GE College Bowl

MarathonMan88
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:44:46 +0000

I know I’m dating myself, but who remembers the GE College Bowl? (For the youngsters, the 1950s-60s TV show pitted teams of four from two colleges against one another answering academic-type questions.)

I remember watching it when Allen Luden was host. In the pre-USNews days, I always thought that any college that was on the show was an elite school.

Anyway, the chart is fun and a good reminder that there are plenty of brilliant kids at nearly every school. The upset victory of Agnes Scott over Princeton is pretty famous, but there are other upsets, blowouts, and surprises. It’s also interesting to see who was and wans’t invited: