The Independence Team takes the title of 2025 Mind Challenge Champion and wins $2,500.00!
The 7th annual Mind Challenge Trivia competition in the record books. With lots of tight matches coming down to the picture question, it was anybody's game during some of the most heated endings. We are thankful to have had many fantastic sponsors who contributed to the success of this year's event. In addition to having the esteemed Dr.Amy Acton, who came to speak and play with some of our players!
Congratulations to all the teams who played and made this year's Mind Challenge Trivia competition such a huge success.
Check the final scores here. > > > SCORES
CANAL FULTON - SCHREINER
2nd place -$ 1,500.00 winner
BROADVIEW HTS.-BENDYCKI
3rd place -$ 1,000.00 winner
SHEFFIELD LAKE - HNAT
4th place- $ 500.00 winner
TWINSBURG- HANSON
5th place
MENTOR - SEEMAN
6th place
Listen to our Mind Challenge host interview on WAKR Radio
Congratulations to the Shaker Heights Scott Team. They won the Beachwood Sub Region.
The Independence Klepacz team. Winner of the Brooklyn Sub Region.
Beachwood Mayor Justin Berns addresses the participants.
Action from Southwest Region/ Brooklyn - The Brooklyn Hts team working on a answer.
Action from the East Region, Team Beachwood. Community Partnership on Aging at work on a question.
Twinsburg Team Hansen
Avon team prepares for Smart 16 West Region.
Brook Park Mayor Edwad Orcott addresses the Southwest Region.
Stow/Janson team won the Akron/Medina Region, winning with the picture question.
Bedford Hts. Knockout Rounds.
Team Solon in the Knockout Rounds
Bedford Hts. Knockout Rounds.
Team Aurora celebrates
Our trivia games sponsors are the best and make it possible for Mind Challenge Trivia to go on. Please check out this year's sponsors and be sure the thank them by visiting them and by buying their products. We can't do this without them.
Learn more about all our fantastic sponsors here.
Not-for-profit Road Scholar is the world’s largest and most innovative creator of experiential learning opportunities. We have guided generations of lifelong learners on transformative learning adventures from San Francisco to Siberia, and nearly everywhere in between.
Since 1973, the team at Berson-Sokol Agency has helped advisors and agents grow their businesses, expand their reach, and discover new market opportunities. Our seasoned team of experts in Life, Annuity, Senior, and Long Term Care has helped shape a generation of insurance professionals. Our extensive experience helped push the envelope as the industry evolved, through cutting-edge technology, efficient underwriting, and innovative case design. This is why we have said for the past 50 years: Our business is helping yours!
We believe that doing the right thing for our customers starts with making our communities even better places to live and work – and that the best way to do that is to get involved.
We’re looking forward to her remarks as a health advocate and as she takes on issues for seniors as she pursues her campaign for Governor of Ohio in the 2026 election.
We are thrilled to have Dr. Acton at the Mind Challenge finals, so mark your calendars and follow the Mind Challenge website for more information.
For those who wish to read more on Dr. Amy Acton, click below
“It was such an honor for the City of Shaker Heights - Recreation Department to host a few rounds of this year’s Mind Challenge Trivia event. Being able to host sparked a broader interest in our senior residents and we look forward to participating next year!”
“The Mind Challenge gamr is a great opportunity for our aging community members to exercise their brain in a fun and exciting setting.”
“Thank you! It has been a great experience to be a member of The Mind Challenge game once again for seniors. The best thing is working together with new and old friends for a common goal and enjoying the day win or lose.”
"Thank you for the photos and the check! We are so proud of our team!"
"We had so much fun working together as a team to solve a multitude of trivia games questions! I highly recommend this game to anyone 50 and over to challenge not just your mind, but to get together and have fun with people your own age. Congratulations to all the teams, sponsors & organizers!!!"
“The Berea Mind Challenge Team had a blast playing this year!
It was a super fun trivia challenge! Thank you Phil , Art, Brian & Stuart!
To quote the Browns…….
There’s always next Year”
Looking forward to it! Congratulations on growing the Mind Challenge and spreading the Trivia fun to more seniors!”
Thanks for another successful year. You guys do a really good job of coordinating an event that is growing like crazy. Looking forward to next year.
Dave
To Our Mind Challenge Crew:
"Congratulations to Sheffield Lake plus all the runner ups!!
We had the winner at the club on the 14th of May.
Thanks for a lot of fun !!!
Enjoy the ride
Enjoyed All The Vendors With Their Bananas And Goodies !!!Looking Forward To 2025!!! Thanks For All Your Hard Work And Making It A Challenge!!!”
“Thank you for all you do to make The Mind Challenge continue to be a success year after year. You are both terrific role models for living life with purpose! Just wanted you to know I appreciate you both.”
Enjoy some time off!
“Thank you, Art and Phil! We are glad to be a host site as well as have a participating team in this program!!”
"Thanks so much for hosting Brunswick seniors! We had great time. "
JENNIFER LASTERY
Director of the Warrensville Heights Civic & Senior Center
"Congratulations to all who participated! Keep up the great work of exercising our minds!
Have a wonderful day!"
TRISH VIDOVICH
Jenkins Place Senior Center/ Olmsted Falls
"Thanks for all your hard work for ANOTHER successful Mind Challenge!"
LAURA SIEFER
Community Engagement Manager Twinsburg Senior Center
"Thanks for another great tournament. We'll be back next year!"
Lori Wilkinson
Director SOPREMA Senior Center and Cafe
City of Wadsworth
" Thank you for the fun opportunity! We think Wadsworth did really well for it's first time experiencing this!"
“The Mind Challenge has been such a great addition to our Streetsboro Senior Center activity schedule, and we’re so proud to be a part of things. We generally play a very non-competitive, friendly game of Trivia once a month, both for socialization and to keep our minds sharp. With the addition ofthe Mind Challenge, our group has continued to grow, as everyone is now hearing what great fun it is. I sincerely appreciate the work of Art, Phil, Brian and the sponsors for continuing to support this amazing opportunity for our area seniors. Happy Summer to all of you, see you next year!”
Lori Rizzardi
Adult Program Coordinator
Community Services
City of Independence
"Thank you both so much. The groups that played enjoyed it immensly."
Jenny Kiousis
Activities Coordinator
Medina County Office for Older Adults
"Great job organizing this huge event again this year. We were so happy to be a part of it and hope to have more teams next year."
Sandy Hansen
Twinsburg Mind Challenge Team
"I just wanted to thank the Mind Challenge team for a fun tournament. I realy enjoy the competition. This gives us a chance to meet and know new people. Thanks again.
Dear Art and Phil,
This letter is a way to say thank you and to offer our appreciation from S.C.O.P.E. (Senior Citizens Opportunity for Personal Endeavors) in participating in your trivia competition.
The ‘Mind Challenge for the New Majority’ is an excellent concept in keeping senior citizen’s minds stimulated with knowledge which is vital to slow down dementia issues.
The events were also fun for our seniors who played. We at SCOPE are now beginning to hold trivia times at all of our centers.
As the largest senior citizen organization with ten centers located throughout Northeast Ohio, I am happy to recommend other senior citizen centers to take advantage of this program.
All of the senior directors, event planners, and our great sponsors for making this our best Mind Challenge to date.
The Mind Challenge for The New Majority
Registered With The U.S. Patent And Trademark Office.
Trivia Game for Active Seniors Modeled After the Popular NCAA Basketball Tournament. A Trivia Host Conducts the Tournament Where Teams Compete to Advance to Each Of 6 Rounds of Competition and Can Win Cash Prizes for Their Respective Cities.
2025 marks the 7th year after tremendously successful campaigns in 2019, 2020, and 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024!
Beginning Year 7 on April 21, 2025. Began In 2019 With 16 Cities and Close To 100 Participants. In Year 2, Grew To 36 Cities (Final Of 34-Two Adjacent Cities Merged into One Team) And Approximately 500 Participants. And year 3 wrapped up with 30 cities and 300 participants. Years 4& 5 each had a record number of over 600 participants representing 98 teams and over 60 cities
Cash Prizes Awarded to The Final Four Cities Competing Totaling $ 5,500.00 Sponsorships Available as Vendors Are Able to Give Their Elevator Speeches Prior To Each Event-50 Separate Opportunities, Along with Website and Collateral Incentives.
The Mind Challenge
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