Smeal Quiz Bowl Marks Semester's End

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (December 6, 2006) – About 60 Smeal College of Business Students will test their knowledge of 1990s pop culture in the Smeal Quiz Bowl, an event organized to let students relax and have some fun before finals week.

Each Quiz Bowl team consists of two to three Smeal students, representing student organizations or made up of friends and classmates. The teams will be divided into three groups of seven teams each for the first round of the competition, which starts with a brief reception at 6 p.m. on Dec. 7 in the Business Building Atrium.

After opening remarks from Smeal Dean James Thomas and Smeal student Katie DePietro, chair of the Business Round Table, the teams will move to individual classrooms for round 1. After 30 minutes of answering 1990s trivia questions, one team from each group will move on to the second and final round where they will face a team of Smeal alumni from Dick's Sporting Goods, sponsor of the contest.

Each of the top three teams will receive prizes provided by Dick's, with each member of the first-place team taking home a $50 Dick's gift certificate.

"We wanted to do something fun for Smeal students that would bring them together to celebrate the end of the fall semester and blow off some steam before finals," said Jack Latham, coordinator of student and corporate services, who organized the event with the Business Round Table and the Office of Undergraduate Diversity Enhancement Programs.

Latham hopes to make the Smeal Quiz Bowl and annual stress-relieving event for students to close out the semester.

All Smeal students are encouraged to attend and support their classmates.