A 1.5 bid, what?

Tonight we are all playing at Las Trojas on hwy 53.  By now you should all know where this great place to eat and play is located.  Our team is:  Myself, Steve, Mark, Mike and Angie.  It's Owens Birthday and I think he was a bit fearful of the whipped cream ending that was sure to follow as the night went on.  Yet alas, he didn't make it tonight and we shall have to wait until a better time to all sing and dance.
We missed Summer being here and were graced by the fine new young man who will be helping.  Please welcome:  Chris

 Our first question of the night was "who is the only smurf with a Red Hat"?

Now for some reason this question was difficult for me.  Steve said it was Papa Smurf.  Yet it just wasn't sinking in and we went with a different answer, only to be told it was indeed Papa Smurf and all his blueness that wore that red hat!  Now this wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for this very picture above.  To which I took in 2012 during Hallowcon.  To quote my very dear friend Steve and say...Thanks OBAMA!

We moved on to the longest name of the primary colors.  Here is a hint:

I think everyone knew the answer for the 80's group with lead singer Boy George was Click Here

During the 3rd round, we knew who James Spader played on the Blacklist, yet as well as I could see and replay episodes, I couldn't for the life of me get his name down on paper.  How hard could it be to remember Raymond Reddington!

It's a Government Question tonight, so let's name the last 5 Secretaries of State who were before John Kerry

1. Hilary Clinton 
2. Condoleezza Rice
3. Colin Powell
4. Madeline Albright
5. Warren Christopher

Now we only missed one of these and almost all the teams waited a full 3:32 seconds before running the answers up all at once.  Guess this one was a bit tougher than you think.  So for our half time standings, Bad Idea is in the lead with 42 points.  Making them the team to beat out.  

We entered Rapid Round 4 with several teams ahead of us and knowing we must pick up the pace if we are to catch up and win this game.  

We knew that only 2 states boarder SC and that Chewbacca Rules as the co pilot of the Millennium Falcon. It wasn't until we turned in the answer to the 3rd question that we remembered that Claire Huxtable was a  Lawyer.  However we gained some points on the round and hoped that the 50/50 round would give us more of a lead.  

The potters wheel was invented during the Bronze age.  Yet we did not have the first working Laser until Theodore Maiman invented it in 1960.  A stifle on a dog is the knee joint and not a chock chain.  

The final question is Presidents.  At this point in every game, the teams know where they stand.  They also know how much is riding on this answer.  Some teams go all in, while others don't bid at all.  Leaving little room to err without costing you the winning prize.  

Here is the answer to your Final Question of the night:  Who was the 1st US President to visit Japan while in office?

Well there you have it!  The teams have shuffled about and some of that is good and some of it ...NOT so much.  However for the first time ever, we had a team bid 1.5 points and that was enough to put them in 3rd place ahead of Team Bacon.  It's a team of only 2 people, yet very smart people indeed.  Give it up for team DAL with 73.5 points.  Coming in 2nd  was Bad Idea at 75 points and with only a 1 point lead, it's The Happy Normals taking the 1st place win of the night!  

Another good game and a lot of fun with friends.  As always, thanks for taking the time to read the blog and feel free to pass it on for other trivia players to see.