This Christmas Eve, the Schmidt siblings and extended family had occasion to demonstrate their knowledge of each other and various Schmidt family facts in Trivia 2008. Thank you all for your help contributing questions and memories. I had a great time putting the game together. Maybe it was the fact that we were spread out a bit this year, maybe it was my yearning to reminisce in the wake of turning 40, or maybe I was just looking for something for us to do other than eat.
Congratulations go out to SFT winner Jen, who was essentially playing alone from a remote Atlanta location. With no ability to overhear the hushed responses from mom, or glean some knowledge from the faces of her competitors, Jen narrowly edged brother Jim 49 pts to 48 pts. to claim victory.
Initially, I thought it was Jim who took top honors, but upon further review, an error was spotted in his ordering of mom's siblings. I think he had Uncle Ron and Uncle Herb reversed. (My answer key was wrong on that one, sorry Jim) As a result of this two-point mistake, Jim dropped from 50 to 48 points, sealing Jen's win.
Here are the rest of the results:
41 points for Darryl
38 points for Kate
37 points for Claire
24 points for Dad
20 points for Donn
14 points for Teri
13 points for Jim Sommerville
11 points for Kathy
6 points for Michael
Claire's impressive score begs the question, how in god's name did she know this stuff??? Especially without the Cliff's Notes and study guide the rest of us had, i.e. mom. That Ph.D is no fluke, Claire!
Clearly age and wisdom did not go hand in hand in the case of Dad. What happened old man? You lived through this stuff, for chrissakes. Dad's pitiful result in SFT was mirrored in the Spreadsheet NFL football pool for this past season. Have you at least been able to defeat mom in cribbage after dinner? I expect better in 2009.
Thanks for the comments and suggestions for next year. Expect a challenging set of questions with a new wrinkle or two. Happy New Year, all y'all.
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3 comments:
I loved the trivia and will happily help with it next year. What do I win? Jen.
A failure in execution. Alas, there is no Golden Chalice, but give me time...
I can only blame myself for the 2nd place finish. If I had only known the name of my own godmother for Chrissake!
Also, I missed the Jim/Jackie-Packer QB question. Rather than doing simple math, I relied on my own pitiful memory. Nice job, Jen. You win bragging rights. That and $2.50 will get you a Starbucks latte.
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