Our “three amigos” visited Sticks Monday for its trivia night, and got a bit roughed up by the questions! Since it’s “Cephalopod Week” (yes, we’ve decided that we’re boycotting “Shark Week” and instead celebrating cephalopods this week instead), it actually makes a lot of sense! Who wants to watch a show where the protagonists never f— up? That would be an extremely boring sitcom, and even more boring episode featuring cephalopods! Why watch a successful cephalopod hunt for gift cards and points when you can instead watch them scratch their heads dumbly and blow big points on questions about weather disasters – and upcoming movies?

Cephalopod Week is actually celebrated in the last week of June, for inquiring minds. But really – why limit the celebration of cephalopods to just one week?

As for the game, we finished with 84 total points and one $10/second place prize in game one. And that was only because we wagered zero on a final question about 2000s music that all teams missed (all teams missed both finals at our bar Monday).

For those keeping score at home, this was our 50th trivia game we’ve played this year (not counting tournament/semifinal/finals games).

And here are the questions…

Game One

1. Companies – Ashley, Ethan Allen and Hooker are among the largest manufacturers of what type of objects? 10

2. Nicknames – Name both schools in the Southeast Conference that have athletic teams nicknamed the bulldogs? 9

3. Authors- Who wrote the novel Hideaway which was adapted into a 1995 film starring Jeff Goldblum? Miss for 1, we guessed Michael Crichton.

4. Food Words – what word is used to describe food that is prepared in accordance with Islam dietary laws? 8

5. Nicknames – Which U.S. president was nicknamed “Old Hickory?” 7

6. Sequels – The Legend of Curly’s Gold is the subtitle of the sequel to what 1991 film? 6

7. Alcohol – What brand of Canadian whiskey was introduced in 1939 as a tribute to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Canada which was the first time a reigning monarch visited the country? 5

8. ’90s Music – Name either song released by Will Smith that was also the title of a film in which  he starred – name both for a bonus point. Got one but not both – remembered the correct name of the second movie after we turned in our slips (gotta make the cephalopod programming entertaining, lol)!

9. Nicknames – Which Eastern U.S. state is nicknamed the Pine Tree State? 3

10. Spin-Offs – All Stars, Threads and Junior are subtitles of spin-offs of what reality series that has aired 17 seasons Miss for 2.

Mystery – Current Events

M1 – Who became the newest prime minister of the United Kingdom taking over for Theresa May?

M2 – An unexpected hailstorm shortened part of what sporting event?

M3 – Rapper A$AP Rocky was formally charge with his role in a street fight in which European country?

M4 – Ricardo Rossello, the governor of which U.S. territory announced he would resign a month after a text messaging scandal?

Missed #3.

Scores – Six teams, scores 48 to 66 with Goodbye Jer Bear in first. We were in third with 61 points.

Final category – 2000s Music

In the decade of the 2000s (2000-2009), seven artists or groups had a single album spend at least eight weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Name two of those seven artists or groups.

We managed to get one of the correct artist/group.

Scores – ‘Pods, 61; Jer Bear, 66.

Game Two

1. Politicians – In 1991, Boris Yeltsin was elected to be the first president of what country? 10

2. Novels – Two of Jules Verne’s three best selling novels have numbers in the titles. Name both of these novels, 9.

3. Casino Games – Name one of the three sum totals rolled on a first roll in a game of raps that cause a player to lose – name both for a bonus point, 5.

4. ’70s Music – What 1979 song opens with the lyrics, “Ooh, my little pretty one, my pretty one/When you gonna give me some time?” Big nope for us, but seemed so obvious when answer was revealed. We’re blaming Brad for this miss because he was in high school when this was a big hit and the other two of us were in third grade! Really, we all should’ve known this… Miss for 1.

5. Words – What six-letter word that means “to wander” is also derived from the French word for fodder or food? 8

6. Baseball – In baseball, what is represented by a backwards letter K? Sorry, I didn’t write down this question very well, we missed it for 4.

7. French – After DRC and France, what is the most populous country with French as an official language? 3

8. 2010s TV – Audio clue of a line from a series we never watched, miss for 2.

9. New Movies – Tony and Grammy Award winning actress Cynthia Erivo will appear as the title character in an upcoming biographical drama about which historical figure? Miss for 6. I’m guessing that the folks who saw the Lion King movie in theaters may have seen trailers for this movie…

10. Scales – The enhanced Fujita Scale is also known as the EF scales is a zero to 5 scale rating the intensity of what kind of natural disaster based on the amount of damage they cause? Miss for 7.

Visual Mystery –

Got them all.

Scores heading into the final – Six teams, scores 43 to 64 with Goodbye Jer Bear in first. We were (ahem) bringing up the rear…

Final Category – Borders

According to the IBC, an international organization responsible for surveying and mapping the U.S.-Canada border, Alaska is the state with the longest border with Canada, at 1,538 miles. Name three of the four states that have the next-longest borders.

We managed to get two correct and one we’d discussed that was correct didn’t make it on the slip (darn committee thinking)! No teams got three correct states…

Did not catch the names of the game game winners.

Until next time, which will be Thursday. We’ll be doing Thursday games the next couple of weeks, and plan to visit a spot we haven’t visited in a while very, very soon! As always, Go Pods, and stay classy, Doug Fieger!