Trivia Recap: 2/2 (The night of duplicates)

The Players: Hannah (English teacher), Mary (English teacher), Darren (math professor), Ben (not a potato-chip taster), Danielle (bartender)

Hint of the Day: Almonds

Opening Category: Types of Mustaches

Round One:

Did you know that there's a category of mustache in the mustache championship that is in honor of Salvador Dali? Truth. Also, there were TWO questions about Groundhog Day last night. In the first one, "Groundhog Day" was the answer to Name That Holiday. In the second one, we had to answer three questions about Groundhog Day. Ben and Darren knew all the answers. Mary has never seen Groundhog Day. I have, but I didn't remember all the important details. TV Animation was fine -- we even got the 2-point bonus -- and The World of Beer Brewing was alright too. Danielle confirmed our answer of "Germany." We didn't get the bonus here, so I denoted a 2-point loss using my orange pen... in honor of Phillip, who couldn't be with us because he had Board of Director obligations.

Side note: Phil bought my birthday present yesterday. He and I are going to see Cabinet in April and I'm very excited about it! He's even going to drive!

Round Two:

Geographic Music was kind of fun. Ben and I knew "Miami" (I always like to sing my own made-up lyrics to that song; I sing "Welcome to Miami, corn beef Frito in Miami," even though I know that's not right), Darren knew "El Paso," and Mary knew "Boston." Name That War was known by someone, but I'm not sure who because I was getting a beer. The answer was "War of 1812." Candy Bars was easy: Almond Joy and Mounds. I love both, but wish Mounds came with almonds or Almond Joy was made with dark chocolate. Oh well. We missed the 2-point bonus for that one, so I noted it in orange again... in honor of Phillip. Darren right away knew that "force" was the answer to Science and Math, and Ben knew "Alabama and Oklahoma" were the answers to NFL Players and Their Colleges.

Halftime:

On the top, we had to identify logs with the letter H in them. Obviously, I love the letter H, but I only knew about five of the logos. With our heads combined, we managed to figure 'em all out though. And the bottom was fun because we had to match the first names of TV family members to their last names. We scored 20/20.

Round Three:

One of the answers to the bottom half of the halftime sheet was Ewing, which is the last name of the family in Dallas. The answer to Soap Opera Grab Bag was "Dallas" and the bonus was "Ewing," so that was weird but easy. History Americans was my favorite part of the night because I, Hannah, was the one who knew the answer! Other team members thought the answer was going to be Longfellow or Thoreau or something, but I was like, "I am pretty sure Ben Franklin had thirteen virtues that he lived by" and fortunately Mary backed me up after she thought about it for a few seconds. And we got it right! Because of me! Sometimes I am an asset. Usually the other teammates are the assets, but I know an occasional thing. Three Clues, One Word was fine, even though, as Ben pointed out, "There are a lot of words." And Things in the Sky went okay as well... even though, as Ben pointed out, "There are a lot of things in the sky." Ben also knew MLB Award Winners so we earned a bonus there.

6 - 4 - 2:

The first hint had to do with a logo that incorporates a smile into an O and a P. Pretty much everyone in the room knew the answer was IHOP, so that was a fast category.

Round Four:

I knew the answer to British Authors, but none of us knew the bonus. Sad. Pardon My Spanish was easy enough, and Darren knew the answer to Horror Films right away: "M3GAN." We even got the bonus! Pop Star Families was fine, and Heading North was alright too... even though we missed the bonus.

Final Round:

The category was Logos, we wagered all 12 points, and ended up winning for the second week in a row! Yay! Because Darren chose the opening category for next week, it's something to do with algebra or geometry or both... I can't remember exactly what he decided on. I don't need to know, either, because he'll be the one to answer that question!