Wednesday, July 22, 2009

My experience with Trivia Night at a Local Cafe/Bar

I must get something off my chest: trivia junkies make me feel inadequate.  During the last year or so, I've developed a habit of participating in trivia competitions at bars which has become a love/hate relationship.  

Last week I went to Trivia Night at the Cyber Cafe in Johnson City, NY, only to be thoroughly embarrassed by my team's un-trivial knowledge.  Every time I go to these events I feel confident that I know more than the average person (a fact which I'm standing by), but by the end of the night I'm bitter as all hell and almost thankful that I don't have a ridiculous ability to memorize pointless information.  

One of the worst questions of the night came in Round 3 when the announcer asked something about the animated movie Up.  I was initially confident that I'd score some points because I had just seen the movie.  Yet the question was absolutely absurd and I don't know how anyone guessed it: "In the movie Up, the two main characters want to fly to south america to see the falls of their dreams.  On the plane tickets that the husband buys, what are the seat assignment numbers?"

WHATTT.  THEY SHOWED THOSE TICKETS FOR LESS THAN A HALF OF A SECOND.

cyber cafe, never again.

AN INTRODUCTION

HELLO!  IF YOU'RE READING THIS, then you probably know who I am.  I just graduated from college (Smith College in Northampton, MA) and I currently reside in Upstate, NY with intentions of moving elsewhere.  I realized that I always have so much damn good commentary on life, and thats why I am publishing my observations.