I occasionally give my husband a night off from trivia!

I decided to try flying solo on a recent Thursday at McShane’s Pub.

It was a fairly rough question set, with the top scoring team finishing with just 60 points (a perfect score is 73).

I only managed to get 49 points, but I got the final question correct!

Yeah, so did a lot of other teams.

No prizes for me 😢

It was a good night for my husband and I to have our respective “us” time. He stayed home and watched something on TV that I probably wouldn’t like…

And I got to do something that I love!

It’s amazing how even though it was kind of a loud room, and I sat by a boisterous team of four guys and two beer pitchers – I still somehow managed to…

It was like when I was in school and I would sit on the couch with the TV on and do my homework. I have always seemed to have functioned fairly well even when faced with distractions.

While the four guys were having their guys night out and kicking ass in the game (they finished first), I immensely enjoyed just doodling with my colorful pens – not having to talk to anyone, and not having to discuss answers to the questions!

It was “me or nobody!” For better…or worse. 😂

Now for some really abbreviated questions:

Round One

Oh Canada – A “Mountie” rides a Hanoverian breed of what animal?

Driving – A road sign with a white “H” on a blue background directs motorists where?

The Moon – A full moon closest to the Autumnal Equinox is named for what word associated with farming?

Round Two

Russia – What word do Russians use for “astronaut?”

Court Orders – A judge or magistrate may order a defendant to participate in what two-word activity to benefit a non profit agency as an alternative to jail time?

Musical Men – What former boy band member’s second single from his debut album was “Cry Me a River?” Good guess on my part (whew)!

Round Three

Trivia Math – How many individual strings are needed for a standard string quartet?

Festivals – In 2025, what city played host to the TIFF, an abbreviation for a film festival? Guessed wrong “T” city 😫

Human History – Forebears to Natives are thought to have crossed a land bridge into North America via a land bridge which is now located under what sea? Don’t you hate it when you think of the right answer after you’ve already handed in your answer? Don’t you hate it even more when that happens for big points?

Halftime – Interstates

Given the name of the interstate and a city and the state in which you’d find the terminus, identify the terminus city.

It will make more sense when you see it…(I hope)! 🤞

H1 I-69, begins in Rosenberg TX, and ends in what MI city?

H2 I-75, begins in Sault Ste Marie, MI, and ends in what FL city?

H3 I-90, begins in Boston, MA, and ends in what WA city?

H4 – I-15, begins in Sweetgrass, MT, and ends in what CA city?

I missed #4.

Halftime scores – 23, Keeping up with the Joneses; 24, Titanic Swim Team; 27, GDX (me); 28, Quizzy McQuizface; 31, Snow something, Pursuit of O Snappiness, Ypsi Starlings Rugby, Nope and Pants (all tied);  I first with 37, Spacecats.

Round Four

Plumbing – Oatey’s Lead Free Silver Solder contains mostly what metal at about 90 percent? Miss.

Authors – What author of The Chinese Siamese Cat, which was adapted into an animated PBS series, lives in Sausalito, CA? Since I’m in a good mood today and this question killed me, I’ll make it easier for y’all. She also wrote the Joy Luck Club. There was another qualifier in the question mentioning that she also lives in a bird sanctuary or something (LOL). She’s on a bird conservancy board or something? Did not write it all down (hey I was busy playing a game solo  gimme a break)!

I had to use the “word of the week” freebie for this one…

Same Name – What first and last name is shared by a funk singer born in 1941 and the fourth VP of the United States?

Round Five

Science – Full disclosure, I didn’t even come close to waiting this down in its entirety. It was about bacteria, had a 12 letter word beginning with the letter P and the answer was “gram.”

You can ask Stacy what the question was next time you see her!

Sports Blowouts – On June 18, 1953, which team beat the Tigers, scoring 17 runs in the seventh inning? NOPE! ⚾😔

Can I get a break this round? Pretty please oh trivia gods and goddesses?🥺

Oscars – What was the only film for which actor Dan Aykroyd received an acting nomination? What? Not Sgt. Bilko? 😂 🪖 ♦️ ♠️

This is the only question this round that I knew!

Round Six

Emperors – What Roman emperor, the first not to be from Italy, commissioned marble busts of himself to commemorate his 10th reigning year in 108 AD, with one of those busts being in the British museum?

Miss. Heard a big exclamation of “f—” from a table near me (they must have wagered big).

Automobiles – What automotive and wagon company based in South Bend, Indiana was founded in 1853 by brothers Henry and Clement? Nope…

Fruit – What citrus fruit crop in Florida was ravaged by freezing temperatures, hurricanes and disease in 2023-2024?

Scores heading int  the final:

Keeping up with the Joneses, 41, Titanic Swim Team, 42; Nope, 47; GDX  me) and Ypsi Starlings Rugby, 49; Snow (or was it Snore???) and Pursuit of O Snappiness, 51; Quizzy McQuizface, 52; Pants, 55; Dead Guys, 56; Spacecats, 59 and Dorks in the Wind 60.

Final Category – Appearing as Himself

What Emmy winning actor appeared on Neil Degrasse Tyson’s podcast “Star Talk” twice, The Masked Singer five times, appeared in the Travel Channel series Better Late Than Never and hosted the UnXPlained series on the History Channel?

Lots of teams seemed to know this.

Game winners: Dead Guys, Spacecats, Dorks in the Wind.

Semifinals Saturday!

As always, Go Pods, and stay classy, George Clinton! Whomever is your favorite George Clinton 😅

Answers

R1 horse, hospital harvest

R2 Cosmonauts, community service, timberlake

R3 16, Toronto, Bering Sea

H port Huron, Miami, Seattle, San Diego

R4 tin, Amy tan, George Clinton

R5 gram,Red Sox, driving miss Daisy

R5 traejon, Studebaker, orange

F wm shatner