Trivia Recap: 12/1

The Players: Mary (English teacher), Brock (marketing/graphic design/computer/etc. guru), Phil (Adobe expert and excellent waiter who doesn't always get tipped), Darren (math professor), Hannah (English teacher), Ben (social studies teacher), Alex (coffee shop owner)

Hint of the Day: Gas pumps

Opening Category: Steely Dan songs (ugh)

Spoiler Alert: We won

Round One:

We missed the Steely Dan question because Ben's brain isn't quite as spongy as I gave him credit for... but the man is still brilliant. We got everything else: This One First the "Bill," Daytime TV (Mary said Jennifer Hudson, but we didn't think she had a show, and that cost us two bonus points), US Military Locales (Ben said "Hudson River," which was right, and Alex thought that might be a Billy Ocean Moment, but since Kristin has yet to explain the concept of a Billy Ocean Moment in the categories, it's still impossible to know for sure), and Films of the 1990s. Admittedly, we didn't get the bonus for Films of the 1990s (the answer was "The Absent-Minded Professor" and we said "The Nutty Professor"), but we did get the actual answer, which was "Flubber." I had completely forgotten about that movie.

Round Two:

Christmas Songs was great. I knew Neil Diamond, as did Phil and Darren. Brock got Harry Connick Jr. for the second song and Mary and Alex had Pentatonix for the third one. We got the bonus points and our bonus points too. Sixteen points. That was good. Brand Names was right when we said TicTac and I told a story about how my mom trained my first Airedale, Baxter, to always receive a TicTac before bed. Ben thought this was supremely weird, but Phil understood that it was nice for a dog to have a breath mint. Historical Events on Christmas was okay, but we missed the bonus. It didn't end up mattering, though. Common Chemistry was easy; NBA Superstars was not, but Ben got "Jerry West." Like I said, the man is brilliant.

Halftime Sheet:

We aced it. The top half was identifying juice drinks. The bottom half was something like "these two things don't seem like the go together, but they do." It wasn't ridiculously easy by a long shot, but my team but its head together and nailed it.

Round Three:

Perfect round! Three Clues, One Restaurant? Yup. Phil knew some ridiculous trivia about Buffalo Wild Wings. US History? Yup. That was the hint of the day and Mary right away said "Gas." Ben substantiated it. We were right and earned twelve points because it was our bonus. Poets? Yup. Mary got that one right away. She loves "Ozymandias." Things You Might Find at a Winery? Yup. Spittoon... though not all of us realized that particular word could be spelled with two T's. Celebrity Couples? Yup. Phil knew the answer was Emily Rshoudljsdfou and the bonus was "Blurred Lines."

6 - 4 - 2:

It was a music question about notes that spelled a word. We were torn between "FACE" and "CAGE." I had guessed "FACE," but I'm not musician (even though I find musicians to be INSANELY attractive) and the answer was "CAGE." We got it for four points.

Round Four:

Another perfect round. Triple 50/50: US Olympics earned us five points, Name That Cable TV Series was good and we got "Shameless," and Middle East was great too. Ben didn't even draw a map and we still got "Israel" AND "Jordan!" Ben also got "gale" for Meteorology because they were apparently talking about gales on NPR yesterday, and then the Family Film Series was conquered by Darren, who somehow figured out that the name of the fourth Spy Kids movie was "All the Time in the World" after talking it out with the rest of us.

Final Category:

It was sound effects and the answer was "light saber."

Next week, we will be opening the night with Bill Murray movies.