Tonight was the first of three semifinal rounds of the 2004 Kathryn Stoklosa Middle School Knowledge Bowl. In the Knowledge Bowl, teams of students from each of the city's middle schools answer all types of questions from math to mythology and geography to geometry. Three teams compete at a time, with four students per school on stage with fists tightly clenched around the buzzers that, if pressed first, will give them the chance to answer the question. The Daley came out on top this evening, overcoming last year's citywide victor, the Butler and the Robinson. The other preliminary rounds will be held tomorrow and Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. at the Butler School, and the Final Championship Round will be on Monday, March 22 at Lowell High School. That competition will be televised live on Lowell Educational TV channel 22. The taped replays of the semifinal rounds will be televised on channel 22 repeatedly during the coming two weeks.