The Shippensburg University Activities Planning Board (APB) held a Trivia Night on Nov. 15 in the CUB Multipurpose Room (MPR). The event began at 8 p.m. and brought the fun and competition.

Upon walking into the MPR, there was warm lighting and music playing, creating the perfect welcoming space for people to come, eat and enjoy the trivia festivities. After checking in, students were able to grab one answer sheet per group and come up with a fun name for their group. 

There were five rounds to the event, consisting of themes like music, TV/movies, pop culture, nostalgia and decades. Each round contained 10 questions, and there were very strict rules on having phones or crossing things out after the question was done, because the prizes were big. 

The prizes were given to the first, second and third place groups, with the prizes being $250, $150 and $100, respectively. Each group’s score was dependent on how many points were earned out of 50. This was high stakes, and people were ready for the games to begin. 

After going through the questions each round, the APB members gave players the answers, and players tallied up their scores out of 10 to determine their points for that round. The sounds of excitement for getting something right, or disappointment for wrong answers, could be heard going through the crowd.

There were a few intermissions where the APB members determined answers or let people take a break, get food and enjoy the event without the high intensity of the trivia questions. 

There was a nacho bar and mocktails at the event. The nacho bar had a variety of toppings so attendees could load up their nachos. They had Sprite with apple cider and Shirley Temple mocktails, with cherries or cinnamon sticks on picks for that extra touch. Students were able to go back up for seconds, or even thirds if they had the time. 

To decide the winners, the APB members counted down from 50 and would stop when calling a number that correlated with the amount of points a group had. 

At the end, the APB members began counting down to determine how many points the groups had. They stopped at above 35 points, and there were many groups that had that amount. They even had to do a tiebreaker, which was one more trivia question, until either group got one right. 

Savannah Fragale, vice president of APB, said, “We used to do Trivia Night, so we wanted to bring it back and make it better. Just like the bingo events, this was a hit.” 

APB Trivia Night has not been held for a few years now, and it paid off to bring it back. 

APB puts on many of these events throughout the year. To keep up with these events and the organization, check out its Instagram @shipapb. 

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