TRIVIA IS UPON US!

Or, at least, almost upon us. In less than 27 hours you will be listening to WLFM and frantically searching for answers. Head on over to the Current Contest page to get all the dirty details. This website will not be updated during the contest, and all announcements will be at the Trivia Blog. Keep it in your hearts and minds throughout the contest.

Trivia at Lawrence

The Great Midwest Trivia Contest, broadcast over Lawrence University's radio station, WLFM, was founded in 1966 by James B. deRosset, '66. The contest is run each January for 50 consecutive hours, asking questions such as "What band did Kurt Cobain call the best band in the world?" and "On what date does Bruce Wayne's birthday fall ?"

(Answers: "Teenage Fanclub " and "February 19th ," respectively.)

Known as the "World's Longest Running Trivia Contest" because of its custom of asking the last question from one year as the first question of the next, Lawrence's trivia contest has been written about in many publications, including Playboy, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, and The Chicago Tribune. The 1984 Trivia Master, John Landis, '84, appeared on ABC's "Good Morning, America."

The endeavor is governed by the Trivia Credo: "Trivia is meant to be entertainment and should be perceived solely in that light." Nevertheless, competitive fervor runs high. The contest begins at 10:00:37 p.m. on the Friday of Trivia Weekend; at midnight on Sunday, teams with the highest scores are declared the winners in on-campus and off-campus categories, receiving prizes such as pink plastic flamingos and stainless-steel bedpans. As the Credo implies, the idea is to have fun.

The Great Midwest Trivia Contest is traditionally scheduled for the last week in January. Direct all questions, concerns, etc. to next year's Grand Master, James Eric Prichard.