2007

Trivia Around the World in 50 Hours poster, 2007

Chronicle, February 5, 2007

Theme: Trivia Around the World in 50 Hours

February 9-11, 2007

Winning Teams:

  1. Pull Start Diesel
  2. Stefan's Dream 8: Stefan Down Under
  3. Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women
  4. Sock Monkey Jihad
  5. Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies

Trivial Facts:

• A record 80 teams participated thanks in part to an increased advertising campaign.
• For the third consecutive year, KVSC had to increase the number of phone lines in its phonebank.

Memorable Quotes:

~  "I drove up from eastern Iowa to do this," Aaron Anderson, KVSC phonebank volunteer (Chronicle, February 12, 2007)
~  "I live in Colorado now and I flew in on Friday night and I'm flying back out tomorrow morning and I come just for trivia," Adam Lanz, team Pull-Start Diesel (Chronicle, February 12, 2007)
~  "The Libyan Embassy was not real happy to talk to us about an assassination that happened outside. And we were the second team to call," Peter Hamerlinck, question writer and former player (St. Cloud Times, February 1, 2007)

Questions from the 2007 Contest:

Question: Please give us the first name of the St. Cloud Hospital Gift Gallery butler? (35 pt.) 

     Answer: Ben

Question: Please give us the first and last name of the first black graduate of St. Cloud State Normal School, which is now St. Cloud State University. (65 pt.)

     Answer: Ruby Webster

Question: With 74 points, who won the bareback riding competition at the 15th annual Clearwater, Minnesota, Rodeo? First and last name, please. (75 pt.)

     Answer: Robert O'Donahue

Question: What celebrity once asked Terry Bradshaw "What sport did you play?" First and last name, please. (40 pt.)

     Answer: Alyssa Milano

Question: At the age of 12, Davino the Boy Magician was just starting to make a name for himself. Who do we know him better as? (15 pt.)

     Answer: David Copperfield