My husband and I visited the YpsiAlehouse recently for some Sunday afternoon trivia, won a $10/second place gift card.  

In a completely rare experience like no others in past trivia games (at least as far as I know), NO teams got the newsletter question correct – and every team put down the same answer!

The host didn’t even mention this on the mic at all, but when we saw that our points were not added, I went up to ask. She was already reading the scores by the time I went up there.

I asked what was up when she was done.

“Everyone put calcite as their answer when the answer was supposed to be limestone.”

This was the question:

“What is the name of the mineral composed of calcium carbonate and commonly used in building materials and sculpture?”

If the former host Emily were still on the job, she would have most likely just accepted the answers and added the points. This host has a different vibe and chose the “no points for any of you” route – without as much of a mention on the mic – instead.

Apparently, all of us copied the text of the newsletter question into an Internet search engine and got the same results for our answers. Which apparently, were wrong.

Taking such a strict “by the books” approach to something that is supposed to be fun? Well, I guess the players can decide where they want to play their trivia games, can’t they if they don’t like it, huh? 🤔

Other than this minor annoyance, we also kinda thought the animals question could have used at least one more qualifier to it to make it more clear.

Also a team next to us had a player who was playing around way too much on his phone which looked… suspicious.

Maybe we should have just stayed home that evening? 😂

Here were our questions:

Game One/Round One

1 Cars – What Chevrolet crossover SUV model shares its name with an astronomical event that occurs annually in March and September?

2 Movie Plots – Project mayhem, an organization that spreads anti-consumerist ideas and trains its members to bring down modern civilization, is part of the plot to what 1999 film starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt?

3 Fish – The Japanese amberjack, called hamchi in Japan and commonly used in sushi, is also known by what colorful name? Miss.

4 Trophies – What is the oldest active competition in international sports, founded in 1851 and contested between two sailing yachts?

Mystery Round One

Category – Nothing Good Happens after 2 a.m.

Answer the following events about that occurred after 2 a.m.

M1 4 a.m. – March 28, 1979 – a pressure valve fails to close, leading to a partial meltdown at what Pennsylvania facility?

M2 4:10 a.m., April 15, 1912, the Carpathia responds almost two hours after an emergency signal sent during what disaster?

M3 2:30 a.m. June 17, 1972 – plainclothes police officers catch and arrest five people committing a burglary at what office complex, leading to a scandal?

M4 4 a.m., August 31, 1997 – Dr. Bruno Riou officially pronounced what politically significant woman dead following a major accident in Paris?

Got all of these.

5 TV Shows – What Showtime series that aired from 2016 to 2023 stars Paul Giamatti as a U.S. district attorney and Damian Lewis as a hedge fund manager? Miss.

6 Fables – In one of Aesop’s Fables, meant to express the virtue of hard work and planning, one insect prepares for winter while the other does not. Name one of those two insects.

NERD POINT: Name both insects.

7 Landmarks – Dating to 1703, Elfreth’s Alley, a National Historic Landmark called “Our nation’s oldest residential street,” is located in what Eastern U.S. city? Miss.

8 Surgery – What type of transplant surgery was performed by Christiaan Barnard in 1967 for the first time?

Mystery Round Two

Category: Music Rhyme Time

The answer to each clue is a two-word rhyming phrase, where the first word is a one-named artist who has had a top-40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

M1 The Australian artist who hit #1 with the song “Cheap Thrills” finds a remedy for all of her difficulties

M2 The frontman for the Police shows off his wealth by wearing super flashy jewelry

M3 A Welsh artist uses the money from her 2008 top 40 hit “Mercy” to purchase a bicycle from the largest market-share supplier of bikes in the U.S.

M4 After releasing the album Virgin in 2025, an artist from New Zealand marvels at a long, narrow sea inlet in Scandinavia

Missed #3.

We were in fourth with 42 points out of five teams, none of which were league teams. Happy Birthday Laura was in first with 48.

Final Question Game One

Category: State Laws

Of the first ten U.S. states to legalize same-sex marriage, six are states located in the Northeast. Besides California, name one of the other three non-Northeastern states.

We moved up to third by betting nothing, Well According to Google moved up to second, and Final Four It Is moved up to first.

Game Two/Round Three

9 Latin – What five-letter Latin word is used in English to mean “approximately,” often in association with a year in the past?

10 Biopics – What former Supreme Court justice is the subject of the 2018 biographical film On the Basis of Sex, which follows her early career in law?

11 Animals – What semi-aquatic mammal from the same family as weasels and ferrets has two species, American and European, and is highly prized for its fur?

This question could have said “only two” species to make it very clear. Also give a genus and species would really nail it down. Maybe we’re just cranky because we missed it for 5? 😂 We did put a weasel cousin whose fur was prized mostly in the past until it went nearly extinct.

12 Audio clue, don’t know enough about the song to try turning it into  “words” question.

Mystery Round Three

This was visual and I did not get the URL or a good picture of the slide. It showed images of things with foreign languages on them, had to ID the languages.

Round Four

13 NBA Teams – Name one of the two current NBA teams that were previously based in San Diego, one from 1967-1071 and the other from 1978-1984.

NERD POINT: Name both teams.

We actually got one! Yes really!

14 Video Games – The first video game in the Grand Theft Auto series was released for MS-DOS, Windows, Game Boy Color and what other platform?

15 TV Jobs – On Breaking Bad, Walter White’s brother-in-law Hank is a special agent working for what federal law enforcement agency? Good guess for a show we’ve never seen.

16 Europe – What is the only European country that shares land borders with both France and Slovenia?

Mystery Round Four

Category – This day in history

Answer the following questions about events that took place on this day in history (March 29):

M1 On this day in 1982, what University of North Carolina freshman hit a game-winning jump shot in the NCAA Division I basketball championship game at Georgetown?

M2 On this day in 1989, the pyramidal entrance designed by I.M. Pei opened at what museum?

M3 On this day in 1951, what American married couple was convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union?

M4 On this day in 1974, local farmers discovered what collection of sculptures depicting the soldiers of the first emperor of China?

I didn’t get down the scores heading into the final. Missed #1. We can only get one basket ball q per game correct 😂

Final Question Game Two

Category – Book to Movie

I didn’t get this question down, so I’m going by memory here, so some essential qualifiers might not be here.

Well be out for trivia again tonight. As always, Go Pods, and stay classy, Michael Jordan!

Name two of the four highest-grossing films based on works by writer John Graham.

R1 equinox, fight club, yellow fin, America’s Cup

M1 3 mile island, Titanic, Watergate, diana

R2 billions, grasshopper/ant, Philadelphia, heart

M2 Sia panacea, sting bling, duffy huffy, lorde fjord

F ia, wa, me

R3 circa, mink, Ashanti,

M3

R4 clippers/rockets, PlayStation, dea, italy

M4 m Jordan, louvre, Rosenberg,terra Cotta army

F time to kill the firm pelican brief (may have not written one down)