Trivial Fun

Every Thursday night, Foothills Brewing Company (which is two blocks farther down our street), hosts trivia night. So, like the big nerds we are (who also occasionally like a cold beer), Chris and I plan to be there often. Last Thursday, we met up with Suzi (the other sports medicine fellow (who happens to be from Ireland)) for the inaugural test.

Here's the setup:

• 5 rounds of 10 questions each with increasing point values as the rounds continue (10 points per question in the final round)


• No more than 4 people per team.


• Prizes for the top 3 teams

The place was absolutely packed! I'm guessing there were at least fifty teams. There is not a fee or a cover charge for the night - obviously the increased business on Thursdays more than pays for it all. (People are happy to consume the beer that comes from that machine right there ----> They have at least 7 brews on tap, including one or two that are rotating seasonal brews).

The first round lulled us into a false sense of comfort as we got 9 out of 10 questions right, but it all went downhill from there. If I had to guess what the grading curve was, I'd say we probably got a C....C+ at best.

A few questions we did get right:

1. What state was John Travolta born in? (New Jersey - thanks to Suzi for that one).


2. What is the only English number when spelled as a word has all of its letters in alphabetical order? (I'll let you think about that one...)

A few we didn't:

1. Who was the first Roman emperor? (We actually HAD the right answer initially (Augustus) and then changed it... stupid, post-decision dissonance!)


2. Whose autobiography is entitled "Learning to Fly?" (Chris was certain it was Michael Jordan's - and I thought it seemed plausible enough... but the real answer = Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice of the Spice Girls) Definitely isn't on my reading list...

Of course there is no phone-a-friend, or use-your-treo, or anything like that, but maybe you could each send us some mental telepathy vibes with all of your useless, trivial knowledge on Thursday nights around 9pm. We definitely could use the help!