St. Cloud Times — When Jim Huston first heard about trivia weekend in his introduction to radio course at St. Cloud State University last year, he was less than thrilled that the class required him to work the phone banks.
“I came in for my three hours,” Huston said. “I wasn’t planning on sticking around.”
But six hours after his shift ended, Huston — known to trivia players as Nova — was struggling to tear himself away from the excitement.
It’s the excitement, the anticipation and of course the success of finding the right answer in time that has drawn worldwide attention to KVSC-FM at St. Cloud State University every February.
“It started in 1980 as a partnership between KVSC and the residential hall association,” said Jim Gray, KVSC’s operations director. “It was meant for the dorms. It was a hall activity. And eventually (the residential halls) got tired of it, handed it off to the radio station. And the radio station picked it up and ran.”
Now in it’s 38th year, the annual trivia weekend has grown to include people from as far away as New Zealand, all eager to answer approximately 450 questions spread over 50 consecutive hours starting at 5 p.m. Friday and running through 7 p.m. Sunday.
