Trivia night

The Oakridge Optimist Club would like to thank the following advertisers and sponsors. 

Please mention their support when you visit or patronize these businesses or organizations.

Major Corporate Sponsors  Chapman Real Estate Team and Oxford Dodge

Disk Jockey Sponsor       Spriet Family Companies

Online Silent Auction Sponsor         Sifton Properties

Round Advertisers       Oxford Dodge

The Chapman Real Estate Team

Downs Law

Nash Jewellers

Creative Dentistry

Adams Law

Peggy Sattler MPP London West

Budget Travel Warehouse

Arielle Kayabaga, MP London West

Peter Fragiskatos, MP London North Centre

Intermission Advertiser Oakridge Optimist Soccer

Door Prize Advertiser   Oakridge Optimist Soccer Club

Bonus Round - Red   Crossings Pub Company

Bonus round - White    iVest Properties

Payment Advertiser  paystone

Snack Advertiser   Peter Fragiskatos, MP London North Centre

Snack Supplier    Masse's No Frills, 925 Southdale Road West

Scoring and Results   Western IT Group

Team Costume   The Achievement Centre, Joe O'Neill

High Round Advertiser   The Achievement Centre, Joe O'Neill

Sing Along Advertiser   Steam Whistle

Volunteer Parking Advertiser           Donohue Funeral Home

Safety Mat Advertiser Unifirst

AV Equipment Advertiser           Sound Events

Fun Round Advertiser           Joe Kool's

Auction and Raffle Donors

West Haven Golf & Country Club – Sunningdale Golf & Country Club - Byron Optometry – Highland Golf & Country Club – Alibi Road House

London Plastic Surgery – Art East – LifeStyles – Al Magrath Art - Western IT Group – Western Sports & Recreation Services – Tidy My Space

Robert Q Airbus – London Scuba Centre – Copp’s Buildall – Wortley Road House - Damian Warner Fitness Centre – Cobble Hills Golf – Fleetway 40

Hickory Ridge Golf – Willow Tree Golf – Dance Extreme – Dairy Queen @ Fleetway - City of London Recreation – Air Design Services Centennial Hall - The Willows Golf & Country Club – London Symphonia – London Music Hall - McCormick Canada - Fred Astaire Dance Studio

Krown London North - Drayton Entertainment – Grand Theatre – Carman Nixon – Anderson Craft Ales

Junction Climbing Centre – Gordon’s Gold Jewelers – Adams Law - The Aolian – Jill’s Table – Port Stanley Festival Theatre – London Laser

The Pizza Club – The Top Shop – Victoria Playhouse – DoubleTree by Hilton - Fitness Forum – Llyndinshire Golf & Country Club

 l. a. mood Comics & Games - Create Balance Pilates – Guess Where Trips – Lucky’s Nails & Spa - The Voices of Broadway Show Choir

Palace Theatre - Karen Schuessler Singers – Encore Concert Band - Brian’s Handmade Jewelry – Pete’s Sports – Forked River Brewery

Good Health Naturally Oakridge – London Children’s Museum - Ontario Science Centre – Museum London – Next Level VR

River Valley Winter Tube Slide – Wineexpert – Saponificio Artiglander - The Works Craft Burgers & Beer – Pioneer Village Fanshawe

Sobeys (Wonderland Rd N) - Metro (Byron) - True North Courts - Westminster Park Optimists - Cottage Pottery Studio

Boler Mountain - Sidetrack Cafe - Boys' and Girls' Club of London – Nothers The Award Store – Jiffy Lube - McIntyre Mowers Lawn Care

London Lightning Basketball - Decor Resource - AKG Podcaster Essentials - TRY Recycling - Budweiser Gardens

If you would like to support this event contact us at sponsors@oakridgeoptimists.ca.

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!