![]() ![]() We strategized how to play it and decided it was go big or go home. We were somehow still in third place as we waded into the final bonus round, called the Do Or Die Dare round. We got the first two fairly easily, but missed the next two. The final round is fill-in-the-blank questions rather than multiple choice. Suddenly, we were sitting in third, which meant we were in prize territory. Luke knew the bonus question about the alloy of copper and tin (it’s bronze), and we were right back in it. Somehow, though, we rallied in the third round, scoring 60 out of 80. We were sitting in 6th place out of 7 teams, and our confidence was flagging. Anyhoo, we struggled the second round and ended with 20 out of 40 points and didn’t even dare take a stab at the bonus question. ![]() Who knew that my brain would pull Def Leppard’s Pour Some Sugar On Me out of its cobwebby recesses? I haven’t willingly listened to that song since, well, ever. We clinched the bonus question because of my gift with lyrics. We got through the first round with all the possible points, but it’s the easy round. The boys were so not thrilled that we were dragging them along that Luke decided the only appropriate team name was Two Willing Participants since they didn’t want to be there. We thought about skipping out too but, with Joe home from college and Luke without homework before spring break, we decided we had enough of a team with just the four of us. This week, none of our neighbors were available to join the festivities. We have gone a couple times with some of our awesome neighbors. On Wednesday nights, our neighborhood coffee shop/bar/gathering space hosts DJ Trivia. ![]()
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