My "friends" backed out of trivia tonight. But Simon looked disappointed when I said I didn't want to go, so I changed my mind. We went, just the two of us.
No one thought that our name was funny and the DJ asked, "Are you really going to write 'The Champagne of Trivia Teams' on every answer sheet?" Yes, I think I'll manage in between swigs of beer.
Simon and I did not live up to our name. After 5 questions we still only had 0 points. And after our first point, the DJ made an announcement that we were finally on the board. Asshat. Our first correct answer was Amsterdam to the question - What European city was the first to legalize comdom dispensers in its taxis? Simon new this, but he is the European specialist on the team. By the end of the game, the DJ was giving us hints. It was sad. And me, the perpetual snob, was thinking, "I've played in Boston, I can handle this Milwaukee riff-raff." But really, how was I supposed to know how many pounds of lipstick the average American woman uses in her lifetime? (9) It was all luck. I even had an equation for that last question. And poor Simon - he gave his guess in kilos and then we had to convert it.
But we had a good time. Perhaps next time we'll get a larger team together. And then we can struggle in even greater numbers.
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Yesss!! one of my suggested trivia team names. go me. :-D
sorry about the poor showing though, dj-hints is really the bottom of the barrel. next time, drink more schlitz, do less math ;)
-Tom
hints from the dj...i'm sorry it turned out that way, donny.
next time use "Who Died and Made You Pope?" as the name. They will flip out.
I was at volunteering yesterday and one of my fellow volunteers was telling this story about how when she was little her dad taught her the answer to the question "What time is it?"
"It's Miller time".
Just another beer slogan.
dan and i were talking about places where his parents might retire (so that we don't have to keep on spending christmas in kansas). he said there is a good chance they'll retire in milwaukee because they have lots of friends there. i guess milwaukee is cooler than kansas...i guess.
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