The Team

Our team currently consists of about 15 to 20 regualr players hailing from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and New York.

You can see our motley crew in action in the Photo Gallery, check out our Standings History, or read more about our Team History below.

Team History

Freshly Squeezed was born in 1996 at University Lake Apartments, and what a long strange trip it's been since then. A handful of unexperienced team members with no internet access made a half hearted attempt at fifty-four hours of trivia like they had never seen it before. We registered our team at the last minute, choosing the name, Freshly Squeezed, out of our favorite TV series, Twin Peaks. Jenni, Barry, Trina, April, Jeff Sass, and Jeff Thomae were among the crew that year. And pathetic as our outcome was, it gave us the inspiration to come back for more.

Armed with more books, notes, and bodies, we headed back to Stevens Point in 1997. But with no internet access again, we only made a small improvement. Still, we had a lot of fun at April's apartment, and we managed to get more people addicted to the thrill of Trivia. That year we hooked Kristi, Dave, and Dawn.

We made leaps and bounds in 1998 with internet access and more diligent note taking efforts. It was the year of broccoli cheese casserole, our first taste of stone questions, and the addition of Kim.
Then in 1999, we moved the crew to the Baymont Inn & Suites, where we pulled together to move up the charts once more. That was the year we gained Heidi. It was a new experience for us to have none of the comforts of home - no kitchen to cook in, no stash of basic household items to use as resources, no college apartment furniture to crash on. Still, we made our way with a toaster oven and pizza delivery, and we somehow managed to not get kicked out despite our rowdiness all night long.

2000 was a big turning point for the team. It was the turn of a century, we were adapted to hotel life, and we used it to our advantage to get two internet connections. In addition, we added several new members to the team Wade, Jeff A., Mike A., and the Carters. We were more prepared than ever before with a team banner, video tapes, tons of notes, DVD's, and a database that rocked. We were even able to convince the great and powerful Oz to throw out a question based on our video resources!

Finally, 2001 almost brought us into the top 50. The highlight of last year was the addition of a fabulous crew of remote internet players from Wausau, Minneapolis, River Falls, and Buffalo, New York. We also had a very strong home based team (if you can call the hotel home!), with several new players (Jaime, Rob, Amanda, Scott, Sally, Ben, and Shawnee), the dedicated returning team members, and quite a stockpile of resources. Thanks to everyone's efforts, we were able to pull into 52nd place by the end of the contest. It was a fantasic year!

For the past few years, we've been playing from a hotel in Stevens Point. The team has lost and added many regular members, and thrives on help from family and friends. We absorbed the remaining members of OTIS, which has proven to be a tremendous addition to our team. We've risen to 21st place in 2004 and 2005 through hard work and new ideas and the power of spray cheese. We've expanded into another generation as we've added nephews and nieces and now our sons and daughters.

So each year gets bigger, better, and more exciting as we continue to chip our way to the top ten. Maybe someday we'll make it, and if not, we'll have a lot of fun trying!