The live trivia scene at Sticks in Ypsilanti, is anything but predictable! A large group of what appeared to be – for lack of a better word – 70-80 somethings – had taken over a good chunk of the room where the trivia host Ashley usually sets up shop. I made the terrible joke that maybe it was an 80th high school reunion crowd? At one point, the poor trivia host was pretty much pushed up against the wall with her tablet in hand!

Eventually, the microfiber golf polo, mint green golf shorts and white capri- wearing crowd dissipated a bit. But for every one of them who left, three more seemed to pour in! If they were playing the trivia game, they might have enjoyed the question we had about 60s music! And of those “seniors” wearing a Hawaiian shirt cut in front of our friend Brad in the drink line and allowed others to cut with him! Was he trying to impress one of the silver vixens with his brazenness?

If anyone was missing a parent, grandparent or great-grandparent Thursday, they might have found ‘ em at Sticks! 🤣

We wanted to play that night just because it was our 69th game at Sticks, and we just couldn’t pass up that milestone! I also had a rare Thursday off work, and we learned right before the game that our power was turned back on! It had been off a little more than 24 hours. At least we fared better than the homeowners about a mile from us who had a yuge tree bite the dust in the storm and take out part of the house!

Here were our very, very abbreviated questions (thankfully we scored more than 69 points in the two games):

Round One

1 Rich People – John D. Rockefeller made his fortune in what industry?

2 Gaming Consoles – What gaming console, released in 1989, is known as a Mega Drive outside of North America? Miss.

3 Band Names – What colorful band released the hit song Breakfast at Tiffany’s in 1995? Miss.

4 Libraries – The Abraham Lincoln presidential museum and library is located in what Midwestern city?

Mystery Round One – Visual

Only missed #4.

Round 2

5 Bones – What inner ear bone called the incus is better known by ita Latin derived name?

6 2010s Fims – In what 2012 film does Channing Tatum play a role loosely based partially on his own life experiences? Miss. We incorrectly guessed Adventureland.

7 Spin Offs – Name both spinoffs to Blackish – bonus point for both.

8 Sports Teams – Memphis Maniax, San Francisco Demons and Birmingham Thunderbolts are teams in which US sports league?

Mystery Round Two – Who’s Oldest?

Pick the oldest person from the following groupings of three.

M1 Hall of Fame pitchers – Dennis Eckersley, Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez

M2 Rappers – Sean Combs, Dr.Dre, Jay Z

M3 Actors – Quinta Bronson, Dan Levy, Kristen Bell

M4 Cabinet members Janet Yellen, Merrick Garland, Antony Blendin

Missed #4.

We were in third going into the final with 41 points.

World Cities

The two autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla in Spain border which other country?

Wagered and missed.

Round Three –

9 Comics – Reed Richards, Ben Grimm and Johnny/Susan Storm are best-known by what collective name?

10 Restaurants – What restaurant chain associated with the southwest it’s name with a disaster recovery index used by FEMA? Facebook clue that didn’t help us, miss.

11 Countries – What is the only country name in the world whose short form name contains two k’s?

12 Movie Scenes – In what film does a character named Blitzer say, “A gold medal is a wonderful thing, bit if you’re not enough with it, you’ll never be enough with it?” My guess was correct, but I was overruled.

Mystery Round Three –

MC initials

All correct answers will be people with initials MC

M1 – Owner Dallas Mavericks

M2 – Singer releasing Endless Summer Vacation in 2023

M3 – Author of Westworld

M4 – Actor nominated for PT Emmy for playing Kim Jong Il on 30 Rock

Got all of these.

Round Four-

13 Stadiums – Which MLB team has played its home games at Recreation Park and Veterans Park – among other places before moving to its current spot I the city? Yay Brad! All sports questions were all him on this night!

14 60s Songs – Name 2 of cities mentioned by name in the hit song Dancing in the Stree, all three for a bonus point.

15 Science Terms – What is the 7 letter word for something remaining T rest unless acted on by an outside force? Blank faces all around, miss.

16 Computers – What operating system released in the mid 1990s first merged Windows and MS DOs products?

Mystery Round Four – 2000s TV, pick ’em

From the following list of shows, pick the four released between 2000 and 2009

GOT, Cmmunity, Bernie Mac Show, CSI SVU, Jersey Shore, King of Queens, Lizzie Maguire

Got three correct.

We were in sixth with 46.

Final Question – Flavors

According to its web site, Pop Tarts come in 17 different flavors – eight of those flavors do NOT include the name of a specific fruit or the word chocolate, including wild berry and maple. Name three of those flavors.

We wagered zero, four teams got it correct. We always buy the “store brand” pop tarts we are cheap!

As always, go Pods and stay classy, Mark Cuban!