Thursday Trivia Contests

Submitted by gambler on Thu, 2011-09-22 15:48
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The USAU Club Championships (aka Nationals) starts exactly 5 weeks from today!  In honor of the final stretch of the season, we will be hosting a Thursday Trivia contest every week between now and then.  Each Thursday one Riot Trivia question will be announced on our Facebook page.  Everyone then has until the following Monday at noon PST to post their guesses.  A winner will be chosen from the correct responses (picked randomly if there is only one possible right answer, otherwise creativity counts!) and we will mail the winner a free Patagonia hat or pair or shorts. We'll update this page with the trivia questions and answers as they are posted, but only entries made through Facebook are valid.

Thanks to our sponsor for providing the prizes and thank you to everyone for participating in the contest!

  • Thursday Trivia #1: Out of 23 players on the roster, how many have played in all of Riot's 42 games so far this season? [Posted 9/22]
  • Thursday Trivia #2: Identify the current Riot player throwing a forehand in each of these pictures. Can you identify all 15 flicks? [Posted 9/29]
  • Thursday Trivia #3: In honor of Val's birthday today, please share your favorite Val story, fact or picture. Prize for the best entry(ies)! Alternatively, identify which two statements below are true and which is a lie?
    1. Val was a nationally ranked juniors badminton player.
    2. Val competes in cycle-cross meets during the off-season.
    3. Val has hitch-hiked while commuting for practice. [Posted 10/6]
  • Thursday Trivia #4: Rank these schools in order of most ultimate players from the Riot 2011 roster: Western Washington, University of Washington, University of Michigan, Carleton College, Nathan Hale High School [Posted 10/13]
  • Thursday Trivia #5: At our last 3 practices we've done Riot player impersonations. Guess who we were dressing up when wearing (1) unique head gear, patterned pajama pants, and hand warmers; (2) headbands, reversible jerseys, and huge 5 shorts; and (3) bandanas, high pony-tails, and tapered pants. [Posted 10/20]
  • Answers:
  • #1 - 7: Jinny, Heidi-Marie, Shannon, Calise, Kawai, Kreilkamp, and Nora [Posted 9/26]
  • #2 - 1: Rohre, 2: Gwen, 3: Calise, 4: Val, 5: KK, 6: Keely, 7: Drew, 8: Jinny, 9: Kawai, 10: Maddy, 11: Shannon, 12: Claire, 13: Alyssa, 14: Lindsey, 15: Surge [Posted 10/3]
  • #3 - 1: Truth. Val knows what to do with a shuttlecock. 2: Lie. Val does play hockey in the off-season, but we've never seen her on a bike. 3: Truth. The Vancouver-Seattle commute was not kind to her car... [Posted 10/10]
  • #4 - 1. Nathan Hale (6: Claire, Callie, Shannon, Kawai, Alyssa, and Drew), 2. UW (5: Claire, Nora, Erin, Shannon, Lindsey), Tied for 3. Western (3: Callie, Alyssa, Kreilkamp), Tied for 3. Carleton (3: KK, Jinny, Nora), 5. Michigan (2: Surge, Keely). [Posted 10/17]
  • #5 - 1. Erin, 2. Shannon, 3. Kreilkamp [Posted 11/1]

Good luck to everyone participating in the contest!