Trivia Tuesday

~ According to everyone at my table, excluding me, Spain is the only country to border Portugal.  And apparently the 2 countries look like a woman's face with short hair.  Not only did I not know that totally simple (it was the very first question that every single team got correct) but I failed to see how those 2 countries look like a woman.  

~ Yay for an Iron Man question that I actually knew, even though I'm so not a fan of Iron Man.  (Sac-religious I know)

~ Thanks to a super cute tweet by the Orioles this afternoon, we managed to get a Groundhog Day question incorrect.  Apparently seeing his shadow means more winter not more spring, which led to quite the philosophical debate on how we can tell at all that an animal who can't speak can actually see a shadow.

~ Personally, I feel that questions on Black History during Black History month should be about influential Black Americans.  Maybe not about a boxer or someone who patented changes to a wrench.

~ Even though I was quite ready for a Super Bowl question - I'd heard a stat that I was sure was going to be a question - the entire sports round consisted of tennis and basketball.  How is that fair?

~ While the Facebook clue was Famous Fires, we as a team think it would have been much easier and a much better category had it been Famous Fries, like we originally misread. 

~ Spelling is my jam.  After 2 weeks of people second-guessing my correct answer, they finally let me do my thing.  Maybe I should join a spelling bee team instead?

~ I clearly need to re-read The Great Gatsby.  The English teacher at our table was horrified to learn that none of us knew who killed Gatsby.  I killed her even further when I admitted to not even knowing Gatsby died...

~ After weeks of using Debbie Gibson as the default "I have no clue!" answer, we finally got a Debbie Gibson question.  To make matters even better, it was the final question which allowed us to bet the entire 40 points and get out of our second to last terrible place. Woohoo!