The following is a list of trivia contests: College-based *WWSP radio - Stevens Point, Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point) - Since 1969; bills itself as "The World's Largest Trivia Contest" *Williams College Trivia Contest - WCFM radio - biannual contest held continuously since 1966 *Great Midwest Trivia Contest - WLFM radio Appleton, Wisconsin (Lawrence University) - also began in 1966, and is likely the world's oldest by a few days over Williams College's *KVSC radio Saint Cloud, Minnesota (St. Cloud State University) - started in 1980; held every February the week after the Super Bowl *KaleidoQuiz - KURE Iowa State University's trivia contest since 1967 [http://www.public.iastate.edu/~syrinx/hist.html] *Trivia Bowl - University of Colorado at Boulder [http://home.comcast.net/~triviabowl/] - 1968 to 1993, resumed in 2001 Other *The Mad Trivia Party - A call-in comedy trivia panel show airing on WHRW since 1979 *WEMB Attic trivia (Johnson City, Tennessee) - trivia with weekly theme dealing with U.S. fads *4K1G radio Townsville, Australia *World Trivia Night - Ottawa *Planetary Radio - The space trivia contest held by Bruce Betts of The Planetary Society Defunct *WISS Trivia Contest / Hometown Broadcasting Berlin, Wisconsin - billed itself as the longest running annual commercial trivia contest because it recycled the last question of the previous contest as the first question of the next (1982-2005)
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