I haven’t been keeping up as of late whether the popular musical duo Hall and Oates are still fighting with each other or not.
What is certain that the duo that will essentially be our trivia team tonight – at a championship game of all things – are definitely NOT fighting – as of now!
As circumstances would have it, we’re only going to have two available players for a bar championship game tonight. We will be battling it out at a music quiz game in Ypsilanti, MI.
These championship games aren’t as cutthroat as they used to be. Anyone else remember when you had to be the top team in your bar at these games to get a coveted cash tournament spot?
In the olden days, there also used to be player limits of five maximum for these games. That is not a thing anymore in the Sporcle Events league (though My Trivia Live still has player limits of four maximum for semifinal games).
Oh the lengths I used to go to hustle players for such “deciding” games! 🤔
Let’s see – I’d borrow players from other teams, ask a bartender from our favorite bar to join us, get a player to cross state lines to help us out…
Yeah…I’ve done all of these things in my trivial pursuits!
It’s still great to be the top team at these games, in that you get first pick of “Globe Games” spots for RSVP purposes. But it’s much easier to get into these games for more teams now, thanks mostly to the recent global pandemic.
We have a team with a majority of players who are teachers (either active duty or retired), and tonight is parent-teacher conference night for two of our players, so they are unable to attend. My husband is absolutely swamped with work today, so he’s also unable to attend tonight. Though he may change his mind last minute and join us!
I’m not expecting that we’ll finish in the top spot tonight. But I’m fairly certain we won’t finish in last place!
As my dearly departed friend Archie, who backed me up at countless trivia games said in his awesome voice made for radio broadcasting, “It all comes down to what they ask.”
Archie, if they ask a question about the Little River Band tonight, then I’ll know that you’re there in spirit!
