Ugly Night at Team Trivia

Team Trivia

Our valiant team (shown above) did our best but sometimes you are asked stuff you just don't know or associate correctly. Right away I acknowledge that Hilaire had the right answer to the final but I went a different direction on it. In the final calculations, it didn't matter as we were out of the running, but it was insult on top of injury as they say.

The game also was more up our alley than normal. Heavily geography based, which normally I would love to see. For a couple of weeks now, I feel I haven't been making decent connections or associations, which I seriously blame on drinking a 32 oz smoothie before the game the past two weeks. Being alert and making associations can easily be derailed by food induced brain fog.

1st Half

Round 1:

Technology - What company produces the Galaxy phone? A: Samsung (Correct)

Soccer - What city is home to the US pro soccer team the Galaxy? A: Los Angeles (Correct)

Music Venues - What neighborhood of NYC was home to the Cotton Club, from 1923 - 1934? A: Harlem (Correct)

Round 2:

Behind the Music - Elton John originally started wearing horned-rimmed glasses to be more like this musical hero of his? A: Buddy Holly (Correct)

American History - What founding father is credited with starting the very first fire department in Philadelphia in the late 1700's? A: Ben Franklin (Correct)

Words - According to the Oxford English Dictionary, excluding pre-fixes and compound words, what is the only word in the English language that ends in 'MT'? A: Dreamt (Correct - wtg Hil!)

Round 3:

Movie Plots - What movie from 2024, sees its two title characters traveling via a time machine to a place called the Void in the Universe? A: Bill and Ted (Incorrect. Correct - Deadpool and Wolverine)

International Holidays - Every year on March 25, Greece celebrates its independence from what Empire in 1821? A: Ottoman Empire (Correct)

Bridges - Champlain bridge connect what two US States? A: NY and Vermont (Correct)

Halftime: For one point each, name the eight independent countries of the world whose name ends in the letter 'Y'?

We got Hungary, Norway, Germany, Italy, Turkey ... but failed to add Paraguay, Uruguay and Vatican City

We were in 3rd at this point with 30 points. Perfect was 34 points, which the leader had.

2nd Half

Round 1:

TV Appearances - SNL member Colin Jost first appeared on TV while a college student on what quiz show: 1) Hollywood Squares 2) Jeopardy! 3) Wheel of Fortune 4) Weakest Link? A: Weakest Link (Correct)

Science - What element of the periodic table in the noble gas family is used in film projector light bulbs because it burns bright enough to illuminate the film but not hot enough to damage it? A: Argon (Incorrect. Correct - Xenon).

Pop Music - What song of Sabrina Carpenter does she perform live with different alto openings? A: Espresso (Incorrect. Correct - Nonsense).

Round 2:

Rivers - Which way does the Niagara river flow ... N/S/E or W? A: East (Incorrect. Correct - North)

Canada - In which Canadian province will you find the towns of Medicine Hat, Red Deer and Vauxhall? A: Winnipeg (Incorrect. Correct - Alberta. Pretty fried at this point given Winnipeg isn't even a province but a capital. We were basically done for after all these misses)

Disney Movies - In the classic movie the Aristocats, the mouse in the movie is named after what french cheese? A: Bleu Cheese (Incorrect. Correct - Roquefort. Millie, at the table, had just watched this the day before and we were asking her .... is the mouse's name Roquefort? Camembert? She couldn't remember. You know your trivia night has gone over the cliff when you are counting on a 3-yr old to pull you through!!!)

Round 3:

Beer - What imported light beer calls itself the Best Light Beer that Beer Drinkers Like to Drink? A: Amstel Light (Correct)

Football - Going by the last name only, which Hall of Fame QB -- which is still living -- comes first alphabetically? A: Troy Aikman (Correct)

Fast Food - What FF chain was started in 1969 in what was in a restaurant previously known as the Cape Codder? A: Long John Silver's (Correct).

Sitting in 5th place. Ugh. If we get the final AND everyone else misses it or bets nothing, we could win. Not likely ....

Final Round:

Science

Rank the following substances from highest to lowest boing point: Propane, Sulfur, Isopropyl alcohol and blood. Hilaire know this but I talked here out of the right answer .... for some reason I was thinking the solid component in blood would not totally evaporate before sulfur ... which shows how off I was in my thinking ... any solid > liquid > gas

A: Blood, Sulfur, Iso, Propane. Wrong. Sorry Hil. Correct: Sulfur, Blood, Iso, Propane.

We vow to come back stronger and wiser (and less foggy next time!)