June 29, 2015

We played at Casa Blanca (next to best buy) hwy 72 in Hsv.  On the team is Anthony, David, Nick and myself.  The host was in a bit of a rush, as she was in the door and out the door within an hour.  We had a friendly guessing game of what her after plans were, but who really knows.  We enjoyed the fastest paced game that we have played in the last few years.  I personally like a slower paced game, as it makes getting the notes down a bit better for the blog.  In which I sometimes make the time to get done. I think in about 7 weeks, I should be able to start catching things up on here.  Well enough of the chatter, it's time to go over the game.

Round 1:

Movies - The Star Wars question was an easy one.  R2D2 is the sidekicks name.

TV - In Married with Children, the dogs name is Buck.  However the dog was originally called Mike.

Music - Lee Greenwood...God Bless the USA.  This one is also listed on Youtube as being called "I'm Proud to be an American".  While it's still the same song and an awesome song at that.  It isn't what's listed on the album.

Round 2:

Space - Halley's Comet

History -  We over thought this answer.

Classic Film - The King and I.  This answer was in the clues that were posted earlier on Facebook.

Round 3:

Presidents -  Taft, Bush sr and jr, Clinton and one other President attended Yale?  The correct answer was Ford.  He attended University of Michigan in 1937 and was accepted to Yale in the Spring of 1938.

Words - Beam

Sports -  Lou Gehrig's Farewell speech.  For those interested, here is the full speech; July 4, 1939

Half Time:

Name the 5 most populated cities in Australia

Sydney

Melbourne

Brisbane

Perth

Adelaide

At the end of Half Time, we are in 1st place with 2 teams close behind.

Rapid Round 4:

Actor - Richard Kiel (movie JAWS)

Sports - The Braves game that lasted until almost 4am was against the  Mets / Cubs / Astros?

Literature -  Gadsby.  I didn't know this and found it enjoyable to read today. A Story of over 50,000 words without using the letter E
However, Anthony did know it and we were able to get it correct.

Rapid Round 5:

Song Lyrics - Love's got a hold on me was the lyrics to "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" by Elvin Bishop

Military - How many stars does a Brigadier General have....That would be 1 star Sir...HOOAH

Classic TV - This one I wish I had known, since I've seen every single episode at least once.  On the show "The Walton's"  What is Grandpa Walton's first name?  It's Zebulon or Zeb for short.  In the German release of the show, it's Sam.  Now I question if Nick has a secret about watching shows in German, as this is not the first time he has known the correct answer in a different version.  A question I must ask him soon.

Final Question:

The Category was Colleges and the correct answer was Columbia.  All this went so quickly that I didn't write down anything about the question itself.  We bid the max on points and knew that we had sealed the fate of a 1st place win with 90 points.

2nd place was 55 points
3rd place was 41 points


Next week we will be playing at the Boot on South Parkway on Tuesday night.  We are switching up some nights for a couple of reasons.  It allows more people a chance to join in and also gives us some different locations to go out and visit.  Thanks for taking the time to read and keep up with us.  See you all again soon.