There is nothing like a good game of trivia to make you feel ignorant. Last night Fraters Libertas hosted the weekly trivia game at Keegan's pub. My team was comprised of my friend and new blogger Angie, fellow MAWBers Margaret and Sandy, and myself. Out of twenty-five questions, we scored an ego-deflating 16. What's even more crushing...I contributed approximately ONE correct answer the others didn't know. In fact, because I couldn't remember the sequence of our earliest presidents...I swayed the team into a wrong answer. I was more of a liability than a help.
But I'm blaming it all on the quiz masters. Too many sports questions. Next time I'm going to insist that a woman contributes to the game. Then I'll sit back and laugh as I watch Team Fraters answer questions like
Which brand of sanitary napkin comes with "wings"?I'm sure the rest of the MAWB Squad could come up with better questions, so gentlemen, it's time to turn off the ESPN and time to start taping daytime soaps. And Fraters, you can take your Cy Young Award questions and stuff them in your Manolo Blahniks. Posted by Cathy at March 11, 2005 09:21 AMManolo Blahnik is
a) A former Eastern Block Soviet dictator
b) A famous shoe designer
c) A medical condition involving swelling and rashes around the sweat glands
d) A gourmet chocolate manufacturerName Oprah Winfrey's boyfriend.
A typo. Blast! I hate it when I don't catch those. I need an editor.
Posted by: Cathy at March 11, 2005 04:47 PMNo.
A copy-editor? Well, who doesn't upon occasion.
But not an editor editor.
Mostly they just muck about with your prose, and your prose does not need to be mucked about with.
Posted by: aelfheld at March 11, 2005 05:36 PMHey! That dismal trivia score was supposed to be a state secret!
On another note, it doesn't seem fair to me that Fraters always gets the home field. We need to come up with a new and different contest on our own terms to demonstrate the superiority of the MAWB Squad.
Red Bull gives you wings.
We've had enough Sex & the City questions to know all about Manolo Blahniks.
Oprah's boy toy used to be Stedman(sp?), but I haven't kept up that front of late.
How's that?
I still can't believe that you guys missed the question about the African country...
Posted by: the elder at March 11, 2005 08:42 PMRed Bull gives you wings.
We've had enough Sex & the City questions to know all about Manolo Blahniks.
Oprah's boy toy used to be Stedman(sp?), but I haven't kept up that front of late.
How's that?
I still can't believe that you guys missed the question about the African country...
Posted by: the elder at March 11, 2005 08:42 PMOkay smart guy...I'll give you Manolo. Try again on Question One, and I want a full name on Question Three.
And we didn't miss Chad; Sandy came up with the right answer before time ran out. ;-P
And I'm still pissed about Cy Young.
See you at the next Trivia night.
Posted by: Cathy at March 12, 2005 02:31 AMWhy didn't you brag it up about getting a
question correct which is a marginal Masonic
secret?
Marginal secret? Basic architectural knowledge is a marginal Masonic secret? What are you guys going to claim next? "We invented the primary colors"?
Posted by: Cathy at March 12, 2005 11:43 AMDidn't we?
Posted by: aelfheld at March 12, 2005 01:33 PMAelfheld, are you a traveler too?
Posted by: Cathy at March 13, 2005 04:23 PMThe "you guys" I was referring to in the earlier comment was the Masons. They like to take credit for all kinds of thing. There is something in their "secrets" about traveling to the East, so that was the traveler question. Or did you already know that and I'm leaving yet another "completely missed your satire" comment?
:)
Posted by: Cathy at March 14, 2005 08:43 AMUnderstanding dawns.
No, I'm not a Mason (or even a mason).
I thought the "you guys" referred to the male segment of the population. If I had been paying attention, I would noticed the context.
Posted by: aelfheld at March 14, 2005 02:56 PM