Which animation studio has the most Oscars? What NHL team won the Stanley Cup in 2011? And what country is Mount Kilimanjaro in?
If you’re a young person with the answers, you’ll be in good company for the first-ever Friends of Terry Fox Library Teen Trivia Night.
Happening on Saturday, April 14, the night event is free to Tri-City participants aged 13 to 19 wanting a chance to win bragging rights and prizes — not to mention meet new young people and support the Port Coquitlam library named after the hometown hero.
Here’s how it will unfold: Tables of six to 10 people will answer five questions in each of the 10 categories: movies, sports, current events, books, history, TV, geography, video games, science and nature, and flags of Canada.
After emcee Mayor Greg Moore finishes a category, the table’s answer sheet will be run up to scorekeepers Moore and Irene McKinney (who also devised the questions with Fox librarian Austin Matheson) and the points will be placed on a white board to build excitement and competition.
At the end, the winning table will automatically clinch the top award; however, the team with the best name — as well as the lowest-scoring team — will also receive accolades.
“Pretty much everyone is walking out with the prize,” said Pat Robinson, president of the Friends of the Terry Fox Library, which is hosting the trivia night with the library’s Teen Advisory Group (TAG).
Hana Yang, 18, a Riverside secondary student who has been with TAG for three years for high school volunteer credits, said she took part in last year’s adult trivia night fundraiser for Friends along with some students from Hope Lutheran and Archbishop Carney high schools.
Robinson said the Friends had such an interest from youth that a dedicated teen trivia night was in order. The goal, she said, is to get more young people into the library to see what programs and services are available such as TAG, which meets monthly and currently has about 15 members.
• To register a spot for the Teen Trivia Night, visit the Terry Fox Library at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. or call 604-927-7999. Tri-City businesses are also asked to donate gift cards and prizes by calling 604-942-9116 (with construction underway at the Port Coquitlam recreation complex, the library’s entry is now on Wilson Avenue).
