Trivia Recap: 3/9

For the record, I tried to recruit Mary to write this blog because I really didn't feel like doing it... but she said she was too busy... so I'm writing it... against my will.

The Players: Hannah (English teacher), Mary (English teacher), Darren (math professor), Phil (something with Adobe)

Hint of the Day: Barbie

Opening Category: "American Pie," the song

Round One:

Mary here. Hannah did end up recruiting me to write up a portion of this week's blog. So here we go...

Of course we got our opening question right. Did you know that Madonna covered "American Pie"? The next category was Toys and Games and our hint of the day was used here, the answer was Barbie and I knew that Margot Robbie was playing Barbie in the upcoming film. I don't think I should brag about knowing this information but I always feel accomplished when I know an answer. We did well in the Musical Blackjack Category. We knew two of the artists (Twenty-one Pilots and Adele) but we missed the rapper, 21 Savage. (For the record, I'd never even heard of 21 Savage...) Phil knew the answer to the Hotel Chain Category, La Quinta, and Hannah knew Robert and John Kennedy's middle names for the final question of round one (Francis and Fitzgerald). That's all from me for now, back to Hannah.

Round Two:

Hi. It's Hannah. I'm back.

Weirdly, A Little Alliteration was the opening category of Round Two both this week and last week. I love love LOVED this week's alliteration, though, because everything was a show and I (sort of) knew all of them. I recognized Sesame Street right away and OF COURSE I got Gilmore Girls! (So did Mary; we loooooooooove that show. Phil hates it and thought the answer was Sister, Sister, which is absurd because his wife looooooooooooooves Gilmore Girls as well.) Oh, and the third answer was Mad Men. The rest of the round went fine. We missed a question about NHL Teams because why would we know that? And we missed a question about State Capitals because we just did. Phil knew that an airbag relies on some sort of Common Chemistry equation, so that earned us some points, and while we could not remember that Peter Falk played the grandfather in The Princess Bride, Darren did know that Fred Savage played the grandson. Therefore, we got seven points. I also knew and recited in a pretty impressive accent, “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die," but that didn't earn us any points because it wasn't part of the question. It was just a thing that occurred.

Halftime:

We did pretty well. Phil and I even did some coloring, devoting most of our efforts to Alice Cooper. Here's what this week's halftime sheet looked like:

Round Three:

Hello, it's Mary again.

Round three started with the Diseases and Meds category. We were unsure what long-term autoimmune disorder was treated by DMARDs so we waited for the multiple choice options. Once given the options, we went with Rheumatoid Arthritis and we were correct! Phil and Darren remembered the Apple and Mac commercial from the early 2000s to get the correct answer for the Commercials and Their Brands category. The third category for the round was Backing Bands. We knew Tom Petty's backing band was the Heart Breakers. We did not know that George Strait had a backing band called Ace in the Hole, but I knew that Selena Gomez had a backup band called The Scene. I was also the only one who knew this out of all of the teams present! Children's Authors was our bonus category for this round. Phil and Hannah knew this right away; the answer was Richard Scarry. The final category was From Page to 1980's Screen. The question asked about a baseball movie. Darren knew the answer was The Natural because when he was in elementary school, he went on a field trip to see it! And he had to walk, like half a mile to the theatre or something. My understanding is, the entire school went.

6 - 4 - 2:

This state has the southern most point of the Rocky Mountains and we knew it was New Mexico but we weren't super confident, so we waited for the second hint and then earned four points.

Round Four:

Darren knew the answer for the People of Politics category and I knew Thirteen Reasons Why for I Am On Netflix. (As an aside, I do feel that I was more of an asset than I usually am at trivia... I knew some worthwhile things last night.) NBA History was a wash, Common Bonds was gotten by Darren straight away (Bubble Boy!), and 3 Clues, 1 Restaurant was immediately known by Phillip, who apparently aspires to someday own and operate his own Dairy Queen. Who knew the man loved Blizzards as much as he does? As Phil likes to say, "If you turn a DQ Blizzard upside down, the ice cream holds strong, and that is the sign of a delicious dessert. Straws?!" he'll scoff. "No way! Real ice cream is eaten with a spoon." Here's a little-known fact: Phil once ate seven Blizzards in one sitting. And then he had a tremendous stomach ache that lasted two days.

Final:

World Geography was the category and the answer wasn't "Germany." The answer was "Ethiopia." Nevertheless, we won... and next week's opening category is American Pies.