At library trivia we ask 10 rounds of 10 questions on a wide variety of topics. We recommend teams have a variety of ages to have the best chance in each category.
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Winners from July 2023
Library Trivia: Evening Edition | Friday, July 28, 2023: This first place team answered 83 questions correctly, from topics including Star Wars, Broadway musicals, history from the month of July, and American Women.
Library Trivia: Afternoon Edition | Saturday, July 29, 2023: This first place team answered 89 questions correctly from topics including STEM topics, College football helmets, Legends of Zeldas and advertising.
Winners from May 2023
Library Trivia: Evening Edition | Friday, May 5, 2023: These smart folks answered questions about singers of classic rock, history, Mexican-American athletes, ice cream, and Marvel comics to take first place with a score of 71 out of 100!
Library Trivia: Afternoon Edition | Saturday, May 6, 2023: These smart folks answered questions about the Constitution, produce, the lottery and collective names for groups of animals to take first place with a score of 67 out of 100!
Winners from January 2023
Library Trivia: Evening Edition | Friday, January 27, 2023: These smart folks answered questions about singers of country love songs, history, science and Kansas Day to take first place with a score of 86 out of 100!
Library Trivia: Afternoon Edition | Saturday, January 28, 2023: These smart folks answered questions about Dewey Decimal, sports, and trends in Google searches to take first place with a score of 66 out of 100!
Winners from September 2022
Library Trivia: Evening Edition | Friday, September 23, 2022: These smart folks answered questions about ’90s music lyrics, Topeka landmarks, Negro Leagues baseball, Tolkein and conspiracy theories, to take first place with a score of 90 out of 100!
Library Trivia: Afternoon Edition | Saturday, September 24, 2022: These smart folks answered questions about horror movies, Great British Baking, world capitals, young adult books and elements to take first place with a score of 74 out of 100!
Winners from July 2022
Library Trivia: Evening Edition | Fri, July 29, 2022: These smart folks answered questions about governors, sports locations, Dame Judi Dench, miscellaneous governors and mystery novels to take first place with a score of 72 out of 100!
Library Trivia: Afternoon Edition | Sat, July 30, 2022: These smart folks answered questions about John Williams movie music, miscellaneous magic, dinosaurs, Colorado and baby animals to take first place with a score of 65 out of 100!
Lissa Staley
Lissa Staley helps people use the library. She is a Book Evangelist, Trivia Emcee, Classics Made Modern book discussion leader, NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison, and frequent library customer. She loves her kids, being a librarian, living in Topeka, and helping people form connections and community. (She's the Community Connections Librarian!) She reads a new book every few days, but is enjoying the audiobook of "Empress of Forever" by Max Gladstone, the ebook "When We Were Magic" by Sarah Gailey and is eagerly awaiting John Scalzi's "The Last Emperox" in April!