Trivia Tuesday

~ I've been waiting weeks and weeks to get a Shakespeare question - and we finally get one.  And they ask who the star crossed lovers are.  Seriously!?  Everyone knew it was Romeo and Juliet.  I mean everyone in that we had a 9 way tie for first place at that point.  That's just no fun!

~ My trivia team was shocked and amazed by Hot Mess Kristen this evening - i.e. I wore running shorts, a tee shirt and had my hair in a pony tail (aka what normal people wear on a normal basis - but what I never wear, because I think it's way too dressed down.)  This ridiculous heat has finally taken me down with it...

~ The first named hurricane was Bob.  We have 2 questions about this: 1. What happened to "A"? and 2. Why was the hurricane namer so unimaginative?

~ Due fourteen different Olympic events being on 14 different stations in the bar, we've decided that we do not want to meet the greco roman wrestlers, the boxers or the weight-lifters in a dark alley.  And just because you're pretty or handsome doesn't mean you're not going to knock over every single hurdle.

~ The opposite and more positive form of the statement "Don't be an idiot." is "Be a non-idiot."

~ Hearing "Leather" when the MC actually says "Weather" changes the possible answers in your head quite drastically.

~Inspector Clouisseau is not the only inspector in movies or television, apparently.  Though his introduction into Les Miserables would make that show so much more interesting! (The inspector they were looking for was Javert.)

~ The NFL commissioner that preceded Roger Goodell is not Roger Goodell Sr., no matter how hard we hoped it would be.

~ There's a 4000 ft high mountain in KS called Mt. Sunflower.  Who knew?!  I now want to go to Kansas just to see the mountain named after my very favorite flower.  

~ Rabies is more prevalent in bats than in raccoons.  I'm so glad I know this, after I did a bat cruise on Ladybird Lake in Austin.  Though, it would have been nicer to find that information out before.

~ Finally, Finally, Finally my obsession with Tex-Mex, Mexican and South American food has paid off!  Hominy is made by treating maize with an alkaline through a process of nixtamalization.  I don't like the stuff, but don't tell me I don't know my food : )