Trivia night

Corporate Sponsor – Oxford Dodge

Corporate Sponsor – Chapman Real Estate Team

Disk Jockey – Spriet Family Companies

Grand Prize Board – Oxford Dodge

Scoring and Results – Western IT Group

Electronic Payment - Paystone

50/50 Draw – Chapman Real Estate Team

Silent Auction – Sifton Properties

Bonus Contest Red – Crossings Pub Company

Bonus Contest White - iVest Equity

Team Costume – The Achievement Centre, Joe O’Nell

High Round – The Achievement Centre, Joe O’Neill

Audio Visual – Sound Events

Volunteer Parking – Donohue Funeral Home

Sing Along Contest – Kellogg Lane

Snack Advertiser – Justin Skrypnyk Real Estate

Snack Supplier – Masse’s No Frills

Door Prize – Oakridge Optimist Soccer Club

Prize Sponsor – Sobeys, Metro, The Spa Date, Paula V. Adams Law Office

Social Media Ad Sponsor - Elevate Real Estate Group

Safety Mat Advertiser – Unifirst

Gimmee & Double Up – Oxford Dodge

Fun Round – London Awnings

Round 1 – Downs Law – London and Glencoe

Round 2 – Peggy Sattler Approved by the CFO for Peggy Sattler

Round 3 – Arielle Kayabaga, MP London West

Round 4 – Oxford Dodge Chrysler Jeep FIAT

Round 5 – Peter Fragiskatos, MP London North Centre

Round 6 – Nash Jewellers

Round 7 – Western I.T. Group

Round 8 – Chapman Real Estate Team

Round 9 – Budget Travel Warehouse

Round 10 - Paula V. Adams Law Office

Intermissions – Oakridge Optimist Soccer Club

Scoring Laptop Sponsor - Mac Outpost

2025 Trivia Night

Saturday, February 1st was our 21st edition of this popular fundraiser, but sadly, the last time we will be at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel.  The venue is ending its banquet division later this year.  Our hearfelt thanks go out to Michelle and her wonderful, caring, capable and hospitable team for the great work they have done for us since 2017.  We will all miss this venue, but don't despair, we will be moving a block south to RBC Place on York Street for our next event.  Back to this year - we were privilaged to host 448 guests at 56 tables.  Add about 60 volunteers and you can imageine that the place was hopping.

Congratulations go out to everyone who won a prize in our raffle, silent auction, 50/50 contest, trivia contests and more.  Here is a sampling of some notable winners.  

• The lucky 50/50 winner of $2,090.00 was Dan McHardy of London.  Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets.  

• Now the trivia winners - 1st place won $520 Table 18 Maureen O'Neill with 94 points, 2nd place won $440 Table 53 Lance Lefebvre with 91 points, 3rd place won $360 Table 26 Peggy Sattler with 90 points, 4th place won $200 Table 38 Megan Moorhouse with 89 points and 5th place won $120 Table 12 Jack Ramieri with 88 points.  

• The bottom 32 tables after round 5 were entered in the Bonus Bracket sponsored by Crossings Grill and Bar and iVest Equities.  The Red side winner was table 50 Kali Samlal and the White side winner was table 16 Michael Patterson.  Each of these tables won a package of gift cards.

Thank you to all of our guests, volunteers, advertisers and donors for supporting the work that our club does to enhance the lives of youth and our community.

2024 Trivia Night

Saturday, February 3rd marked our 20th anniversary of trivia night.  We were proud to have Optimist International President Tracy Huxley helping us in a variety of volunteer roles.  Thank you to all of our guests, volunteers, advertisers and donors for making this another successful evening.

2023 Trivia Night Live!

We held our live, venue event on Saturday, February 4, 2023 with an intentionally reduced audience to ensure our safety.  We had all our sponsors and advertisers back along with lots of old friends and new guests.  Thank you to all our supporters.  

2022 Virtual Trivia Night for the Family

The virtual event went off without a hitch again this year.  Our sponsors were a great support once again, the online auction was a great success and we raised much need funds to support our programs.  We had 60 links sold to families and groups of friends that gathered in a home for all the fun.  Thank to all the volunteers, donors, advertisers and players for your ongoing support during this difficult COVID time.

2022 Trivia Night (Venue)

Our plans for the live event set for Saturday, February 5th had to be cancelled due to new COVID restrictions that came into effect in early January.  Thank you to our sponsors who have all stayed with us to support the virtual event planned for February 19th and to the good folks at Orr Cleaners, Oxford Dodge, Marlin Martens BrokerLink Insurance and Chapman Real Estate Team who donated the cost of their table to support our club.

2021 Trivia Night for the Family

This was a brand new event for us given the restrictions placed on all of us due to COVID.  We worked on the logistics of holding the event online using Zoom.  We initially hoped that players would be able to gather in small household groups of six to eight in a home and that our twenty or so volunteers would be able to work together under one roof in the Oxford Dodge showroom, but a late December lockdown in Ontario meant that our eventual decision to plan for the 'worst case' scenario was the right choice.  This was a family trivia night with ten rounds of 7 two-part questions.  In most cases the first part was geared to younger children and the second part was a bit more challenging for older kids and adults.  All of our volunteers worked virtually from their own homes.

We purchased a Zoom Pro account that allowed 100 participants on the meeting.  We needed 8 slots for the volunteers and we sold 91 team slots to play.  We had one family joining from Atlantic Canada.  Our sponsors and advertisers came through big time.  We were unable to hold a 50/50 draw or a raffle draw, but we did find an online platform for our silent auction, MobilBid.ca.  We had 27 great donors that gave us wonderful auction items and packages.  The night went off without a hitch and we received many notes of congratulations and thanks for providing an opportunity for families to have a fun and stimulating evening at home.

Champions - The scaled down version meant that teams self marked and we did not offer cash prizes but these teams earned bragging rights.  Four teams shared 4th place - Team 11Michelle Cavanagh  Team 14 Mike Chute, Team 55 Pamela McKenzie and Team 88 Megan Winkler.  Team 1 Paula Adams, also a round advertiser, came in third.  Team seven captained by John and Ellen Brennan were second and the winner of the first ever online Trivia Night for the Family was Team 36 Ron Gulka.  Congratulations to everyone.

Thanks to all of our volunteers, donors, sponsors and advertisers and we hope to see you all back at our regular venue in 2022.

2020 Trivia Night

Thank you to all of our players, sponsors, advertisers, donors and volunteers for your dedication to our primary fundraiser.  The financials are not yet complete but we will be able to enrich the lives of youth in our community because of you.  Here is a list of some of our winners.

50/50 Draw Winner - Alan Harkness of Kitchener bought the winning ticket and took home a prize of $2,587.50.  That is a record prize for our event.  Congratulations Alan and thanks to the Chapman Real Estate Team for sponsoring this contest.

Bonus Bracket Winners - The bottom 32 tables at the end of 5 rounds of play were entered into the Bonus Bracket sponsored by Crossings Pub & Eatery and iVest Mortgage.  These tables went head to head over the next 5 rounds until two winners remained.  The Howard Shears team won the White side of the bracket with a score of 54 and the Heather Hoare team won the Red side with a score of 60.  Each person at these tables won $25 gift certificates provided by our sponsors.

Champions - Cash prizes were awarded to the top 5 teams.  The prize board is sponsored by Oxford Dodge.  Here are the winners with their table prize in brackets.  5th place with 76 points - the Joe O'Neill table ($160), 4th place with 77 points - the Derrick Shadlock table ($240), tied for 2nd place with 79 points - the Maureen O'Neill table ($440) and the Josh Morgan table ($440) and in 1st place with 82 points - the Peggy Sattler team ($560).

Thanks again to everyone who supported us, our volunteers and for the great job done by Michelle and her team at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel.  We hope to see you all back next year.

2019 Trivia Night

Thank you to all of our players, sponsors, advertisers, donors and volunteers for your dedication to our primary fundraiser.  The financials are not yet complete but we will be able to enrich the lives of youth in our community because of you.  Here is a list of some of our winners.

50/50 Draw Winner - Kate Taggart of London bought ticket number 802025 and took home a prize of $2,485.00.  That is a record prize for our event.  Congratulations Kate and thanks to the Chapman Real Estate Team for sponsoring this contest.

Bonus Bracket Winners - The bottom 32 tables at the end of 5 rounds of play were entered into the Bonus Bracket sponsored by Crossings Pub & Eatery and iVest Mortgage.  These tables went head to head over the next 5 rounds until two winners remained.  The Jeff Kafka team won the White side of the bracket and the Peggy Sattler team won the Red side.  Each person at these tables won $25 gift certificates provided by our sponsors.

15th Anniversary Winners - This was our 15th anniversary edition of Trivia Night.  Joe Kool's and Fellini Koolini's provided eight, $25 gift cards for the table that came placed, you guessed it, 15th.  We had four tables tied for the honour - Paula Adams, Krys Teall, Rob and Mira DiCecco and Doug Ferguson all had 71 points.  We awarded the prize based on a coin toss and the Krys Teall table took home the prize.

Champions - Cash prizes were awarded to the top 5 teams.  The prize board is sponsored by Oxford Dodge.  Here are the winners with their table prize in brackets.  5th place with 79 points - Peggy Sattler table ($160), 4th place with 80 points - Rob Gillespie table ($240), 3rd place with 82 points - Maureen O'Neill table ($400), 2nd place with 83 points - Cameron Boyd table ($480) and in 1st place with 84 points - John and Ellen Brennan table ($560).

Thanks again to everyone who supported us and for the great job done by Michelle and her team at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel.  We hope to see you all back next year.

2018 Trivia Night

We sold out all 70 tables at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel.  Thank you to our guests, volunteers, committee members, donors, sponsors and advertisers for your support that helped us raise over $30,000.00 that will fund our programs and donations that support the youth of our community.

2013 Trivia Night

Our 9th annual, and best ever, trivia night fundraiser was held on Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 at the Hellenic Centre in London.  Over 50 volunteers hosted 440 trivia players at 55 tables. The players were challenged by 10 rounds of trivia questions and had opportunities to bid on silent auction items, raffle draws and lots of free contests.  Al Boudreau of London won $1977.00 with ticket number 278134 in our licensed 50-50 draw.  Thanks to our major corporate sponsors (Chapman Real Estate Team, Oxford Dodge and Scotiabank), advertisers, donors, volunteers and players for helping us raise almost $30,000.00 that will be used to support youth health, recreation, safety and education programs that benefit so many people in our community.  Please have a look at some of the images taken that night.  Coming Soon!