The Age of the Pub Quiz

[randy_byers]

So after finishing fourth last week, last night Still Scared of the Yellow Ball in the Sky finished first at the Elephant & Castle pub quiz. This was without daveon, too. In fact, only three of us really participated in the quiz, although Nick popped in and out and provided us with the answers to the two questions that had been posted to the website earlier. He actually won a free pint by answering one of them via e-mail, too.

I was disappointed that I couldn't come up with the answer for, "Which Boston Red Sox player will always be famous for letting Mookie Wilson's single roll between his legs to lose game six of the 1986 World Series?" I got as far as "Bill B" when suddenly my mind was inhabited by "Bill Bowers". He wouldn't leave.

Further sign of advanced aging came in the mirror of the men's bathroom, where I spotted a long hair growing out of my ear. Criminey, how long had that been sticking out a half mile?! I trimmed it this morning, muttering querulously to myself. Some people are apparently shaping their ears to look like elf ears, while mine are turning into hobbit ears through natural processes.

My best correct wild (though reasoned) guess of the evening was for this question: "Which Seventies band was offered a billion dollars to reunite in 2000?"

A billion fricking dollars! Mamma mia!

Comments

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

The "Mamma Mia!" was a clue for me. But it's already been discussed.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

You're the only one who seems to have picked up on it!

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Where is akirlu when you need her?

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Indeed, I figured she'd get it right away, but perhaps she was too busy discussing the Hugos elsewhere. It actually made it more fun for there to be a short guessing game.

[bluewoad.livejournal.com]

I picked up the clue. My 12-year-old daughter is a big ABBA fan (where did I go wrong?), so I clued in on it immediately.

I wonder if ABBA had accepted how long it would've taken to make a counter-offer of twice that amount for them to not reunite. I would've donated some.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and ABBA probably would have loved it, since it sounded like they really didn't want to tour. I mean, you'd really have to want *not* to tour to turn down a billion dollars, I'd say.

So did your daughter talk you into taking her to the movie?

[bluewoad.livejournal.com]

She was interested until I described what it was about. Now she just wants the soundtrack.