I had some errands to run in town so Herman rode down with me, then we picked up Steve and dropped by to pick up Mark. Once we arrived at our usual table, we were joined by Mike, Angie and Owen. We placed our drink and food orders and were ready to get underway.
We started off with a Disney Parks question about the future, to which this would help you answer it:
The Classic film question was "If I only had a brain" Found Here
Our Sports question was about the Denver Bronco's and the answer was Sports Authority Field @ Mile High.
Round 2 was all about TV, Music and Maladies. I think this is the first time we have had a round with Maladies as a category.
Netflix has a new series called
Now this is a show I have not yet watched much of. However with the talk growing about it, I may have to make some time during all this cold weather and do a marathon watch to catch up with everyone else.
Well while researching this next one, I'm getting some conflicting results. So that means it's very possible I have the question noted wrong. My notes say the 1994 Best New Artist GRAMMY winner who sang "Another Sad Love Song".
Now here is my debate. That song was done by Toni Braxton. Yet the following link will show that the Grammy went to Cheryl Crow in 1994.
Taking the entire question into account. Toni would be the correct answer, because that is her song, yet the year would have to be 1993. So either way, you have the right information here for the song and Grammy. So I've learned a little by writing this blog.
The last one in this round was Rubella, also known as the German Measles or 3 day measles. You can find some good reading on this website: Elimination of Rubella
Round 3 starts us off with a 6 letter word for a North American Cowboy. Now the question was in more detail, but most people should know that for 6 letters, it would be Goucho.
In Sports, we had the answer right away. The guys all knew the 1980 Olympics answer was:
Miracle on Ice
Owen knew the last one. As soon as they started to read the question, he gave us a smile and said..."oh, I know that one"! It was the cast of Modern Family on ABC.
Another show I have not watched. I need to make time to at least see a few episodes of it. Something tells me that is how they get you hooked......just watch it...... you will like it....you can stop watching it any time you want...........Is it a gateway trick like Breaking Bad? Once you start watching it, you just have to see it!
Tonight our half time question was a bit different and took me by surprise. It's always a 5 part question and requires getting points for each answer you get correct. Each one is worth 2 points and the round can net you a 10 point lead sometimes. This time there are 9 correct answers and you get 1 point for each one you have correct. A bonus point if you name all 9, so a total of 10 is still possible.
The Category was:
Name the 9 movies for Best Picture. Time starts now......
We were able to get over half of these correct. Yet some of them I had never heard of. Here is your correct 9, in no particular order
- American Hustle
- Captain Phillips
- 12 Years a Slave
- Dallas Buyers Club
- Nebraska
- Philomena
- Gravity
- Her
- The Wolf of Wall Street
** I will add a few comments after the end of this blog if you want to read them about 2 of these movies.
We moved into Rapid Round 4 with People, Places and Things.
Brooke Shields was the 11 month old baby on the Ivory Snow boxes. It was also what launched her career.
London's busiest station is Waterloo and the 1st sign in the Zodiac is Aries
Rapid Round 5 gives us: Products, Medications and 4 Letter words, (to which Steve gives his famous Oh F*** Yeah). I can't help but laugh when he does that. After all, I think it's the 2nd round of frozen drinks by this point and we are having a good time.
Products is a 7 letter noun and verb that describes a paste used to fill holes. Now I think there would be 2 acceptable answer to this one: Spackle or Stopple, however that might not be the case.
Next, Diazepam is better known as Valium
And the correct 4 letter word we needed and did get correct was GUNK
We have done well on the rapid rounds and it's time to move into the Final Question and Category of the night. As the Title Geography is read off for the Category. You hear a thrilled, YES! come from across the room. It's Eric Jackson from Team Bacon, he is smiling from ear to ear. This tells us that it's his strong category or that he is messing with everyone's head. I wonder which one it is?
What I do know, He is an Alabama Fan...Roll Tide! So everyone say Hi to Eric on the next set of trivia games.
Now back to the game.
It's been a fun night and the Final question is What country has the most coast line? Since we missed this one, I'm going to let you go check it out for yourselves. I will post you the link so you don't have to do anything except CLICK HERE
Well it's game over! In 3rd place with 79 points is "Bazinga".
2nd place with 86 points, "Blood, Sweat and Beers"
Your 1st place winners tonight with 87 points is the "Barreto Supreme's"! Congratulations guys, you certainly earned it tonight.
** As mentioned above. 12 years a slave is one of the best films. It gives you such a strong realization of how things were in our past and how quick they changed for many families. It's a movie I think everyone should see with a box of tissue.
Captain Phillips is just as good the 2nd and 3rd times watching it. The ending scene is one of the best performances I've seen from any actor!
With all the snow outside (2/11/14) I will leave you all wishing you had a pair of these:
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