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Steubenville Kiwanis plan Team Trivia competition March 11

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COME OUT AND PLAY — Members of the Steubenville Kiwanis Club are making plans for their 11th-annual Team Trivia competition, which will be held at 2 p.m. March 11 in the commons area at Steubenville High School with an afternoon start time this year instead of an evening one. Teams of up to 10 people are being recruited at $120 and can sign up by contacting Tom Timmons by phone at (740) 314-9574 or by e-mail to timmons@wesbanco.com. Teams will compete for cash prizes at the event that will include a 50-50 drawing, a Chinese auction and a live auction. Looking forward to the afternoon of fun are, from left, club President Cookie West, Joe Corabi, Tom Timmons, Phyllis Riccadonna, Paul Brandt and Wendell Barner. -- Janice Kiaski

And now for a little trivia.

Who won bragging rights at the 10th-annual Trivia Team fundraiser competition hosted in 2022 by the Steubenville Kiwanis Club?

The answer? It was the Brains of the Barons from Franciscan University of Steubenville who left $500 richer for their knowledge of many things in many categories.

Second-place honors went to Pride of the Red Knights from T-Town, and the third-place team was Hunkler's Heroes from the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County.

The Kiwanis hope for returning teams and new ones for the 11th-annual Trivia Team competition that will be held March 11 in the commons area of Steubenville High School.

Instead of being an evening event, however, this year's festivities will be an afternoon affair getting under way at 2 p.m.

Teams will once again compete for cash prizes and bragging rights as part of an environment that will include a 50-50 drawing, a Chinese auction and a live auction.

The cost for a team to participate -- with a team meaning up to 10 people -- is $120. They can register by contacting Tom Timmons, club secretary-treasurer and event chair, by phone at (740) 314-9574 or by e-mail to timmons@wesbanco.com. The deadline to register is March 7.

That also is the contact information for anyone who would like to donate items for the Chinese auction or the live auction.

Teams are advised to bring their own snacks.

Paul Brandt, Joe Corabi, Ray Agresta and Peggy Pugh will serve as judges.

The competition was not held in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic and got rescheduled last year because of a March snowstorm -- more trivia, offers Timmons, whose sister, Sue Busler, prepares the questions and serves as event emcee. Busler hails from Maryville, Ill., just outside St. Louis, and brought the idea for such a fundraiser to the area through her brother nearly a decade ago.

"It's a great tradition," Timmons said of the contest that consists of 10 rounds of questions in categories such as history, sports, science, geography, current events and entertainment with a possible score of 100 points per round and a grand total of 1,000 points.

"She'll make up all the questions again, and it's a good team competition. Everyone's pretty competitive," Timmons added.

Proceeds from the event benefit community projects undertaken by the club.

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