Gallery of Winning Trivia Teams 2013
September 2013
1st place trivia team Friday, September 27, 2013, winning with a top score of 86
1st place trivia team Saturday September 28, 2013, winning with a top score of 84
At our September 2013 trivia weekend, we had something happen for the first time in our 10 years of trivia events — and it happened at BOTH events! In the top trivia teams on Friday and Saturday, two top teams tied their score and tied their estimation of their final score, which was our usual tiebreaker.
Trivia scorekeeper Thad Hartman improvised a tiebreaker activity and both of the tied teams had to quickly write down the height of the Eiffel Tower and bring it to the front, with the closest answer determining the winner.
Each round of 10 questions has a theme. Some of the themes for this event included:
- 60’s Music (audio round)
- Movies within Movies (video round)
- Blood
- Biblical Miracles
- Board Games (visual round)
July 2013
At our July 2013 trivia weekend, our top trivia teams on Friday and Saturday BOTH correctly answers 83 questions correctly out of 100 possible. No other teams on either day scored above 80 points!
Each round of 10 questions has a theme. Some of the themes for this event included:
- Inventors
- Amusement Parts
- Cocktails
- Dr. Seuss
- 80s Kids (visual round)
- Famous Speeches (audio round)
And after the event, everyone helped us test a new format for future trivia rounds: video trivia!
July 27, 2013 Friday Night Library Trivia WINNERS!
July 28, 2013 Saturday Afternoon Library Trivia WINNERS!
April 2013
The library’s popular Trivia Night event celebrated our 10th Anniversary with a weekend of …you guessed it…. trivia!
Our first Trivia Night was in March 2003 with 9 teams and 50 participants.
Comments from that first event included many things we have incorporated into our quarterly events:
- “Have this more often”
- “Provide more scratch paper”
- “Don’t give partial credit for two part answers”
And participants at that first event in March 2003 also gave us some suggestions that have continued to be popular but unfeasible:
- “Encourage side betting between teams”
- “Have Lissa sing the TV jingles”
- “Provide free liquor”
Due to the increasing popularity of this event over the past 10 years, we have expanded our original “Trivia Night” into a trivia weekend by offering the same event on Friday night at 6:30 pm and Saturday afternoon at 3pm. The Friday night event continues to be full with 30 teams and a waiting list, while the Saturday afternoon event draws around 12 teams. We offer the event once every few months.
At our April trivia weekend, our top trivia teams on Friday and Saturday BOTH correctly answers 75 questions correctly out of 100 possible.
- Friday Night April 26, 2013 Library Trivia Champions
- Saturday Afternoon April 27, 2013 Library Trivia Champions
January 2013
- The first place team at the January 25, 2013 Trivia Night triumphed over the rest of the competition with a team score of 85.
- The first place team at the Saturday, January 26, 2013 Trivia Afternoon at the library correctly answered 76 out of 100 questions to take the trophy and the top prizes!
Trivia Night is hosted by Thad Hartman, Lissa Staley and Brian Adams. We can help you learn how to organize your own trivia night, including freely sharing our previously used questions with groups hosting events around the country!
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!