Thanks to Jenny from Colfax for this post!
This last Monday we had a teen trivia event after school with popcorn, pop, pretzels and cookies for snacks. We had a small turn out of seven but still had lots of fun.
We used the game Trivial Pursuit Team. I was the quizzer and the teens had fun competing again each other as teams. We had simple prizes of large candy bars, which everyone was satisfied with.
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