It was a record crowd for Intergenerational Trivia Night at the Edmonds Waterfront Center (EWC) Tuesday, with more than 120 participants competing on 22 teams. Creative team names ranged from “The last of the baby boomers” to second- place winners “We are Family.”
Trivia hosts Michelle Neu and Elaine Sonntag Johnson, who have been doing this for seven years, kept the evening lively with lightning-round questions, where everyone competes individually for a seemingly endless supply of crazy prizes.
The questions kept everyone on their toes. Name all 5 Great Lakes. Some are unsettling. True or False – There are snails in your yard with more than 1,000 teeth. True!
“If you plan to attend, be sure your teammates are well versed in science, history, sports, geography, music and pop culture,” said Michelle Neu, EWC Director of Social & Recreation programs.
The event was sponsored by Crista Senior Living, who helped with the event and provided refreshments and raffle prizes. The prizes for the winning team were provided by long-time trivia partner The Red Twig.
“The Red Twig hosted our first intergenerational trivia night at the Red Twig in 2018, which attracted enough people, young and old, to form six teams,” said Edmonds Waterfront Center CEO Daniel Johnson. “Our goal was to bring generations together. After many events at that location and a growing audience, it moved to the senior center. The trivia nights continued in a church basement through the construction of the new EWC, and online during COVID. Now that we are back in the new building, attendance continues to grow”.
The sentiment for the evening was captured by Pat Thorpe, who was on the winning team, “Such a fun, ‘warm’ event on a cold winter night,” she said. “Looking forward to the next one!”
The next trivia night is scheduled for May 30.
Hmmmm… We don’t quite know what to believe since we don’t have any idea when your web site/information gets updated. For example, the message on this site states: The next trivia night is scheduled for May 30. But what year is that, This year or last year? It’s hard to tell sine this is February and and May was 9 months ago, or will be 3 months in the future. See the confusion? All we need to get unconfused is for the YEAR to be included as that would help out a great deal. Thanks for allowing me to rant. We are eagerly looking forward to more Trivia Nights and other activities in the future!
Hi Don — every story we post has a publication date at the top. In this case, it was January 31, 2024. We generally post Trivia nights in advance but you can also check in directly with the Edmonds Waterfront Center.