Know It All Ball April Fool’s Day edition
A giant thank you to all that came out to The Duntroon Hall on Saturday night for a knowledge-fueled night of trivia!
A total of 23 tables packed the sold-out event with an infectious energy, making for another great evening after last month’s super successful Green Beer Day. These events help us raise funds for the upkeep and improvements to our local community Small Hall.
It was a tight race at the top, but The Grand Prize Winner of the night was Brain Candy with an overall score of 88 per cent. Second was Sagacious Simpletons with 82 per cent and third was captured by MND at 81 per cent.
After the Covid hiatus, it was obvious people were in the mood to have fun, and the lively space was filled with fantastic table themes and costumes. Judge Monica ultimately gave The Best Costumed Table competition to The Gold Stars who will hopefully recycle their festive display for next year’s New Year’s Eve party! Team spirit awards could have gone out to so many, but special mention to the “We Thought This Was Speed Dating” for humour and “Team Evil” for making the most of their moniker!
Jason Squire, a newbie to the KIAB, was this year’s illustrious winner of the Main Brain Drain, earning the privilege of donning the coveted ‘Cervical Crown.’
New this year the KIAB was organized around ‘Ministries’: of Culture, Religious Affairs, Economic Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Environmental Affairs, Science and Resources, Local Lore, and Music. Next year the plan is to merge Religious Affairs with an enlarged Culture, and shuffle out Economics and bring in Sports and Recreation, to address public interest!
Based on the score sheets we were able to retrieve at the end of a rather hectic night (with apologies to The April Fools, Brain Candy, and Hens and Chicks 2 for losing your sheets!), apart from overall winner Brain Candy, who managed to place in every category!, Ministry top placers included:
Ministry of Culture: Highlanders and MND, with Team Evil, Sagacious Simpletons, Shady Beaches, Speed Daters, Gold Stars, Music Know Its and Marlarkys tied, and Hens and Chicks 1, Big Bangers and Generations all next.
Ministry of Religious Affairs: Marlarkys (what does this mean?), with the Big Bangers next, followed by the tied Team Evil, Sagacious Simpletons and Dallas Sideroad.
Ministry of Economic Affairs: Sagacious Simpletons and MND, with Dallas Sideroad and Gold Stars just behind, then Clearview Casuals.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Team Evil, Sagacious Simpletons, MND and Gold Stars tied, with Dallas Sideroad, Highlanders and Happy Campers all next, chased by Hillbillies, Genies and Music Know Its.
Ministry of Environmental Affairs: Sagacious Simpletons with Clearview Casuals showing their stuff, with Hens and Chicks 1 and MND pretty on it too, and Highlanders close behind.
Ministry of Science and Resources: captured by Hillbillies! with Sagacious Simpletons, MND, Dallas Sideroad and Music Know Its working on it, and Team Evil, Big Bangers, Highlanders, WishUwerehere and Generations all ready for the spaceship too.
Ministry of Local Lore: those hardcore Clearview Casuals, followed by Big Bangers, Hillbillies, Genies and Music Know Its, and then a tie between Gold Stars and Generations.
Ministry of Music: surprisingly a hit with Music Know Its, with Hillbillies close behind, and we believe the (missing) April Fools taking consolation.
We admit it, the questions were tough! The result was that the top-10 average was 73 per cent and the overall average was 61 per cent which we are taking to heart and will promise that we’ll raise those averages at the 2024 Know-it-all-Ball at The Duntroon Hall to knock your socks off but keep you on your feet!
– Submitted by event organizers Jim Campbell and Suzanne Wesetvik
