Pentathanerd Winter Games – best ever? Final events, closing ceremonies

The 2010 Pentathanerd Winter Games concluded with happenings that viewers of that other sporting competition up in Vancouver will not witness: software developers speedtinkering at the Hardware Teardown/Rebuild, and a Trivial Quiz finalist “winning” simply by refusing to answer the question – any question.

Spoiler alert: Greg Wurm won Hardware for dissecting/resurrecting a mouse:

Hardware Teardown/Rebuild at Pentathanerd from The Nerdery on Vimeo.

Spoiler alert 2: Konr Ness capitalized on his competitors’ demerits and won the Trivial Quiz finale with a score of zero:

Trivial Quiz Finals at Pentathanerd Winter Games from The Nerdery on Vimeo.

Trivial Quiz clip, Great Moments in Nerdery: Pentathanerd creator Mark Seemann named names from The Hobbit (apparently he rattled these off without using a teleprompter; I was out sick – can’t verify). Relive the Trial Quiz qualifying round here.

Spoiler alert 3: Garnering the most points in combined events, Manish Shrestha won the coveted Pentathanerd All-Around Award for The 2010 Pentathanerd Winter Games, followed by Justin Hendrickson and Greg Wurm.

This is The End: Pentathanerd Winter Games 2010 from The Nerdery on Vimeo.

Astute Pentathnerd fans have noted (from leaked video, above) that the Snow Sculpture event was indeed won by Matt Tonak, and not Justin Hendrickson as earlier reported here. And yes, in previous Pentathanerd posts I’ve also cited a few unnamed/off-the-record sources. Lazy reporting? Sure, but it’s more than just that. Nobody’s talking on the record about Winter Game scoring snafus, and they (whoever they are) know I’ve stumbled somewhat close to the truth of the matter. Absent from The Nerdery for the last few events, I tried to stay on the story while fighting the flu with one hand and misinformation/injustice with the other. I even began to think, “This is no flu – ‘they’ve’ poisoned me.” World, we may never know the truth.

Anyway, plotting/training is already underway for Pentathanerd’s next Summer Games. Is there an event you’d like to see in the mix?  The Pentathanerd Planning Committee will give serious consideration to nearly any competition; by now you know this to be true.