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Winton LeMoine, CA

2007 Champion

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Event History

Year  Champion         Total
1993  Luke Kratz          23
1994  Eric Olin           25
1995  Chuck Foster        24
1996  Luke Kratz          25
1997  Stephanie Greenwood 19
1998  Caleb Cousins       29
1999  Shantanu Saha       17
2000  Randy Cox           31
2001  Aaron Silverman     34
2002  Doug Hoylman        48
2003  Aaron Silverman     43
2004  Doug Hoylman        31
2005  Sean McCulloch      40
2006  Rich Meyer          37
2007  Winton LeMoine      43
          

 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Aaron Silverman    FL    03     44
  2.  Doug Hoylman       MD    04     42
  3.  Richard Irving     CA    07     32
  4.  Randy Cox          SC    03     31
  5.  Richard Meyer      MA    06     30
  6.  Winton LeMoine     CA    07     28
  7.  Pitt Crandelmire   MA    02     24
  8.  Paul Bean          MA    06     20
  9.  Sean McCulloch     OH    05     20
 10.  Shantanu Saha      NY    99     20
 11.  Eric Brosius       MA    07     16
 12.  Roderick Lee       CA    07     14
 13.  Ted Drozd          IL    06     12
 14.  Steve Cameron      PA    00     12
 15.  Francis Spencer    MD    04     10
 16.  Debbie Bell        MD    01      8
 17.  Caleb Cousins      ME    01      8
 18.  Sean Cousins       ME    01      8
 19.  James Hopkin       CA    00      8
 20.  Stephany Greenwood MD    99      8
 21.  Jason Arvey        VA    06      6
 22.  Gordon Rodgers     PA    05      6
 23.  Roy Pettis         VA    03      6
 24.  Ted Simmons        NJ    07      4
 25.  Robert Cranshaw    RI    05      4
 26.  Frank Cunliffe     PA    05      4
 27.  Luke Kratz         ID    04      4
 28.  Donna Balkan       ON    01      4
 29.  Andy Maly          MD    99      4
 30.  Ed Kendrick        UK    07      2
 31.  Matt Amitrano      VA    06      2
 32.  Gordon Elgart      CA    02      1

2007 Laurelists

Eric Brosius, MA
2nd

Richard Irving, CA
3rd

Roderick Lee, CA
4th

Ted Simmons, NJ
5th

Ed Kendrick, UK
6th


Past Winners

Luke Kratz, ID
1993, 1996

Eric Olin, CT
1994

Chuck Foster, TX
1995

Stephanie Greenwood, MD
1997

Caleb Cousins, ME
1998

Shantanu Saha, NY
1999

Randy Cox, SC
2000

Aaron Silverman, NJ
2001, 2003

Doug Hoylman, MD
2002, 2004

Sean McCulloch, OH
2005

Rich Meyer, MA
2006
       

A Real Trivial Pursuit

     43 people played; attendance was bolstered by an improved time slot. Your GM guaranteed everyone an on-time, one-hour finish, which was achieved even with a great deal of humor and fun. Four puzzles were played by all contestants. Each puzzle had categories drawn from history, general knowledge, sports and a bit of geography thrown in for good measure.

           The first puzzle categories were: Civil War Battles in Maryland or Pennsylvania; Triple Crown winners; Famous fashion designers from USA, France or Italy; Signers of the Articles of Confederation; and Heisman Trophy Winners since 1960. These were played across the letters A, C, G, S and W. Leonard Omolecki led the pack with a score of 15 out of a possible 25. He was closely followed by Richard Irving and Winton Lemoine with 14 each.

           Puzzle 2 sought Gilbert & Sullivan operettas; Men's Olympic Alpine skiing gold medalists; Italian cathedral cities; Gettysburg Generals and Popular American magazines across G, M, P, R and S. English gamer Ed Kendrick knew every G&S operetta, but didn't know any American magazines. Larry Lingle got all the generals, but none of the skiers. Rod Lee and Rich Fetzer both scored 15, closely followed by Eric Brosius and Winton Lemoine with 14 and 12 respectively.

           The high score dropped to 13 (Gordon Rodgers) for puzzle 3. Categories were Queen albums; major inhabited Caribbean islands; Olympic Gold Medal figure skaters; Holy Roman Empire Imperial Free cities in 1792; and Tony Award Best Musical winners over D, G, H, N and S. Many people did not think of 'Greatest Hits' for Queen and Haiti is not an island. Hispaniola is. 

           The final puzzle had a bonus 6th category: Julie Andrews movies; Cities in Thurn & Taxis game or Swiss cantons; Jethro Tull albums; Books of the New Testament; First names of Gilmore Girl characters; and Images of people on Sgt. Pepper album cover with letters A, L, M, P and T. Richard Irving led the pack with a high score of 15 out of a possible 30. Once again Winton came in tied for second with Rod Lee, Ted Simmons and Eric Brosius. 

           Total top scores for all four heats were: Lemoine 46; Brosius 45; Irving 44; Ted Simmons 42; Ted Drozd 42; Rodgers 40 and Ed Kendrick 37. Ted Drozd had the most consistent scores (13, 10, 10, 9) while Roderick Lee had the highest standard deviation scoring 11, 15, 5 and 13. Winton did not 'win' a single round, but his two second place finishes and good showings on the other puzzles amassed enough consistent right answers to just edge fierce competitors Eric Brosius and Richard Irving. Rich took third beating Ted Simmons on the 4th puzzle tie breaker.

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