The Force (and the promise of prizes) moved about 870 people in the Red River Valley to take part in the The Forum's "Star Wars" Trivia contest.
Jon Bronken of Fargo earns the title of Jedi Trivia Master after parlaying his knowledge of "Star Wars" lore to get into the group of 127 that qualified for the grand prize drawing.
As grand prize winner, Bronken claims two tickets, first in line, for the opening of "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" at Century 10 in Fargo.
The 33-year-old systems administrator at North Dakota State University says he's been a fan since he saw the first "Star Wars" movie back in 1977.
Bronken says he owes his trivia prowess to "watching the movies quite a bit and Google."
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He rated the quiz easy to medium in difficulty.
Other winners include:
First prize, five awarded: Jamie Machayya, Mary Cowles, Jessie Gilbertson, Zach Stenerson and Mitch Axness. Each will receive two ticket vouchers usable for most movies playing at Century 10 in Fargo. (Sorry, not yet for "Star Wars"). Plus, they have their choice of another prize.
Second prize, a making of the movie/art of "Star Wars" coffeetable book: Billy Fortier
Third prize, a Darth Vader voice changer: Derik Bormann
Fourth prize, a "Star Wars Universe Revenge of the Jedi" coffeetable book: DeAnn Sather
Fifth prize, "Star Wars" "Monopoly" game: Matthew Murphy
Sixth prize, "Star Wars Revenge of the Sith" hardcover book: David Collins
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Seventh prize, (two awarded), "Star Wars Risk" game: David Kallenbach and Cooper Wieck.
Eighth prize, (two awarded) "Star Wars Revenge of the Sith" Jedi starfighter: Patti Hall and Eric Piela.
Three sharp-eyed "Star Wars" fans noticed there was a close but incorrect answer to question No. 29: "What name does Han Solo give for the Imperial shuttle he is flying?" in "Return of the Jedi." The correct answer, Tydirium, was inserted into the online quiz Sunday morning. For fairness, a bonus point was added to everyone's scores.
Here is the answer key. The answers in full will also appear online at www.in-forum.com . Thanks for taking part in the contest.
1. B; 2. D; 3. B; 4. B; 5. E; 6. B; 7. C; 8. C; 9. C; 10. B; 11. D; 12. C; 13. E; 14. B; 15. C; 16. C; 17. B; 18. A; 19. B; 20. C; 21. D; 22. A; 23. C; 24. C; 25. D; 26. C; 27. B; 28. A; 29. B; 30. A; 31. B; 32. C; 33. B; 34. B; 35. C; 36. C; 37. A; 38. A; 39. D; 40. B; 41. B; 42. E; 43. B; 44. E; 45. E (B, C and D); 46. C; 47. B; 48. B; 49. D; 50. C.
Readers can reach Forum reporter Helmut Schmidt at (701) 241-5583
