Last night, July 23, was TRIVIA NIGHT at the Dwight Public Library. 15 teams, 6 people on a team, hotly contest 6 rounds of 20 questions to win the coveted trophy.
Bondi had two teams entered... and finished the night with BOTH teams tied for third place.
We'd have been scored much higher, but the clock moves quickly on this event, and our mathematician bogged down in the minutia of how many gifts really are received during the Twelve Days of Christmas. Our bible scholars disputed how many books are in the Bible (Old Testament? New Testament? Both? Before or after the Nicene Creed?)
and there was some heated debate about how long food takes to completely digest and exit the system... And one sheet was collected by the scorers while Nancy was still trying to spell Renee Zelweiger...
Nor could we recall the names of certain authors... and Nobody knew that Barbara Streisand is the top selling female vocalist of all time. (with laudable local loyalty, we opted for Shania!)
All the same, we got really, really close to the Masterminds, who have won this event 4 out of 5 years, (they have a secret weapon, however... they have Dan Strickland, who knows everything and is totally charming) and you could tell that we had them nervous.
Zev, our youngest team member at the age of 12, saved us on several occasions, and was our best resource for the Harry Potter questions.
Next year, Masterminds, next year... we're coming after you!!!
Thanks to Peggy and the crew at the Dwight Library for holding this -- such a fun event, complete with pizza, popcorn, and a spirit of fun.
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