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Workday - 8:15am-6:00pm
I was at school until 6pm with band practice tonight. Afterwards, two of my colleagues and I attended a bi-annual teacher trivia gathering. That was pretty fun. Our school had 3 teams, and each of us was actually on a different team. I'm proud of how we all did. The original school team placed 3rd overall (there must have been 30+ teams altogether). My team beat the third team from our school, and we all placed in the top half. Not bad, considering our teams 2 and 3 were totally new to it.
I wish I could say I was a great asset to my team, but I might have lost them as many points as I won (that is, by insisting on answers that ended up not being correct. I wouldn't do that unless I was totally sure! But I guess I was just mistaken a couple of times. Oops). Oh well. It's all in good fun.
For the hell of it, here were some of the things I knew (that my teammates did not):
- the origin of the word "honeymoon"
- that Dr. Pepper is the oldest of our current popular brands of soft drinks
- that Kellogg's Corn Flakes were invented to curb masturbation
- the title and performer of the song "Hurt", as covered by Johnny Cash (when given the first 10-second clip of it)
- the title and performer of the song "Orinoco Flow"*, by Enya (again, with the first 10 seconds played)
- that "Everyday People" is by Sly and the Family Stone
- that Picasso had a "blue period"
- that Mondrian never used the colour green (ok, I guessed that, but I was pretty sure)
...plus some geography questions that I don't remember exactly. Although many of the ones I got for that category were also known by some of my teammates.
Another long day. Got home after 10pm. Now I need to sleep. Farewell!
* Annoyingly, the quizmaster insisted the title of this song was "Sail Away", which it is not. I have the cassette right here -- it says Orinoco Flow. A few teams lost points for that error. Grr.
I was at school until 6pm with band practice tonight. Afterwards, two of my colleagues and I attended a bi-annual teacher trivia gathering. That was pretty fun. Our school had 3 teams, and each of us was actually on a different team. I'm proud of how we all did. The original school team placed 3rd overall (there must have been 30+ teams altogether). My team beat the third team from our school, and we all placed in the top half. Not bad, considering our teams 2 and 3 were totally new to it.
I wish I could say I was a great asset to my team, but I might have lost them as many points as I won (that is, by insisting on answers that ended up not being correct. I wouldn't do that unless I was totally sure! But I guess I was just mistaken a couple of times. Oops). Oh well. It's all in good fun.
For the hell of it, here were some of the things I knew (that my teammates did not):
- the origin of the word "honeymoon"
- that Dr. Pepper is the oldest of our current popular brands of soft drinks
- that Kellogg's Corn Flakes were invented to curb masturbation
- the title and performer of the song "Hurt", as covered by Johnny Cash (when given the first 10-second clip of it)
- the title and performer of the song "Orinoco Flow"*, by Enya (again, with the first 10 seconds played)
- that "Everyday People" is by Sly and the Family Stone
- that Picasso had a "blue period"
- that Mondrian never used the colour green (ok, I guessed that, but I was pretty sure)
...plus some geography questions that I don't remember exactly. Although many of the ones I got for that category were also known by some of my teammates.
Another long day. Got home after 10pm. Now I need to sleep. Farewell!
* Annoyingly, the quizmaster insisted the title of this song was "Sail Away", which it is not. I have the cassette right here -- it says Orinoco Flow. A few teams lost points for that error. Grr.
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