Trivia Recap: 7/20

The Educated Friends were scattered along the east coast last night, with only a few of us remaining in Gettysburg. Therefore, we added some new (and intelligent!) faces to our lineup:

The Players: Ben (teacher of an undisclosed subject), Hannah (English teacher), Victoria (veterinarian), Danielle (bartender), Marc (social studies teacher), Erin (school nurse)

Opening Category: TV Francises

Hint of the Day: Kidney Beans

Round One:

Even though we chose to begin with TV Francises (an agreement we made with Street Sharks last week), this question had us a little bit stumped. Fortunately, Marc knew the answer and then Danielle came over to confirm it: Chips. A strong start, right? Just wait... Our bonus category was "EGG" On Your Face, with rEGGae and EGGplant being the first two answers, but even though at least three of us grew up playing Sonic the Hedgehog, we could not for the life of us remember that Sonic's nemesis went by the name of Doctor EGGman. Whatever. We got our 5-point bonus, but missed the 2-point bonus. Ben right away knew the answer to Biannual Events (Special Olympics) and he and Marc nailed two of the three countries surrounding Luxembourg. Actually, they knew all three, but we only needed two. And because Ben gave me some information to work with, I was able to come up with the name of Claire Danes and he got My So-Called Life for a 2-point bonus in TV Actresses. And then in Round Two, shit hit the fan...

Round Two:

We always go with the audio clue because we always get it right. I think we've only ever missed the audio clue twice: once, when we wrote down song titles instead of the artists (that was us not following directions), and twice, the other time we didn't get it (I can't remember the theme). Ben asked to see this data because he doesn't believe we do well on the audio clue the majority of the time, but I told him to read the blogs because the data should be recorded in back issues. Sometimes I wonder why we bother to recap our trivia nights. Now I know! Anyway... this week's audio clue involved film clips and I don't like when Pour House does talking clips instead of music clips. We got Elizabeth right, but missed whatever number two was, along with Indiana Jones. That basically ruined our chance of winning because we had made it our bonus AND wagered 9 points because we thought we had at least two of them right. The rest of the round went fine (The Animal Kingdom = koala, Pop Singers = Camila Cabello + Fifth Harmony... courtesy of our MVP Danielle, American History = New Orleans, and Tennis Time = US Open + Australian Open).

Halftime:

We got 18/20, which isn't bad. On the top half, we needed to identify people wearing top hats. On the bottom, we had to match actors to films they appeared in. At least, I think that's what the bottom was... Ben did it so quickly that I didn't really look at it.

Round Three:

The opening category for this round was Start Round 3 With a Craft Beer, which I did when I ordered another Ohh Jeee. The answer to the question was Fat Tire (which Ben and I knew right away), with a 2-point bonus for knowing the brewery is located in Colorado. World History was easy because Marc and possibly another member of our team know a lot about history; Napoleonic Wars earned us twelve points because we went high AND it was our bonus category. We missed Three Clues / One Word because who knew that Little Bunny Foo Foo was threatened by the fairy and told that he would be turned into a goon if he didn't stop bopping field mice on the head? Marc right away knew that Tithe was a Financial Term used by the Catholic Church and we got the Painter we needed (Monet) for the next question, but not where he was buried.

6-4-2:

For the record, I actually got this right for 6 points, but we waited to make sure even though I was pretty certain I was right. I forget exactly how the question was worded, but it was something about Bruce Willis's biggest grossing film and I said The Sixth Sense and Ben said Armageddon and Marc pointed out that The Sixth Sense was available to a wider demographic because of its rating. And it was The Sixth Sense. We got it for four points, which is pretty good, but were still waaaaaaaay down in the standings. Like, after halftime? We were in antepenultimate place. The Educated Friends are never in antepenultimate place.

Round Four:

We missed Foreign Countries because Ben refused to draw a map of the world even though I'd asked him to begin on it way back during Round One. Danielle saved us with 90s Sitcoms, our bonus for that round. Both Marc and Ben could recall everything about the show Hanging With Mr. Cooper except the name of the show. I knew the answer to Classic Singers, which was Richie Valens, and fortunately Ben was paying attention to the bonus question because I didn't hear it but I did know the answer: Lou Diamond Phillips. Mineral Healing was where the hint of the day came into play because the answer was Kidneys and Triple 50/50 (Over/Under) earned us the points but not the 2-point bonus.

Final:

The category for this (I think) was logos. We got it wrong. I don't even remember the clue because by then I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention.

I'd like to point out that last night contained literally ZERO literature questions (lame).

Next week's opening category is The Andy Griffiths Show, and upon hearing this, I said, "That was a category not too long ago, wasn't it?" Ben misheard me, however, and thought I was saying the show was on not too long ago. So he proceeded to inform me that The Andy Griffiths Show stars Andy Griffith and Aunt Bea and Opie and is in black and white, and I was like, "Yeah. I know." Silly Benjamin Charles!

Ben's agreed to write the blog next week because I'm not going to be at trivia because I'm going to Philadelphia to see Caamp perform at the Met. I intend to staand the entire time, unlike Phil and Brock. Also, next Thursday is Mary's birthday eve, so if you'd like to swing by Fourscore and give her a present or buy her a beer, she'll be there to accept your offerings (assuming her son doesn't get pink eye or an ear infection, which he seems to be prone to).