Nearly 40 teams put on their game faces, grabbed their thinking caps and flexed their mental muscles for a great cause at the 4th Annual MS Brain Games, a unique supper quiz mixing general trivia, skill and chance hosted by the New York City – Southern New York Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
The 1000 Watt Bulbs led by Board trustee member Peter Goettler
swept this year’s competition to become
New York’s Smartest Team on October 17 at Gotham Hall.
The event, which raised $440,000 for national research and local programs and services recognized Donna Speciale President, Investment & Activation and Agency Operations for MediaVest USA and awarded her the 2011 No Brainer Award presented by Robin Steinberg also of MediaVest.
Teams that competed in the challenge include:
ABC
Acorda Therapeutics
Bloomberg
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Brown
CNN
Conde Nast
D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc.
Deloitte
Deutsche Bank Americas
DIRECTV
ESPN
Financial Times
Forbes Media
FOX Broadcasting Company
Cynthia and Peter Goettler
GUIDEPOSTS
Hearst Magazines
Meredith Corporation
NBC Universal
Newspaper National Network LP
People Magazine
Pepsi Co.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC
Rodale, Inc.
Jeff & Amy Silverman
Structure Tone, Inc.
Time Inc.
Time Inc., Lifestyle Group
TIME/Fortune/Money/CNN Money.com
Tishman Speyer
The Wall Street Journal
Donna & Malcolm Wattman
James O. Welch
USA TODAY