Trivia Roundup - 5/3/2010: What Didn't We Know?
Most of one side of my extended family, as well as myself, have joined a bar trivia league. We play at our home bar every Monday, and we are awesome. Usually.
Awesome though we are, even the extended Dziengowski family comes across a trivia question that we're not sure of. Our reserves of useless knowledge are occasionally stumped, so this will serve to document the questions we've missed after each week's game. I'll try to remember how many points these were worth, as well as how sure we were of our answer. Sometimes we're just guessing, and sometimes we're 100% sure of something that is in actuality a complete fallacy.
I think I've remembered all of the questions we missed on Monday this week, but there could be one or two I've missed. Without further adieu:
What Didn't We Know? - Monday 5/3/2010
-The city of Gettysburg is located in what state?
...we answered: Virginia
...we were: Pretty damned sure - 5 points
...the real answer: Pennsylvania
-Out of France, Spain, Greece and Hungary, which country was not a member of the Axis powers in WWII?
...we answered: Greece
...we were: Not 100% sure - 1 point
...the real answer: Hungary
-Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain at the outbreak of WWII?
...we answered: N/A - bonus question
...we had: No idea
...the real answer: Neville Chamberlain
-In 1992, Amy Fisher was arrested for shooting whom? (Complete name required)
...we answered: Oscar the Grouch
...we were: Completely clueless; I knew who it was but couldn't remember the name
...the real answer: Mary Jo Buttafuoco
-"Excelsior" is the motto of which U.S. State?
...we answered: Illinois
...we were: Winging it
...the real answer: New York
-Lord Ismay, the first Secretary General of NATO, stated the goal of the organization was "to keep the ____ out, the ____ in, and the ____ down". (Fill in the blanks)
...we answered: Palestinians, Israelis, and Arabs
...we were: Totally guessing because none of us could remember when NATO was formed
...the real answer: Russians, Americans, Germans
Our pre-wager score: 60/76 (5th place)
Our post-wager score: 0
All that time spent browsing Wikipedia is finally paying off!
Awesome though we are, even the extended Dziengowski family comes across a trivia question that we're not sure of. Our reserves of useless knowledge are occasionally stumped, so this will serve to document the questions we've missed after each week's game. I'll try to remember how many points these were worth, as well as how sure we were of our answer. Sometimes we're just guessing, and sometimes we're 100% sure of something that is in actuality a complete fallacy.
I think I've remembered all of the questions we missed on Monday this week, but there could be one or two I've missed. Without further adieu:
What Didn't We Know? - Monday 5/3/2010
-The city of Gettysburg is located in what state?
...we answered: Virginia
...we were: Pretty damned sure - 5 points
...the real answer: Pennsylvania
-Out of France, Spain, Greece and Hungary, which country was not a member of the Axis powers in WWII?
...we answered: Greece
...we were: Not 100% sure - 1 point
...the real answer: Hungary
-Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain at the outbreak of WWII?
...we answered: N/A - bonus question
...we had: No idea
...the real answer: Neville Chamberlain
-In 1992, Amy Fisher was arrested for shooting whom? (Complete name required)
...we answered: Oscar the Grouch
...we were: Completely clueless; I knew who it was but couldn't remember the name
...the real answer: Mary Jo Buttafuoco
-"Excelsior" is the motto of which U.S. State?
...we answered: Illinois
...we were: Winging it
...the real answer: New York
-Lord Ismay, the first Secretary General of NATO, stated the goal of the organization was "to keep the ____ out, the ____ in, and the ____ down". (Fill in the blanks)
...we answered: Palestinians, Israelis, and Arabs
...we were: Totally guessing because none of us could remember when NATO was formed
...the real answer: Russians, Americans, Germans
Our pre-wager score: 60/76 (5th place)
Our post-wager score: 0
All that time spent browsing Wikipedia is finally paying off!