Pick your brain at WVXU fundraiser

Can you tell the difference between a Harry Potter character and a skin disease?

This month, WVXU is hosting an unusual fundraiser which raises just such questions as a way to raise money for the station and entertain listeners. Pairing with Mental Floss Magazine, the station hosts a trivia night to inform and engage participants at Go Bananas in Montgmery.

WVXU, known for both its national and local music and news coverage in Cincinnati, operates as a non-profit, and has always counted on listeners for donations.

After using some of Mental Floss’s games as gifts during a fund-drive, WVXU and Mental Floss struck up a partnership. “I think they realized that the public radio audience was a really good match to their magazine and website,” says Kevin Reynolds, community relations manager at WVXU. “They really want to learn different and new things.”

Reynolds believes that both Mental Floss and WVXU provide listeners and readers with similar information. Instead of just providing the answer to simple trivia questions or the headline of a story, both media give their audiences the back-story.

Visit the fundraiser and by the time you leave, you will know whether Marvolo Gaunt is a skin disease or character in Harry Potter.

Do Good:
• Attend: The Mental Floss Trivia Show at Go Banana’s on Nov. 1.

• Donate to WVXU. Help the station continue to do its work.

• Become a member. You'll receive a thank-you gift.

By Evan Wallis