Kaleidoquiz

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Kaleidoquiz is a 26-hour team competition with trivia questions asked every six minutes, hosted by 88.5 KURE in Ames, Iowa. Additionally, the competition has events such as scavenger hunts, traveling questions, montages, and even a dancing competition. .

Kaleidoquiz 2008 is scheduled to start on March 7, 2008[1] at 5:00pm CST.

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[edit] Kaleidoquiz History

Kaleidoquiz began back in 1967. Back then the station wasn't FM, wasn't in stereo, it wasn't even KURE. The very first Kaleidoquiz was only 12 hours long, because the station went off air at midnight. However, it was already extremely popular. So many people were calling in to answer questions that the Iowa State University phone system was so congested it was near impossible to place a call on campus the entire afternoon.

As years went by and Kaleidoquiz grew in size and importance (it was once the largest radio trivia game in the world), people began to notice. National Public Radio did a story on the Kaleidoquiz phenomenon in the 1970's[2]. During one of the famous traveling questions, over a hundred cars descended upon a small Iowa town and terrified the locals as they searched for their answer.

The ISU tradition of Kaleidoquiz has evolved over the years. Fewer teams participate than in its peak, but to make up for it, and make up for the ease the internet has added to answering the questions, Kaleidoquiz is now packed with many more sub-contests through the night. Now, while the teams are answering the normal trivia questions every 6 minutes through-out the night, they are also scrabbling to finish a scavenger hunt, trying to recognize a song or movie in the montages, or performing some odd task that is set before them.

Today, Kaleidoquiz is 26 hours long and still as crazy as ever.

[edit] Competition Results

[edit] 2008

First Place: Lyon Harwood's team, "If God Had Wanted You to Live He Wouldn't Have Created Me!"

Second Place: Barton Anders's team, "Who Would Win in a Cage Match Between Bear Grylls, a Cheetah, and the Bear Cavalry?"

Third Place: Correctionville State Penitentiary's Most Wanted team, "Float Like a Butterfly Sting Like a Betch"

[edit] 2007[3]

First Place: Lyon Harwood's team, "Flaccid With Rage"

2006's runner-up dominated this year's Kaleidoquiz with strong showings in every category. For their valiant efforts, they won the "fat pack" of food-related prizes.

Second Place: Barton Anders's team, "Betrayal at the Hauptbahnhof where those to whom all your base are belong pwn uber alles in KQ"

They held this place by a 21 point margin to earn the "geek prize" of video games and a start-up comic collection provided by Mayhem Collectibles.

Third Place: Friley Lorch-Russell's team, "Kick In the Box"

Not often known for their money finishes, these folks from the top of Friley Hall showed great spirit and were rewarded for their effort with the "camping pack" of outdoor gear!
Full Results for 2007

[edit] 2006[4]

First Place: Barton Anders's team, "Puzzling, boggling, high-jumping, doubled and redoubled witnesses of the great DOR matress robbery as foretold by Great Uncle Perry the Prophet"

Second Place: Lyon Harwood's team, "Godzilla took a bite out of Optimus Prime like Scruff McGruff took a bite out of crime"

Third Place: Helser Hall's team, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion"

[edit] 2005[5]

First Place: Lyon Harwood's team, "Marching Through Your Veins Like Radioactive Rubber Pants"

Second Place: Barton Anders's team, "Tap-dancing Warrior Pandas from the Insane Asylum of Quetzlzacatenango"

Third Place: Material Engineers' team, "The Cunning Linguists of Sealabia"

[edit] 2004

First Place: Barton Anders's team, "Blue Moose Socks Entropy International v. 3.68"

Second Place: Lyon Harwood's team, "See the turtle of enormous girth! On his shell he holds the earth"

Third Place: Roberts Fairchild's team, "Floccinaucinihilipilificatory Kerfuffle"

[edit] 2003

First Place: Old Roberts Fairchild's team, "Ike Turner"

Second Place: Lyon Harwood's team, "The House That Apathy Almost Built"

Third Place: New Roberts Fairchild's team, "Santa Claus Debunks Santa Claus God"

[edit] 2002

First Place: Lyon Harwood's team, "The Irrepressible Lawn Gnomes"

Second Place: Old Roberts Fairchild's team, "The Flaming Virgins"

Third Place: Barton Anders's team

[edit] 1998

First Place: Lyon Barker's team, "Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooey"

Second Place: Lyon Harwood & Barton Anders' team, "Stoned Empire Monkey"

[edit] 1997[6]

First Place: Barker House's team, "Writhing in Ecstasy"

This years winners were awarded a free party in the Maintenance Shop.

Second Place: Honors team, "Cerebral Frustration"

This team won a double-cassette-deck stereo.

Third Place: "Punchin' the Munchkin' and the Hut of Lust"

Team members won a KURE-D.J.ed party.

[edit] See Also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Signing up. kaleidoquiz.org.
  2. ^ Hunt begins for Kaliedoquiz. iowastatedaily.com (March 3rd, 1998).
  3. ^ KQ2k7 Final Scores. kure.stuorg.iastate.edu (March 3rd, 2007).
  4. ^ Kaleido-crazy. iowastatedaily.com (March 6th, 2006).
  5. ^ Kaleido-crazy. iowastatedaily.com (March 6th, 2006).
  6. ^ Looking for white golf balls on a field of snow. iowastatedaily.com (February 10th, 1997).

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