Breaking into song during trivia games isn’t a completely unusual occurrence for my trivia team! Though we have long since stopped requiring singing auditions for coveted spots on our team, I mean…

HOW COULD WE NOT SING ALONG TO THE LOG SONG? 😃

I am not a religious person, and am not prone to praying for things – except during trivia games! In this case, I prayed that our question about animated TV would be one we’d know the answer to. No Rugrats questions, no Doug questions, no questions about that animated series about a pig or farm or whatever the Hell it was about…maybe we could fudge our way through a question about SpongeBob -and yes, we know we’re never going to get any questions about Archer except for that one special time that host asked one because we’d requested that category…(it was a thing one of the hosts did for virtual teams a while back)…

Was that last sentence too long? Apologies to all of you and all of my former English teachers and writing instructors!

When “the” question finally came up I got really excited with the anticipation- and when they mentioned the year 1991 I got a YUGE grin on my face…

YES! YES! They’re going to ask about THAT show! Oh what a great time that was for TV!

When they played the audio clue, my husband and I couldn’t stop ourselves from singing along to the song. If nothing else, we only made it easier for other teams to hear the song!

I’m really not sure how many teams got this one right. It was one of several Gen-X friendly questions, especially for three Gen-X players born in 1972 – and 1975.

Did I mention that my husband and I sang this song on the night we met? We were at a friend’s Halloween party in 1992, and we both went outside to track down one of my friends, who tends to wander off when she drinks.

Yes, I basically just described what I like to call a “triviagasm.” It’s that fever pitch moment in a trivia game when a player gets overly excited to be asked about a certain trivia topic they happen to really, really love. It could also manifest itself by a player doing an actual victory lap around the bar when they get a tough MLB final question correct. That happened with our team in 2015 at Johnny’s Grill! Also, there was a young boy outside in the Original Gravity beer garden who kept running laps between his table and the door during the game. Come on, kid! Share some of that limitless energy with the rest of us!

Other than that, we didn’t do so hot in the game! No prizes, the mystery rounds were not kind – and we knew a final question answer that we chose not to wager points on… (facepalm).

But, it was still a fun evening of trivia for the three of us! Again, the trivia festivities were held outdoors.

Here were the questions:

Game One/Round One

1Olympics – Name one of the two U.S. cities in the Eastern time zone to have hosted the Olympic Games.

NERD POINT- Name both.

2 Snacks – What snack brand produced by General Mills has billed itself as “America’s #1 Finger Hat on packaging?

3 1990s Movies – Of the four films directed by Kevin Smith that were released in the 1990s, which one has a title that is longer than one word?

4 Measures – What SI derived unit of frequency was named for a German physicist, who was the first person to provide proof of the existence of electromagnetic waves?

Dave and I both wrote down the same guesses, I said mine was only a guess, he said “I’m sure of it, I’ve taught physics.” Full points then? 😁

Mystery Round One – “THEO” ology

Correct responses will contain the letters THEO, in order.M1 Catholic church in Rome built on the site of a former Roman temple

M2 Full first name of 26th US president

M3 The act of being elevated to a state of perfection

M4 Idea based on the scientific method, among other things

Round Two

5 Spinoffs – The TV sitcom Empty Nest, which is set in Miami and aired on NBC from 1988 to 1995, is a spinoff of what series that debuted three years earlier?

6 Same Name – What legendary sword of King Arthur shares its name with an MGM operated hotel and casino on the Las Vegas strip that was once the largest in the world?

7 Folk Songs – What folk song, which has a title that translates to mean “Farewell to Thee” in English, was written in the 1870s by Lili’uokalani and has become a cultural symbol of Hawaii? Miss…

8 Book Titles – What five-letter word fills the blank in the title of a 1965 book by Ralph Nader about the reluctance of car manufacturers to introduce safety measures – Unsafe at Any (BLANK)?

Only got one of these…boo!

We had 42 points going into the final, unsure what place. We wagered zero.

Final Question One – Retail Firsts

According to the Smithsonian, in 1974, at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio, what became the first item with a UPC code to be scanned at checkout? The event was largely ceremonial, and the item in question was chosen because there was some question about the workability of smaller UPC codes.

Game Two/Round Three

9 Sushi – A Philadelphia roll is a type of sushi typically made with nori/seaweed salmon, cucumber, rice and what other ingredient?

10 Flags – Which U.S. state has a flag with colors not containing red, white or blue? Multiple choice – Texas, Hawaii or Arizona?

11 Awards – In 1935, a football player named Ed Smith was used as a model for the figure that adorns what award?

12 Conditions – What skin condition with an eight-letter V name is characterized by patches of the skin losing their pigment and becoming white or fair colored? Came up with guess at last second (thanks to me remembering that commercial with Morgan Freeman).

Mystery Round Three – Dwayne Johnson Quickfire

Name the four highest-grossing Dwayne Johnson movies that are not part of either the Jumanji or Fast and Furious franchises.

Only got one correct…those mystery rounds though 😐

Round Four

13 Games – Within two, on a standard board, how many spaces score more points than a bullseye?

14 Animated TV – Audio clue of a parody commercial featuring the “Log Song” from what animated series that debuted in 1991? Yes, we got this!

15 Instruments – In the U.S., the concertmaster of an orchestra is the leader of the first section of what stringed instrument?

16 Nurses – What woman, whose efforts during the Crimean War included organizing care for wounded soldiers, is regarded as the founder of modern nursing?

Mystery Round Four – Before and After

M1 1976 Anne Rice novel AND supernatural teen drama series starring Nina Dobrew airing on CW from 2009-2017

M2 English pop duo known for the 1991 hit “I’m Too Sexy” AND American abolitionist who wrote three autobiographies, the second of which was My Bondage and My Freedom

M3 I did not get all of this…but the answer was Metra Prime Number

M4 Luxury sports car manufacturer whose DBS model has been driven by James Bond AND actor who has appeared in the films Apocalypse Now, Wall Street and Gettysburg

Final Question Game Two – Sports History

Dave said rather prophetically, “This will either be super easy or super hard.” The hardest part was deciding what to wager (we were wrong on this).

The Waterloo Hawks, who were active in the NBA from 1948-1951, are, to date, the only team in the four major pro sports leagues to have been based in which U.S. state?

Knew this..damn it! Oh well…

Unsure if we can get out for any trivia games next week. Maybe just music bingo if it isn’t canceled for Memorial Day. As always, Go Pods, and stay classy, Ren and Stimpy!