Trivia Night 2025 is almost here! We are extremely excited to host the 14th Annual BCDI Trivia Night on Friday, April 11 at the Peoria Civic Center Ballroom from 6 – 10 pm! Inside this article, you will find all of the details about the event that you’ll need to have an excellent time at our premier FUN-raising event of the year!

 

 

LOCATION

BCDI Trivia Night 2025 will be hosted at the Peoria Civic Center Ballroom- which is on the fourth floor of the Peoria Civic Center. The Civic Center’s address is 201 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria, IL 61602. We recommend that all attendees enter the event at the Civic Center Box Office. From there, you have two options to get to Trivia Night- elevators or escalators- and the event will be held on the top floor.

 

AGENDA

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: VIP-Pre Party at the Peoria Civic Center Ballroom.

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: General public registration is open and our cocktail hour begins in our pre-function area of the ballroom. Bars will be open to purchase drinks, appetizers will be available for all guests, you can view and bid on our silent auction items, plus raffles/games will be open to purchase!

6:30 pm: Doors open to the main event ballroom.

7:00 pm: All guests should be seated, dinner is served.

7:30 pm: BCDI Trivia Night Program begins.

8:15 pm: Trivia contest begins (Rounds 1 & 2).

— Trivia contest intermission —

9:15 pm: Trivia contest continues (Rounds 3 & 4).

10:00 pm: Announce trivia game winners, announce costume contest winners, announce raffle winners.

 

REGISTRATION

All Trivia Night attendees will check in at the registration table at the front of the landing of the Ballroom Area on the fourth floor. Please be ready to check in with your name and be prepared to supply your email address, phone number and credit card information if you did not provide those details when you signed up to attend BCDI Trivia Night. To ensure your convenience throughout the night, we will ask our guests to provide credit card information at registration in order for you to purchase raffles, contests and make donations. Your credit card information WILL NOT be stored by BCDI or any outside company.

 

PARKING

BCDI Trivia Night guests have multiple parking options based on your preference- free parking or premium event parking.

  • Free Parking
    • Park at Great Plains Orthopedics at 303 N William Kumpf Blvd, Peoria, IL 61605. This parking lot is right across the street from the Peoria Civic Center. BCDI will have the entire parking lot secured for use throughout the event. You may park in the yellow spots as shown in the graphic below.

 

  • Premium Event Parking
    • The Peoria Civic Center will offer $15 parking at their Marquee Parking Lot at the corner of Gwynn Avenue and Kumpf Boulevard (see attached picture). This lot will be busy with several events taking place at the Peoria Civic Center on April 11, but is conveniently located to the entrance for BCDI Trivia Night at the Box Office Entrance.

 

SILENT AUCTION

We are excited to announce the return of silent auctions to BCDI Trivia Night! We have 18 top-tier silent auction items available for attendees to bid on! All bidding will take place on our BCDI Trivia Night website or through our event app called Givi. The silent auction items will be set up in the Trivia Night pre-function space during the event so you can see them first-hand!

  • Bidding on the Trivia Night website
    • You can bid on silent auction items through the BCDI Trivia Night website found at this link: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/bcditrivia25/.
    • You must be signed in to your account with your email address used to register for the event, be checked in at the registration front desk and have a credit card on file to bid on silent auction items.
    • On the BCDI Trivia Night Website, you can log in to your account with the Log In button in the menu. You will be prompted to Join + Find Event, where you can enter the email address that you provided when you signed up for the event or when you checked in at registration at the event.
      • To add or change your payment settings on the BCDI Trivia Night website, in the menu click My Activity- scroll to the bottom where it says Current Payment Method- then add your credit card information.
  • Bidding on the Trivia Night app, Givi
    • Download the Givi app in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store- use the QR codes below to scan!
    • Once the app is downloaded, you will be prompted to Join + Find Event, where you can enter the email address that you provided when you signed up for the event or when you checked in at registration at the event.
    • When you complete the sign in process, you will be able to access the BCDI Trivia Night auction hub, where you can bid on our silent auction items as long as you have a credit card on file.
      • To add or change your payment settings in the Givi app, go to Menu- Payment Settings- and you can change your payment method to upload a debit or credit card.

 

RAFFLES/CONTESTS

One of the best parts of BCDI Trivia Night is the FUN had during the event! This year, we are excited to bring back some of our fan favorites, plus some new activities!  We have nine premier raffle baskets this year, our famous beer and wine pull, a gift card station, a chance to win your very own Pop-A-Shot raffle, and new exciting games with an ax throwing contest and archery contest with chances to win exciting prizes! For more information on the raffles and contests at Trivia Night 2025, please visit our Trivia Night website!

 

COSTUME CONTEST/ATTIRE

The theme for BCDI Trivia Night 2025 is “The Great Outdoors” and with that theme in mind, we are asking all attendees to wear costumes/outfits that inspire you and how you enjoy spending time outside! Whether it’s camping, hunting, playing sports, leisure activities or anything in between, we want you to dress to impress! BCDI will be judging the costumes throughout the night, with prizes awarded to the best individual costume and the best table costume. If you would like to dress fancy- that’s wonderful- if you would like to dress goofy or thoughtful costume relating to time spent outside- we encourage that!

 

PLAYING THE TRIVIA GAME

Get ready for our enthralling, five-round trivia game contest! The competition will be played in teams with your table compromising your ten-person team.  

Each table will assign one team leader to play the Trivia game on their cell phone. One person per table will submit answers during the game. If you are not your team’s leader, PLEASE put your phone away- looking up answers is strictly prohibited and your team will be disqualified if caught! 

To play Trivia: 

  • Visit www.crowd.live to access the online competition webpage. 
  • Enter room code: BCDI 
  • Create a team name for the competition to appear on the leaderboard. Please use a team name PLUS your table number. Example: The Blood Experts 7 (if sitting at Table 7) 
  • There will be four rounds of trivia with ten questions in each round. Correct answers are worth 100 points. 

 

THINGS TO KNOW

All of the Peoria Civic Center bars at the event are cashless. However, if you wish to purchase raffle tickets, participate in games or contests, or make donations during the event with cash or check, that is welcomed! In the event of rainy/cold weather, a coat rack will be provided outside of the Ballroom area. Please make sure to have your phones charged or bring your phone charger just in case, as the trivia game will be played on your phone at your table, as well as raffles, silent auctions and donations can be viewed/made online.

 

We can’t wait to see you soon for our 14th Annual Trivia Night! If you have any questions leading up to the event, please contact Jamie Cunningham at 309-692-5337 or via email at jamie@ilbcdi.org. Thank you for your support as we continue to raise awareness for the bleeding and clotting disorders community!