History A Brief History of USC Quiz Bowl by Scott Callaghan            Prehistoric times (1952-1997) The early history of the club is enshrouded in the fog of the Internet. However, weeding thru the annals of Google, I discovered a few sparse facts. The earliest mention of the club is in 1952-3, in a game that we lost to Barnard College, 65 to 195, on a CBI-televised tournament. We reappear in 1967-8, winning a streak of several games, before going dormant for three decades. The early beginnings (1998) When we were good (1999-2001) Rebuilding (2001-2002) In 2001 we lost 2 Tims, 2 Joes, a Mike, a Natalie, and a Kristen, all active and good members, to graduation. As a result, the club fell on the shoulders of Scott Callaghan, a sophomore, and much of the next year was devoted to rebuilding. Meg Lasswell, Vincent Diamante, and Sanjay Madhav anchored the push to keep the club alive, and a slow trickle of new recruits began, including Sofia Mohaghegh and Andrew Gonzalez. Some good stories came out of this year. We got creamed repeatedly but had some good times. There was a wild Friday up, Saturday back run to Berkeley in which we traversed the entire campus, walking uphill in circles. The entire campus is uphill. Trust me. The club today (2002-) (This history has been interrupted due to an unfortunate finals break... Come back for some real excitement at a later date.)