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90th Birthday Trivia Challenge
MORE THAN 24,000 FANS PARTICIPATE IN PACKERS' 90TH BIRTHDAY TRIVIA CHALLENGE
Dan Meylor from Mitchell, S.D., Grand Prize Winner; 90 Packers Prizes Awarded
More than 24,000 fans recently participated in the Green Bay Packers' 90th Birthday Trivia Challenge, an online contest that featured daily trivia questions on various aspects of the team's rich history.
A total of 268 participants answered all 19 questions correctly and Dan Meylor, from Mitchell, S.D., was randomly selected from that group as the grand prize winner. As the winner, Dan won two club seats to the Packers-Bengals game at Lambeau Field, Sept. 20, and will lead the Packers alumni on the field to be introduced at halftime during alumni weekend ceremonies.
"We salute Dan and his knowledge of Packers history and look forward to having him at Lambeau Field for the Packers-Bengals game," said Craig Benzel, Packers director of marketing. "We had a lot of fun with the contest as a way to celebrate the team's 90th birthday and appreciate the participation of all the fans."
In addition to the grand prize, 90 other prizes were randomly awarded to participants. Other prizes included autographed footballs and mini-helmets, club seats to various preseason games, Acme Packers gear, Pro Shop gift cards and other Packers merchandise.
The online contest, which ran from July 20 through Aug. 7, featured an e-mailed link to the day's trivia question with multiple choice answers from which to choose. A correct answer increased the odds of being randomly selected to win a prize. Participants needed only to register for a chance to win a prize. However, with each correctly answered question, their odds to win were increased. All participants had to be at least 13 years old. The contest was open only to participants in the United States.
Through the course of the contest we received a few inquiries about questions. Clarification follows. We apologize for any inconvenience.
"Who is the only Packers player to be named MVP of the Pro Bowl?" The correct answer is John Jefferson, who won the Most Valuable Player award for the game played after the 1982 season. Since 1973, only one Most Valuable Player award has been given out at the game. (It has been shared a few times, including when Jefferson shared the award with Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts.) Prior to 1973, awards were given out to two players, one on offense, one on defense.
We've had a number of people ask us about the other Packers to win awards from playing in the game: Henry Jordan (lineman, 1962), Dave Robinson (lineman, 1967) and Fred Carr (lineman, 1971). Our question dealt with the single MVP award given out since 1973, and we should have specified that in the question.
"What are the most points the Green Bay Packers have ever scored in a game?" The answer is 57, when the Packers reached their highest point total against the Detroit Lions on Oct. 7, 1945 in a 57-21 Packers win. We should have specified "in a league game." The Packers have scored more than that, on several occasions, actually. In 1919 and 1920 we had several games when the team scored more, with 87 and 85 points scored in a couple of 1919 contests. The fact about those games is that they're not official league games because the team was not in the National Football League (which it joined in 1921, then known as the American Professional Football Association), and therefore are not recognized in our Packers record book as the game in which the team scored its most points ever.
A full list of winners in the contest follows:
Brian Babel, David Barry, Cody Bell, Pete Billodeau, Sam Bosco, Joe Byczynski, Keith Carpenter, Ken Chwala, Gerald Clark, Eric Cunningham, Jeffrey Davis, Brandon Denney, Gary Domaika, Alan Donaldson, Nathan Eberhardt, Ashley Fait, julie fameree, Lanny Fankhauser, Tom Farley, Curt Fisher, Joseph Friday, Rob Friedel, John Giordano, John T.R. Gorman, Nick Greely, Peter Greve, Keven Hall, Jacob Hanke, Terry Harstford, Thomas Haskamp, Debbie Herbst, Ronald Herzog, Robby Hoisington, John Hyland, Kay Johannes, Jeff Johnson, Laura Joner, Kevin Kaminski, Aaron Kazik, Austin Kephart, Randy Kittleson, Matt Kraut, Steve Krienke, Joan Krumm, Steve Latterman, Douglas Lund, Marlene Makela, Rosemarie Mathey, Jim McCormack, Scott McKenna, Brad Meseck, Chris Muhle, Paul Nell, Charles Neumeier, Tom Nilles, Theresa Oostdyk, Matthew Parish, Trevor Parker, Mark Paulson, Randy Petroff, Steven Premeau, Alan Raymer, Roland Riggins, Trevor Roach, Bruce Roehsner, Jesse Roethel, Todd Rudolph, Gary Salo, Gary Salo, Lori Sass, Dave Senatra, Jason Springer, Sandy Strack, Tom Stuckey, Jim Vandenberg, Michael Veno, Mark Vittorio, Melanie Wahl, Sally Weber, Kurt Weinberg, Gary Weis, Rulon Wellatd, Chris Willis, Ron Wiseman, Ken Wisner, Dennis Woerter, Michael Wrage, Jeremiah Zimmer, Brady Zwiefelhofer.
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