4) What kind of questions are asked? (College Bowl)
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This article is from the College Bowl FAQ, by George Atendido aten0001@tc.umn.edu with numerous contributions by others.
4) What kind of questions are asked? (College Bowl)
Questions span the entire range of human knowledge. A typical round should
have questions on history, literature, the arts, social science, "hard"
science and/or mathematics, mythology/philosophy/religion, problem solving,
current events/politics, sports, and pop culture (some categories may
have been left out unintentionally).
Question content varies slightly between CB and ACF. CB questions tend to
be structured so that most of the players should know the answers to
tossups read in their entirety, while ACF questions tend to be more obscure in
nature. For an example, a CB tossup might read, "This US President had the
longest Inauguration Address, but caught pneumonia during the ceremony and
died a few weeks later. For ten points, name him, the hero of Tippecanoe."
(A: William Henry Harrison)
An ACF tossup on the same subject would read: "George Badger was his
Secretary of the Navy, Thomas Ewing was his Treasury Secretary, and Francis
Granger was his Postmaster General; but it was Secretary of State Daniel
Webster who persuaded this President to leave many references to Imperial
Rome out of the inauguration speech. For ten points, identify this Whig
President."
This is just an hypothetical example :)
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