Late Night Trivia
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Late Night Trivia is a campus-wide trivia contest. LNT occurs during Dead Days each Winter Term and is broadcast live on KRLX. Groups on campus form teams, usually with "wacky" names, and compete for fabulous cash and prizes. Prizes are typically items donated by Northfield businesses, whose sponsorship is noted on the air constantly by the LNT hosts/DJs. Historically, there have been many kinds of trivia questions in LNT, including the following:
- Providing the correct answer for each of ~40 trivia questions drawn from categories roughly corresponding to the original Trivial Pursuit categories of geography, history, entertainment, sports, and science. The general format is that an open-ended question is read, a song is then played, and the correct answer is announced after the song. Teams have until the song finishes to provide their answer.
- Naming the artist and title of each song before it finishes playing also gains points for the team.
- Completing "Action Trivia" where team members did stupid things like building a human pyramid in the snow while singing the Brady Bunch theme. Approximately 4 ATs per LNT, typically at the top of each hour. One traditional Action Trivia has been the Ole Roll (named for the tasty treat served at The Ole Store), which involves rolling down Bell Hill with as much St. Olaf paraphernalia as possible. Extra points for including an actual Ole.
- Song Medleys -- ~3 second clips of 10 songs on some theme (e.g., all covers) and teams must give all 10 songs correctly (title/artist). 2-3 per LNT.
- The All-Night Stumper -- multiple clues released throughout the night. 1 per LNT. The stumper has its own phone line to call.
- Math Stumper -- find numbers around campus and work into a complex formula by the end of the night. 1 per LNT.
