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Trivia 2012 wrap up…

Another successful and triumphant year. We can’t thank you enough for all your help with trivia, the food and drink (thank you Mary for the wine and burritos, Sarah for the salsa and snacks, and Emily for the pretzel dip. Bob's Beer. Ava’s hamburgers that Anna helped with yum yum to all). Thanks for the prep and cleanup and mostly thank you ALL for the brain cells that we used. None of this would be possible without great friends and family to help. A sincere and gracious thank you.

Ava made the mini burgers with cookies. Yes cookies. Don’t they look real. They are cookies with some red/yellow frosting to imitate ketchup/mustard and sesame seeds stuck on top with honey. And the French fries are shoestring potatoes. Can you believe it, don’t they look real. What a clever idea. Thank you Ava and Anna.

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This was the 16th year and by far the utmost best year yet; yes I know I say that each and every year, but each year is better and more fun than in the past.

As you know we used 5 laptops, with one being designated just for recording the questions so we didn’t need to write everything down. That in itself made trivia successful. The final total this year as of right now was 2405 points and 229th place. We far out passed previous years. The other highest score was in 2009 when we had 1620 points and 275th place. (The place/points vary and are mostly decided by the number of total teams playing.)

But WOW can you remember when we first started. Our first years were played in the living room with no computers; no cell phones (maybe Rick will have better luck with the cell phone in the future); no reference materials; and basically no brain cells. (And Carol/Lori remember the garbage disposal and microwave stories?)

We have to admit that working in shifts was also a big plus to how we scored (have Anna/the tyrant to thank for assigning shifts and keeping everyone to their assignment). Bob and I were happy to take the night shift as long as everyone was fine with us going to bed early and taking naps, and when we were awake, looked past our “zombie” looking faces.

Thank you to Logan and Dave for doing the running questions, which gave us the additional points we needed. Hopefully next year we can get Tom/Emily to do the music questions…hint hint…hint.

We all start out peppy, smart and wide awake on Friday night but by the time Sunday late afternoon/evening arrives, and everyone is on they way home, Bob and I are totally exhausted and can’t even focus. Maybe next year we could somehow have Sunday evening covered by others, even if for only a few more hours.

Please let us know your ideas and opinions for improvement. So until I get more updated info from the OZ regarding the final scores and other trivia stuff, I’ll be signing off for now.

Keep thinking Trivia 2013, April 19,20,21. Hope to see you then.

Baby Boomers and Boomers Babies Yr 16. Bob and Mary

Mark your calendars for April 19-20-21, 2013 for Trivia 44.