Proud Star Wars fan and junior software engineering major Charles Humphreys took home a box-set of all six Star Wars movies Monday night after a trivia game held at The Well Coffeehouse.
“When it comes to the questions, I’m kind of like a straight-up, hard core fan, and they’re not really difficult,” Humphreys said.
The Student Activities Board organized the event in celebration of the upcoming movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
“A big reason we did it was to do a big kick-off party for our ticket sales,” student activities director Louis Nelms said.
Lipscomb’s SAB bought 510 tickets for the anticipated blockbuster, and Nelms believed that trivia night at The Well would encourage buyers.
“We like to do it over at The Well because it allows us to include one of our neighbors in our community,” Nelms said. “Sometimes students want to get off campus, and this is an easy spot to do it.”
Students set up a table with Star Wars shirts, mugs and other memorabilia for consolation prizes. What really brought students in was the grand prize — a box set of all six movies.
The game proceeded with Nelms asking questions over a speaker system. Students would write down their name, the points they were betting and their answers on sticky notes to hand in.
Some of the categories were “Names,” “Quotes” and “Droids.” The student with the most points at the end of the game won.
Nelms began with simple questions such as “What planet are Wookies from?” Other questions were more difficult for students, including “What was the name of the only rebel pilot who survived both Death Star attacks?”
“It put my Star Wars knowledge to shame,” freshman Baxter Linney said in response to the tougher questions.
Student tickets for Star Wars: The Force Awakens are on sale now for $10 in Nelms’ office at the bottom of the student center. Only one ticket will be sold to each student.