I know I’m a week late in posting this, but two Mondays ago was a great trivia gathering, and a LOT of things went on. 

We had 9 different teams competing for the title, including “clint eastwood likes grilling”, “four chicks and one d!¢k, oh that’s Vic”, “four bitches and a traitor”, “jehova witness protection program”, “the rza”, “my {ahem} are bigger than the BP oil spill”, and others. 

There were the traditional four rounds of ten questions, with queries such as . . .

• What was the name of the stock that Martha Stewart was insider trading?
• What is the current price of gas at Turkey Hill on 5th and Market – be within 1 cent either way?
• Name the star whos imprints at raman’s chinese theatre are wheels.
• Name the only country whose capital begins with the letter Q

but, even before teams started working on that, we brought out the “Big Bucket” with all of the index cards (each with a player’s name) that we’ve been saving up all summer long.  and yes, I started drawing cards.

The FIRST step on the way to winning the big prize was defeating the “Fact or Crap Demon”.  Once your name had been pulled, you came up to the mike and had were given a statement and had to decide if it was A Fact, or just plain Crap.  for example . . .

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was knighted by the Pope at the age of 14. Fact or Crap?
• Bill Gates earned a computer engineering degree at Harvard when he was just 18. Fact or Crap?
• Binocular parallex is the ability of the human brain to perceive three dimensional depth. Fact or Crap?
• Titanium is the hardest natural substance in the world. Fact or Crap?

If you got the answer correct, you would be one of the “Great Eight”.  Here’s a pict of everyone who survived the demon . . .

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The SECOND step on the “great grill journey” was posting a qualifying time in the “Perfection Event”.  Yep, we dragged out the puzzle box and players had to put in the pieces as quickly as they could.  the top 4 times advanced, and so it was that Kate K., and Randy K. both moved into the next round along with Lisa Brokenshire and Pat.

How do you go from 4 to 2 players in a most entertaining fashion you ask?  Pull out the Wii, and fire up the Hula Hoop contest!  well, that’s what we did.  and yes, I did capture some of that on digital camera, but that kind of action you really need to be here for.  when the hooping was finished Pat and Lisa found themselves facing each other in the SHOWDOWN!

to decide the final winner, we pulled out the weapons.  my son thomas was kind enough to share his Nerf rifle and a couple of 6 round clips with us.  so, we lined up a series of targets on top of the grill.  each of them had a point value.  the player that earns the most points by knocking down targets wins.  it’s that simple!

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in the end, Lisa won the Tin Can Alley contest, and the grill!

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everyone who made it past the “Fact or Crap Demon” took home a little somthing.  Pat took home a pair of “Campfire Drinking Chairs” for his efforts.

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Oh yeah, there was Team Trivia as well! 

it turned out that at the end of four rounds, there was no winner.  we had a TIE!  actually, a THREE WAY tie!  and so each team sent one representative to the stage to answer a final nail-biting tie-breaking question. 

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the question was . . . in what year was LSD made illegal? 

it turns out that was sometime in the 60′s.  the team with the closest answer, and the Champs on the big Grill Giveaway night were . . . .

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i’m sure everyone knows by now that we gathered last Monday Night for Team Trivia, and in memory of Eric Trocki.  It was great to see everyone out. 

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Eric touched the lives of many, that is for sure.  i don’t know how to take pictures of pictures, so this is the best I could do – for those of you who haven’t seen the collage of Eric in all sorts of attire and situations, with his signature smile . . . .

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Larry put teams through their regular paces, with everyone who participated having to face four rounds of ten questions.  i can’t remember many of the questions, except that the Flyers played for the Stanley Cup 8 times, even if they haven’t won it in a few decades.

the game was really far from the highlight of the evening though.  instead, it was the generosity of the friends and family that made the evening as special as it was. 

a trust fund had been set up for Eric’s daughters, Jocelyn and Gabriella.  winners throughout the night donated their prizes to the trust fund, which was a wonderful gesture.  others made personal contributions, and it really made a difference.  wonderful things happen when good people come together.

the team of “There’s a New Sheriff in Town” took down the top spot in the trivia contest.  the team was almost too big to catch in one photo!

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their smiling faces all together . . .

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