There would be no three-peat for defending champions Carbon Unit at the Humboldt and District Museum\u2019s Third Annual Trivia Night on May 7, as longtime contenders Kings and Queens of Useless Information finally captured the coveted trivia crown after years of near misses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The lively evening at the museum brought together seven teams for a spirited battle of wit,\u00a0memory\u00a0and quick thinking, with categories ranging from Saskatchewan trivia and Canadian geography to visual identification challenges tied to Humboldt landmarks and local history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While Carbon Unit entered the final round atop the standings, close competition from Team United Nations and the eventual champions kept the pressure mounting throughout the night. In the end, a costly \u201covertime\u201d violation on a deceptively simple multiplication question \u2014 \u201cWhat is six times seven?\u201d \u2014 helped knock the former champions from contention.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hosted by museum programmer Rachel Wormsbecher, the event featured a slightly different format from previous years, with all answers written on paper and\u00a0submitted\u00a0to a panel of judges for scoring.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have to open the envelopes,\u201d\u00a0Wormsbecher\u00a0explained during one challenge. \u201cAll the visuals are in there.\u00a0They respond by writing on pieces of paper, handing them to the judges.\u00a0So different from previous years.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
One visual round tested teams\u2019 knowledge of Humboldt geography and recognizable local locations through photographs and clues hidden inside sealed envelopes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA true visual test that measures their knowledge of Humboldt geography and prime locations,\u201d\u00a0Wormsbecher\u00a0said as teams puzzled over the images.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Another round, titled\u00a0Saskatchewan Trivia 101, challenged competitors with questions about provincial history,\u00a0geography\u00a0and culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat technology was first used by Saskatchewan credit unions in 1982?\u201d\u00a0Wormsbecher\u00a0asked contestants during the round. \u201cNow, I heard somebody say ATM, and that was close, but that was 1977. The technology that was part of that, but they started using it in 1982, was the debit card.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other questions included\u00a0identifying\u00a0Saskatchewan\u2019s provincial grass, the province\u2019s highest point of\u00a0land\u00a0and the location of Treaty 6 negotiations in 1876.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wormsbecher\u00a0revealed many of the trivia questions had actually been rediscovered in the museum archives after being donated from materials formerly held by the local library.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things \u2014 I guess the library in years past also had a\u00a0trivia\u00a0night \u2014 until I found all of these questions in the library archives,\u201d she said. \u201cThey were all laminated and all nice. So\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0where these questions came from, and I thought, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ve got to use these again.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
One of the evening\u2019s more challenging rounds focused on Canadian geography. Teams were tasked with plotting cities,\u00a0lakes\u00a0and rivers on blank maps using only numbered clues and their own geographic knowledge.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way the judges are judging this is they have a transparency, which they\u2019re going to be putting all over your maps,\u201d\u00a0Wormsbecher\u00a0instructed competitors. \u201cIf your answer falls within the circle, you\u2019re good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The combination of local history,\u00a0geography\u00a0and quirky general knowledge kept participants engaged and laughing throughout the evening, regardless of the final standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Win or lose, the annual trivia night once again proved to be a popular community event and another entertaining evening hosted by the Humboldt and District Museum.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There would be no three-peat for defending champions Carbon Unit at the Humboldt and District Museum\u2019s Third Annual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-224572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}