Trivia 53: 54 Hours of Trivia April 14-16 - The Trivia Life For Me

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rawillkill: Aug 15, 2009; Emma Watson is what runs trivia teams.

A trivia contest you say?! 54 HOURS STRAIGHT YOU SAY?

TRIVIA 53: THE TRIVIA LIFE FOR ME

Let's get prepared again for TRIVIA, goons! We're back in action April 14, 15, and 16!

IMPORTANT DATES AND TIMES
APRIL 10 - 4pm EDT - PICTURE SCAVENGER HUNT BEGINS! (scroll down to read more about this part - we need more people to join earlier for this!)
APRIL 14 - 7pm EDT - CONTEST BEGINS.
APRIL 15 - 7pm EDT - APPROX. 30 MINUTE CONTEST BREAK
APRIL 16 - 7pm EDT - APPROX. 30 MINUTE CONTEST BREAK
APRIL 17 - 1am EDT - CONTEST ENDS. (Early Monday Morning / Late Sunday Night)

APRIL 17 - POST-1am EDT - We find out results (this is somewhat variable)

Our Logo (2023)
TBD (See CNN Post)

Our Name
VOTE HERE

What the crap do you want us to do?

We've broken top ten 10 straight years, (and Top 3 for 6 years in a row now) which should be described as an inhuman feat for a team that didn't exist before 2011.

Some teams play for generations and haven't cracked Top 50.

Tell Me More! :allears:

For the last 53 years Stevens Point, WI college radio station 90FM has run the world's largest trivia contest.
There are over 350 teams from around the world who compete. The entire town is taken over by trivia contestants.

These are the canonical rules, but here's a brief overview.

Game runs for 54 hours
Approximately 8 questions every hour. They read a question, play a song, re-read it, play another song.
You have until the end of the second song to get your answer in. You're competing to get a correct answer and to get the answer in on time.
Occasionally there is a speed round which is 10 questions. (Generally twice per contest)
There will be 2 shorter rounds (4 questions generally) with a 30 minute break near the halfway points of each day (7pm Saturday and Sunday EST)

PICTURE SCAVENGER HUNT :siren:

We will get 30 grainy, sometimes blurry, sometimes photoshopped, black and white pictures that we need to identify as much as possible.
These can range from random hot sauce labels, inner sleeves of record albums, random board games, random people/celebrities, old sports stars, etc.
This part is EXTREMELY difficult. This begins on APRIL 10. We have until the question about that picture is asked to answer it (so nearly a full week).
Sometimes these questions are worth hundreds of points - THIS IS IMPORTANT.
Getting 1 or 2 more of these pictures than other teams can be the difference between 3rd and 7th place in recent years!

Imagine a couple thousand trivia nerds hitting redial :f5:

for 54 hours ~~straight~~. Yeah.

Things you should know:

The questions are designed to be Google-proof, but that's not always possible. They want to make you at least work to get the answers.
Scoring: The fewer people that answer correctly, the more valuable the question is and so those people get awarded more points.
You can do anything to get the answer.

What TEAM GOONS needs from you! :eng101:

Here's a list of things we need:

Data Entry Goons: Someone to transcribe the questions to text for people on IRC ---> THIS IS SUPER VALUABLE! If your WPM is over 120 PLEASE come help us out!
IRC We have a channel on synirc.net
Mumble We re-stream the audio for everyone over Mumble.
Recording the stream for review is essential. There are music questions where they play a 20 second clip of like 8 different songs. You have to try to get them all right. You are given a long time to answer, but if you only hear it once and don't have a recording you're missing out on big points. Being able to edit the clip and analyze it is invaluable.
Non-Americans are VERY welcome: Goons from around the world. They've had questions that Americans won't get. Pop culture or things in other countries could be on the list.
Media whores: You have every season of Hogan's Heroes, M*A*S*H* and other random TV shows? Yeah, we might need you to help us figure out what color socks someone is wearing or some other bullshit question.
On the ground Goons: We have a group of goons in that run the On the Ground stuff for us in Stevens Point. (Yes this contest also has LITERAL scavenger hunts in real life DURING the competition)
Music nerds: Example question given by a coworker (accuracy not guaranteed) "In the Huey Lewis and the News vinyl's included artwork there is a neon sign on the wall. What does it say?"
Also we will get 3 snippets of 8 songs each to identify. These are sometimes easy, sometimes hard as gently caress. The snippets of each song are at most 1-2 seconds. if you have an ear for this sort of thing, we can use your help!

Official website (Don't be shocked at how bad this is)

:siren:

Our Results: :siren:

2011: Trivial Fursuit - 33rd place
2012: Trivial Fursuit: 2 Fat 2 Furriest - 14th place
2013: Trivial Fursuit: Tokyo Yiff'd - 8th place
2014: Trivial Fursuit: Watch Walker Wreck - 7th place
2015: Trivial Fursuit: Awful Mix Vol. 5 - 4th place
2016: Trivial Fursuit: 6 Sick Stick Shifts - 6th place
2017: Trivial Fursuit: Furple Reign - 3rd place
2018: Trivial Fursuit: Miner Threat - 3rd place
2019: Trivial Fursuit 9: Howlin' Haoeles - 3rd place
2020: Trivial Fursuit X: Gon Yiff It To Ya - 3rd place
2021: Trivial Fursuit: Xi: Bangs Xi Bangs - 3rd place
2022: Trivial Fursuit XII: Ace of Spayeds - 3rd place

For those with archives...
Trivia 42 (2011) thread
Trivia 43 (2012) thread
Trivia 44 (2013) thread
Trivia 45 (2014) thread
Trivia 46 (2015) thread
Trivia 47 (2016) thread
Trivia 48 (2017) thread
Trivia 49 (2018) thread
Trivia 50 (2019) thread
Experiment in Trivia (2020) thread
Trivia 51 (2021) thread
Trivia 52 (2022) thread

As you can see we have (almost always) improved steadily with each year, with our best years being the last 6 when we placed in THIRD out of over 350 teams, giving us our SIXTH straight top 3 finish.

FAQ: :psyduck:

How the gently caress do I participate?
Follow the guide in the next post

What is our team name this year?
Undetermined currently. Please suggest options. (Maximum 36 characters, including spaces and punctuation, we may be able to get a few more characters but no guarantees)
Here are a few options in no particular order:

TF XIII: Dead Men Wag No Tails
Trivial Fursuit: Beyond The Goat Sea
Trivial Fursuit 13: Spot Marks the X
Trivial Fursuit: Our Flag Means Yiff
Trivial Fursuit XIII: High Tide Pods
Trivial Fursuit: Thar' She Goatse!
Trivial Fursuit 13: Yiff Me Timbers
TF XIII: Honor Amongst Furries
TF XIII: Crimson Furmanent Assurance
Trivial Fursuit: All About Dat Booty
TF XIII: Our Turn In The Barrel
Trivial Fursuit: Off the Portesi Bow
Trivial Fursuit Fights Like A Cow
Trivial Fursuit XIII: Jolly Rogered
Trivial Fursuit 13: Furried Treasure
TF XIII: No Landlubfurs Allowed
Trivial Fursuit: A Bi Rats Life 4 Me
Trivial Fursuit: 13 Pieces of Eight
TF XIII: Straight Outta Pirate Bay

Please suggest more!

We have a form to vote on team names, results will be posted later. https://forms.gle/NWTJdHopxJ1NM6yQA

We more than welcome other suggestions for team names as well!

It's January (or February, or March), what should I do right now?
Come drop into IRC (details on the next post) and say hi, we can tell you a little more or answer just about any question you have.
Due to the rules of the contest we cannot share most information in a public setting but in IRC we can tell you a lot more so you can get a feel for it!

Where the gently caress do I order my shirt?

my cat is norris posted:

T-SHIRTS!!! GET YOUR TEAM T-SHIRTS HERE!!!

Gang, my initial t-shirt idea was voted down (sort of), so I have several mock-ups and designs ready to be voted on this year. Stand by on Discord for a poll to appear; it'll be up within the next couple of days. Given the piracy theme, I've concentrated on creating "pirate flag" designs which you'll see reflected in the poll.

Shirts are probably in that base cost of $10 again this year, but I have a request out to Commonwealth Press to get us some more exact numbers. I've asked for a soft poly-blend shell for this year's shirts. We'll see if we can find a happy middle ground between "cheap-rear end burlap" and "this feels like someone has draped a cloud over my tender skin" levels of comfort. One of those obviously costs more than the other.

USPS being what it is -- prices are increased again. Flat rate shipping within the US is up to $10.40 per package. International recipients will have to deal with whatever the gods grant. As ever, Redbubble Custom Printing will be available as an option, and I'll be happy to provide full resolution PSD images to anyone who wants to take a crack at printing more cheaply either locally or at home.

If you're not on Discord and want a link to the poll, DM me here, message me on Twitter (catnamednorris), or join IRC and look for me to show up there in the next couple of days. I also have an email address which matches my Twitter handle.

Can I see some sample questions?

Athanatos posted:

This sounds weird but is actually kinda cool. Give it a shot when the day comes.

Some sample questions:

During a TV campaign for the frozen dinners of Marie Callendar, the claim was made that every recipe started the same way. According to that campaign, how did the recipe start?

This product has the registered autograph and logo of a legendary athlete as well as many pictures of this athlete in action on containers. What is the complete name of this product?

Early in the years of television videos, there was a motivational one called "No fool like a fool playin' hooky." What is the last name of the teacher featured in that video?

What kind of music is played in between questions?

Here are some Spotify playlists you can check out!

Trivia 44 Playlist (thanks, Athanatos!)
Trivia 45 Playlist (thanks, Athanatos!)
Trivia 46 Playlist (thanks, CatNamedNorris!)
Trivia 47 Playlist (thanks, TotalNewbie!)
Trivia 48 Playlist (thanks, CatNamedNorris!)
Trivia 49 Playlist (thanks, CatNamedNorris!)
Trivia 50 Playlist (thanks, CatNamedNorris!)
Trivia 51 Playlist (thanks, CatNamedNorris!)
Trivia 52 Playlist (thanks, CatNamedNorris!)

TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS CONTEST
There was a decent write up done in 2017 and our team was featured in it.
https://theoutline.com/post/1469/stevens-point-worlds-biggest-trivia-contest

Including a "documentary" video in which we are also featured
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-IyBRXaUls
Start at 9:45 if you can't be bothered to watch the whole thing

There was also a movie made over 10 years ago about the contest called Triviatown
We usually do a yearly (online) screening of this film the Friday night 7 days before the contest starts. It's a tradition.

This sounds stupid and complicated I don't want to do it
Give it 15 minutes of your time and then decide. There are tons of people involved in this contest and so many different areas of it, we have players of all sorts, from 18 through 65+ participating.
The contest is hectic, and fun, even if you're just sitting around watching the organized chaos unfold. Sometimes there might be a question about a cereal box we're stumped on but it happens to be in your pantry. Who knows!
We have goons from New Zealand, Sweden, all across the Americas, Britain, Finland, Denmark, Japan. We are all over the place!
Give us a fair shake and see how you like it.

Sooo... are you ready to play Trivia, Fast Eddie?

rawillkill fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Jan 23, 2023

# ? Jan 23, 2023 23:37

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# ? May 17, 2024 14:05

rawillkill: Aug 15, 2009; Emma Watson is what runs trivia teams.

How To Join Us In IRC (TL;DR at bottom) :siren:

What the hell is IRC and what do I do?

So the channel is #tplobby on the server irc.synirc.net. To connect to these you will need an irc client. Popular ones are mibbit, hexchat, mIRC and irssi.

Mibbit is web based and as such the easiest one to get started with. The other ones require an installation. This guide will focus mostly on mibbit but the instructions are somewhat universal.

If you're okay with using mibbit, all you need to do is click here and pick a nickname.

For other clients, open it up, type in /connect irc.synirc.net, type in /nick YOUR_NICKNAME_HERE (you can pick your name here) and then type in /join #tplobby and you should be in.

I've joined but there's no contest going on. What the hell?

Once you're here (#tplobby) it might take a little while for people to respond, especially if you want to join during the middle of the contest is going on. This is because we're busy trying to win.
However, within a minute (last year this was generally within 15-30 seconds, not minutes) someone with OP (operator) status will talk to you. In the meantime, you can register your nick on the server.

Registering is pretty simple. Type in /msg NickServ register YOUR_PASSWORD YOUR_EMAIL
You will then get an email with a command to put type into IRC. Do that and you're registered!

_{note that the email ended up in my spam folder, so check there}

Note: the next time you open up IRC and pick this nickname you will have to log in or the server will change your name. To do this you simply type in /msg nickserv identify YOUR_PASSWORD

On both of these commands it's important you don't have an empty space or whatever at the start or it or you'll post your entire message openly for everyone to see.
Make sure NOTHING but what I've put in italics above is in the message as you press enter or people might steal your password or whatever

Okay, so I'm registered and stuff. How do I join in the fun?

At this point you'll hopefully have been contacted by an OP in #tplobby (you can tell who's an op by what symbol they have before or after their name, these differ between clients, though. Mibbit has custom icons and others usually have an @ or a & before their name to show it.)

They will ask you to identify yourself with your SA user name and potentially by putting something in your profile.
They will then add you to a list of trusted users if all of the above has been done correctly and send you to another channel, where the actual contest is happening.
If after this point you get disconnected you will be able to join the real channel immediately and just log in with /msg nickserv identify YOUR_PASSWORD and skip all the other steps above.

If there are any questions or confusion, feel free to ask one of the ops in #tplobby for help. We'll try to have someone semi active in there as often as possible until the contest ends. If you have time to spare it's really helpful for everyone involved to register ahead of time.

TL;DR if you know sort of how to irc
Join #tplobby on the server irc.synirc.net.
Register your nick with nickserv.
Talk to an operator in #tplobby.
Or just click here.

# ? Jan 23, 2023 23:37

my cat is norris: Mar 11, 2010; #onecallcat

Gang, my initial t-shirt idea was voted down (sort of), so I have several mock-ups and designs ready to be voted on this year. Stand by on Discord for a poll to appear; it'll be up within the next couple of days. Given the piracy theme, I've concentrated on creating "pirate flag" designs which you'll see reflected in the poll.

Shirts are probably in that base cost of $10 again this year, but I have a request out to Commonwealth Press to get us some more exact numbers. I've asked for a soft poly-blend shell for this year's shirts. We'll see if we can find a happy middle ground between "cheap-rear end burlap" and "this feels like someone has draped a cloud over my tender skin" levels of comfort. One of those obviously costs more than the other.

USPS being what it is -- prices are increased again. Flat rate shipping within the US is up to $10.40 per package. International recipients will have to deal with whatever the gods grant. As ever, Redbubble Custom Printing will be available as an option, and I'll be happy to provide full resolution PSD images to anyone who wants to take a crack at printing more cheaply either locally or at home.

If you're not on Discord and want a link to the poll, DM me here, message me on Twitter (catnamednorris), or join IRC and look for me to show up there in the next couple of days. I also have an email address which matches my Twitter handle.

# ? Jan 23, 2023 23:37

Nerdlord Actual: Apr 14, 2007; Awaken to your true self with Wisconsin Potatoes; Grimey Drawer

HELLO AGAIN, INGRATES

This year's Ad for the New Trivia Times and the banner will be put into THIS SPACE when the designs are complete!

# ? Jan 23, 2023 23:49

tao of lmao: Oct 9, 2005

Trivia? Trivia. Hell yeah.

# ? Jan 23, 2023 23:52

stubblyhead: Sep 13, 2007; That is treason, Johnny!; Fun Shoe

Hell yeah let's doo this thing.

# ? Jan 23, 2023 23:58

Blackajack: Aug 5, 2012; Ottakringer Helles

GROUND FLOOR :getin:

This thing might look dumb, but it's possibly one of the most successful goon projects. Also 13 years.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 00:05

Man with Hat: Dec 26, 2007; Open up your Dethday present
It's a box of fucking nothing; Exciting Lemon

my cat is norris posted:

Gang, my initial t-shirt idea was voted down (sort of), so I have several mock-ups and designs ready to be voted on this year. Stand by on Discord for a poll to appear; it'll be up within the next couple of days. Given the piracy theme, I've concentrated on creating "pirate flag" designs which you'll see reflected in the poll.

Shirts are probably in that base cost of $10 again this year, but I have a request out to Commonwealth Press to get us some more exact numbers. I've asked for a soft poly-blend shell for this year's shirts. We'll see if we can find a happy middle ground between "cheap-rear end burlap" and "this feels like someone has draped a cloud over my tender skin" levels of comfort. One of those obviously costs more than the other.

USPS being what it is -- prices are increased again. Flat rate shipping within the US is up to $10.40 per package. International recipients will have to deal with whatever the gods grant. As ever, Redbubble Custom Printing will be available as an option, and I'll be happy to provide full resolution PSD images to anyone who wants to take a crack at printing more cheaply either locally or at home.

If you're not on Discord and want a link to the poll, DM me here, message me on Twitter (catnamednorris), or join IRC and look for me to show up there in the next couple of days. I also have an email address which matches my Twitter handle.

I want it to be on the record that I loved your initial idea and would wear it shamelessly.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 00:09

I Greyhound: Apr 22, 2008; MusicKrew Dawn Patrol

This Trivia contest is really fun and cool.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 00:21

Lutha Mahtin: Oct 10, 2010; Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

my cat is norris posted:

Gang, my initial t-shirt idea was voted down (sort of),

there was a hole lot of complaining about it

Lutha Mahtin fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Jan 24, 2023

# ? Jan 24, 2023 00:30

Nephzinho: Jan 25, 2008

One of these years I'm going to remember to take the Monday off.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 00:32

Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

I finally got reminded of this thread while it was still on the first page!

I hope I'm free this year. Always a blast. Someday I'll have the answer for a big points question, I'm sure of it!

# ? Jan 24, 2023 01:42

The Rabbi T. White: Jul 17, 2008

YEEEEEEEEEEES MOTHER FUCKERS

# ? Jan 24, 2023 02:19

The Rabbi T. White: Jul 17, 2008

Eat, don�t sleep, keep the streak.

Post your fleet.

Etc etc

# ? Jan 24, 2023 02:21

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Very annoyed that I have to go to a wedding that weekend

First time I'll completely miss trivia in years

# ? Jan 24, 2023 02:39

Cockblocktopus: Apr 18, 2009; Since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun.

Trivia weekend is cool and all but it's obsessively searching for the last 3-5 pictures for a week that truly gives me life.

My big 2022 trivia innovation was going to bed early and waking up at 3-4 AM and representing Nite Crew instead of fighting through sleep deprivation at 5 AM. 10/10; would go to be at 9 PM again.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 02:50

my cat is norris: Mar 11, 2010; #onecallcat

i appreciate everyone who had support for the first t-shirt design (option 8 on the poll)!! trust me, it's a beloved design, i'm proud of it, something will be done with it even if it doesn't make it to the top of the poll.

speaking of which!! the t-shirt poll is now live. it will be up for a few days. hoping we can settle on a team name/design by feb 1st so i can start taking proper orders!

orders will be open asap. i want to get everything over to commonwealth press before march 1st so we can have some extra shipping time. international orders mostly didn't make it to their recipients on time last year, and i'm hooooping we can avoid a repeat.

my cat is norris fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Jan 24, 2023

# ? Jan 24, 2023 03:05

Roll of Quarters: Jan 7, 2012

gently caress yeah trivia!

# ? Jan 24, 2023 03:08

Deki: May 12, 2008; It's Hammer Time!

Love doing yearly trivia even though I'm bad at this style of it and usually have something pop up midway.

Still kicking myself for having the right answer for a question we got wrong a year or two ago and not being able to find any link for it until phones were down

# ? Jan 24, 2023 04:37

Dr. Bones: Nov 4, 2005; Private First Class in Blankman's Boot Camp of Goonery

FOR TRIVIA TIME IS
FOR TRIVIA TIME IS
FOR TRIVIA TIME IS

KEEP THE STREAK

FOR TRIVIA TIME IS
FOR TRIVIA TIME IS
FOR TRIVIA TIME IS

YO gently caress NETWORK (nah jk those guys are cool now, it's just fun to yell)

# ? Jan 24, 2023 05:11

Nooner: Mar 26, 2011; AN A+ OPSTER (:

Trivia THIS: 8======D

# ? Jan 24, 2023 05:13

Blackajack: Aug 5, 2012; Ottakringer Helles

Nooner posted:

Trivia THIS: 8======D

# ? Jan 24, 2023 05:51

Man with Hat: Dec 26, 2007; Open up your Dethday present
It's a box of fucking nothing; Exciting Lemon

The Glumslinger posted:

Very annoyed that I have to go to a wedding that weekend

First time I'll completely miss trivia in years

Sorry to hear that. I'm still pissed at my best friend for putting his wedding during Trivia 2019, making me miss it, so I can relate to your pain. They should know better!

# ? Jan 24, 2023 09:01

Jean-Paul Shartre: Jan 16, 2015; this sentence no verb

rawillkill posted:

[*]Trivial Fursuit 13: Yiff Me Timbers

Should be "Yiffer Me Timbers," surely?

# ? Jan 24, 2023 09:39

Klungar: Feb 12, 2008; Klungo make bessst ever video game, 'Hero Klungo Sssavesss Teh World.'

JohnCompany posted:

Should be "Yiffer Me Timbers," surely?

Pretty sure I made this change on the actual survey itself, but I�ll double check. I agree it is better.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 12:09

Mushmouth: Feb 21, 2004; Urban Tumbleweed

Oh I'm there. Last year was some of the most fun I've had in as long as I can remember, and everyone was just so nice. Plus I got to meet Oz!
Maybe this year I'll get to elbow my way into the kitchen and make everyone my world famous (tm) beer brats. That venison stew from last year though was legendary.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 20:06

The Rabbi T. White: Jul 17, 2008

LeCuck�s Decleanse?

The Rabbi T. White fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Jan 24, 2023

# ? Jan 24, 2023 23:12

The Rabbi T. White: Jul 17, 2008

I just really want a Monkey Island pun. :colbert:

# ? Jan 24, 2023 23:51

Klungar: Feb 12, 2008; Klungo make bessst ever video game, 'Hero Klungo Sssavesss Teh World.'

The Rabbi T. White posted:

I just really want a Monkey Island pun.

There�s one in the running, vote!

# ? Jan 25, 2023 00:19

my cat is norris: Mar 11, 2010; #onecallcat

i bought us a banner ad that will start blinding the forums as of feb 14th

it's very flashy

i gave the admins a less-flashy version if they prefer we not induce seizures (the original ad isn't that bad tbh, but i do not want to make anyone uncomfy, i want them to play trivia)

# ? Jan 25, 2023 04:43