Cy's House of Trivia

Last weekend we participated in Cy's House of Trivia with a group of our friends. It is held at Hilton Coliseum and is a fundraiser for the ISU Athletic Department. The first order of business was to come up with a clever name. I think we did OK in that department....

This is our group of easily Cydtracked friends. We had a great time and did a lot of laughing throughout the evening.

Aaron and Lisa Clayberg.....(We knew that nobody would have more fun then Aaron, but we had no idea that he was our ace in the hole! He was just a wealth of useless knowledge!!)

Logan and Brianne Anderson (Although a late addition to our team, they were a great asset! Since Brianne is a librarian, we thought she should have all of the answers....but she informed us that librarians don't have all of the answers....they just know where to find them!)

Andrew Ricklefs and Carrie Thielen (Soon to be Mr. and Mrs. Ricklefs!! Are they just the cutest couple ever?! They are newly engaged and we are so happy for both of them as well as their kids! That's one lucky and happy bunch!)

Heidi and Keith Jensen (OK, that's us and you know that!)

And our hosts and emcees for the evening were Keith Murphy and Andy Fales. You may or may not recognize them from the Channel 13 Sports. Let me just tell you--they are just as entertaining in person as they are on TV. They are great at this gig!

A little background about Cy's House of Trivia....there were 88 tables of Cyclone fans eating and drinking their way through the night. There are 8 rounds of questions with 10 questions in each round. Each round has a different topic...some of this years topics were "Big 80s", "One Hit Wonders" (parts of songs and we had to list the artist), and "Corporate Logos".

For most rounds you are given an "expert" or "celebrity" at your table to help you with your answers. Some of our experts were: Jamie Pollard (ISU Athletic Director)

ISU Women's Basketball Player Kelsey Bolte, who had just been drafted the week before by the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA.

And Shane Burnham--Iowa State's Defensive Tackles Coach. He didn't get to our table until one of the last rounds, and let's just say that he had made the most of the evening! :)

And although this guy never sat at our table, Carrie and I had been staking the situation out so we could get our picture with him! I'm not sure he needs an introduction, but it is the ISU Head Men's basketball coach: Fred Hoiberg, or you can just call him "The Mayor"! And let me just tell you that he's just as cute and polite in person, as he seems on TV. He was like royalty around there and every where he turned someone wanted a picture. He didn't turn anyone down, and HE always said thank-you. A true (adorable!!) gentleman!

Our goal for the evening was to NOT come in last place...and we didn't!! There were 88 tables and we came in 66nd place! I'm pretty certain that some how anyone in the top 10 must have cheated!!

I think that it's safe to say that we all had a GREAT time and are looking forward to doing it all over again next year! ( A year really does seem like a long time to wait!)