Editor’s Note: This will likely be edited later on Friday…

Four ‘Pods, a “guest,” and a “guest of a guest” converged at Original Gravity Brewing Co. for its Sporcle Live trivia scene Thursday. The standings at the bar have changed a bit, with Big Heads Big Hearts moving into first place with 103 league points and This Is Sparta dropping to second with 99 league points. The third and fourth place standings haven’t changed, with Where’s Trey in third with 94 points and us in fourth with 82 points. But it does appear that things are tightening up! When looking at total cumulative scores, our team should be in third place, not fourth – but standings are determined by “league points,” which are based on game wins (win more games, get more league points).  We managed to win a first place prize in game one, finished in third overall for the night. It still all comes down to “that” final venue tournament game and I REFUSE to think for even one second that our team doesn’t have a chance of winning a tournament spot at the end! I think it will probably come down to a showdown between us and Big Heads Big Hearts, but I ain’t no Nostradamus! If the events of the current World Cup are any indicator, anything can happen. The 2014 World Cup champions Germany exited the tournament in the first rounds. Japan advanced to the “knockout stage.” Senegal was eliminated on a technicality (fair play tiebreaker). Too bad…the Senegal coach is so hot!

Aliou Cissé, coach for Senegal’s national soccer team – he is the only black World Cup coach, and is the youngest at 42 years old. He should be in movies – hello, Black Panther sequel!

Game One
1. Boy Bands – Name the first name of any two members of the boy band New Kids On The Block. Three for a “nerd” bonus point. Yay a “boy bands” question I knew, and only because of a silly Christmas song about them getting run over by a reindeer (I’m telling ya, put ANYTHING to a jingle or a song and I’ll remember it forever, lol..), got this for 10 plus the bonus.
2. Wars – Name any year in which the Apache Wars took place. 3
3. Theme Songs – Theme song for Cartoon Network series featuring a diminutive mad scientist with red hair and his annoying sister, got it for 9.
4. Books – Facebook clue about trashy romance novels. And that’s all I’m going to give you guys…(sorry, it’s late), got this for 8.
5. NHL Teams – How many NHL teams in Canada play their home games farther south the any of the NHL teams in the United States play their home games? Off by one, miss for 2.
6. Cars – What self-driving car company, which is a subsidiary of Google’s Alphabet Inc., has used the slogan “We’re Creating the Most Experienced Driver?” Miss for 1.
7. Geography – If you tunneled through the center of the earth from Mexico City, in which ocean would you end up? Social for 6.
8. Toys- What Mattel toy introduced in 1965 features a pointer users can use to trigger a designated sound? 7
9. Animals – The head of a male mallard duck is typically what color?
10. Partners – What actress was the romantic partner of Tim Burton from 2001 to 2013 in addition to being the star in many of his films?

Actress from previous question as Marla Singer in Fight Club. Reese Witherspoon turned down this role!

Mystery – Twisted Titles
All of the answers will be Disney films with one letter changed.
1. A cocker spaniel spends all of her time hopping from streetcar to streetcar in a 1955 film
2. In order to make Princess Aurora family friendly, they have to edit out all of the swearing and curse words in what 1959 film
3. Disney’s first African-American princess in a 2009 film gets drunk on a spiced alcoholic beverage made of lemon juice, cinnamon, lime juice and rum
4. 2016 film featuring everyone on a Polynesian island making low sounds of pain
Got them all.
Scores: 12 teams, 30 points to 67, with us in first. We got three bonus points for requesting songs…
Final Category: U.S. Presidents
Name two of the  four U.S. presidents who never had a vice president serving under them during their entire term.
got it….
????, 82; ‘Pods, 86.
Game Two
1. Countries – What is the largest country by area to be located entirely out of Asia? 10
2. People in Law – What word that is French in origin meaning “custody” describes a person who provides court security and law enforcement? 9
3. Grammy Winners – What artist won the Grammy for best new artist in 1972 and was known for her hits “You’re So Vain,” “Nobody Does it Better,” and “You Belong to Me?”
4. Board Games – The color on a triple word score tile in a standard Scrabble game most closely resembles the color resembling what standard Monopoly property? Vermont Avenue, Park Place, Illinois Avenue or Virginia Avenue? A bit of debate, but got this…
5. Movie Awards – Two different actors won the Golden Raspberry Award for worst actor in the years 2012, 2014 and 2018, both of whom played female characters. Name one of those actors, name both for an extra “nerd” bonus point. Got the point, but not the bonus…
6. Civil Rights – What do any two letters in Jesse Jackson’s PUSH campaign? Miss.
7 NBA PLayers – After LeBron James, what player, active in the 2017-2018 year, has played in the most overall games? I know there was more to this question, but meh…miss.
8. Zodiac Which sign of the western zodiac falls on Flag Day? miss for 6, ouch! Off by one month….
9. Authors – What American writer penned “A Connecticut Yankee in King’s Arthur Court?”
10. Sitcoms – Dan Fielding and Christine Sullivan were among the principal characters on what sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1992? Jesus, and commence Brad talking about the boobs of this woman, lol…
Visual Mystery –

Missed #4.
Scores: Nine teams, scores 35 to 60, with Big Heads Big Hearts in first.
Final Category – 1950s Movies
Name any one of the actresses receiving Academy Award nominations for their performances in the film All About Eve.
Miss and wagered. Put down a woman in a similarly titled film.
Game Winners: Rummer, 71; Where’s Trey, ???
Until next time, which will be Saturday. As always, Go Pods, and stay classy, Marla Singer!