Usually, any headline with the words “Feud on Campus” is not the best thing to see in the newspaper, but last week’s Devil’s Den @10 PM event flipped the script and showed us just how much fun a feud could be.
That’s right, everyone’s favorite gameshow paid a visit to Semesters last Thursday when the Student Center hosted a lively game of Family Feud.
The game ran mostly faithful to its star-studded origin. Two “families” composed of four students faced off on stage, having to answer what they thought was the most popular response to certain survey questions.
Instead of surveying a random selection of America’s citizens on questions like, “What’s the last thing a robber would want to see when he breaks into a house?” Student Center employees were selected as the survey’s targets, and were asked questions like “What’s the best residence hall on campus?” and “What is a broke college kid’s go-to food?”
Each family of students had to come up with an original name for themselves. The first round pinned the Andreas family and the Washington family against each other.
The Andreas family emerged victorious from that round, making good points with the questions, “Name something associated with vampires,” and “What is the most popular food at Devil’s Den?” with the top answers of, “blood” and “burgers.”
The Andreas family went on to face the Charlie family, and once again, emerged victorious, but not without a fight. Charlie stole twice but, didn’t put any answers on the board. Leaving them high and dry, and returning the points back to Andreas.
The best question from that round was “What is the first thing CCSU students do when they wake up?” The top answer was, “check their phone.” The best answer was “cry.”
The feud continued, and the Andreas family got knocked off their two-round streak when the Blindside family managed to dodge two attempted steals and emerged victorious.
This was the round with the ever-controversial question, “What’s the best residence hall on campus.” The top answer was the “suite” digs of Mid-Campus.
The Blindside family’s victory was short-lived however, losing to the Bulldozers who went onto the final round. The Bulldozer’s final opponent was the Johnson family, and it was a round of the ages.
The Bulldozers dropped the ball on two steals, giving the Johnsons a major advantage in points moving into the third question. On the third question, points were doubled, the Johnsons fumbled the steal, giving the Bulldozers all the points, winning them the game.
The final question of the game was, “Name something people might do once a week.” The top answer was, “laundry.”
The four members of the winning Bulldozer family walked away with a Student Center mug and a Starbucks gift card. But, everyone who showed up got something, with an open buffet of buffalo wings, jalapeno poppers and lemonade. If that wasn’t enough, the crafts table was making custom spray-painted bucket hats for any attendee.
Isiah Thornton, a Student Center worker and the host for the night, said he was pleased with the event.
“The night went well,” Thornton said. “It was my first time hosting something like this and I had a lot of fun.”
Thornton, despite hosting the games, also admitted that he had fun as well.
“[I had] full faith in Andreas, but they sold,” Thornton said.
All in all, Devil’s Den @ 10 PM proved itself to be a great way to spend a Thursday night. Next Thursday night is the “Schlocktober Spooktacular”, which promises “Some good laughs and some spooky fun,” according to Schlock improv club advertisements.
