APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – The 56th Annual Great Midwest Trivia contest continues this year, but there will be a few changes.
Perhaps the most significant difference – the contest will be streamed online instead of through the Lawrence University radio.
“This year we are going entirely virtual and broadcasting on Twitch, which is an online streaming service,” said contest Head Master Grace Krueger. “You can watch the contest simply by going to twitch.tv/GreatMidwestTrivia. If you want to play, you can join our Discord server. The link to the server is in the ‘About’ section of our Twitch channel.”
Registration for the contest opens at 8:00 p.m. Friday night, and the contest itself kicks off at 10:00 p.m. Krueger says anyone who’s interested in taking part can register to play through their designated Discord server at any time throughout the contest, and that’s also how they’ll be able to submit their answers.
“Every 3 minutes, we’ll ask a question. People have 3 minutes to scour the Internet looking for the answer to that question, and then if they think they found it they can call in and speak with a phone answerer or trivia master who can give them points for the question if they got it correct,” Krueger told WTAQ News.
But just because people can utilize the Internet doesn’t mean the answers will be simple results you can find with a quick click into a search engine of choice.
“I like to describe our trivia questions as kind of like a virtual treasure hunt. You need to follow the clues in the question to find where the answer is hidden,” Krueger said. “You can’t just Google, ‘Oh, what’s the name of Superman’s father?’ It’s something that’s a little more obfuscated, so you have to go through several layers of research to get to the effort.”
There are over 350 questions prepared for this year’s contest. Last year hit a record high with 411 questions asked, but Krueger doesn’t think they’ll reach that milestone.
The contest runs through about midnight Sunday evening.
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