Last Wednesday, the Rambam community held their 2nd Annual Mother/Son Trivia Night, where teams of 3-4 mother-son pairs would face off in a trivia battle. Each team also had different faculty members helping them out each round. The mothers, sons, and faculty enjoyed pizza and salad before the competition, and the different moms got to meet new friends. The competition began with a set of 200 multiplechoice questions to be answered via Scantron.

There were questions on so many different topics across all different categories that it's impossible to encompass the entire competition in one category of questions. Each team had 15 minutes to answer all 200 questions and fill out both Scantrons in order for the questions to be graded. After the first set of multiple-choice, Dr. Goldman led a Panoply Challenge on the Smart Board for various categories for the shortanswer section.

The mothers, sons, and faculty had to name certain mothers from Tanach, identify different TV show sets, identify the country based on the flag, etc. There were 3 rounds of multiplechoice questions and 2 rounds of short-answer questions. With such a broad range of questions, every person had their chance to shine with their specific knowledge.

It was very interesting to see all the different skill-sets and the knowledge that all the participants have in various categories. This year, there about 60 sets of mothers and sons, compared to about 45 from last year. This made for 16 teams. Out of the 16 teams, the top 2 were recognized and were given plaques.

The winning team was Team 1, consisting of Gabe Weiss (12th) and his mother, Jacob Gordon (12th) and his mother, and Moshe Dahan (11th) and his mother. The runner-up team was Team 14, consisting of CJ Berkowitz (12th) and his mother, Noam Rosenbaum (12th) and his mother, and Ethan Farber (12th) and his mother. All the moms were given special Rambam Mom hats that they can proudly wear, knowing that their sons are true Rambam Men.

A huge thank you to Tami Tsadik, Dr. Goldman, Rav Yitz, and the entire faculty for creating an amazing night for mothers, sons, faculty, and the greater Rambam community as a whole.