Hey, thanks for the trivia love, fellas. Let me GYERO for a second: 10th place, State General Knowledge, 8th grade, State Governor's Cup Elite 8, 8th grade, HS State Governor's Cup appearances in 2001, 2003 and 2004 and was one teammate with mono away from going in 2002, SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE 2000.
I actually just got back from Trivia Night in Danville. It's where I've been since the Indiana game...yeah. Tonight my team got 29 out of a possible 55 points and won no prizes because I'm terrible at trivia. Here's how tonight's questions went that I can remember.
First round: Music. Point each for artist and title. Tonight's songs IIRC:
Taylor Swift "Wildest Dreams"
Boston "More than a Feeling"
Chuck Berry "School Days"
Richard Marx "Right Here Waiting"
The Rascals "Beautiful Morning"
Wallflowers "One Headlight"
Color Me Badd "I Wanna Sex You Up"
Earth, Wind & Fire "After the Love is Gone"
J. Geils Band "Freeze Frame"
Mel Tillis "Send Me Down to Tucson"
Second round: Random Trivia
Planet that spins the fastest on its axis (Jupiter)
The last names of the characters on Scooby Doo, plus Shaggy's first name (Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers)
The #1 selling Girl Scout cookie (Thin Mints)
The country that Denmark borders to the north (Germany)
The theme from a TV show (it was Archer, we got it)
The current host of America's Funniest Home Videos (Alfonso Ribiero)
Who wrote the opera "Pirates of Penzance" (Gilbert & Sullivan)
The 4 railroads in Monopoly (B&O, Pennsylvania, Shortline, Reading)
The year Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah's couch, Star Wars Episode III came out, Kenny Chesney broke up with Renee Zellweger and Giacomo won the Derby (2005 - got Giacomo and Barbaro mixed up)
The psychiatric term for self-love (Narcissism)
The mileages for the three events of an Ironman Triathlon (Kindly, Get, and Pumped)
The first woman to win SI Sportsperson of the Year (Billie Jean King)
...and then there were 5 questions about Rocky I that I didn't know. The fighter Rocky beat in his first fight, the day Rocky and Adrian went on their first date, the name of the character who said some quote, the name of Rocky's goldfish, the boxer who presented the belt at the Rocky/Apollo fight.
I still think I'm good at trivia. But the evidence is getting fewer and farther between.