Close to 100 participants packed Bobby’s Place on Friday night for the annual event, one of the centrepieces of the second night of the Festival of Words.
Quizmaster Blair Woynarski put the battling teams through their paces, running through four rounds of questions in categories that included General Literature, Canadiana, Book Titles and Other Words (where titles were renamed with similar meaning words, such as the last time the Olympics were held in Los Angeles for ‘1984’) and Three Things (where teams had to put three subjects in order, such as the richest authors from highest to lowest among James Patterson, Stephen King and George R.R. Martin… note, that order is the correct answer).
Teams had some help along the way, as a host of the Festival’s presenting authors were on hand and were auctioned off prior to the event, bringing in a total of $2,520 for the night with all proceeds going back to the Festival.
In the end, the veteran team the Book Bags took first place with 43 points, including a perfect score through the first two rounds. Word Crimes finished second with 42 points.
The Festival of Words continues at venues downtown all day Saturday and Sunday.
