We went back to trivia with D. and S. for the first time in ages. We had a great time! And I'm not just saying that because we won!
The questions were really hard, and we thought we had done badly. In fact we had done badly, just not as badly as everyone else. We had a couple of strong answers -- Georg and I knew the names of all the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, which we thought was a gimme but from the groans around the room, maybe not; I knew Vitruvian Man (that's the name of that Leonardo painting of the man inside a circle and a square); and D. had the genius moment of the night, correctly guessing what the Mexican government gave citizens in exchange for weapons in a weapon reduction program last year. (the answer: an X-box. Who knew?)
The place was mobbed! Trivia night was always crowded like that when we used to go all the time, and I guess it hasn't changed. We got there an hour early and we might not have gotten a table if D. and S. hadn't been there already.
My cold seems to be waning and I felt a lot better today, but right now I've lost my voice again. A whole evening of talking, and talking loud to be heard in a noisy bar, and I'm ready to lie on the couch, watch ANTM, and not talk. I have a meeting tomorrow at 11:30 and if I'm careful I won't have to talk at all until then.
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i went to a pub quiz last night, and the most ridiculous question they asked was: "true or false? in colorado, it is illegal to use water barrels, because technically that rain belongs to the state." it seemed too stupid to be true (though they're asking us about it, so it *must* be true) -- we reverse-psychologized ourselves out of the correct answer. (which, in fact, is 'true'.) d'oh.
i heart pub quiz. our team name is 'facts machine'. :)
how did you feel about the outcome of ANTM?
It seems like I read something about that CO water restriction just recently, that garden centers can't sell rain barrels so they sell all the parts & pretend it isn't a kit.
I was expecting McKey to win, was just surprised that Sam made it to #2. The ones I liked had all been knocked out pretty early so I wasn't really rooting for anyone. What did you think?