Wilson Casey

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Wilson Casey (born 1954) is an American columnist and record holder. He earned two Guinness World Records trivia marathon and radio broadcasting records for a thirty-hour live, continuous broadcast on radio station WKDY-AM on January 9 - 10, 1999 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. During the 30 hours he asked and identified the correct answer to 3,333 questions.

Casey was born in Woodruff, South Carolina.

His weekly Bible Trivia column appears in over 100 newspapers in the United States, and his General Trivia column appears in numerous others including the Albuquerque Journal, the Wilmington Star-News, and the Spartanburg Herald Journal. Casey's trivia columns appear in over 250 papers.^[1]

Casey hosted the "Trivia Fun" radio program on WKDY am 1400 radio for six years in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The program was consistently a top rated program in the Spartanburg, South Carolina, market during the 12 -1 pm "noon hour," fielding hundreds of calls every day. Before that he was a regular "trivia-asking" guest on WSPA-AM 950 for sixteen years.

Casey has appeared on the national TV game show The Weakest Link, and in a movie documentary as one of the world's most unusual Guinness Record holders (Chump-Change Productions).

A national speaker, he also emcees celebrity roasts^[2], and live stand-up trivia nights.^[3]

The State of South Carolina General Assembly has honored Casey with a Concurrent Resolution. He is also listed as a National Figure from upstate South Carolina.

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TV Trivia Teasers: 1004 Totally Tubular Brain-Twisters and a Titillating Talking-Head "Photo Teaser" Test (1984) ISBN 0876501641
Do You Know Your Bible? A Fun Quiz on the Good Book (2007) ISBN 1402208847
2008 Bible Trivia Calendar (2007) ISBN 140220938X
Trivia - Cause You Can't Take 200 Papers to the Bathroom (2008) ISBN 1593931379