2008 Woodie Awards
Trivia teams compete for cash prize
By: Amy Swanson
Issue date: 10/13/05 Section: LifeStyles
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Decked in red from head to toe to show support for the St. Louis Cardinals, participants at table 13 competed to win a $250 cash prize in the sixth annual Homecoming Trivia Challenge.
Trivia was the name of the game Oct. 7 as more than 200 participants at some 20-plus tables in Grant Gymnasium tested their trivia. Webster alumni, students, family and friends filled the gym for the annual trivia event.
Patrick Murphy, from KETC Channel 9, has emceed the Trivia Challenge for six years.
Necole Powell, Webster alumna and Alumni Board Committee member, oversaw the night's events.
"What I love most about trivia is the energy in the room," Powell said. "It's fun, it's competitive and people get into it."
Winners were determined after 10 rounds of trivia questions from topics such as entertainment, history, science, sports and St. Louis and Webster University trivia. Teams were encouraged to decorate their tables and wear costumes for a cash reward of $120 for the winning table to share.
Participants were served cake and popcorn, but alcohol and soda had to be purchased. Various raffles and drawings were held through the night, including a 50/50 Raffle, with half the proceeds going to the Alumni Association and the other $126 going to the winner.
The money raised from the Trivia Challenge will go toward the Alumni Association's operational budget for upcoming events throughout the year, Powell said.
Senior Chris Abreu, a film production major, and senior Elizabeth Hizer, a scriptwriting major, were on a team with fellow Webster students.
"I thought the hardest question was 'What is the longest word you can make from one line of the (computer) keyboard?'" Hizer said. "The answer was 'typewriter.'"
One of the more difficult rounds of the night, by way of the shouts of annoyance from the crowd, was 1980s music trivia. Teams had to name five song titles and artists from the '80s based on lyrics read aloud and then had to listen to five recordings and name them as well.
Trivia was the name of the game Oct. 7 as more than 200 participants at some 20-plus tables in Grant Gymnasium tested their trivia. Webster alumni, students, family and friends filled the gym for the annual trivia event.
Patrick Murphy, from KETC Channel 9, has emceed the Trivia Challenge for six years.
Necole Powell, Webster alumna and Alumni Board Committee member, oversaw the night's events.
"What I love most about trivia is the energy in the room," Powell said. "It's fun, it's competitive and people get into it."
Winners were determined after 10 rounds of trivia questions from topics such as entertainment, history, science, sports and St. Louis and Webster University trivia. Teams were encouraged to decorate their tables and wear costumes for a cash reward of $120 for the winning table to share.
Participants were served cake and popcorn, but alcohol and soda had to be purchased. Various raffles and drawings were held through the night, including a 50/50 Raffle, with half the proceeds going to the Alumni Association and the other $126 going to the winner.
The money raised from the Trivia Challenge will go toward the Alumni Association's operational budget for upcoming events throughout the year, Powell said.
Senior Chris Abreu, a film production major, and senior Elizabeth Hizer, a scriptwriting major, were on a team with fellow Webster students.
"I thought the hardest question was 'What is the longest word you can make from one line of the (computer) keyboard?'" Hizer said. "The answer was 'typewriter.'"
One of the more difficult rounds of the night, by way of the shouts of annoyance from the crowd, was 1980s music trivia. Teams had to name five song titles and artists from the '80s based on lyrics read aloud and then had to listen to five recordings and name them as well.