It's not that I hate losing...

(ok, I sort of do hate losing) ... it's just that I can't stand losing to people who CHEAT!!! Two girls sat at the bar (that sounds like the start of a joke, doesn't it?) and called or emailed their friends for ALL of the answers! We (Clueless in Clarendon) had a great night -- only 3 wrong answers in all the question rounds, and 1 wrong photo -- we beat the 3 third place teams by one point! But these girls cheated. Grrr.... We complained bitterly to Patrick when it was over. Elizabeth was even thinking about cursing at them and giving them the finger -- which is something she would NEVER do. ;) No, seriously, that'd be completely out of character. She's very genteel.

Patrick promises to outlaw cellphones next week. :) He loves us. And we also love Dylan, our waiter, who gave us one or two answers, and got a nice tip in return. He also has that fabulous Irish accent.

So without further ado, here are some of the questions from tonight's quiz:
  • What is the Pope's private army called?
  • Who played Jesus in the Last Temptation of Christ?
  • Who wrote the Tommyknockers?
  • Where was the first escalator installed in London in 1898?
  • Who played Wonder Woman on the tv series?
  • Who played Detective John Kelly on NYPD Blue?
  • What is the capital of Jordan?
  • How many bones are in the neck of a giraffe? (hint, humans have 7 bones in their necks)
  • Who created Wallace & Gromit?
  • Who played the female murder suspect in Sea of Love?
  • What question and answer game was first sold in 1983?
  • What is the only city to have a car-free city center?
  • How many words were spoken in Mel Brooks' Silent Movie? (bonus from me - who spoke?)
  • Who wrote the song, I've Got You Under my Skin?
  • What actor is commemorated with a statue in London's Leicester Square?
  • How many people in 100 are left-handed?
  • What country singer named his private jet Maryann?
  • Who was the first to climb Mt. Everest?
  • Who played Pink in Pink Floyd The Wall?
  • Irish actor Richard Harris is from what county in Ireland?
The funniest moment of the night was May guessing the answer to one of the music questions before Patrick had even started singing. He asked for the name of the singer's *husband*, so May said, "Guy Ritchie." And then Patrick sang "Like a Virgin"! Perfect. We also requested a different musical - he's always singing songs from West Side Story. :)

Answers:
  • Swiss Guards
  • Willem Dafoe
  • Stephen King
  • Harrod's
  • Lynda Carter
  • David Caruso
  • Amman
  • Seven (same as humans)
  • Nick Park
  • Ellen Barkin
  • Trivial Pursuit
  • Venice (duh, we said Athens)
  • One - spoken by Marcel Marceau
  • Cole Porter
  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Five out of 100 are lefties.
  • Kenny Rogers
  • Sir Edmund Hillary
  • Bob Geldof
  • County Limerick
How'd you do? :)

Comments

allyn fratkin said…
why is it cheating for someone to use a cell phone but ok for your waiter to give you some answers no matter how cute he is?
11:18 PM
MelyssaF said…
because the waiter was giving out answers to more than just us... they do it every week. (the servers get better tips that way!!) If you look back a few weeks on my blog to the first time we won, we were helped by our waitress who told us the name of the buxom blonde in the photo round (Jordan).
8:38 AM
Anonymous said…
I can't believe you got a wonder woman question - and NOT even trivial . . .
6:34 PM
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