If Only T Were Slimmer

Written By D.L.
names edited by hilts

Early negotiations to start trivia at halftime of the Bulls/Pistons game fell flat (which makes sense- a Rolling Stones concert wouldn’t begin between songs of their opening act), so trivia got a late start after the game ended. Of course, the way the game went, trivia could have started even before it was over.

J&B represented by: Chemical Man, Hilts, Stix, Dragon, Gf, Lazers, and some old-school firepower: Moho.

The competition: Losers, Criminals, Bar, and the defending champs Undecided (the new alliance team featuring the former Tres Senoritas)

TC Pub represented by: a handful of babes. Not sure if that waitress has a nickname, but the babe count also included Glasses, the gal in red from Losers, and most notably, the little but well-endowed brunette with the spaghetti-string top and blue pants who so wonderfully ordered from the bar while in what can be described only as The Pose.

There was some element of Glasses presence that resulted in Hilts stripped down to his undershirt. Since this occurred prior to my arrival, I will defer to Hilts on those details.

First Half: Gossip/Bulls & Other Sports/Movie Lines (pre- and post-1970)

Of the players remaining in the NBA playoffs, the one with the highest career playoff scoring average?
Female singer born in the 1940s who is so thin one can wrap their hands around her waist?

It’s not uncommon for this Bull to hit 20-25 straight shots from 15-18 feet in practice?
(I didn’t catch the actual answer to this one, but J&B’s guess of “Ben Wallace” resulted in Benkowski’s reaction of “Ben Wallace…. is a bad guess.”)

In one of several challenges involving J&B, Dragon wins a “drink faster” contest against Undecided.

Ladies Only challenge pits J&B against the Bar. J&B gets the points when Gf is the first to show lipstick or lip gloss (but we did not trade those points for what was behind Curtain #2).

Gf took the brunt of the challenges tonight. For reasons unknown, Benkowski thwarted Hilt'sattempts to coach her for throws.

Scores at the half: Undecided 1520 J&B 1060 Bar 890 Losers 210 Criminals 80

Second Half: White Sox/Mixed Up/Pretty Modern Music

Play-by-play announcer for Chicago Sky?
1960s- who sang “Lady”?
(Art, upon hearing the answer: “That’s an obscure song. I’m filing a protest.”)
May 4-6 weekend- #1 at box office with $148 million (3 words)?
(or is that actually one hyphenated word and one number?)
Sang “Maneater”?

Under the White Sox category- Benkowski: “He played in a record…wow…. that’s an NBA question.”

Going into the last 200-point question on the board, Undecided leads J&B by 160. That question leads to a “Ladies Only” drink faster contest that would have pit J&B against Undecided. For the second time tonight, Benkowski forgets about Undecided and was prepared to run the contest with J&B against Losers (I can understand why this happened- J&B is the defending champions so often that Benkowski automatically assumes we’re the last team listed on the scoreboard). J&B points out that Benkowski is caught “batting out of order” for the second time.

So Gf battles one of the former Senoritas, drinking what I think was water from a large beer glass. As the liquid sloshed down their gullets, each glass slowly emptied…both gals place their respective glasses in Benkowski’s hands…and the battle is declared a tie. The tie was to be settled with a long-distance roll…that is won by Undecided.

Scores after two halves: Undecided 2410 J&B 2050 Bar 1350 Losers 1010 Criminals 670

Benkowski initially states that each team will pick their own final category. He amends that to what sounded like would be Benkowski picking the final category for each team. He finalizes matters with a final category only one step removed from “What is in Benkowski’s Wallet?”

Final Category: Things Benkowski Read in That Day’s Southtown Economist

3 of 5 will win wager. All 5 correct wins 3000 bonus points.

J&B wagers 651- enough to beat the Bar by 1 if they double, enough to beat Undecided if they wager 0 on a lame category, and hopefully a loss small enough to provide victory if every team loses their wager.

Question:
39-year old Ashley Judd just received her bachelor’s degree from Kentucky, in what subject?
Norah Jones concert held May 8th- at what venue?
Columnist Phil Arvia grew up on the same block as Benkowski- 80th and which cross street?
State police unleash motorcycle cops on ___________?
Political cartoon: depicts a hole in the floor of a firehouse, saying that the firemen of which suburb are overweight?

Oh Brother….


PART THE SECOND


Part II

J&B guesses French (heard someone say that guess aloud), United Center, Keeler, Dan Ryan Expressway, and Tinley Park (rationale being that T lived there and he is overweight).

First Half answers:
LeBron James
Dolly Parton (good input from Mike allowed us to pimp via another team’s Hangman)
As mentioned, I didn’t catch the answer to the Bulls practice shooter question

Second Half answers:
Les Grobstein
Jack Jones
Spider-man 3
Hall & Oates (another music one that miffed Art)

Final Question:

Criminals- 670- guess Psychology (no), Rosemont (no), Central (no), I-80 (no), Evergreen Park (no)- wagered 668- down to 2.

Losers- 1010- guess French (yes), House of Blues (no), Kostner (no), I-90/94 (no, but this one needed a ruling), Palos (no)- wagered 1000- down to 10.

Bar- 1350- guesses French (yes), UIC (no), Homan (no), I-80 (no), Orland (yes)- wagered 150- down to 1200.

J&B- 2050- guesses French (yes), United Center (no), Keeler (no), Dan Ryan (yes), Tinley Park (no)- wagered 651- down to 1399.

Undecided- 2410- guesses French (yes), Aragon Ballroom (no), Washtenaw (no), Dan Ryan (yes), Orland (yes)- wagered 1200- up to 3610 and a second consecutive victory.

Correct answers: French, Chicago Theater, Kolin, Dan Ryan and Orland.

With the late start to the game, J&B quickly leaves after the loss, but not before Gf speculates that Benkowski has something going on with one of the Undecided gals.

Next trivia at TC Pub: Thursday, May 24th.