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Fifteen trivia teams battled it out on a recent chilly Wednesday evening at Corner Brewery, known “officially” as Arbor Brewing Company (Ypsilanti). Recent scores haven’t been posted on the Sporcle Events site as of yet, but it “appears” that razor thin leads exist among the top three teams Don’t Forget to Strip Your Bartender, You’re Resume Sucks and 24 Hour Brunch. I think we remain somewhere in the top 10 after having played five out of the past seven games.

As for this game? It was ALL about the final questions! You know then trivia teams joke about trivia being all about the final questions? There is some truth to that! About those final questions…

As you may have guessed? We missed both of those! Which means we missed out on prizes. So, so frustrating after having finished in the top three going into the final for both games – getting a nerd point no other teams got correct, acing the World Cup Mystery Round AND the Black History Month mystery round (we are usually hit or miss on that category).

We will be taking a couple of weeks off from playing at Corner, since we do not have enough available players for a Corner Brewery trivia night next week (three are unavailable) and I work the following Wednesday. I won’t bother going out to play here unless I have four players or more. Don’t feel TOO sorry for us, we do have other places to wage our trivia battles – places that don’t require that we bring a small army of players to have even a shot at a prize!

Special shout out to “guest” player Kevin S., formerly of league team Ennui, for helping us out in this game on several questions!

Speaking of questions, how about some questions?

Game One/Round One

1 Drinks – A cocktail served with ice cubes is commonly said to be served in what three-word manner?

2 Comedians – What comedian served 12 years as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart before starting her own show in 2016 partially titled Full Frontal?

3 In the News – Audio clip from a 1987 news broadcast involving a baby girl falling down a well. Had to give the little girl’s first name.

4 Books – The Magician’s Nephew and The Last Battle are the last two books published in what series? Nice work Kevin!

Mystery Round One

In honor of Black History Month, answer the questions about notable Black artists and their works.

M1 The 1088 painting Untitled (I Am a Man) by Glenn Ligon references the signs carried by black sanitation workers during a 1968 strike in what city?

M2 One of the most notable photographs by Gordon Parks is a reimagining of a painting by Grant Wood. What is the shared title of those works?

M3 Alma Thomas, whose works include Earth Sermon- Beauty, Love and Peace and March on Washington was the first fine arts graduate of what HBCU in Washington, D.C.?

M4 Augusta Savage, known for a plaster sculpture titled Lift Every Voice and Sing that was commissioned for the 1939 New York World’s Fair, is primarily associated with what cultural revival centered on a New York City borough?

Got all of these. Funny, my husband and I were talking about being worried about a Black History Month mystery round – just because in past games we haven’t done quite as well on them as we did on this night. Nice teamwork here!

Round Two

5 Olympics – In 2026, what country will be the first to host the Winter Olympics twice in the 221sty century?

7 Gaming – Name two of the three four-digit number associated with the Atari home gaming consoles released in the U.S. in 1977, 1982 and 1986.

NERD POINT: Name all three.

Got two of these correct, nice work again, Kevin!

8 Animals – What mammal, which has a population in the wild of around 2,000, has a name in Chinese that translates to “big bear cat?”

We were in third out of 15 teams going into the final with 50 points, tied with Imagine the Gilmore Girls Just Got a Bit Darker, behind My Type on Paypah, 51 and Your Resume Sucks, 53.

To see the rest of the teams and scores, here ya go:

Final Question: Super Bowl Records

Name one of the two players who are tied for the record for most rushing touchdowns in a single Super Bowl game, with three. These players set this record in Super Bowl XXXII, and Super Bowl LVII, respectively.

Wagered and miss.

Game Two/Round Three

9 Words – What nine-letter plural word, which comes form the Latin meaning “pleasant places,” refers to the featurs of a hotel, apartment, or home?

10 Music Videos – What artist won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year for the song “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)?” Miss.

11 Muscles – In humans, what muscle runs across the bottom of the rib cate, directly below the lungs?

12 Athletes – What 11-time Grand Slam champion tennis player, who was also a professional golfer, is featured on a 2025 quarter in the American Women quarters series?

Mystery Round Three

Category: Modern Family Pick ‘Em

From the following list of seven performers, choose the four wyho appeared in all 250 episodes of Modern Family, according to IMDb. Teams will receive two points for each correct answer.

Julie Bowen, Sarah Hyland, Ed O’Neill, Rico Rodriquez, Eric Stonestreet, Sofia Vergara, Ariel Winter

We got three of these correct (thanks again Kevin, you just became game MVP)!
Round Four

13 Stores – What department store was founded in 1902 by a man whose first and middle names were James Cash?

NERD POINT: This store is currently headquartered in which U.S. state?

We were the only team getting the bonus point. Almost makes up for that fashion designers flub from a couple of weeks ago when we guessed Gloria Vanderbilt instead of Liz Claiborne (even though I initially thought of Liz Claiborne).

14 Universities -Tufts University was founded in 1852 and has campuses including Medford and Somerville in which U.S. state?

15 Directors – The 1991 film Curly Sue is the last to have directed by what man, who also directed Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles?

16 Social Media – In a 2017 post on X/Twitter, Paris Hilton took partial credit for inventing what type of photograph, which was the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year in 2013?

Mystery Round Four

Category: World Cup Finals

Answer the questions about he FIFA (men’s) World Cup Finals and the countries that have competed in those games.

M1 What coutnry has been the runner-up a record four times, although the first three times were under a previous directional name?

M2 In what decade did Brazil win the most recent of its record five World Cups?

M3 What constituent country won the World Cup in 1966, the only time it has made the finals?

M4 The first World Cup was held in 1930 and won by what South American host nation?

Got all of these correct. Look at the photo below for the scores:

Final Question Category: Rivers

Name the three longest rivers – each at least 700 miles in length – that flow through both the United States and Canada?

IF we’d only had to have named two, we would have gotten this…miss.

Get your reading glasses ready! Here’s a screen shot of the final standings and cumulative scores:

The top Globe Points winners for the night were 24 Hour Brunch, 10; Gilmore Girls Only Darker, 8, My Type on Paypah, 6; YRS, 4, Hotter than Mordor, 2, and Yoon Squad, 1.

As of now, I’m unsure when we’ll be back playing here. We make our decisions as to where to play week to week, and I don’t know my work schedule that far out. As always, Go Pods, and stay classy, Baby Jessica!

r1

on the rocks, samantha bee, jessica, chronicles of narnia

m1

memphis, american gothic, howard, harlem renaissance

r2

italy, tupac, 2600, 5200, (unsure last one), panda

m2

cookie crisp, franken berry, wheaties, lucky charms

f terrell davis, jalen hurts

g2 r3

amenities, lil nas x, diaphragm, althea gibson

m3 ed oneill, sofia vergar, eric stonestreet, julie bowen

r4

jcpenney/texas, massachusetts, john hughes, selfie

m4

germany, 2000s, england, uruguay

f

yukon columbia st lawrence