Breanne and I went to trivia again, this time just the two of us. We arrived at The Rogue around 6 because Breanne was certain that trivia started at 7, which proved to be the first of many wrong answers last night. It actually begins at 8, so we got an appetizer and filled our stomachs with beer in preparation for the trivia fest.
Just like the last time, current events crippled us. We only managed 4 out of 10 in the first round after changing a couple of right answers, which inevitably happens. In the second round we absolutely dominated. Since they read the scores for each round, it was obvious we scored the highest of all teams in round 2. The topic? Ballparks. What you had to do was match up the ballpark name with the team that plays there. I could do that in my sleep. Breanne actually figured them all out on her own by process of elimination. It was impressive. So after going 10 for 10, we were nearer the leaders.
Trumpet of Conscience, that's our usual team name, didn't do well in round three. It was a pop music round, but it was extremely difficult. I missed an easy question about the Byrds but most of the bands I'd never heard of. So we fell back a few spots after that round, but considering a majority of the teams had 5 or more people, we were hanging tough.
In what will likely be our typical stronghold, we excelled in the music round. The emcee plays 30 second clips of songs from all genres and you must name the artist. We correctly named Daughtry (Breanne), Madness, the Animals, Lifehouse (Breanne), Gretchen Wilson (Breanne), Shawn Colvin, Sam Cooke. We missed Crowded House when I idiotically guessed the Cutting Crew, and the last two were House of Pain and some rapper.
The next round was the picture round. Again, we did well on this. You're given a print out of boxed off pictures of celebrities, musicians, athletes, etc. We knew almost all of them and Breanne was the only one who cheered when the answer "Colin Montgomery" was revealed. I have to thank my grandmother Keyes for that one.
The last round was bonus points and we did a fair job. Breanne changed my answer on the natural state of Krypton, from a gas to a liquid, which cost us two points, but I did my share of false posturing.
We ended up coming in 4th place, out of about 20 teams. Next week my parents are in town and they should help us a lot. They both read the paper and my father has an encyclopedic memory.
Major Trivial Failures of the Night
1. Neglected to identify Al Lewis, the Grandfather on the Munsters.
2. Confused the Cutting Crew with Crowded House.
3. Krypton.
4. Switched drinks with Breanne after I ordered Root Beer and she didn't want her porter.
5. Missed the southernmost borough of NYC.
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