I arrived late as I came from visiting Mom at Manor Care. The contest was already on the 7th question. More people were at Trivia Night this week than the previous time, but not as many people as the first time I attended before Christmas.
Rod, Alan, and Austin were already there. They were joined by Jason, a friend of Ed, the host. Originally from Minot, Jason now lives in Minneapolis where he works as a chef.
Our team did fairly well. We had 14 correct out of 20 each time. In the first contest we finished in the middle of the pack. In the second contest we tied for second. The winner of the second contest were the lawyers/judges who won with 18 correct.
The next table over was a '4 women and a guy' team. It was one woman's birthday the next day. She was feeling good and was not afraid of saying what was on her mind.
When the lawyer/judge team won their third "quarters" contest, this woman made a slightly humorous comment for everyone to hear about the lawyers/judges winning so much. After the contests were over I saw this woman talking with the lawyer/judge team so apparently there were no hard feelings. Of course the true answer would come out if she every appeared before one of the judges in court. On our team Rod won one "quarters" contest and Austin won two of them. Between our team and the lawyer/judge team we won all the quarter contests. Our team would have won one more "quarter" contest if I was more forceful with my answer.
"On which island is the tallest mountain on earth?"
I wanted to say "Hawaii" but when the previous guesser said "Mauna Loa" and was wrong, I had doubts as I didn't know the exact island name. The correct answer turned out to be "Hawaii". The "Mauna Loa" guesser was unhappy as he claimed his was the correct answer but Ed ruled against him as the guesser gave the mountain name and not the island name. It was just as well I didn't win as the prizes this evening were t-shirts of various liqueurs and whiskeys. With all the t-shirts I have, the last thing I need is another t-shirt.
This wasn't the only question where a controversy erupted. For the question "What gun did James Bond use?" It appears everyone answered "Walther PPK". Ed said the correct answer was " Beretta". Ed wouldn't back down, and when the protest continued, he said this question/answer did not affect the outcome of the contest. Wikipedia says James Bond initially used the Beretta in the first five novels, then the author switched to James Bond using the Walther PPK when a fan complained the Beretta was a "ladies gun". Click here for the article.
Before the second contest was over Tammy, a co-worker of Rod's, her husband, and another guy arrived and joined our table/team. It was Tammy's birthday this day and she was out celebrating as she had the next day off work. Tammy already was in a good mood. She has a loud voice which made it difficult to keep our answer discussions quiet enough so as not to help nearby teams.
After the contests were over Ed joined our table for post game socializing and to set a date/time this week for Ed to join Rod for bottling some of Ed's molasses wine Ed and Rod were making.
While several conversations among our team members were going on I was distracted by the other table's birthday girl. She was in my direct line of sight. She was wearing a light low cut dress and had some cleavage. She was sitting sideways to me and... she had a nice cleavage curve going on.
She and all the women at her table smoked a lot. I think that between all her smoking and drinking the birthday woman looked older than what she may have been, and she looked to be in her early to mid 30s. Her face seemed a bit older than her body.
The guy at their table appeared to be 40ish. He had dark and graying hair. It was long enough to be tied back, but not long enough to show a ponytail. He seemed to be "with" the women but not really part of their group. The birthday woman was the only one with much life in her as the other people just seemed to "be there". After the contests were over a 20-something guy showed up and sat next to the birthday girl. I'm not sure of his status; whether he was just another drinking buddy or where she was going to get "lucky" on her birthday.
People knew the answers to the "quarter" questions that night so the final "quarters" question for the "bucket" netted the winner less than $5.
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