Stump The Chump: D.C. Winners

Last week was another great Stump the Chump session at Lucene/Solr Revolution in DC. Today, I’m happy to anounce the winners:

First Prize: Jeff Wartes ($100 Amazon gift certificate)
Second Prize: Fudong Li ($50 Amazon gift certificate)
Third Prize: Venkata Marrapu ($25 Amazon gift certificate)

Keep an eye on the Lucidworks YouTube page to watch the video as soon as it is available and see the winning questions.

I want to thank everyone who participated — either by sending in your questions, or by being there in person to heckle me. But I would especially like to thank the judges, and our moderator Cassandra Targett, who had to do all the hard work preparing the questions.

See you next year!

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