I am the Trivia Goddess!!

[kellinator]

Or is that the Goddess of Useless Knowledge?

If there's one thing that little insecure me is confident, dare I say cocky about, it's my trivia ability. Case in point: A while back, sirinek invited me to games night. We were trash-talking all week over IM each claiming we were going to kick the other's ass at Trivial Pursuit.

When the big night came, I kicked his ass and smacked it for good measure.

So I finally managed to make it to trivia with sirinek this week. I was so full of myself that I even promised a first-place win. And I delivered through my knowledge of geography, Marilyn Monroe's ex-husbands, and titles of the British nobility (gleaned mainly from romance novels).

I so enjoy being competitive.

(Have I mentioned that one of my life goals is to be a five-time champion on Jeopardy?)

Comments

[meemeedarling.livejournal.com]

Gosh, I wish I had known this about you while months ago.
When Andy and I actually got along (before his major drug dealing days), we would go play trivia two or three nights a week at random bars around town.
We almost always came in 1st place, which meant $50 in free food and alcohol.
Its a nice way to get a good meal for free.. :>

[edie22.livejournal.com]

Kelly -- Howard and I are a great team in Trivial Pursuit, shadesong will never admit to this but me and darkmattr used to kick her and her ex's asses on a regular basis. When we (meaning me and darkmattr) come up there for DragonCon, we ought to get together one night and have a huge Trivial Pursuit tournament. I pride myself on knowing odd crap.

[dslartoo.livejournal.com]

Hell of a goal. I actually know somebody who won first place in the college Tournament of Champions (he's the husband of one of my friends' friends, if you can follow that). Kind of cool. And yes, he routinely rapes the other teams at trivia night. hehe

cheers,
Phil

Full contact Trivial Pursuit

[sophocles.livejournal.com]

Being the cultural literacy Nazi that I am- (ie "What do mean you don't know who Ayn Rand is!?" Thwap) I tend to get just alittle competitve at Trivia. Very few people have every beaten me and when they did I blame Sports.

So I was playing Trivial pursuit with four friends of mine who for sake of animinity we'll call, Robert, Ben, Phil, and Michelle. Everytime someone got a question wrong, one of the other players would thwack him or her on the head. Further complications arose when we decided to accept ANY answer on the back of card whether it went to that question or not. So "Japan" became an acceptable answer for "How many stars did the US Flag have on it in 1948?" In fact under these rules, "Japan" "One" "Zero" and "Jim Thorp" became a pretty good guess for any questions. Someone threatened the "Jizz on who ever came in second." and same said player took his belt to Phil- who seemed to fein enjoyment.

The game lasted till four in the morning largely because no one wanted to come in second.

The most disturbing thing about this affair was tha none of us were drinking.