We played our tenth pub trivia game of 2024 on St. Patrick’s Day, and all three of our players wore actual shades of green to the game! One of our players, Brad, even wore “that” outfit that he only wears on this day, which is his leprechaun outfit! Did either of these things give us the luck we desperately needed to get the final questions correct?

We should be getting used to these trivia night disappointments by now, right? 🙄

With my husband having a new job, weather getting warmer and me occasionally working Saturdays, this could mean that Sunday games may not happen every week. The 5 pm Sunday game start times are a bit early and can kind of cut into our day a bit, especially for a couple of folks whom aren’t keen on early rising on weekends! Combine those things with the numerous things generally annoying us about the trivia spot (not going into details here) and well…

Yes, we know there is no such thing as a “perfect” trivia spot, but let’s just say we’re going into a bit of a more “barhopping” mode for trivia going into spring and summer. I’m especially keeping an eye on a previous place we played a few years ago that will soon be offering trivia again. We played there for a few years on a part-time basis, but it stopped offering trivia nights before the pandemic hit the planet. We didn’t play there enough to get bored with it, had reasonable success playing there, had players besides Mike and I willing to come out there, and it was just competitive enough to keep us interested.

Plus, there are some other local spots we can hit up, too. We’ll see where the trivial winds take us! A friend and I are even talking about doing music trivia games together again. I’ve always enjoyed exploring the trivial seas, and it’s definitely made things seem more adventurous!

Where’s me pirate Cap’n hat and blunderbuss?

Game One/ Round One

1 Instruments – What stringed musical instrument shares its name with a verb meaning “to dwell on tediously or persistently?”

2 Actresses – What actress had her first major film role in the 1993 horror film Leprechaun, before beginning a long-running role on TV in the next year?

3 Songs – In the lyrics of the song “Bein’ Green,” Kermit the Frog sings that it “it could be nicer” being any of other three colors. Name any one of those colors.

NERD POINT – Name two of those colors.

Got the points, missed the bonus.

4 Flags – From 1977-2011, what North African country used a national flag that was simply a field of green, with no other design or insignia?

Mystery Round One – Irish States Quickfire

From the following list of seven states, choose the four with the most people claiming to have Irish ancestry. Sorry, I’m paraphrasing, not exactly sure how this question was worded.

States – CA, IL, MI, NY, OH, FL, PA

Missed two of these.

5 Irish Food – Irish stew is traditionally made with potatoes, onions, parsley and the meat of what animal?

6 Athletes – As a mixed martial artist, who became the first UFC Superfight Champion in 1985, and later became WWE Intercontinental Champion and World Tag Team Champion during his time as a professional athlete?

7 Literature- What Irish poetry was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923 “for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation?”

8 TV Settings – Paddy’s Pub is a fictional location in what TV series?

Mystery Round Two – Also a Shade of Green

The correct answer to each clue is also a shade of green

M1 Last name of the wide receiver who won the Offensive Rookie of the Year for the 1998 NFL season

M2 First name of the character played by Christina Applegate on Married…With Children

M3 Word that accompanies “Yanny” in a 2018 viral sound bite

M4 Word that combines with “gatherer” to describe a pre-agricultural way of life

Missed #3.

We were in fourth going into the final with 46 points.

Final Question Game One –

Category – Song Titles

Two songs with the word “luck” in their titles have reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 – Good Luck Charm – by an American singer in 1962 – and “With a Little Luck” by a British band in 1978. Name either of the artists who released those hit singles.

I wish we’d had just another minute for this question, because the correct 1978 song’s melody had just entered my head! Damn it….argh. Had this been an audio question I would have been all over it!

Game Two/Round Three

9 Board Games – Jake the Jailbird is the name of a character depicted on a space in what board game?

10 Medicine- Commonly involving the intestines, what is the condition in which part of an organ is displaced through the structure or muscle that usually contains it?

11 Directors – Name one of the two films directed by Stanley Kubrick released during the 1980s.

NERD POINT – Name both.

12 Public Health – In 1990, Antonia Novello became the first woman to hold what title as the head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps?

FB clue.

Mystery Round Three – Visual

Missed #2.

Round Four

13 State History – Prior to becoming the 23rd state in 1820, Maine was part of which other state, with which it does not share a land border? Miss.

14 Same Title – What is the shared one-word title of different songs released by the Cars in 1984 and Incubus in 2000?

15 Mathematics – In mathematics, what six-letter term describes a rectangular series of quantities in rows and columns?

16 HBO – What HBO series that aired from 2001-2005 features Michael C. Hall playing a character named David Fisher?

Mystery Round Four – Irish Actor Characters

Name the Irish actor or actress based on the list of characters they have played in various films.

M1 Jesse James, Sonny Crockett and The Penguin

M2 Mildred Loving, Queen Taria and Helen Lantos

M3 James Bond, Sam Carmichael and Thomas Crown

M4 Mary, Queen of Scots, Jo March and Lady Bird MacPherson

Missed #2. I felt like I deserved a sticker for remembering the name for #4, knowing how to spell it correctly, AND how to pronounce it!

I loved her in The Lovely Bones (even if the film adaptation from the book wasn’t the best), and also in Hanna.

We were in fifth place with 49 points going into the final.

Category – Folklore

According to folk tradition, each leaf of a four leaf clover symbolizes a different attribute, one of which is luck. Name one of the other three things symbolized by the leaves of a four leaf clover.

Yeah luck wasn’t on our side here…

Unsure when/where we’ll play next, I’m trying not to make any plans during my husband’s first week in a new job. As always, Go Pods, and stay classy, that high talking actor from Always Sunny!