2005

TSI: Trivia Scene Investigation poster, 2005

Chronicle, February 14, 2005

Theme: TSI: Trivia Scene Investigation

February 11-13, 2005

Winning Teams:

  1. Stefan's Dreamsicle
  2. Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women
  3. Don't Do the Crime If You Can't Do The Mime
  4. Loose Meat Sandwiches
  5. Panties WAAAY Too Tight

Trivial Facts:

• SCSU President Roy Saigo opened the contest by reading the first question.
• Inspired by the theme, UTVS built a jailhouse set.
• Team Loose Meat Sandwiches eats loose-meat sandwiches at the beginning of every trivia weekend.

Memorable Quotes:

~  "There's nothing like 2 a.m. on Sunday morning trying to find how many doves were on Elvis' wedding cake," Matt Kilanowski, team Neo-Maxi Zoomdweebies (St. Cloud Times, February 10, 2005)
~  "It's so cool to put forth so much effort for something that's so meaningful and so sought after and yet so meaningless," Sam Meyer, team Stefan's Dreamsicle (St. Cloud Times, February 14, 2005)

Questions from the 2005 Contest:

Question: When Apollo High School in Saint Cloud received the Apollo command module donated by NASA, what was written on the invoice that described its contents? (100 pt.) 

     Answer: 5000 pounds scrap metal

Question: A town and county in Minnesota; and the surname of a corrupt police officer, tried, convicted and executed for murder. (20 pt.)

     Answer: Becker (Charles)

Question: What is the northernmost Scenic Byway in Minnesota? (15 pt.)

     Answer: Waters of the Dancing Sky

Question: What Little Falls, Minnesota, park is bordered by 13th Avenue Northwest, 4th Street West, 9th Avenue Northwest amd 8th Street West? (10 pt.)

     Answer: Industrial Park