2009
Chronicle, January 26, 2009
XXX Trivia: 30 Years of Trivia Lovin' t-shirt, 2009
Chronicle, February 9, 2009
Chronicle, February 16, 2009
Theme: XXX Trivia: 30 Years of Trivia Lovin'
February 13-15, 2009
Winning Teams:
1. Stefan's Dream X: Stefan Always Comes 2nd
2. Stimulus Package
3. Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women
4. Pull Start Diesel
5. Sigma Phi Nothing
Trivial Facts:
- This marked the 30th anniversary of the contest.
- Organizers went with a love theme since the contest fell over Valentine's Day.
- Two southern Minnesota radio station broadcast the contest: MSCU (Mankato) and KMSK (Austin).
- Best Team Name award went to team Knee Deep in Theses.
- Team What Would Scooby Doo With Those Meddlin' Kids had a member
- who once competed on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Memorable Quotes:
~ "I've had to call teams in the past to tell them to cool it because of how they were talking to volunteers," Jo McMullen-Boyer, KVSC station manager (Chronicle, January 9, 2009)
~ "I stock up on coffee," Jeannie Loehrer, team What Would Scooby Doo With Those Meddlin' Kids (Chronicle, February 16, 2009)
Questions from the 2009 Contest:
Question: On the campus of St. Cloud State University lies the Underground, the bowling alley formerly known as the Atwood Rec Center. Please give us the first and last name of the person who proposed this new name. (90 pt.)
Answer: Colette Rentz
Question: Tennessee Top Hat, Kentucky Waterfall and the Camaro Crash Helmet are all nick names for what hair style? (10 pt.)
Answer: Mullet
Question: What railway line was the Orange Blossom Special part of? (15 pt.)
Answer: Seaboard Air Line
Question: Sharing a 30 year anniversary with our contest is a Minnesota original. The description of life in this town has had people from all over the world coming to Minnesota to say they have had coffee at the cafe, or have tried a powder milk biscuit. This show had its first national live broadcast mid February 1979. What is the name of this well known program? (20 pt.)
Answer: A Prairie Home Companion