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I sat in as a proverbial fly on the wall at a recent My Trivia Live semifinals game.

How nice it was to:

A: Not have to arrive precisely on time,

B: To be able to use my phone with wild abandon during the game, and

C: To be able to take potty breaks whenever I wanted!

Most importantly, it was completely fine if I didn’t know any of the answers 😂

The five teams in the room who DID know the most correct answers and will advance to finals May 10 were:

Rather Be At, Bros Knows, Happy Campers, By Our Powers Combined and Better Late Than Pregnant.

As it turned out, I knew some of the answers on my own. Having others there definitely would have helped!

Here were the abbreviated questions:

R1

Capitals – Frankfort is the capital of which US state?

Painters – Irises and Sunflowers are works by what impressionist painter?

Sequels – Way of Water is the sequel to what 2009 film?

R2

Business – What was the  first credit card created 75 years ago by Frank McNamara after he forgot wallet at a restaurant?

Sports Legends – The disease abbreviated ALS  is commonly referred to using the name of what sports legend?

Fun with words – Identify the two-word phrase created when changing out one letter of a citrus fruit resulting in something “boring?” Nope.

R3

Pop Culture – In the  1980s and again in the 2000s, what rock singer played Noah Drake on General Hospital?

Folk Tales – What rhyming name is the folk tale Chicken Little sometimes called? Miss.

Radio Changes – The WLS radio station in Chicago, whose name is an abbreviation of  “World’s Largest Store,” was founded by what company? Miss, brainstorming with a team would have helped here.

Halftime On The Money

Identify the paper currency based on reverse images (images on back of the bills):

H1 Uncapped pyramid

H1 U.S. Treasury Building

H3 U.S. Capitol Building

H4 42 men

Missed #3.

R4

From the Italian – The Letter C stands for what Italian derived word for bell tower? No clue.

Celebrity Interviews – According to a 2025 interview, Conan O’Brien said he learned that what object must never be horizontal and must always appear naked? My guess was too “blue” here miss lol 🍆 😂

Currency – What exploratory currency has been the currency of Costa Rica since 1896? Nope.

R5

Non-Fiction – Inspired to update the James Baldwin novel The Fire Next Time, what author and journalist published Between the World and Me in 2015? Nope.

Navy – According to the US Naval Institution, what is the only vessel in the current US fleet to have sunk an enemy vessel? No idea on my own, but again, brainstorming with a team may have helped.

Social Media – In Twitter’s early days, what was the rhyming name for the image of a large animal carrying birds when the site was down? Uh, no…

R6

Composers – Born in what is now the Czech Republic, what Bohemian composer became Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York? Mike would have helped here, this is one of his favorite composers.

Game Shows -In a documentary called “The Luckiest Man in America, what game show is the focus of contestant Michael Larson who memorized the show’s patterns? Funny I actually knew this one! I remember seeing something about this in a FB post recently. I think it was also the subject of a MTL final question at a finals tournament years ago at the Plymouth ROC. Wait no, that q was about another game show.

Science! What planet is second from the sun?

Scores ranged from 34 to 67 going into the final with By Our Powers Combined in first.

Final Category – Medical Terms 

A term that some in the medical field are moving away from, EKG comes from the spelling of the word in what language?

I read this question to my husband as soon as I got home, and he immediately came up with the right answer.

R1

Kentucky, Van Gogh, Avatar

R2

Diners Club, Gehrig, lame lime

R3

rick Springfield, Henny Penny, sears

H – $1, $10, $50, $2

R4

Camelrine, Oscar statuette, colòn

R5

Coates, USS Constitution, fail whale

R6

Dvorak, press your luck, Venus

F German