questions we blew during Dr. Fact's night of 50 questions at Buttermilk last night(answers below):
1. what band wrote and performed the soundtrack to the 2003 movie Demon Lover?
2. before 2000, what was the last year that there was a subway series and who were the teams involved?
3. what is the largest state (in area) east of the Mississippi?
4. what NYC rap star is the son of [some moderately famous jazz musician]?
5. what body part does amblyopia affect?
6. in what decade did McSorley's pub first serve women?
i think there were a couple others that i can't remember right now too. but despite all that, the Mars Rovers (Jamie, Jim, Kaci and Marc) still managed to gain a stirring come-from-behind victory totaling 37 points to win by the slimmest of margins over 13 other teams of the Park Slope cultural elite. the total take: $149. come watch us defend our championship on Monday, Febraury 9th! we'll take team name suggestions, though Jim is pushing hard for "The Neuticles".
answer key:
1. Sonic Youth
2. 1956, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees (we said 1957)
3. Georgia
4. Nas
5. the eyes
6. 1970s
$149! that means marc can stave off a visit to coinstar for another couple days.
Posted by: sujan at January 13, 2004 11:14 AMone would think that would be the case, sujan. but after the victory a shot was needed. then another drink. and some money for the photobooth. the cab ride home took out a few more dollars. so that left me with about $9 which should be used to purchase a book about new york trivia but will most likely go to my o'connor's drinking fund.
Posted by: marc at January 13, 2004 02:37 PMCongrats, Mars Rovers! I'm impressed, those are some hard questions, I only knew #3 definitively and I'm usually decent at trivia. Good luck next month, Feb 9 is my bday so I think your team name should have something to do w/ me but I can't think of anything clever at the moment.
See you this weekend, Jamie!
Posted by: Claire at January 14, 2004 01:08 AM