2018

Codename Trivia: Strategies, Secrets, and Spies poster, 2018

Theme: Codename Trivia: Strategies, Secrets, and Spies

February 16-18, 2018

Winning Teams: 

  1. It Just Doesn't Matter
  2. Meyer Meyer Pants on Fire
  3. What Would Learned Pigs & Scooby Doo?
  4. Pull-Start Deisel
  5. Stefan's Dream XIX: From Stefan with Love

Trivial Facts:

• Best team name award: James Bondage: the Spy Who Gagged Me
• Spy v. Spy characters were present at KVSC and award ceremony 
• Marie Richardson made a comeback as a question writer.
• Long-sleeved shirts were available for the first time

Memorable Quotes:

~  "When you add a clock stating the time for Minnesota to your phone and you live in Norway, it's time for #TriviaWeekend" Best Tweet 5 (Award ceremony)
~  "Guys, can you imagine if we had to show our work to get the points?" Best Tweet 4 (Award ceremony)

Questions from the 2018 Contest:

Question: When requesting call letters back in 1967 for Saint Cloud State University's new radio station, KVSC was one option in a list of five. Please give us the other four options pitched to the FCC. (80 pt.)

     Answer: KOCR, KSCE, KSCR, KSCS

Question: We are all aware of what an "Amber Alert" is. Please tell us what a "Silver Alert" is. (10 pt.)

     Answer: missing senior citizen

Question: Deena Pilgrim has just recruited her ex-partner from Homicide to become and FBI agent. As they get ready to exercise a federal warrant and bug a house, where is their pregnant suspect at that moment? (60 pt.) 

     Answer: Community College

Question: What word got the Doors banned from the Ed Sullivan Show? (10 pt.) 

     Answer: Higher