Today: Do something trivial
I’m not sure if you’ve ever been to trivia at a bar, but if you have, you can probably just go ahead and skip this post. Come back in few days when I’ve thought of something else (equally, if not more, mundane) to write about.
Now that I’ve exclaimed that disclaimer, let’s talk trivia. We won again this week. I don’t really know how that happened, but I do know I got the question about Oscar Wilde right. [This Irish writer was quoted as saying, “There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”] No offense, teammates, but this is clearly Wilde. Keats? Please.
Normally I get really excited for the French questions. Last week I was all over haute couture, but when the question about a French pastry being named for its resemblance to lightning popped up, I had no idea what the heck the answer was. La foudre? Never eaten anything that remotely sounds like that. Frankly, that sounds dégoûtante. Apparently, the correct answer (which my teammates pulled through on) was eclaire. And (not so) apparently, some French people call lightning… eclaire.
I totally got served when we tried to win full points on the guess the person section. The trivia DJ (amazing job title) gives clues, with point values, to describe an individual. The first clue has the highest point value and the later (and presumably more obvious) clues have lower values. I tried to cash in the highest point value on a one Mr. Bill Cosby. The clue immediately following my bounding up to the DJ with that answer was, “This person turned down an offer to play Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” Clearly, I was doomed. Incidentally, the correct answer was Tom Selleck.
We managed to pull off the comeback of the century (it’s all relative, my friends) and left on a winning streak. You only need to win twice in a row to call it a streak, right?
Also On Tap for Today:
- Survive back-to-back-to-back meetings on a Monday morning
- Find the cord that connects my digital camera to my digital computer
- Make plans for Kristine’s visit later this week!
Do you have any suggestions for trivia team names? Have you ever mistaken Tom Selleck for Bill Cosby or vice versa? And does it annoy you when people say vice-ah-verse-ah?
