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Williams Trivia
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| Type of group | Special Interest |
|---|---|
| Selective | no |
| Established | 1966 |
| Website | [1] |
Biannually in January and May, all-night trivia is hosted. For 8 hours via the Internet, trivia competition ensues involving songs knowledge, hourly competition, and action rounds. The team that wins in January hosts the trivia competition in May and vice versa. Find out more about the Rules and Traditions of Trivia at the Williams Trivia Contest Depository.
Contents
A little History
On 5/13/11, a group of freshmen from Mills 3 became the first freshmen in a while to win, thus bringing the contest back to campus for the first time in several contests.
Playing Trivia
It is suggested you have these at hand.
Running Trivia
- Tips for Running Williams Trivia
- Guide to writing On-Air questions and picking song matches
- Guide to writing Bonii
- Coming up with Action Bonii
- Coming up with an Ultra Bonus
- Typical scores for different types of boni
Helpful Links
- Williams Trivia Contest Depository
- For a general Trivia discussion Mailing List, use the general WSO Listserv instructions to subscribe to the 'Trivia' Mailing List, or visit the Trivia List Subscription Options Web Page. Recent Archives are available there too.
- For geeky Trivia-heads with geeky opinions, another good WSO Listserv to subscribe to is 'Trivia-tech'. Its Subscription Options Web Page is also available.
- An older archive/website about Williams Trivia is also available (is this part of the Williams Trivia Contest Depository?)
- Ray's Trivia Page linked to us in Spring 2005.
