1980

KVSC studios during KVSC trivia weekend, St. Cloud State University

Two women answer phones in the KVSC studios during KVSC trivia weekend, St. Cloud State University

Tabulation of team scores

KVSC studios during KVSC trivia weekend, St. Cloud State University

March 14-16, 1980

Trivia Weekend traditions began with the very first contest: sleep shifts among team members, phone calls to businesses and acquaintences around the world at 4 am, team rivalries, and mountains of soda cans and coffee cups at KVSC.
It was the first time KVSC was on air for 55 consecutive hours.
The contest was stopped for 45 minutes when fire alarms went off in Holes, Stearns, and Sherburne Halls.
Teams were small, some even consisted of a single person,
but added members throughout the weekend as they looked to others for help with answers.
Toward the end of the weekend, one question required players to count
the number of street lights on a certain bridge and stairs in a certain campus building.
Contest founder Mike McMenamin thought there was a good chance Trivia Weekend would become a yearly event.

"...this was sort of like a trivia person's heaven," Rick Huber, team Gopher Cheeks (Chronicle, March 21, 1980)
"Girl Scout cookies at 4 a.m. helped pull us through," member of team Playboy (Chronicle, March 21, 1980)
"Just being in a room together for that long made our nerves get a little on end," Rick Huber, team Gopher Cheeks (Chronicle, March 21, 1980)
"You start to forget there is a real world out there," Sue Brandl, team Gopher Cheeks (Chronicle, March 21, 1980)

Question: What is the name of the High School in Wisconsin that Pat O'Brien attended?
Answer: Marquette Academy

Question: What does "Qantas" in Qantas Airlines stand for?
Answer: Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services

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