T’was the night before St. Paddy’s, with three ‘Pods in the pub…tried answering some questions, but most we would flub!

This was our first Sporcle Events game since February 19th at the Corner Brewery in Ypsi. Which technically didn’t happen! Seriously… Behold (be sure to click on Wednesday):

https://www.sporcle.com/events/venue/162/arbor-brewing-company-microbrewery

I’m guessing that maybe the scores fell into some kind of technological void?

Speaking of voids – how about our brains in this game?  YpsiAlehouse game? Null and Void! Sounds like a buddy comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson! Yes, I’d probably watch it!

No prizes, our only shining  moment was getting all of the visual round questions correct!

The bar was quite packed and noisy, with beer lines staying pretty steady throughout both games. Enough people were wearing green to remind you what day was coming soon!

How about those questions? Some may be abbreviated versions of the ones given to us…

Round 1/Game 1

1 Asian Countries – What archipelago with an area of just 115 square miles is the smallest independent country in Asia?

2 Disney Shows – What 1989 animated Disney show features two chipmunks who operate a detective agency?

3 VP Candidates – Who was Al Gore’s running mate in the 2000 presidential election?

4 Podcasts – Whose #1 debut podcast on Spotify and Apple in December, 2024 was called “Not Gonna Lie?” Host clue, got all of these.

Mystery Round 1

Missed #4.

Round 2

5 Business – Qwikster was a short-lived independent subsidiary of what entertainment company, which wanted to separate its streaming service from its original home delivery platform?

6 Stadiums – Candlestick Park served as the home stadium for what MLB team from 1960-1999?

7 Elements – James A. Harris is known for being the first African American to contribute to the discovery of new elements. Name one of the two elements he helped discover, with atomic #s 104 and 105.

NERD POINT: Name both.

Miss and miss.

8 Irish Bands – “Linger” was the highest- charting song by what Irish band? This was given to us as audio question.

Mystery Round 2

This Day in History

Answer the questions about events that took place on March 16:

M1 – 1972, James Brown performed for inmates in two shows at what NY prison complex?

M2 – 1850, what novel published by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

M3 – 1967, what Gilmore Girls star was born Honolulu?

M4 – 1870, what Mississippi senator was the first Black person to give a speech on the floor of the US Senate?

Only got #2 correct.

Here were the scores going into the final:

Final Category Game 1 – Video Games

What seven-letter word fills the blank of the following three video game titles?

(blank) Dark, Time-Splitters: Future (blank), Radiant Historia: (blank) Chronology

We weren’t confident enough in this category to wager on it. Which allowed us to move up a bit…

Round 3/Game 2

9 TV Shows – What HBO series starring Justin Theroux and Carrie Coon and has a plot revolving around a mysterious global event that caused 2 percent of the world’s population to disappear? Miss.

10 Dance – Choreographer George Balanchine is referred to as the father of the American style of what type of dance? Miss.

11 Government- The League of Nations was founded during what U.S. president’s second term?

12 Candy – What chocolate toffee bar launched by Hershey in 1981 was made to compete with the Heath bar?

Mystery Round 3

Got all of these.

Round 4

13 2000s Movies – Michael B. Jordan’s first principal role was as Jamal in what 2001 film also starring Keanu Reeves? Miss, never heard of it.

14 NFL Teams – By what name were the NY Jets known when they first took the field in 1960? Another NFL team currently uses that name.

NERD POINT: What was the team that currently uses the Jets’ original name known by when they were founded?

Miss and miss.

15 Landmarks – Port Campbell is a national park in what country?

16 Vocabulary – What “D” word refers to elimination of 10 percent of a population?

Mystery Round 4 – Quickfire

Name the four largest African nations by area.

Only got two correct. committee thinking led to overthinking. Or under thinking?

Scores going into the final:

Final Question Game 2

WNBA

Give the team names of the two current WNBA teams whose home arenas are closest to each other, as th4 crow flies. They are both in the Eastern Conference and were founded in 1997 and 1999, respectively.

WNBA is not something we know anything about. 😢 But we did move up to fourth by again wagering zero!

Unsure when we’ll be out for  another Sporcle Events game, I have been having some trouble getting players out to games because of scheduling, busy personal lives, transportation issues and general fussiness!

We’ll play whenever and wherever we can! Though not as many times in a week as we used to!

As always, Go Pods, and stay classy, Woodrow Wilson!