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Get your nerd on tonight at Seattlest trivia. Converge with your fellow brainiacs at the Old Pequliar to win valuable cash (if you're one of the top three teams), the Valiant Effort award of valuable swag (if you're in last place), or a special mystery prize during the audio round.

Yesterday, Gov. Chris Gregoire sought to help prevent further injury for the millions of athletes who suffer sports-related concussions, by signing one of the nation's first and toughest laws regulating high school athletes' level of activity after sustaining a concussion. The new motto is, "When in doubt, the player has to come out." The Zachery Lystedt Law--inspired by the 16-year-old Maple Valley football player, who suffered a life-threatening brain injury--mandates adolescent athletes who have suffered a concussion cannot come back to play until they have a written approval from a doctor.