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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, January 6-9, 2018 The Park Record COURTESY OF COLLEEN MCGINN Park City’s MegaMind PubQuiz turned 5 last year. Co-founder Colleen McGinn is looking forward to continuing the games because they have become part of the town’s “cultural fabric.” Continued from C-3 PubQuiz expands its reach she said. “But it’s also fun for me as well because I look up facts and wrap them up in a bow to give to the public.” The challenge lies in how McGinn words the questions and where to find the answers. “You have to be very direct with your questions so people can’t come up with multiple answers that fit,” she said. “Also, we have to seek out multiple sources for those answers.” McGinn said she never uses Wikipedia. “I usually look at websites from National Geographic, History Channel, Discovery Channel and other credible sources,” she said. “And when I find an answer, I look at multiple sources to back that answer up.” The process of coming up with topics and writing the questions takes most of McGinn’s prep time. “I’ll think about a topic and start looking up facts about the topic,” she said. “After five years, you have to be creative because you don’t want to rePink M Template.pdf 4 12/11/2017 peat the questions each week, let alone each session. Yes. Every time we do a PubQuiz, we have different questions. That has made my job more interesting.” When it comes time to play the games, MegaMind PubQuiz has three rules, which McGinn counted down. “Rule No. 3 is you have to put your phone in a bucket before we play,” McGinn said. “We don’t want people to cheat, and we want the participants to be present and in the moment. The PubQuiz is “MegaMind has become such a fun piece of the Park City cultural fabric...” Colleen McGinn, MegaMind PubQuiz co-founder a great way to get people together. It’s hard to do that these days because everyone is glued to their phones.” Rule No. 2 is not shouting out answers. “The only time people will be allowed to do that is when they are asked to do so by the MegaMaestro, which is me,” McGinn said. 3:28:14 PM The most important rule is the PubQuiz Master is always right. “If there is a question about any of the answers, I will back up my answers through my research,” McGinn said. In addition, McGinn came up with some unwritten rules for herself. “You do have to walk a delicate line politically, especially during this day and age,” she said. “I want MegaMind to be enjoyable for everyone. So I try to keep the questions across the board. I won’t put any opinion in the questions.” For example, when the MegaMind PubQuiz was hosting sessions during the presidential elections last year, McGinn had to be careful how she worded questions that referred to the candidates. “I didn’t want to come across as favoring one over the others,” she said. “I didn’t want to pit Democrat against Republican. It’s not the way I want to do this, because MegaMind has become such a fun piece of the Park City cultural fabric.” MegaMind PubQuiz is held at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at Flanagan’s on Main, 438 Main St. and at 6 p.m. every Wednesday at Park City Brewery, 2720 Rasmussen Road, Suite A1. The cost to play is $5 for a team of five. A free apres Power Hour Trivia is held from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at Legends Bar and Grill at Park City Mountain. For information, visit www.facebook. com/megaMIND.pubQUIZ. C-7 LIVE , WORK & PARK YOUR DREAMS EXCLUSIVELY MARKETED BY: JOHN TRAVIS jtravis@ngacres.com 435.640.2972 JILL SNYDER jsnyder@ngacres.com 801.578.5574 1200 LORI LANE, KAMAS UT • Voice your opinion • Share news with friends • Know the instant stories are published Jeff Horizontal Trib “Like” us at www.facebook.com/parkrecord |