November 19, 2013

Looks like things are getting hotter for the Romero's Rejects.  We played again tonight at Las Trojas on Hwy 53.  I picked up Steve and we arrived early so we could get a good table.  Not that there are any bad tables in the whole place, but we enjoy not having so far to walk after a long day.  Then Mark arrived and shortly after that Mike came in and Angie too.  We placed our food and drink orders and readied the table with pens and napkins for writing down the questions.  We kicked off Round 1 with how many reindeer pull Santa's sleigh, counting Rudolph.  Now I bet every one of you are running through the names right now.
 “Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen!  There you have it for a total of 9 as the correct answer.  
We enjoyed messing with Owen who had arrived late and telling him that we totally blew the 6 point question and put down 7 instead :)  
Our team loves to joke around with each other and after playing together for a couple years now, we do very well on team spirit.  
I think it was the first time we had a Movie category that we all had no idea what the answer was.  Who knew that there was a movie coming out called "Frozen"?  Not any of us, we are all waiting ever so patiently for 

'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' 

http://movies.yahoo.com/video/hobbit-trailer-2a-150141871.html

However, given that the question was for Frozen, here is you a link to this cool looking movie as well:  http://movies.disney.com/frozen

It did make us laugh that after we missed the question, we see the advertisement for it on the corner tv, but a little to late to help us out.  

Round 2 we were sure to know

 Ron Rivera, the head coach of the Carolina Panthers.  He also appeared on screen shortly after the question was over.  At least this one we knew!

In Round 3 we knew all 3 of these. 

I think there was some confusion as to who

Leif Ericson was and who Erik the Red was.  Below is my understanding that it is Father and Son.  Which is not the same person as some teams thought.

Leif Ericson

Leif Ericson was a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America, nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

Born: 970 AD, Iceland

Died: 1020, Greenland, Denmark

Full name: Leif Ericson

Parents: Erik the Red, Thjodhild

Children: Thorkell Leifsson, Thorgils

Nationality: Icelandic, Norwegian

 It took a bit of math for us to get the UNO question correct, yet we pulled it off.  Having at least 3 or 4 sets of UNO cards here and something that I play with our family often, it was just a matter of adding.  A deck of Uno cards consist of 19 blue cards, 19 green cards, 19 red cards, 19 yellow cards, 8 draw cards, 8 reverse cards, 8 skip cards, 4 wild cards, 4 wild draw cards. All together that is 108 cards

In classic Films, the question was who played the Tinman in The Wizard of Oz?

  This was none other than 

John Joseph "Jack" Haley (August 10, 1898 – June 6, 1979) was an American stage, radio, and film actor best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man in the now-classic film The Wizard of Oz. In the same film, he also played Hickory, one of the three farmhands that Dorothy, in her "dream", imagines as the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion.

Moving on to Rapid Round 4, we picked up another 10 points for knowing who Moose is. 








In Rapid Round 5,  we gained yet another 15 points with the correct PEOPLE answer and THINGS.  Now as for the things category,  That was the iRobot Roomba.

 Everyone will love this little machine.  I bought one years back and turned it on just before going to bed.  This was both good and bad.  Having fallen asleep before it made it's way into the hallway near the bedrooms, the bumping of the door almost scared me to death.  Once I had figured out it was just the robot cleaning up the floors, I was okay.  I must admit, it is one of the best inventions for clean floors!  Here is a link for anyone looking to find one of these little genies http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_4?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=irobot%20roomba&sprefix=irob%2Caps%2C209


We went into the final round in 3rd place.  The category was : Oh Canada so we were all in with 20 points.  Owen knew the answer by the time the question was being read.  I just smiled because I was sure that we were going to place tonight.  

Here was the correct answer to the Final Round winning us 1st place for a 2nd week in a row!!!

Manitoba

Canadian Province

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province. The province, with an area of 649,950 square kilometers, has a largely continental climate, with thousands of lakes and many rivers.

So there you have it.  Romero's Rejects taking the lead with 81 points.  

And in 2nd place with 74 points is the team "Suck It Trebek".  I've noticed the name now for a few weeks.   Learning fast they are, be careful we must (said in my best Yoda voice)

I'm going to leave you all with this last comic strip.  Until next time my Friends