Trivia Recap: 8/11

Darren told me not to bother with a recap of Thursday's game, but I told him that wasn't really an option. I've made a commitment and I can't falter the second week into it. Admittedly, trivia wasn't that exciting this week. We did place second... but it was no no thanks to me! I spent the day at the pool with my beach-lady friends, rolling into the brewery (that's where trivia takes place) about 15 minutes before go time. I was sunbaked and a bit buzzed... but just a bit.

Opening category: Tiki drinks

Hint of the day: Marionettes

The players: Hannah (English teacher), Ben (social studies teacher), Darren (math professor), Brock (something with design and computers and other things I don't understand), Victoria (veterinarian)

So I had this great idea to make tiki drinks our bonus category because a lot of the time the opening category is easy. It wasn't. We lost 8 points up front. Have you heard of a drink called a "scorpion bowl"? And do you associate the word "scorpion" with zoology? It was a bit misleading, in my humble opinion. Nevertheless, we went on to do well in the rest of this round. Darren knew things about Batman and Vincent Price, Ben made some great associations regarding Mexico City and the Olympics, and the other questions were answered too.

Round two began with an audio clue; the songs played had alliterative titles... a repetition of the B sound. "Black Better" (we all got that), "Barely Breathing" (Darren got that), and "Ballroom Blitz" (Darren got this too)." SIDE NOTE! When I was in high school (or maybe early college) my most very favorite band Reel Big Fish was featured on a ska album that redid music originally recorded by metal/hair bands. RBF did "Kiss Me Deadly" (it's a REELY good cover!) and I obviously needed the album. So I ordered it. This is back when CDs were a thing. The CD I wanted (it was called Metaliska) was on backorder so the company sent me a grunt whistle to hold me over until I got my music. "What's a grunt whistle?" you ask? It's a whistle used to call things like deer and elk and other wild creatures. My friends Biz, Laura, Justin, and I used it to cause mayhem in the neighborhood where we lived. We'd drive around late at night in Biz's father's business van with the windows down and the grunt whistle a-blowin'. Once we stole a toilet that was out for trash pickup and relocated it to another house. The people who acquired it used it as a planter for a while. Someday, if you're really lucky, I'll tell you the story of an old chair and Rita's Italian Ices, but I digress...

We aced the half-time bonus sheet (actors on the top, frontwomen and their bands on the bottom), but I might mention that in round two, I actually knew the answer to a movie question. I forget the question, but the answer was Dead Poets Society. My team was unimpressed that I knew the answer--"It's a film about an English teacher and you're an English teacher!" Ben said--but I don't watch movies! I was impressed with myself; that's what matters.

We did a mediocre job of round three, missing a question about board games (Pour House Trivia is obsessed with Risk, apparently; we had a question about that game last week) and celebrity relationships. Who cares how many women Orlando Bloom has impregnated? It was a stupid question and it cost us 3 points.

Round four was good. We didn't miss anything and this is where the hint of the day came into play. Master of Puppets/marionettes. Whatever.

The final question was gotten by Ben because he is a smart cookie.

Oh, here's a funny thing: the winning team tonight was a couple who'd never played before and their team name had the word "Squirrels" in it. I forget what was in front of "squirrels," but when they won, they didn't realize they get to choose the opening category for next week and so when they were told this was a thing, they chose squirrels! So I will be reading about squirrels this week. It's a very vague topic, but hopefully it's an interesting one. Perhaps there will even be a blog post in the future about squirrels.