If trivia expertise is your claim to fame, then College Bowl is your game. Dr. Mark Farris, associate professor of mathematics and College Bowl coordinator, said there are nine teams participating this year. We traditionally do well in regional competition, placing mid-range in a field of big schools like the University of Texas and Rice. The College Bowl tournament is a round-robin battle of academic knowledge in which teams compete for both team and individual points by answering questions covering a variety of topics including history, literature, science, sports and pop culture.
Participants buzz in using hand-held buzzers and are then called on to answer the question.
It's OK to interrupt the reader by buzzing early but a wrong answer will cost points. Points are accumulated by answering toss-up and bonus point questions and like any other game of skill, practice makes perfect. Aaron Wilson, graduate history student, is a five-year veteran of College Bowl games at MSU and knows what it takes to win. Dr. Campbell has recruited a lot of new talent for us and we expect the best. Wilson was captain of team Golden Mean at last year's tournament and will play on the humanities team again this year.