{"id":889,"date":"2012-06-04T09:14:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T09:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/?p=889"},"modified":"2019-12-15T01:39:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T01:39:55","slug":"lawrence-finds-australias-topgeek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/?p=889","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Finds Australia’s TopGeek"},"content":{"rendered":"

After 5 months of heats and challenges, TopGeek2.0<\/a>,\u00a0the search for Australia’s most tech-savvy, pop culture-obsessed human,\u00a0came to a nerdy climactic conclusion. On May 10, 2012,\u00a0Lawrence was Ringmaster for the massive Grand Final showdown at Perth’s State Theatre and the clash was streamed LIVE across Australia on iiNet’s FreezoneTV.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Lawrence (aka The\u00a0Twelfth\u00a0 Doctor) – photos: iiNet<\/a><\/p>\n

The Six TopGeek2.0 Finalists each brought their own specialty – Cem Selamet (Fandom), Skaidris Gunsmith (Internet), Rhiannon Davies (Art), Rhys Elsmore (Technology), Steve Wright (Gaming) and\u00a0Cody Davis (Popular Choice Wild Card Entry). They and battled it out over two rounds of trivia with Double Dare-styled physical “geek” challenges, on a TV gameshow set that was appropriately designed.<\/p>\n

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TopGeek2.0 stage (above) \u00a0 \u00a0vs \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0IT CROWD office (below)<\/p>\n

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The winner who rose to the top of the pile of blood, sweat and Zelda T-shirts, was Steve Wright, aka Stevivor<\/a>, a gaming journalist from Melbourne.<\/p>\n

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Lawrence: “What were the names of Batman’s murdered parents?”<\/p>\n

Steve: \u00a0“Martha and Bruce Wayne.”<\/p>\n

Lawrence: “Incorrect.”<\/p>\n

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Steve: “Dammit! Thomas! Thomas Wayne!”<\/p>\n

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