The Shippensburg University Homecoming Committee tested the power of SU students — the power of their trivia knowledge, that is. On Oct. 14, the SU Homecoming Committee hosted an Ultimate Superhero Trivia event.

The committee arranged tables throughout the multipurpose room in the Ceddia Union Building for the roughly 60 people who attended. Free snacks and hero-themed drinks were offered to anyone who attended the event. In a nearby corner, a variety of props, including masks and action effects, were given to use in a photoshoot.

Although admission to the trivia event was free, people could donate a dollar to request a song to be played during breaks between rounds. All the proceeds went to Reins of Rhythm: Riding and Horsemanship, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding local developing youth through horseback riding.

Teams of up to six people created their own team names and were supplied with the rules and a small stack of response cards. Once the event began, the speaker asked various questions and the participating teams wrote their answers on response cards, which were collected by representatives of the Homecoming Committee.

“Homecoming always has lip sync and something related to trivia,” said student Jeremey Thomas, who had the idea to have a superhero-themed trivia event.

Trivia questions were chosen by searching for both easy questions that most people would know and for more challenging ones, Thomas said.

At the end of the initial rounds, the votes were then counted and the four teams with the highest scores competed in the championship rounds. These rounds were fast-paced, sudden-death style that led to a win by a team named Waffles and Chili Dogs.

Seth Baker, who was the team leader, thought the event was really well done and “it got people excited for homecoming.”

Raymond Cwenar, another member of Waffles and Chili Dogs, credited their win to the fact that his team leader was smart and knowledgeable about comics.

“Seth made my day,” Cwenar said.

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