Historical April 1993 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Who invented peanut butter? What’s the positive electrode of a battery called? What is the one-man sled Olympic event called? What game do Steve McQueen and Edward G. Robinson play in The Cincinnati Kid? What is the capital of South Carolina?
These questions will not be among those in our Trivia Contest on April 17, but similar ones will.
For a modest SIO per person, which will go toward financing our ever-stressed, all-volunteer neighborhood newspaper, competitors may do brainy battle for fame and prizes (more fame than prizes). Dan Shea has agreed to serve as our ‘Quizmaster” Should Broadway call on Dan (whose acting career is on the front-bunter these days) at the last minute, Dan McGuire has agreed to do the honors.
There will be snacks to keep up the combatants’ strength. a cash bar to keep up their spirits, and good company to underscore the thrill of victory and to assuage the agony of defeat.
We need YOU to make that last part happen and to make the event a success. Put together a table of six or, better yet, two tables of six and reserve them NOW. We’ll give early birds the special price of $50 for a table of six. That’s a 16.7 percent discount off the at-the-door price.
It is important to us to know you’re coming so that we can have adequate tables and chairs –and beer.
For those who are born competitors at heart, we are providing the general topics from which questions will be taken. Studying probably won’t help you win, but it can’t do you any harm! Topics Sports Arts and Letters Entertainment Geography Hobbies and Crafts Spelling Politics Mathematics and Science St. Louis Celebrity Questions Current and Not So Current Events Members of the Trivia Contest Committee are Katie Kurtz Dan McGuire Dee and King Schoenfeld Lois Schoemehl Lana Stein lo Ann Vatcha Marj Weir Kathleen Williams To reserve a table or individual places, call Marj Weir at 863-7558 or Lana Stein, 721-7532, or send your money and the names of participants to Marj Weir at 6120 Westminster, 63112, or to any member of the committee. Answers to questions above: George Washington Carver, anode, luge, poker, Charleston
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April 1993.
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