Only 1 Week until TRIVIA!!

Yep its only week until the most exceiting weekend in central wisconsin. TRIVIA 42: I LOVE TRIVIA. Has to be one of my most favorite times of the year , if not the most.

For the few who may not have heard of it allow me to expand your knowledge.
TRIVIA is a contest that is held here in little old Stevens Point. It is a fundraiser for the totally student run Radio Station here on campus.  Teams pay a registration fee to get a team number so they can play the contest. There is also mechandise a plenty to buy.
Basically from 6pm on a Friday to Midnight that Sunday, yes 54 hours straight, trivia questions are read on air. Then teams have usually the length of two songs (sometimes one or three depending on the types of questions that hour) to call in give their number and the answer.  The songs are usually older songs due to their shorter length. You don't get any Meatloaf songs during Trivia :) Now these questions can be on ANYTHING. From  What is Harry Calahan's Badge number?   to who won the long distance jump in the 1954 olympic games, etc. 
Anyway points for the questions are then determined by how many teams call in correctly. There is a formula but it escapes me at the moment.

Along with the hourly questions , there are Music questions in which snippits of 8 songs are spliced together and a team has to decide what songs are in with in the music track. Now when I say Snippits I do mean snippits, we are talking anywhere from a short group of notes to a single drum beat that has just enough there to distinguish it from other drum beats from other songs.
 
There are also the running questions , one on Saturday and one on Sunday, which are basically scavanger hunts of sorts.  Teams gather in a location in town , i believe its downtown on Saturday  morning and then a different location on Sunday morning. They are then given a list with certain things to find, such as "What poster is displayed on the door of  the Tech Cafe?" . You Get points for how many you get right. Again it is based off of how many people answer correctly. You get the idea. But wait that's not all.

There are also the Trivia Stones.  This is where teams are given directions on how to get to a certain location. There are groups of directions that are read on the radio. These directions eventually guide you to a number of locations where you can get your book stamped. Again you get points for the stamp. Now when I say directions I am not talking about "Go three blocks to Division street and turn left." no we are talking about directions like "From where you are now, turn left, go past the big fish, the bike and the waffle house, now turn right."  You get the idea.

Some of the questions involve pictures that are featured in the New Trivia Times, a booklet you get at the time you register your team. These pictures can be of ANYTHING and ANYONE. alot of times they are just a logo or a head shot/ glamour shot of an actor or actress. That's all your given until the time of the contest when the question is asked about it. You are given the week to try to find out as much as possible about those pictures, which trust me aint easy.

Trivia is 54 hour of sleep deprived organize chaos and what are you playing for? Mostly a big trophy and bragging rights. The Point (pardon the pun) of the contest is to have fun. Speaking of fun there is also a Trivia Parade On the Friday starting at 4 oclock. Its meant to be a warm up for the contest and also a chance for teams to show themselves to the rest of the world. Teams build floats for the parade that are as simple as a car displaying their team name to a viking boat to a Pirate Ship (that one was ours one year, I loved that ship, it was Macy's worthy) The floats are judged and the top three get a gift of pizzas or some other such item. Not points involved, just shear fun.

There is one more even I almost forgot about and its happening this weekend.  The weekend before trivia there is the trivia movie. It is meant to be a kick off for the week leading up to the contest and the movie could be anything. As you may have guessed questions based off of  movie are asked during the contest so its a good reason to go to it.

So if you are not doing anything the weekend of the 8th, 9th and 10th drift on through point, head to the bottom of the radio dial 89.9 and listen to what is one of the best times of  the year. Trivia Time.