2024 Community World Trivia Results: Team Sherlock Homies Defends its Title of “Buffalo’s Most Globally Smart!”

International smarts, camaraderie, laughs, and much enthusiasm – results are officially in following another successful and festive Community World Trivia competition, hosted again this year on the Roswell Park campus. For the second year in a row, it took the tiebreaker round, but Team Sherlock Homies defended its 2023 win to come out on top to claim the title of “Buffalo’s Most Globally Smart.”

First Place Team: Sherlock Homies

12 six-person teams answered questions on topics including:

• Current Events
• History & Geography
• Travel the World
• Arts, Literature & Language
• Pop Culture, Sports, & Music
• World Cuisine

Event Emcee Gabe DiMaio asked the internationally-focused multiple choice, short answer, or true/ false questions. The team members worked cooperatively to come up with the correct answers.  The judges Dylan Steed, Assistant Director of Community Relations, University at Buffalo, Sonya Tareke, Program Manager, The Exchange at Beverly Gray, and Apryle Schneeberger, Founder, Collaborative Center for Social Innovation collected and verified each team’s answers at the end of each round. Aside from bragging rights, the top team won gift cards from local businesses.

Second Place Team: We Will Survive

Third Place Team: Buffalo RPCVs

Most Enthusiastic Goal Diggers

Student Speaker and Model UN participant Kaylee Ajohda flanked by IIB’s Jennifer Rizzo-Choi and May Shogan

The final results were:

• Sherlock Homies- First Place
• We Will Survive- Second Place
• Buffalo RPCVs- Third Place
• Lingthusiasts- Fourth place
• Alliance Française de Buffalo – Fifth place
• Les Quizerables- Sixth place
• New Buffalonians- Seventh place
• Roswell Benchwarmers- Eighth place
• Goal Diggers- MOST ENTHUSIASTIC!! And Ninth place tie
• Metal Minds- Ninth place tie
• The Academic Avengers- eleventh place
• Lancaster Trivia Legends- Twelfth place

Community World Trivia is an IIB fundraiser. The proceeds from the event fund very important global education programs for students, such as Academic World Trivia, Model United Nations, and GlobalKids, in addition to community programs, such as cultural competency training, and the Great Decisions Lecture Series. We thank this year’s Community World Trivia sponsors: Rigidized Metals Corporation, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Buffalo Limousine.

These programs bring global perspectives to WNY, educate about global affairs, and help us become a more culturally sensitive community. Click here to make a contribution to support IIB educational programs!