Awards

Heaviest Treasure Chest Award: Adam and Tommy tied for getting 125 point questions all on their own. Adam patiently waited for a Pope County History book to download so he could see if the first teacher’s name was to be found. Tom dug around on the web to find out that Shirley Pifco has had trouble concentrating since Buddy Ebsen died.
Greatest TEAM Discovery on the Seven Seas: "Ahoy! Thar she be, the John Mitchell - put a cannon ball through her magazine!" Twenty gold dubloons to everyone for capturing this elusive 500-point treasure.
Poop Deck Swabbing Award: Sandy Lanz for keeping headquarters neat and tidy and for keeping garbage down to a minimum. She even had to swab a bathroom or two during the weekend. Now that’s dedication to trivia!
Old Man and the High Seas Award: Big Tom for staying up with us from Saturday morning until Sunday afternoon. And for his willingness to call the phone bank and guess anything – even Gary Zimmerman!
Shot Across their Bow Award for Best Phone Bank "Harassment": Lauren Ament for striking out with every female phone bank worker for the last 5 hours. Happy Valentine's Lauren!
"Yaaarrrrrr!" Award for the Most Enthusiastic Pirate Noises: Michael Lanz for stoking our pirate enthusiasm during hour 50.
"Here, take my lifeboat" Award: Krisie Melsen for her generous donation of ClearWire internet which kept our team afloat after numerous crashes. Next year we'll have to have a better net-work.... get it, net? Yaaaarrrrrrrr!
Best "Greenhorn" on the Team Award: While not new to Trivia, Alex was new to our team and was a great addition - thanks for joining us and hope to see you again next year matey!
Never Stop Pounding Your War Drum Award: To Sara for cracking the whip for all but 4 hours of trivia to always keep those team oars a'rowin and the answer a'flowin. Jerry, Tommy & Joe get honorable mentions here as well for going strong on 5 hours sleep.
The Pillage Award: This one goes to Adam for ransacking a liquor store and bringing us a case of their "gold" for Premium Hour!
Captain Jack Sparrow Award: To DK and Andy for their tough reputation on the Foosball circuit, scaring off the only team to accept our late Saturday night challenge.
The Lighthouse Award: To Darren for keeping us on course with his fine database work and signaling us with his foghorn of a whistle when the rough sea of chatter threatened to sink a new question.
Treasure of Captain Kidd Award for Most Points Earned: Tommy Lanz for breaking the 1000 point mark and making, by far, the greatest contribution to our team’s score. Thanks for not abandoning ship in favor of broomball, or Frisbee, or even much in the way of sleep.
Jewel in the Oyster Award: For the best phone bank worker goes to Hi-Seas Fruit Punch. There were some sketchy “incompletes” and incorrect “wrongs” thrown out by careless phone bank workers, but talking to Hi-Seas (which happened often – she must’ve put in a long weekend) was always a pleasure.
The Captain Hook Award: For his willingness to argue for well-deserved points, this award again goes to Tommy. We know who to turn to when Seasons 3 & 4 of Bewitched isn’t considered the same as the 1966 and 1967 seasons.
The Titanic Award: This one has to go to Feelin' Comfortable... they talk a big game before they set sail, but every year they seem to find that one iceberg. Better luck next year guys.
Tribute to Those Lost at Sea: There were several crew members who were sorely missed this year including Tom Kain, Josh Hengemuele, and Luke Heely just to mention a few. One of these years our entire team will be intact and all the other teams had better watch out!
Lost on a Deserted Island Award: Ryce played a good game from Bangkok, Thailand. It takes serious devotion to play for that long from thousands of miles away - you earned every point you picked up, Ryce. Finishing a close second in this category was Joe, who always seems to be on his own private island. Monster Trucks Rule!
Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Rum Award: To all those who joined us for the weekend, thanks for helping to make this another great year! While your name may not appear elsewhere, you still deserve a cut of the booty for adding to the team. Thanks to: Steve & Katie, Wayne & Claudia, Mark & Sue, Tim, Suzanne, Murphy's friends, Amanda, Ron & Barb, Laura, Terri & Patty and anyone we may have missed.