Answers are really in the comments now sorry for the delay..too much trivia in one day apparently! 😁!

Two of us topped off a trivia-filled afternoon Sunday evening with a…trivia game! In the afternoon game, we gave our best at a local cash tournament in the Sporcle Events league, finished fourth, just shy of the prize zone.

I guess news in the trivia world travels fast? Our host Stacy asked how we did in our afternoon game, and I stuck to the facts:

“Uh, we did OK, finished just shy of the prize zone.”

Later in the game, Stacy would say to me, “(name omitted) said your team finished just ahead of theirs.”

Well, yes, we did…

Fast forward to our evening game, we won a $20/second place on a tiebreaker. I have to admit – I LOVE trivia tiebreaker time! 😍 Unless the competing team cheats to get the answer (more about this in a bit).

Maybe I just love the suspense, the “do or die,” the “do or do not” of It all. Sure, you don’t win ’em all, but it’s still really, really fun!

I love that in this league, we have to answer tiebreakers right at the host stand in sterile “no possible cheating with phones” conditions. After being in a tiebreaker with a team a few weeks ago that I’m fairly CERTAIN used their phone to get their nearly perfect answer of the boiling point of platinum in degrees Fahrenheit – I love nothing more than a fair tiebreaker!

Nothing, and I do mean nothing – beats being in a tournament tiebreaker with several other teams for a third place cash prize nearly five years ago. I didn’t even KNOW the tiebreaker was for a cash prize! We had to give list price of some kind of new Harley Davidson cycle, my guess was closest without going over. I reasoned to myself that it must cost about the same as a decent used car.

My husband had already gone out to warm up the car, and I had to fetch him because they wanted to get a photo of us! Crazy times!

Here were the questions, which will be abbreviated since the questions are all read over the mic and not presented to players in any visual form:

Round One

Birds – What type of birds do pirates usually have on their shoulders?

Same Name – What is the shared last name of tennis player Serena and comedian Robin? Funny, we had a question about one of the comedians movies at our game earlier in the day!

TV – What AMC series’ extras had to attend “zombie school” to learn how to move and act?

Round Two

Races – Maurice Guerin was the first person to win what multistage European race?

Football – How many games does a NFL team play during a typical season? Miss.

U.S. History – The former Spanish settlement St. Augustine, founsed in 1565, is located in which U.S. state?

Round Three

Animals – Since 1994, what animals are not allowed on Antarctica because of the threat of distemper?

Cartoon Animals – What real life crime mother is the basis for Ma Beagle on the animated series Duck Tales?

Musicians – Chester Bennington, who died in 2017 was the lead singer of what band formed in Los Angeles in 1996?

Miss.

Halftime

Identify the following book titles based on publication years and the author.

H1 1950, CS Lewis

H2 1865, Lewis Carroll

H3 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery

H4 2003, Dan Brown

Got all of these.

Round Four

Kids TV – Scott Baio was considered as host for what children’s show before LeVar Burton got the job?

Sports Nicknames – What was Deon Sanders’ other nickname besides Neon Deon? We used our secret word to avoid having to answer this correctly.

Famous Firsts – Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a degree in what field in 1849?

Round Five

Archaeology- The oldest known human remains in world history were discovered in what is now what modern day country? Miss.

War – Seven of the 10 deadliest wars took place in what modern day country?

Interstate Highways – Interstate 94 ends in Port Huron, MI at its eastern end and in what western U.S. city at its western end? Miss.

Round Six

Rich People – Who is the world’s richest billionaire after Bernard Arnault and Elon Musk according to Forbes’ 2024 list? Miss.

Human Body – Gustation refers to which of the five senses in the human body?

Hobbies – How many wheels does a pair of roller skates have? A bit of discussion, but we got it.

We were in first with 63 points out of six teams. Our final question was about Star Trek:

In the hit 1994 Star Trek film Generations, what are Captain Kirk’s two last dying words as he dies a second time?

We incorrectly guessed “warp speed.” No teams got it correct. We were just foolish enough to wager a few points on it.

This put us in a tiebreaker with a lone player from One is the Loneliest Number for second place. Our question:

In what year was the toy store FAO Schwartz founded? My guess of 1870 was closer than the other person (do not know what they guessed). Answer was 1862.

We’ll be back next week, barring any complications. As always, Go Pods and stay classy, Jeff Bezos!