Sunday, January 11, 2009

2008-09 ED FITZ TRIVIA CHAMPION....DAN JOHNSON!

Hey party people....

We had a dingwop last night - the now famous and storied EDMUND FITZGERALD TRIVIA CHALLENGE.

The History
Not sure who, if anyone, can take full credit for the birth of this game. If memory serves it was a collaboration with Carrie and me. Who cares. The game has 5 categories - the Ed Fitz, the Journey (which includes questions about the jouney the Fitz took that fateful night as well as the band Journey - how sweet is that??), Sailor Speak, Theories (as to why and how the Fitz sank), Gord (a category about Gordon Lightfoot since he wrote the most famous shipwreck song ever....the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald).
The Game
So here's the deal. You get a little ship, of which you get to pick your country flag, that you have to fill with real pieces of taconite. You use a beer bottle cap of your choice and move around Lake Suprior, hopefully landing on the categories you need to fill your boat with taconite. You get taconite by answering some jackassy questions correctly. You have to get a taconite from each category in order to fill you boat. When you fill all 5 categories and your boat is loaded full of taconite YOU WIN! Thats not to say its all that simple. For example, Al got "milfoiled" this year. He was instructed to make his way back to Duluth one roll at a time - he was at the opposite end of the lake so he was basically screwed big time. To boot, he was rolling two's all night... He was SO hoping to take home the newly constructed trophy. No dice this year Al. Though he did come up with a dandy idea - each winner gets to add a component of their choice to the actual trophy - so in a few years that baby will be beyond sweet!


Here is DellMarie reading a "Gord" question.

The Winners
2005-06 - Dan Johnson
2006-07 - DellMarie Misgen
2007-08 - DellMarie Misgen
2008-09 - Dan Johnson
These two have had a monopoly on the wins here.... not sure how or why....I guess they have the luck of the seas with them.

This year's game was a sea(pun intended)saw battle with Ricky (Kenny's bro) and Dan coming out with a quick lead. Kenny made a surge and we had three guys sitting with 4 out of 5 taconites in their boats. Ricky got a screw-over card and lost a taconite while Phoebe and I made a late run...both with 4 of 5 in their boats. So it was Dan, Kenny (under some very sketchy circumstances) Phoebe and I posed to answer one more question for the win....it came down to a Gord question for Dan and he took the win and loaded his boat 5 taconite full.... he went home with the big trophy and a SWEET Duluth Shipping poster calendar.


Check the ANCHOR paper banner dingwop Carrie strung up....and Dan with the trophy - he's the guy with the Finish flag next to DellMarie.
And finally, Kenny - all the way in the back - looking as though he just filled his drawers from all the excitement. Oh Kenny....we love you so...and all the great pictures you provide us and the world!
I even made up some t-shirts for the event (Carrie bought them all - I just screened them).... check em out....



It gets better every year.... definately one of the highlights....AHOY!



1 comment:

carrieu23 said...

This was a great time and I am happy (not really) Dan won, AGAIN! Just kidding,congrats Dan. The shirts are sweet! Can't wait till next year.