I did not exactly deliver a shining performance at Britannia Arms Trivia Night yesterday. I had expected to fare as well as I usually do with Jeopardy, but alas, there's a difference! I'm stronger in history, literature, and the arts, but Britannia Arms' Trivia Quiz seems to gravitate towards pop culture, sports, and science, which makes perfect sense considering the likely interests of your regular Brit pub patron. Which is not to say that the questions were easy, on the contrary! We were treated to questions like "which part of your body could be referred to as deciduous," for example, and asked to match moons Phobos, Io, Titan, Titania, Triton, and Hydra with their corresponding planets. What? What? Mercy! The trick is to create a well rounded team, i.e. recruit group members with complementing fields of expertise. All together, we actually did really well. We even won one round and received a gift certificate that we immediately put to good use. No Pilsener here, but the Scottish Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA turned out to be pretty tasty.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Trivia at the Aptos Brit
I did not exactly deliver a shining performance at Britannia Arms Trivia Night yesterday. I had expected to fare as well as I usually do with Jeopardy, but alas, there's a difference! I'm stronger in history, literature, and the arts, but Britannia Arms' Trivia Quiz seems to gravitate towards pop culture, sports, and science, which makes perfect sense considering the likely interests of your regular Brit pub patron. Which is not to say that the questions were easy, on the contrary! We were treated to questions like "which part of your body could be referred to as deciduous," for example, and asked to match moons Phobos, Io, Titan, Titania, Triton, and Hydra with their corresponding planets. What? What? Mercy! The trick is to create a well rounded team, i.e. recruit group members with complementing fields of expertise. All together, we actually did really well. We even won one round and received a gift certificate that we immediately put to good use. No Pilsener here, but the Scottish Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA turned out to be pretty tasty.
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Based on your blog entry I thought you might be interested in the 2009 Trivia Challenge happening at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on Sept 25th from 6-10PM in support of the Literacy Program of the Volunteer Centers. Teams of three will test their knowledge on a range of topics against fellow competitors. The top three teams will be awarded prizes. We expect a showing of over 50 teams. Learn more at www.sctriviachallenge.com and please feel free to contact the Literacy Program at 427-5077 with any questions.
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