Students tested their knowledge of University facts at last night’s “Are You Smarter than Freddie Falcon” event.
Based off the game show “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader,” participants and panel judges consisted of graduate students and University mascots Freddie and Frieda Falcon.
The event was associated with the University’s Cenntenial Celebration, sponsored by Residence Life.
Liz Wengner, a graduate hall director at Kreischer Compton-Darrow and one of the director of the event, said contestants were selected to play by guessing how many beads were in a jar located at each of the individual residence halls.
“Originally we placed jars with a certain number of beads on the front desk and had residents guess how many were in there,” Wengner said. “The two closest people were contacted and then asked to be a participant in the game.”
Questions ranged from what year the University was built to the name of a female falcon.
Students battled out until the contestant with the most points was declared. The title went to freshman Angela Kelbley, who said she prepared for the show by brushing up on her University trivia and remembering facts from freshman orientations.
“My friend is a tour guide and she let me borrow her book that all the campus guides are given when they conduct tours,” Kelbley said. “The book had school history, important dates and other information that definitey helped me win. I thought about orientation and the history facts they told us there too.”
Participants were able to choose one of the judges from the panel to ask for help or copy their answer similar to the show on T.V.
Kelbley received a prize package consisting of a Nintendo Wii, a $25 dollar gift card to the book store, picture frames and a portfolio calendar. All prizes were either donated or bought by Residence Life funds.
Preliminary contestants received free T-shirts while University swag was given away throughout the show for audience members.
Graduate student Amy Foust helped coordinated the event and brought the idea to campus.
Overall she said the event had a good turn out and hopes more people will have the opportunity to test their smarts in the near future.
“I thought the show was great,” Foust said. “Everybody got a prize and seemed to have fun and that’s what we wanted. Hopefully we will be able to do another show next year.”