Mindworms late last nite

National Trivia Day +++ written by DL

It was Opening Day of the 2007 trivia season, an appropriate starting date that coincided nicely with National Trivia Day (celebrated on ESPN Classic with a marathon of “Stump the Schwaub”). TC Pub was adorned with bunting and balloons, and Andy the Clown entertained children with his yells of “Ahhhhh…Year…Of…Birth!”

With a typically large Opening Day crowd, J&B is forced from their usual location and ends up at one of the front tables. The group that invaded J&B’s space (and played under the name Slackers) included a gal whose jeans fit very nicely (nicknamed T-Jeans).

J&B represented by: Chemical Man, Hilts, Dragon, Gf and lazers

Competition: Bar, Save the Chief, Tres Senoritas, the aforementioned Slackers, and Chuck Norris Superfriends

TC Pub represented by: the waitress earlier nicknamed Weird One, now known as Dark Child

First Half: Mostly Music/Today’s Sports Section/Entertainment

Born in 1970, she sold more cds than anyone else in the 90s?
Finished 2nd in the NFL is scoring in ’06?
Led NFC in rushing in ’06?
Mary Jane Girls’ “In My House” (1985)- produced by whom?
AFC quarterback with 11-1 touchdown/interception ratio in ’06?
AHL (minor league hockey) team from Manitoba?

Hilts calls Tres Senoritas “drunken Communists” after they select the music category. The Senoritas call themselves Communists when they later pick music again.

The first time J&B elects to utilize a “throw the ball” trick, Chief tries to distract Hilts by yelling “Wiggy!” just as he throws the ball. Benkowski is not pleased with the lack of sportsmanship and puts an immediate stop to such shenanigans. Gf admits that she doesn’t like the main Chief guy- he always has a comment to make.

Chemical Man and Gf scrap over paying for a round. As Chems leaves his stool to get around her to switch her money for his, GF stops him with a “Sit down, you little shit.”

Scores at the half: Chief had the lead, Slackers 870, Bar ??, J&B 420, Chuck Norris 360, Senoritas 190

Second Half: 70s & 90s Music/Chicago Sports/US & World Capitals and Cars

Number of seasons Bill Melton led Sox in homers?
Only Texas Ranger to play more than 1500 games as a Ranger?
Sox assistant general manager?
All-time hit leader for Yankees with 2721?

For J&B’s 4th and final throw, the ball bounces around and is lost. Benkowski: “That sucks.”

Under a proposed rule change (which I think was suggested from another location), teams would be allowed a maximum of three correct answers in a row then control of the board would move to the next team. Benkowski may experiment with the rule on a trial basis. Smacks of mid-80s NHL fascism to me.

Scores after two halves: Chief 2500 Bar 1550 Slackers 1080 Chuck Norris 750 Tres Senoritas 630 J&B 610

That’s right: J&B had the lowest score going into the final question.

Final Category: teams are allowed to choose between 1990s NFL or 1990s Movies. Every team selects the movie category.

J&B wagers 590- leaving 20 points, just in case.

Final Question: 7 of 10 wins wager…all 10 wins 3000 bonus points

Given the 10 winners for Best Supporting Actor during the 1990s, name the respective movies. The names (alphabetically): Michael Caine, James Coburn, Cuba Gooding Jr, Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones, Martin Landau, Jack Palance, Joe Pesci, Kevin Spacey, Robin Williams.

Gentlemen?

PART II

J&B guesses: Caine (Cider House Rules), Coburn (Family), Gooding (Jerry Maguire), Hackman (Unforgiven), Jones (The Fugitive), Landau (Ed Wood), Palance (City Slickers), Pesci (Goodfellas), Spacey (Usual Suspects), Williams (Good Will Hunting)

J&B is certain of all of its answers except Coburn- we knew the movie but couldn’t come up with the name. We made up the name “Family.”

First Half answers:
Mariah Carey (J&B incorrect guess: Whitney Houston)
Robbie Gould
Frank Gore (J&B incorrect guess: Tiki Barber)
Rick James
Damon Huard (correct J&B guess)
Moose

Second Half answers:
Three seasons
Jim Sundberg (correct J&B guess)
Rick Hahn
Lou Gehrig

Final Question:

J&B- 610- answers listed above- 9 correct- wagered 590- up to 1200

Tres Senoritas- 630- guesses Caine (?), Coburn (?), Gooding (Jerry Maguire- yes), Hackman (Crimson Tide- no), Jones (Fugitive- yes), Landau (Ed Wood- yes), Palance (City Slickers- yes), Pesci (Goodfellas- yes), Spacey (American Beauty- no), Williams (Birdcage- no)- only 5 correct- wagered 629- down to 1

Chuck Norris- 750- guesses Caine (Cider House- yes), Coburn (Tombstone- no), Gooding (Maguire- yes), Hackman (Crimson Tide- no), Jones (Fugitive- yes), Landau (On Golden Pond- no), Palance (City Slickers- yes), Pesci (Goodfellas- no), Spacey (Suspects- yes), Williams (Dead Poets Society- no)- 6 correct- wagered 750- thanks for playing.

Slackers- 1080- guesses Jones (Fugitive- yes), Gooding (Maguire- yes), and I’m not sure who all of these guesses were for, but they also listed The Matrix, Birdcage, Hoosiers, Dead Man Walking and My Cousin Vinny- only 2 correct- wagered 1080- thanks for playing.

Bar- 1550- guesses Caine and Coburn (A Fish Called Wanda and Road to Perdition- not sure which was for whom- both wrong), Gooding (Maguire- yes), Hackman (Unforgiven- yes), Jones (Fugitive- yes), Landau (Ed Wood- yes), Palance (City Slickers- yes), Pesci (Goodfellas- yes), Spacey (Suspects- yes), Williams (Hunting- yes)- 8 correct- wagered 1550- up to 3100 and the lead.

Save the Chief- 2500- guesses Caine and Coburn (Miss Congeniality and Crimson Tide- not sure which was for whom- both wrong), Gooding (Maguire- yes), Hackman (Unforgiven- yes), Jones (Fugitive- yes), Landau (Ed Wood- yes), Palance (Slickers- yes), Pesci (Goodfellas- yes), Spacey (Suspects- yes), Williams (Hunting- yes)- 8 correct- wagered 1900- up to 4400 and the victory- which the Chief celebrates by leaving almost immediately (same old Chief).

Considering the result, J&B decides it is for the best that they didn’t come up with the Coburn movie (answer: Affliction)- even with the bonus points, we lose. That would have looked even worse.

The NFL category would have been to name the 10 NFL Defensive Players of the Year during the 1990s. I would suggest some research, but Benkowski had the Bar guessing them after trivia, so I assume he won’t pull the category out as a Final Question again. (Note: in case he does, some of the answers Kearney Meats said were Bruce Smith-3, Reggie White, Dana Stubblefield, Deion Sanders, Bryce Paup).

Hilts is going to get details for St Bede’s trivia, which looks to be scheduled for February 24th. Hopefully J&B will be well past its poor showing from the 2007 Opener.