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Extreme Trivia Challenge Recap | November 29, 2016

by Nicole Sclama (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers)

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On November 9th, children’s book enthusiasts from a number of publishing houses gathered at Scholastic headquarters to face off in the ultimate battle for glory and bragging rights. After three rounds of regular trivia and three rounds of Quick like a Bunny speed trivia, the teams competed in a Jeopardy-inspired final round. The categories included Sweet Reads, YouTubers Turned Authors, and the crowd-favorite #PokemonABook.

After a fun and exciting evening of competition, the 13th Annual Extreme Trivia Challenge ended in a tie. With Team 2 Awesome coming in second place, Team Kick Ass and Team Nasty Women (and Chris) became this year’s children’s literature champions and walked away with the coveted Golden Bunny trophies. The winning teams also received signed copies of Sweet and Monument 14, both by host Emmy Laybourne. Emmy is a former character actor and put her skills to good use when she used charades to give hints for some of the harder trivia questions, much to the delight of everyone present.

Thank you to everyone who came out to participate in this challenge. And a special thanks to our wonderful host, Emmy Laybourne!

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