Trivia Tuesday

~ When the guy that calls trivia - the guy you see once a week for at least a year - suddenly shaves his beard and mustache off, only 2/3 of the table will actually notice.  What's more is that 1/6 of the table will not even realize he had a beard and mustache in the first place.

~ When the game relies on being able to see the questions as well as hear them, maybe having auto-updates install every Tuesday on your computer is not such a great plan...

~ The Southern Ocean is in fact a thing - it's a thing that every person at the table but one disputed, but it's a thing nonetheless.  That guy deserved his bragging rights for the evening.

~ My fabulous high-school learned mnemonic for remembering the countries in Central America (My Grandmother Eats Hot Nacho Cheese Pizza) inexplicably leaves out Belize. In fact, I've been using this mnemonic for so long that I didn't realize Belize was even a country in Central America.  However, when the question is on what country borders Panama, knowing Cheese (Costa Rica) borders Pizza (Panama) is quite helpful!

~ The NYT crossword is 15 squares by 15 squares.  My lovely math for 18 x 18 was perfect for a change - it was just incorrect.  So here's my question then, if it's 15x15, how big are the squares then?  Because if it were 18x18, all squares would be 1/3 x 1/3.  See? Perfect math!

~ Katy Perry has more Twitter followers than anyone else - why?  How does she beat Ellen or even Kim Kardashian?  Also, the respect I lost for humanity on that particular statistic, I gained back when I learned that more people follow POTUS than Donald Trump.  Trump doesn't even crack the top ten.  Maybe there's hope for us yet!

~ We had a question which answer was George Clooney, and I didn't even realize it.  I feel like I should lose my fan card for that one!

~ Contrary to popular opinion (i.e. mine...) Versailles does have an "s" on the end.

~ An entire round that's sports themed is never going to end well - 0 points.  That's right, not a one. However, we did answer the Nascar question with an actual Nascar driver's name, so I'm taking the win.