From the Stevens Point Journal April 21, 2007:

Couple weds atop Trivia float

It was a match made in -- well, that all depends on what you think of Trivia.

Alex Mauer and Jenny Asuquo were married Friday in a modest ceremony -- the bride and groom wore t-shirts that said, simply, "bride" and "groom," respectively -- while riding atop their float for the Trivia Parade. Family members sat on foldable chairs crammed into the float's flattop trailer, and Ben Solberg, a fellow Trivia team member, officiated, having been ordained through a Web site earlier this year. He dressed as Elvis. 

Photo: Alex Mauer, right, and Jennifer Asuquo exchanged wedding vows witnessed by the minister, Ben Solberg, center, while riding on the "Thicko" team float Friday in the Trivia Parade. THOMAS KUJAWSKI/STEVENS POINT JOURNAL

"They're really one of the grooviest couples I know," said Blanca Martin, also a member of Team Thicko, whose base of operations -- described by Mauer as the "war room" -- is on Division Street. "They're so down-to-earth. I'm really happy they're getting married during their favorite time of year."

For Mauer and Asuquo, the wedding was simply a natural step in a six-year courtship that began with the marriage of two separate Trivia teams, one of which was named "Don't Pee on the Electric Fence," and the other whose name nobody seems to remember.

"It just kind of seemed like the right thing to do," said Mauer, 26. "We've been really hard-core into Trivia and it just kind of seemed fitting...we didn't really ever consider any alternatives."

"It's ... interesting," said Cathy Mauer, Alex's mother, after a pause. "I would never have expected anything else."

Another pause, then a laugh.

"Well, maybe something else."

Asked whether the mobile ceremony constituted her "dream wedding," Asuquo, 26, smiled.

"Now it's my dream wedding," she said, "I've been dreaming about it for months."

Attendees of the ceremony planned on taking an hour respite before plunging into a 54-hour Trivia reception. One team member was expected to bake a cake.

"If (she doesn't bake the cake,)" predicted Asuquo as she and Mauer dressed the float with streamers before the parade, "we're having chips and pizza."

"Wedding chips and pizza," said Mauer, correcting his fiancee.

During the parade, the wedding trailer followed a pickup truck freighted with a string quartet. At the insistence of the wedding party, the bride and groom kissed every time the parade turned a corner.

"Alex is a very nice person -- I've very excited to marry him," said Asuquo. "I'm sure he would say the exact same thing about me. You can quote him on that."