J&B’s Special Little Girl

Written by Lazers
Slightly edited by Hilts

Still can’t believe that 7 teams engaged in last night’s trivia battle- when I first arrived at TC Pub, I’m not so sure there even were 7 other people, let alone groups of people. Fortunately, the lure of fresh beer, a smokeless facility, and Benkowski trivia was too strong to keep the masses away. Softball season may also have had something to do with it.

J&B represented by: Chemical Man, Stix, Hilts, Dragon, and Lazers. No Gf.

The competition: Bar, Morning Wood, Shockers, Porch People, Dangerous, and Comfortably Dumb

Dangerous represented by: cute girl I assume is named Maureen since she was called “Mo” by Theresa (Mo also works there). Before the evening was over, she became known as “special little girl”.

Rules of the day: 1 question max per team, with 4 throws and the return of Hangman

First Half: Locations & Bears/TV/White Sox

September 2007- Sox player hit 12 homers that month?
90s playoff game against New Orleans- he completed a pass left-handed?
September 2005- Sox pitcher won 6 games that month?
Led 1997 White Sox with 125 RBI?
August 2006- Sox player drove in 30 runs that month?
Since 1947- number of Chicago football championships (pro)?
TV show won “Best Drama” 4 times during the 1980s?
Wore #78 on the 1985 Superbowl Bears?
Led 1993 Sox with an ERA of 2.95?
2004 Sox- Opening Day- batted leadoff and played 2B?
Led 1987 White Sox with 94 RBI?

Ladies Only challenge: Firmest Handshake (!) pits Shockers against Morning Wood. Benkowski: “I have to judge by the pain factor, and there was slight pain for number one.”
Either Hilts (it was) or Stix: “That must be his current fetish.”

Ladies Only challenge for ladies 5’4” or shorter only. We’re stretching further and further to make this game evolve.

Scores at the half: J&B 850 Bar 740 Dangerous 700 Shockers 610 Porch People 500 Morning Wood 460 Comfortably Dumb 190

Second Half: Music/In the News- Wednesday/Celebrity Birth Years

Year of Birth: Gwen Stefani?
1995- sang “I Could Fall in Love”?
1990s- sang “I’ll Be There”?
(Art, after another team answered that one: “At least someone else was gay for one question.”)
(Guy on Dangerous, after the answer was given: “I hate that fuckin’ broad.”)

Long-Distance Roll pits Shockers against Morning Wood. The rolls are close, and while gathering his tape measure, Benkowski: “I will measure Morning Wood.”

After Morning Wood correctly answers a question involving Boy George’s band and receives taunts of “gay”- one of the Woodies loudly points out that “everybody in this bar knew the answer to that question!”

Scores after two halves: J&B 1510 Bar 1270 Morning Wood 1270 Porch People 1160 Shockers 1000 Dangerous 980 Comfortably Dumb 750

Choice of 4 categories: New York Yankee History, National Enquirer, Broadway Plays of the 1900s, MTV Music Awards of the 1990s

J&B selects NY Yankee History and wonders what the Bar’s response would have been if we selected the Broadway Plays category.

J&B wagers the classic (1031).

2 of 3 wins wager. All 3 wins 3000 bonus points.

New York Yankee History:
Of the 13 records published by the Yankees for position players, name either of the two single-season team records held by Alfonso Soriano?
What Yankee single-season team record is held by Lou Gehrig?
Which Yankee single-season team record was set in the 2000s?

National Enquirer:
Within 2 years, the age difference between Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart?
Actress born in 1987- headline: “Drunk and Out of Control”?
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are arguing over where to give birth to their twins. Which two countries are involved in the argument?

Broadway Plays of the 1900s:
Still waiting for someone to select this category.

MTV Music Awards of the 1990s:
Won Best Hard Rock Group 1990-1991-1997-1998?
Best Male had repeats winners in 1996-1997 and 1998-1999- name either?
Video of the Years during the 90s was won 7 times by groups, 1 time by Madonna, and 2 times by other women. Name either of the other two women?

Some good baseball questions up there gang….

Part II

J&B guesses At Bats (Soriano), RBI (Gehrig) and Saves (2000s).

First half answers:
Jim Thome
Neal Anderson
Jose Contreras
Frank Thomas
Jermaine Dye
3 championships (’47 Cardinals, ’63 Bears, ’85 Bears)
Hill Street Blues
Keith Van Horne
Wilson Alvarez
Willie Harris
Greg Walker

Second half answers:
1969
Selena
Mariah Carey

Final Question:

Comfortably Dumb- 750- MTV- guesses Aerosmith (correct), R Kelly (no), Mariah Carey (no)- wagered it all- thanks for playing. (Benkowski: “I will never have R Kelly as an answer because he’s a fucking pedophile.”)

Dangerous- 980- National Enquirer- guesses 23 years (close enough), Lindsay Lohan (no), France and United States (correct)- wagered 980- with 2 correct, up to 1960.

Shockers- 1000- MTV- guesses Metallica (no), Boys 2 Men (no), Mariah Carey (no)- wagered it all- thanks for playing.

Porch People- 1160- Yankees- guess Stolen Bases (no), RBI (yes), Saves (no)- wagered 590- only 1 correct- down to 570. J&B needs its Soriano answer to be correct, as well as no other team to win the bonus.

Morning Wood- 1270- MTV- guesses Red Hot Chili Peppers (no), Puff Daddy (no), Mariah Carey (no)- wagered 1269- left with only 1.

Bar- 1270- Yankees- guesses At Bats (correct), Doubles (no), Saves (no)- wagered it all- thanks for playing.

J&B- 1510- Yankees- no drama left- guesses At Bats (correct), RBI (correct), Saves (no)- wagered 1031- up to 2541 and its second consecutive victory. With the arrival of the warm weather comes the arrival of the big bats of J&B.

Answers- Yankees:
Soriano holds the single-season team records for At Bats and Strikeouts. J&B had ruled out the latter, assuming team records published by the team would all be positive records.
Gehrig holds the single-season team record for RBI.
Paul Quantrill set the single-season team record for Appearances (pitcher) with 86 in 2004. Side research indicates that Mariano Rivera set the single-season team record for Saves with 53 in 2004. Not that it matters, but J&B was robbed of its bonus points.

Answers- National Enquirer:
Ford is 22 years older than Flockhart.
Hillary Duff is out of control.
France and US are the options for the Bradgelina twins.

Answers- MTV:
Aerosmith
Beck or Will Smith
Lauren Hill or Sinead O’Connor

Next trivia in two weeks- Thursday, June 19th. I am “out”. For those J&Bers who are “in”- don’t forget to double-check with Benkowski as to whether there will be trivia on July 3rd (early indication was that answer is “yes”).