July 15 Grand Finale

33 contestants and many spectators came out to the Chelsea Market for the final installment of our long-running intellectual game show.  Players completed challenges in geography, math, vocabulary, and trivia.

Winner: Carolyn D'Aquila

Runner-Up: Johnny Lu

Finalists (in no particular order):
Rich Zwelling
Tristan Higgs
Keith Burdette
Chris Wyant
Isaac Greenbaum

Winner Carolyn with hosts Soce and Jen

Soce with Johnny Lu's perfect-scoring answer to the challenge "Draw Panama, label its capital, and draw and label its border nations."

I should also like to point out that Carolyn D'Aquila has managed to win the Grand Prize at both the Williamsburg Spelling Bee and the New York City Spelling Bee. I had no idea she could also do math, which she did, both in completing her individual challenge and in nailing the following bonus question to put her over the top:

If a=1, b=2, etc., add the values of the letters in the name of the capital of Belgium. Divide by the cube root of 125. Add the number of Angelina Jolie's children who are not adopted. If the seasons were numbered 1-4 with fall as 1, winter as 2, etc., divide by the number of the season the word "hiemal" refers to, add the number for the season the word "vernal" refers to, and multiply your answer by the fourth digit of pi.  (Post your answers in the comments?  Carolyn knows!)

What fun looks like!

A new Mind Games someplace else? I shall keep you updated!

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xo,
Jen