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“At least Thomas Jefferson Survives.”
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Sax Appeal
![Coming Soon – Live Trivia League
This is pretty exciting.
We are about to begin a ten week LIVE trivia league at the Walnut Street Winery in Rochester. There is room for TEN teams to compete for the top three spots. Your team can have up to four members playing on league nights (Tuesdays), plus alternates on the roster if you need [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/TriviaLeagueMondays1-195x110.png)
![QL 3 Coming Soon!
Season 3 of the Quiz League will be kicking off soon…but first, there will be five warm up questions posted on the Facebook page that have to be solved. If you want to hurry the process, make sure you follow Springfield Trivia on Facebook and post your guesses in the comments of the warm [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/QL3-Teaser-195x110.jpg)

![The “New” SpringfieldTrivia.com
After changing the look of the site every year from 2003-2008, this place has pretty much looked the same for the last 3 years. It’s probably as good a time as any to paint the walls and rearrange the furniture, so expect a gradual change in the look and feel over the next few weeks.
If [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Rotator-NewSite-195x110.jpg)
![Back from Vegas
Your humbled host, facing off with Jeopardy winners, Mike Leger and Shane Whitlock. Photo taken by yet another Jeopardy winner, Dan Avila.
As some of you know, I just spent the weekend in Las Vegas for the first Trivia Championships of North America. It would be rude of me to not share my [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/TCONABuzzBattle-195x110.png)
![What to Remember About the 2011 NBA Finals
Here are a few things that will probably come up at a trivia night at some point in the future.
This was the Dallas Mavericks’ first NBA championship.
Dirk Nowitzki is the 2nd foreign-born player to win the Finals MVP award. Tony Parker, who was born in Belgium was the first in 2007. Seven other foreign-born players [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DallasMavericks-195x110.jpg)

![Qrank it up, Springfield!
Those of you with iPhones or Facebook accounts have access to the addictive and competitive (and free) trivia game, Qrank (pronounced “Crank”). Every day is a new opportunity to face off against your friends and other local players in a 15 question quiz on entertainment, literature, science, business, sports, and current events.
The game itself is [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/QRankLogo-160x110.png)
![What is “Springfield”, Alex?
Here’s a pretty good way to tell what people outside of Springfield know about our little town:
Questions about Springfield, Illinois have come up 25 times on Jeopardy! since 1984. Of those 25, 6 didn’t mention Abraham Lincoln. Of those 6, only two asked about something other than the fact that Springfield is the capital of [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/LincolnJeopardy-195x110.jpg)
![A plug.
I don’t cross-promote much here, but I do run another site called Springfield Rewind which is essentially a photo blog that takes a look at architectural changes around Springfield over the years. The 2nd Annual (obviously) Springfield Rewind Calendars are now available.
If you are a fan of Springfield, architecture, or history, you will enjoy [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2011_Calendar_Small-195x110.png)
![On Writing Questions
Back in that post I wrote about putting together a good trivia night, I made it a point to bring up question quality, but I didn’t really get into HOW to write a good question. Hopefully I can do that here.
Before I get too far, if you’re only planning to run one trivia night [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ST11-logo-195x81.png)
![What’s In a Name?
Writing a question tonight about Angela Lansbury’s character, Jessica Fletcher, I wondered if I could come up with a full category based on famous people or characters with Old English occupational surnames. Of course, there would have to be a Don Draper question, and Adam Wainwright would definitely be in there. I’d have Ben [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/murdershewrote_alansbury_150x225-150x110.jpg)
![How To Run a (Good) Trivia Night
I get a lot of emails from people asking for advice on how to put together trivia nights. They are usually from people who are just in the planning stages of their first event, and they want to know how to get started. Now seems like a good time to write a quick guide to [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/homer2-195x110.png)
![Wacky Mascot Names
This Friday, Rochester faces Freeburg in the first round of the 4A football playoffs. Freeburg’s sports teams are nicknamed “THE MIDGETS”. I know!
This will surely come up in a trivia night category someday, so here are a few more ‘interesting’ mascots from around the state of Illinois. Can you think of any more? And yes, [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/good_jerky-180x110.gif)
![“At least Thomas Jefferson Survives.”
This morning’s news started with the announcement that Tony Curtis had passed away at 85. Not long after that, I found out that Greg Giraldo, the comedian and judge on Last Comic Standing had also died. These two noteworthy celebrities shared their final day, September 29, 2010. It reminded me of June [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/JeffersonAdams-195x110.jpg)
![Sax Appeal
Somebody, please go over to Naumo.com and take Dan’s quiz, all about the world of Saxophones. Until there’s a better response to this quiz, he is holding the answers and results hostage. I really need to find out how well I did, so I need you to stop what you’re doing right now [...]](http://www.springfieldtrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/saxappeal-e1285803337161-195x110.jpg)


