We were two points off from a perfect game in our recent virtual trivia shenanigans, and that still put us in fifth place! Welcome to competing in a national scene (and a pretty competitive one, at that). Sure, people like to grumble that people probably cheat in virtual trivia games. Even I have done that on occasion. But cheating or not, there will always be teams that do better than you! Unless you’re the teams that win all of the time!

Here were our questions:

Round One

1 Mythology – In Greek mythology, Prometheus defied the gods by stealing what and giving it to humanity?

2 Late Night TV – What former correspondent on The Daily Show hosted the late-night talk show Full Frontal, which aired on TBS from 2016–2022?

3 #1 Songs – Name either of the two artists who have had a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with a song titled “The Power of Love”—one in the 1980s and the other in the 1990s.

NERD POINT: Name both.

4 City Names – What city in Indiana gets its two-word name from a French phrase meaning “Highland?”

Mystery Round One

Choose the entry in each list that does NOT belong.

For example, if given “Days of the week—Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, April, and Saturday,” the answer would be “April,” which is not a day of the week.

1. Songs by Katy Perry—“Hot N Cold,” “Come & Get It,” “Firework,” “Wide Awake,” and “Never Really Over”

2. Novels by Dan Brown—Dreamcatcher, The Lost Symbol, Origin, Angels & Demons, and Inferno

Missed #2.

Round Two

5 BirdsThe largest land bird in North America by wingspan is closely associated with which U.S. state, which is referenced in its name?

6 What book in the Hunger Games series was split into two films, released in 2014 and 2015?

7 The phrase “Don’t Mess with Texas” was originally introduced in the 1980s as part of a campaign to reduce what?

8 From 1902–1953, the American League team named the Browns played its home games in what Midwestern city, before moving to Baltimore and becoming the Orioles? WE GOT THIS ON A GUESS! Yay, sportsball!

Mystery Round Two

We got all of these correct. Our final category was Game of Thrones, which is not something either of us ever got into reading – or watching. So we wagered zero. Didn’t do us any good…

Name two of the three dragons of Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones. They are named for her late husband and for her two older brothers.

Puff, Smaug and Pete’s Dragon were not correct.

Maybe we will find a live trivia spot that works for us, our schedules and everything else! But we’re not in a hurry to do anything THAT crazy! Or ARE we?

As always, Go Pods, and stay classy, all of you dragons out there!