Students showed off their trivia knowledge at the second annual Honors Quiz Bowl hosted by the Honors Student Advisory Board Tuesday night. Several teams of up to four people gathered in the central ballroom, with team names consisting of puns like ÷ and Conquer. 

“It’s a great event. The more teams we can get involved the better,” said Arijan Alagic, sophomore business economics major. “It’s a way for us to bring university students together in a fun event.”

Last year, the game was sudden death. This year, they made it double elimination. Alagic said this was to give people a second chance if they lost in the first round. He said that it would improve the team members’ experience.

Dana Potter, senior studio art major with an emphasis in printmaking, said that attendance has grown since last year, and she hopes it will grow even more in the future.

“If we get more teams next year it will probably be single elimination, but that shouldn’t be too important. The more teams the better,” Potter said.

Like last year, a faculty team joined during the final round to steal points from the two remaining teams. This year, the faculty team consisted of people like Jeff Byrd, Jay Lees and Jessica Moon. The faculty team won, but apparently not by much. Sarah Hofmeyer, sophomore deciding major, said this made the final round that much more exciting to watch.

Hofmeyer had been on a team, herself in the earlier rounds of the event. Her team did not make it into the final round. Despite that, she said she was really glad she came and participated.

“I’m not very good at trivia, but there’s always that random question that you know that no one else knows … and I did get a few of those,” Hofmeyer said, “I had so much fun.”

The winning student team was Middle-Earth, consisting of Corey Cooling, Parker Bennet, Tyler Shuck and Blake Findley. Their prizes were gift cards to Sidecar Coffee. Potter said Sidecar has sponsored the event for two years, and will likely do so next year.

When asked about plans for next year’s event, Alagic said, “Same thing, only different.”