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Teuma-Castelletti
BRISTOL Jan. 27, 2018
A fairly new event returned to the Jack Graham Community Centre on Saturday evening, when those looking to test the limits of their knowledge gathered for a dinner and a quiz.
No, this wasn’t a gathering of local mathletes or a comic-con, but the return of last year’s popular Trivia Night, as put on by the Bristol Community Association (BCA).
“Last year was our first one and there was a very good response,” said Anita Foster-Renaud, vice president of the BCA. “Hopefully it turns into an annual event.”

After a full meal catered by Café 349, tables donned their thinking caps – in some cases, this literally happened – to answer some tough questions on a variety of topics. Categories at this year’s event included Canada, the arts, history, music, sports, literature, geography and animals.
“It was a huge adventure developing questions,” said Foster-Renaud. “It was a real challenge for me, but I enjoyed every minute of it.”
Foster-Renaud designed the questions with the aim of making them accessible to a wide range of guests, hoping to make them difficult, but not too frustrating. While she created many of the questions, she did rely on Bill Smith, another organizer and member of the BCA, for some assistance.
“It gets very quiet whenever they get serious about answering some questions,” said Smith. “Sometimes it’s so quiet you can hear a pin drop.”
Eight teams played on Saturday, mostly consisting of eight members in each team. Each team could choose one category that would act as a double point round, where they’d score twice on every correct answer.
As well, the final category offered teams the choice to wager points that they had. If they were correct, they’d double the points wagered, up to 10, for that round. If incorrect, those points would be lost. Smith said this final round was a real game changer at last year’s trivia night.
New for this year was the inclusion of an actual trophy, a surprise to the players that was brought in, and already featured last year’s winners, The Magnificent Seven, upon it.
Foster-Renaud said evenings like this are meant to help the community enjoy living in Bristol, offering opportunities for socializing and fun outside the house in winter.
“We’re open to suggestions. If people had ideas that they’d like to see us do, we’d look into it,” said Foster-Renaud.