February 2010 - The Last Word Newsletter

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A L B A N Y N E W Y E A R ’ S T O U R N A M E N TDivision 3 winner Nancy Konipol receives her $600prize from co-director John Robertson astournament organizer Annette Tedesco and codrectorAllen Pengelly look on. (Photo courtesy ofAdam Townsend and Judy Cole)Margo Kuno is all smiles as sheaccepts the prize for coming in 2ndin Division 3. (Photo courtesy ofAdam Townsend and Judy Cole)A happy Ben Schoenbruncame in second in Division 2.(Photo courtesy of RogerCullman: Photos by RogerCullman http://www.rogercullman.com)The woman of the hour--tournamentorganizer Annette Tedesco--gets a bigthank-you hug from Division 2 runner-upBen Schoenbrun. (Photo courtesy ofAdam Townsend and Judy Cole)Joel Wapnick accepts his prize from codirectorJohn Robertson for coming in 3rdin Division 1 as Annette Tedesco smiles inthe background. (Photo courtesy of RogerCullman: Photos by Roger Cullman http://www.rogercullman.com)Joey Mallick finished 2nd in Division 1. (Photo courtesy of RogerCullman: Photos by Roger Cullman http://www.rogercullman.com)14
A L B A N Y T E A M T R I V I A C O N T E S TAlbany Team Trivia Contestby Jeremy CahnmannOn Saturday night of the Albany Tournament I ran a team trivia event. It was my first time trying thisat a SCRABBLE® tournament, and it seemed to go over quite well. There were 52 people playingin teams of 3-5 (the entry fee was $10 per person on the team), and there were 7 rounds ofquestions. There was no penalty for wrong answers in the first 6 rounds.Round 1 (30 points): Picture handout (players were asked to identify pictures of snippets of gamesfrom various games people play in living rooms across America; and yes, everybody's favoritecrossword brand board game was on there).Round 2 (15 Points): Mostly geography.Round 3 (15 Points): Mostly entertainment (movies, TV).Round 4 (34 Points): Picture handout (pictures of baseball stadiums; players were asked to namethe stadiums and the teams that play there).Round 5 (15 Points): Mostly sports/leisure activities."Quizmasters" after-hours trivia team Noah Lieberman, Les Hipenbecker,Peggy Grant, Gerianne Arbiano, Kevin Gauthier, and Hannah Liebermanfinished solidly in the middle of the pack! Photo courtesy of Peggy Grant.Round 6 (15 Points plus 5-point bonus for guessing the theme): General trivia.Round 7: Wager round. Every question you answered correctly was worth 5points; every wrong answer cost you 5 points. Round was worth from -50 to 50points.Teams were allowed to double the value of one round (had to be Round 2, 3, 5or 6 (6 bonus points not doubled).179 would have been a perfect score, and going into the last round there were3 teams tied with 116 points each:1. Mainiacs with Rod McNeil, Alyssa Faria, Richard Popper, Kate Fukawa-Connelly, and RebeccaLambert.2. Monkey Pod with John O'Laughlin, Cecilia Le, Sam Rosin, Evans Clinchy, and Terry Kang Rau.3. Jasons Inc. with Jason Ubeika, Jason Keller, Jason Idalski, Shelly Ubeika, and Darin True. 15
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