Late Night Trivia
What is LNT?
Late Night Trivia is a four-hour student-organized trivia and activity-based competition broadcast on KRLX 88.1 FM on the first day of Reading Days each winter term. The format is the same from year to year but changes minute to minute.
LNT will be held on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 from 7:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. this year.
Isn't KRLX's transmitter broken?
Unfortunately, yes, but this will not stop LNT from rising from the smoldering ashes like it does at the end of every winter term. We will be broadcasting over a newly beefy and reinforced KRLX internet stream, which will be accessible in the same old way it always was on the KRLX website.
Isn't there a delay on the internet stream? Well, yes, but everyone is handicapped because there isn't the speed-of-light radio broadcast to compare it to. So, game on!
Aaah, where did KRLX's website go?
It's hiding at http://krlx.carleton.edu for now.
Here's what happens:
- A trivia question is asked over the radio, and then a song is played.
- Teams have until the end of that song to answer the question asked before the song and identify the song and artist.
- Fourish "Action Trivias" are announced throughout the night; they involve sending a contingent from (or all of) your team to a specified location and performing a specified task, usually involve acting something out, building something, or consuming something.
- Fourish "Medleys" (a series of sounds spliced together) are also played throughout the competition; your job is to identify the correct elements from these compilations, elements that can range from who's talking, who's singing, or what's happening.
- The Stumper is the crème de la crème of LNT; a series of clues (usually with a relatively simple answer) which gradually decreases in difficultly. The Stumper is worth major points but its worth scales down with each team that gets it right. Translation: the first team to get The Stumper gets the most points, the 2nd team to get it gets the 2nd most points, 3rd team 3rd most points, and so on.
- The headquarters of LNT this year is Sayles 253.
How do you win?
- The first team to correctly answer each question gets a prize as does the first team to identify the song and artist.
- Each question, song, "Action Trivia," "Medley," The Stumper, and bribe is worth points and at the end of the night top teams win mediocre / absurdly thrilling prizes.
- The most spirited team according to The Gods wins the privilege to sign their team name on the LNT Spirit Trophy.
- Bribes will be requested by The Gods over the air throughout the competition in Sayles 251; the teams who can deliver the desired item(s) to them will receive bonus points.
- To see the official scoring rules go here.
Have some important phone numbers:
- To register and find out your very important team number in the hour before LNT starts, call x5622
- During LNT, to answer a question or identify a song or artist, call x4127
- During LNT, to answer The Stumper or a "Medley," call x5622
Teams
- Teams can be any size.
- Teams can be any combination of students. Floor teams tend to do well but so do clubs that play together or just a group of friends.
- You must register your team during the hour (6 P.M - 7 P.M) before LNT begins by calling the phone number above and giving your team name and a contact phone number in order to get your official team number. This official team number must be used to identify your team when calling in answers, performing "Action Trivias," giving The Gods gifts, or answering The Stumper so make sure your whole team knows this official team number.
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