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Plainfield woman hopes to break Guinness World Record on trivia this weekend

Looks to for title as ‘Longest Marathon as a Quiz Master”

Critical Grind board gaming cafe in Shorewood will host a pop-up bakery on Sunday. The Baby Doll Bakery offers all gluten-free items and dairy-free and egg-free options, too.

Jay Borsom of Plainfield, owner of Liquid Kourage Entertainment, will host trivia games starting 10 a.m. June 7 to 10 p.m. June 8, at Critical Grind Board Game Café, 852 Sharp Drive, Unit L, Shorewood, which will remain open during the event. (Denise Unland)

By Denise M. Baran-Unland

A Plainfield woman plans to host trivia games for 36 consecutive hours in June.

Jay Borsom of Plainfield, owner of Liquid Kourage Entertainment, will host trivia games starting at 10 a.m. Saturday to 10 p.m. Sunday, at Critical Grind Board Game Café, 852 Sharp Drive, Unit L, Shorewood, which will remain open during the event, according to a news release from Critical Grind.

Borsom will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the “Longest Marathon as a Quiz Master” while raising awareness and funds for LGBTQ+ causes, according to the release.

The current world record is 34 hours, 35 minutes and 45 seconds and was achieved in 2023, according to the Guinness World Records website.

Guinness World Record rules require at least two teams of four people present at all times, according to the release.

Tickets are $25 per person for four-hour time slots, and 20% of each ticket will be donated to Tabletop Gaymers, a nonprofit supporting LGBTQ+ representation in tabletop gaming, according to the release.

Purchase tickets at critical-grind.square.site.

The entire event will also be simulcast on Twitch at twitch.tv/liquid_kourage.

Proceeds raised through Twitch will be donated to TransLifeline, a trans-led nonprofit providing crisis support and resources to the trans community, according to the release.

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Denise Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland is the features editor for The Herald-News in Joliet. She covers a variety of human interest stories. She also writes the long-time weekly tribute feature “An Extraordinary Life about local people who have died. She studied journalism at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, now the University of St. Francis.