"A French painter and a city." The answer: "Jericho and Gericault."
Jeff Johnson, an English graduate student on the A team, rang in and answered that question even before the moderator gave the details, Katine said.
Some of the questions had to do more with anticipation than knowledge, Alport said. "You have to anticipate, or else the good teams can beat you to the buzzer," Alport said. One such question had to do with spelling. "If you were a lexicographer, you'd probably be really good at spelling," ran the question. "By this point, you'd probably know that you have to spell 'lexicographer.'" Harvard's College Bowl team is historically one of the top five programs in the country, Todor said. In a national poll, it was recently ranked number 6. The top teams are Georgia Tech, the University of Chicago and the University of Maryland. The team hosts an area tournament in December. Other major tournaments include one at Princeton, during the weekend of the Yale game, and one at the University of Pennsylvania during Harvard's intersession