The ballots have been counted, and the votes have been totaled. We’ve finally got a winner in Scott’s Best Man Challenge! It was an incredibly close race with some fierce competition. All competitors were in top conditioning and I know it was a hard decision for the judges. Every one of the contestants could easily be the best man. This makes me feel good knowing that if a ring gets dropped, or if someone stumbles over a toast, there are two other fully capable groomsmen waiting and watching for their chance.

Candidates were judged in several events over the course of the challenge.

Bio – The written biographies of each candidate
1. Bachelor Party Plans – Individual presentations for bachelor party plans
2. Trivia – Trivia questions about the future bride and groom
3. T-Shirt – Take the most creative photo in the official BMC t-shirt
Overall – The individual judge’s overall choice for best man

(table shows each round and the number of votes from the 3 judges each challenger received)

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The results of Best Man Challenge #3 are in. Three photos from three challengers.

Corey

Best Man Root Canal

Jon

Best Man to Infinity

Kieran

Super Best Man

The judges will begin deliberating the fate of these three challengers. We just might have a best man soon… just in time to print wedding programs!

We’ve finally made it to the third (and possibly final?) Best Man Challenge. This challenge will again test your creativity skills, as well as your photography skills (or the skills of whoever you end up handing the camera to).

All best man challengers will receive an official “Scott’s Best Man Challenge” t-shirt in the mail. The task is to take the most creative photo you can of yourself wearing this lovely shirt. Originality will count! No Photoshop! Keep an eye on your mailbox for your new shirt to arrive, and get those cameras shooting.

Final photos need to be received by lucky Friday April 13th. We’re coming down to the end here folks. We’ll have a best man before you know it.

Scott Trivia

1. What is Scott’s favorite flavor of Mentos?
   A: would have accepted grape or peach
   Jon: Peach (+1)
   Corey: Trick Question, Scott Loves them all. (true, but I do have favorites +1/2)
   Kieran: Grape (+1)
2. What is Scott’s favorite color?
   A: dark green
   Jon: Blue (+0)
   Corey: Taupe. Who doesn’t love Taupe. Second favorite – Green. (+1)
   Kieran: Blue (+0)
3. Name two of Scott’s top 5 favorite movies.
   A: Magnolia, Rain Man, Donnie Darko, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
   Jon: Magnolia, Garden State (+1)
   Corey: Rain Man, Magnolia, Donnie Darko. Oops, that was three. (+1)
   Kieran: Magnolia and Garden State (+1)
4. What is Scott’s favorite Culver’s treat?
   A: chocolate eclair flavored custard
   Jon: Custard? Butterburger? Maybe a custard butterburger? (+0)
   Corey: Hot Fudge Sundae (+0)
   Kieran: Rootbeer float (+0)
5. Where did Scott work before U of Iowa?
   A: Iowa Public Television
   Jon: I don’t know how far back you are referring to, Radio Station (KJAN), RA, Magician, multimedia specialist in The University of Iowa Department of Physiology and Biophysics, instructional designer at Iowa Public Television in Des Moines (+2)
   Corey: A little place called IPTV. It was magical. (it was magical! +1)
   Kieran: Iowa Public Television (+1)
6. What was Scott’s major in college? (extra point if you can name his minor)
   A: Major: Communications, Media Productions Minor: Art, Graphic Design
   Jon: Spanish, UWA (underwater basket weaving) (-1 spanish +1 UWA +0 total)
   Corey: Major: Communications Minor: Tae Kwan Do (+1/2)
   Kieran: Communications, minor in Film (+1/2)
7. True or False: Scott drank bleach as a child.
   A: sad, but true
   Jon: false (+0)
   Corey: true (+1)
   Kieran: true (+1)
8. Name two of Scott’s high school jobs.
   A: Atlantic Theater, Lifeguard, KJAN Disc Jockey, Darkroom monkey
   Jon: Radio Station, Darkroom for Fredrick’s Photography (+1)
   Corey: Theatre Employee Extraordinaire and Radio Station Disc Jockey (+1)
   Kieran: Radio DJ in Atlantic, Movie theater employee (+1)

Jess Trivia

1. What is Jess’s favorite flavor of Mentos?
   A: Green Apple
   Jon: Mint (+0)
   Corey: Strawberry (+0)
   Kieran: apple (+1)
2. What was Jess’s major in college?
   A: Spanish & Communications
   Jon: Political Science? English? (+0)
   Corey: Scott’s very favorite subject, Spanish (+1)
   Kieran: Spanish (pre-law) (+1)
3. Where did Jess go to law school?
   A: Drake
   Jon: Drake (+1)
   Corey: Drake University in beautiful Des Moines, IA (+1)
   Kieran: Drake (+1)
   
4. What city does Jess live in now?
   A: Davenport, IA
   Jon: Davenport (+1)
   Corey: A little place called Davenport, where the beer flows like wine (it does flow like wine there! +1)
   Kieran: Davenport (+1)

Scott & Jess Trivia

1. What year in college were Scott and Jess when they went on their first date?
   A: Scott:Sr. Jess: Jr.
   Jon: Jess Junior, Scott Senior (+1)
   Corey: Scott was a Senior and Jess was a Junior. (+1)
   Kieran: Scott – senior, Jess – junior (+1)
2. What flavor of Mentos did Jess and Scott have the day they got engaged?
   A: Green Apple (see the wrapper)
   Jon: Green Apple Mentos (+1)
   Corey: Green Apple (+1)
   Kieran: grape (+0)
3. Name the Mexican ruin where Jess and Scott got engaged.
   A: Tulum
   Jon: Tulum (+1)
   Corey: Tulum -I feel it is worth noting that I cheated for the last two answers and looked at the archives of scottandjessica.net (not cheating, resourcefulness +1)
   Kieran: Tulum (+1)

Bonus Questions (extra points!)

1. What movie did Scott and Jess see on their first date?
   A: Save the Last Dance
   Jon: Don’t know, but it was at Coral Ridge. I think ice skating was involved, just like Rocky and Adrian (or maybe I made that up) (you did make that up, but I like it! +1)
   Corey: I have no idea (+0)
   Kieran: Magnolia (+0)
2. Do you like Mentos?
   A: hopefully the answer to this one is obvious!
   Jon: I enjoyed them at my wedding. (more Mentos enthusiasm! +1/2)
   Corey: No, I LOVE Mentos (right answer! +1)
   Kieran: no, I LOVE them (right on! +1)

Totals (tight race!)

Jon: 11.5pts.
Corey: 13pts.
Kieran: 12.5pts.

Challenge #2 will test how well you know the groom (and the bride). Promptness counts in submitting your answers!

Scott Trivia

1. What is Scott’s favorite flavor of Mentos?
2. What is Scott’s favorite color?
3. Name two of Scott’s top 5 favorite movies.
4. What is Scott’s favorite Culver’s treat?
5. Where did Scott work before U of Iowa?
6. What was Scott’s major in college? (extra point if you can name his minor)
7. True or False: Scott drank bleach as a child.
8. Name two of Scott’s high school jobs.

Jess Trivia

1. What is Jess’s favorite flavor of Mentos?
2. What was Jess’s major in college?
3. Where did Jess go to law school?
4. What city does Jess live in now?

Scott & Jess Trivia

1. What year in college were Scott and Jess when they went on their first date?
2. What flavor of Mentos did Jess and Scott have the day they got engaged?
3. Name the Mexican ruin where Jess and Scott got engaged.

Bonus Questions (extra points!)

1. What movie did Scott and Jess see on their first date?
2. Do you like Mentos?

All of you tuning in at home can participate as well, just don’t post you answers on the site until all of the best man entries have been received. We’ll provide correct answers after everything is in.

I know you’ve all been waiting patiently for this. I take all the blame for not getting this up sooner (even Corey got his to me in a somewhat timely fashion). Below you will see the three entries for Scott’s Best Man Challenge #1: Bachelor Party. There were a couple PowerPoint presentations submitted for this challenge, so for best viewing, you’ll need to view them with PowerPoint. I’ve also included a PDF version of those presentations for those of you who are PowerPoint challenged (but you won’t get the full effect via the PDF).

• Kieran – PowerPoint Submissions (pdf version)
• Jon – Website Submission
• Corey – PowerPoint Submission (pdf version)

(if you don’t have PowerPoint, you can download Microsoft’s PowerPoint Viewer or OpenOffice for free to view the presentations)