15) Are there any books available on College Bowl/ACF?
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This article is from the College Bowl FAQ, by George Atendido aten0001@tc.umn.edu with numerous contributions by others.
15) Are there any books available on College Bowl/ACF?
There are countless question-and-answer books out there, but they don't
really count :)
(After Gary Greenbaum and Craig Leff)
In terms of books about _the game_, the editor knows of only one, _The
College Bowl Quiz Book_, compiled by Carol Nash, published 1971 by
Doubleday & Co. No ISBN number available, but Library of Congress catalog
number is 70-139009. The book is mostly questions and asnwers, broken by
category. The book also records the score of every televised match.
Unfortunately, the book has been out of print for some time now, but you
be able to find it in a secon-hand bookstore.
(End attribution)
(after Craig Leff)
There is a similar book available for CB's British counterpart: _The
University Challenge Quiz Book_ (with forward by Don Reid). [Ed.: For
info on University Challenge, see Question 7.] It contains 14 games of
questions, with each game composed of 20 starters (TUs) and boni. The
boni are all worth 15 pts, with 3 questions for 5 pts. each. Also, the
boni are all in one category, which range from children's TV to British
politics to Fridges (3 boni about refrigerators and refrigeration) to
Bears to Sports to Languages, etc. One interesting note: each game
includes 5 extra starters "in the event that neither of the teams is able
to answer a given starter".
There are a few Brit politics questions, and some about cricket starters
that Americans may find impossible, but overall I was impressed with the
content of the questions and think they would travel well to this side of
the Atlantic.
I would peg the questions as harder than CBI, but not consistently at the
level of ACF. The questions are of CBI length vs. ACF length. Note
that even "un-ACF" categories like sports are more likely to ask
"Theoretically, what is the minimum number of strokes a player can make to
win a set of lawn tennis?" rather than "idenfity this tennis star" or "who
won more than 3 consecutive Wimbledons in the modern era?"
The cover shows two teams on the TV set, which is quite beautiful,
with symbols etched on a blue-green background. The symbols range from
large capital letters from an illuminated manuscript to yin/yang to a
Greek column to something that may be a part of a Cubist painting.
And now the facts: The University Challege Quiz Book, 1995, BBC Books,
ISBN 0-563-37194-3. Cost printed on the back cover is 5 pounds. Questions
are copyrighted Granada Television Ltd. Game format copyrighted to CBI.
[end attribution]
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