Take-Home Trivia goes international – virtually
Library staff have had to be inventive to continue to provide services for patrons through the pandemic. The popular annual Trivia Quiz fundraiser was a Covid casualty; that is until staff came up with the idea for Take-Home Trivia. As Library CEO Karen Filipkowski said, “Take Home Trivia was in response to COVID measures. We thought we would give this a try in July when it presented people with better options for an outdoor gathering to get together with family and friends and have some fun with Trivia. It also opened up the opportunity for online options for teams. Four teams were local and four teams gathered their teams online and participated. Of the four teams not local, one team was located in Toronto, another team was from Ottawa and Nova Scotia and two other teams were international.”
Nine teams of up to six people gathered safely for a two-hour session in socially-distant (and sometimes virtual) spaces of their choice to pit their trivia knowledge as they answered 80 questions without consulting online devices.
The winning team Sanitized Six was Mark Woermke, Jason Derouin, Tom Burchat, Pauline Burchat, Dave Lowell, Bob Corrigan. They won gift certificates from Metro, Shell and Pantry Savings.
Second Place went to Petra’s People. Frances Mawson was the only local player – Martin Turner (UK), Petra Morrison (Australia), Lorna Morrison (Australia), Margaret Mawson (UK), Phoebe Jones (UK)
Third Place Prize was won by The Current (blush). Our team comprised Karen, Jeff and Brigitte Bouganim, Roger and Danielle Paul. We were awarded “Smarties for smarty pants.”
Most Socially Distanced was Penny Shulist’s team – Penny & the Jets. Her son Brad lives in Hamilton with his partner Cindy, her daughter Janet lives in Stuttgarten Germany and her daughter Leanne in Melbourne Australia.
The Random Question Winner, the only team to answer question # 65 correctly, were the Blackfish Fly Swatters — Peter Fright, Eileen Fay, Iwan Fay-Fright, Leslie Reis, Scott Reis, Alex Gunn. Their prize was a gift certificate from Home Hardware – with a recommendation to purchase bug spray!
Filipkowski thanked the local businesses who sponsored Take-Home Trivia: Barry’s Bay Metro, Barry’s Bay Shell, Pantry Savings, Shulist Farms and Barry’s Bay Home Hardware. She said, “The bulk of the work in any Trivia is developing the questions. This was in the capable hands of our Board Trustee Bill Houle.”
Test yourself: Can you answer the Random Question?
The song “I Just Wanna Stop” was written by which Canadian heartthrob? Scroll down for the answer.
Story Walk on Friday July 23 (1pm-3pm)
Zurakowski Park in Barry’s Bay is the place to be this Friday afternoon for children who want to learn how Lou solves a big problem. Madawaska Valley Public Library will set up several outdoor story stations and walk kids through “The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do” by Ashley Spires. Zurakowski Park, Opeongo Line (Hwy 60) at Kelly Street. Check the library’s Facebook page for more dates.
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Answer to Random Question: Gino Vanelli
