Truly, no idea what we were doing. Nick brought along a Trivial Pursuit game thinking it might help. More drinking and dart playing than actual answering of questions. It was always a comfy 45 degrees in Kev's apartment. Had one phone, and it was a rotary dialer, at that.
By the way, we introduced that name to the contest, although other teams have since used it for a jam name. It was originally the name of a punk band in Austin, TX.
The name comes from the rules of the Couch Potatoe (Who let Dan Quayle in here??) Game...? Still had one phone line, but at least it was a tone dialer.
An influx of new players, many of whom have no connection whatsoever
to Drake University. Chris, Judy and Brad were added through Chris and
Brad's association with Nick at Northrop.
First appearance of the word Iowa in a team name. We apologize
for the acronym. Borrowed a second phone.
Chants of "Lava lava lava" were used to break slumps. Also the last year in Kevin's apartment. Jim Sievert brought a dog. We haven't invited him back. First year to have two phone lines, and a third line was a cordless. Would have worked better if we would of had a charger. More people added that were associated with Nick at Northrop. Never EVER drink Jim Beam while sleep deprived.
Top ten! Had to look at the board every time to remember the team name. Moved to the new Brimmer domicile. Best memory is of a semi-frozen soda volcanoeing all over the new carpet.
OK, so we couldn't think of any good team names. Oley gets the credit for this one.
... but we did better the next year. If memory serves, Scott and
Chris
played Castle Wolfenstein most of the weekend. First year in the newly
renovated "Brimmer Basement". The temperature of the basement invoked
memories of Brim's old apartment.
We got more acronymble, too. The year that prevented a '90's top ten decade. We spent part of the post-contest decompress agreeing that if next year turned out to be as bad as this one, we would just fold the team.
Bad name. The movie was popular and the Mississippi had flooded
turning
Iowa into a sixth Great Lake. Chris apologizes for suggesting the name.
We improved, as did the contest, so we remained a team.
Trivia masters liked our name. Dedicated a playing of 'Mighty Morphine Power Rangers' to us. Nick gets credit on this one.
We really can't remember anything from this year. It's all just a
blur. Actually, maybe it was snow blindness. A blizzard of epic
proportions stranded three people in Marshfield, WI on Friday night.
The trip from Chicago took several members 6 1/2 hours. The trip back
to Chicago was almost as bad, with Wisconsin State Troopers marking the
larger drifts and US 41 being closed down shortly after team members
made it through.
Started out as Tickle Me Iowans, but somebody else was getting
tickled
so we switched. Another snowstorm year with two members getting, ahem,
"jerked around" by Northwest Airlines' regional carrier. Everyone
arrived by midnight or so.
Smallest team and best finish. Prize was a Sesame Street Singalong cassette. Moved to the compound at 1 Brimmer Way.
Not our highest point total, but a trip to the radio station Sunday night makes up for it. Prize was a Vanilla Ice comicbook and a New Kids on the Block comicbook.
First time in quadruple digits. Consistency is becoming our hallmark
with our third prize ceremony trip in a row. Prize was a book of
"Italian
Pornography" that is left in Italian hotel rooms.
Highest point total yet. Dropped a few places in the standings but we finished closer to first than ever before. Also, we were the "Featured Team" on the local Fox affiliate. The closeup of a steaming chili-cheese dog was priceless. Interesting to note that we were 2 minutes away from answering the Super Garuda and taking 2nd (Thanks John Rickert). Our hallmark this year was the number of times we called just after the beep and were allowed to give an answer. First year with a cable modem and a local area network. Added a sponsor that gives us more phones to use.
New highest point total yet. Our fourth trip to the station in five
years. We were interviewed by the Chicago Tribune and one of the new
players
appeared on Green Bay television. The Chicago Trib pictures included a
chili-cheese dog shot. This year's incarnation
had 20 people (max, about 10 that were there the entire weekend) and 2
computers on the internet. The Whitewater bunch played "Harry Pothead
and
the Whitewater Crew Stoned" until they hit 420 points. Hmm, 4:20??
Prize was an AOL CD signed by the trivia masters...I think.
New highest point total yet, but no trip to the awards ceremony. A
large
article in the Post-Cresent featured Kev and the Leg Lamp; they
misquoted
Kev, claiming we won in 1998. We had 15 people through most of the
weekend
and added a wireless network (6 computers on the net). An SQL worm hit
during the weekend, slagging many websites across the country and
making the internet a wasteland of dead links.
One of the tightest races in memory. The Bank of Kaukauna - 1335,
Skull Squadron - 1265, Lucky Guess - 1250, Six Feet Under - 1230, Lord
of the Iowans - 1215, Apocalyspe Cow - 1145. Finally, we are rid of the
"Lord of the Iowans" name even though it served us well the first two
years of the trilogy. Who knows what we will be next year...something
with "Iowa" in it :-)