previous years.
Previously the entire tournament was a single-elimination tournament. Teams were eliminated from the competition by a single defeat. This year, however, each team will compete in three preliminary matches after which only eight will advance to the quarter-finals.
FOR THE preliminary matches the 32 participating teams will be divided into two groups of 16. The first group will compete February 23, the second. March 1.
Eight teams will then be chosen by the College Bowl Committee to advance to the quarter-finals on the basis of their win-loss record in preliminary matches.
This new method of elimination is being tried this year because it is thought to be a more fair method of selecting the teams to compete in the finals, Nancy Razak, Wichita sophomore and member of the College Bowl Committee said. Each team will meet three opponents instead of only one, as in the single elimination.
THE QUARTER-FINAL, semifinal, and final rounds will be conducted as single-elimination matches, as in the past.
One of the competing teams, Stephenson Scholarship Hall, will be trying for its third consecutive championship this year. They won last year when they defeated Beta Theta Pi by ten points in the final round.
And while the teams in the living groups entered are brushing up on their general knowledge, the College Bowl questions committee is busy trying to think up questions to stump them.
SINCE THANKSGIVING vacation, the six members of the questions committee have been writing the 750 questions to be used in this year's tournament.
They have to write ten complete sets consisting of 50 toss-up and 25 bonus questions each. By now, they have finished three complete sets.
Where do they get all these questions? From many sources, not the least of which is the university faculty. Many faculty members are asked to submit questions to be used in the College Bowl.
BUT THE committee learned from experience that even these questions must be checked for accuracy. The faculty is not infallible. Last year one professor submitted the question, "What was the name of the Lone Ranger's horse?" His answer was Trigger.
Another favorite source of the questions committee is data books. Judith Bodenhausen, Topea senior and chairman of the questions committee, said last year's chairman, Fred Green, is probably the only person who ever read every page of the World Almanac.
Palmer Earnings
DUNEDIN, Fla. — (UPI) — Arnold Palmer's record total of golf tournament earnings for nine seasons on the FGA trail is $473.008.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the Lincoln Library, Encyclopedia Britannica, and even the Bible are other heavily used sources. Last year there were ten questions from the Bible.
AND OF COURSE the members of the questions committee get questions from textbooks, those used in their courses and those used in the courses of their friends.
"Sometimes you will be just reading along, and a perfect question will just jump out at you," Miss Bodenhausen said.
Questions are also written at what the committee calls their question writing sessions. The last one that took place during registration week lasted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
"WE SPENT MOST of the time sitting around telling stories about our strange experiences in Europe this summer," Miss Bodenhausen said. "But we got several questions out of the information that was just casually brought up in these stories."
When the committee writes questions, the members try to put an amusing introduction on each one to help make the tournament more fun for the participants.
"Here's hoping you've been ill lately. What are the names on the front of Watkins Hospital?" is an example from last year's questions.
Sometimes these introductions aren't very relevant to the question that follows. The inventor of the safety pin isn't connected in any serious way with the inventor of some new scientific device, and yet they have been connected on previous College Bowl questions.
Why Can't You Remember
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To acquaint the readers of this paper with the easy-tofollow rules for developing skill in remembering anything you choose to remember, the publishers have printed full details of their self-training method in a new book, "Adventures in Memory," which will be mailed free to anyone who requests it. No obligation. Simply send your request to: Memory Studies, 835 Diverse Parkway, Dept. 3241, Chicago, Ill. 60614. A postcard will do.
According to this publisher, many people do not realize how much they could influence others simply by remembering accurately everything they see, hear, or read. Whether in business, at social functions or even in casual conversations with new acquaintances, there are ways in which you can dominate each situation by your ability to remember.
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