watching expired appliances align: we still feel like winners

July 13, 2004

we still feel like winners

with kaci at the gillian welch show, jamie, jim and i couldn't form the complete group of THE NEUTICLES. the three boys with facial hair settled on the name "THE BAD NEWS BEARDS." we tied with longtime competitors (cheryl's team - choad patrol) for first. and the audience demanded blood! they wanted a tie-breaker question. our bearded trio guessed wrong, effectively placing ourselves out of the money.

check out the new website for dr. fact's night of fifty questions - dr. fact's web of intrigue

UPDATE: the dr. fact website now includes a few of the questions and some of the very wrong answers!

Posted by marc@balgavy.com at July 13, 2004 02:00 AM

Comments

i'm still basking in the afterglow. trivia is so much more fun when you win.
when announcing the tie for first, dr. fact offered us the chance to either split the money and walk away, or do a tie-breaker question. jeff and i (from choad patrol) and jim and marc all agreed to split the cash and walk. but another member of our team misunderstood his instructions, walked up and told dr. fact we wanted the tie-breaker! the audience was thrilled though, and i managed to NOT blow my $40 on celebratory booze, so i'm happy too.
but i'm sure if kaci had been there, we'd be looking at another cute photo-booth shot of the neuticles on marc's page today...

Posted by: cheryl at July 13, 2004 10:38 AM

what was the winning question? come on, make these entries a little more fun for the folks at home.

also cheryl who was the dumbass on your team who didn't speak english? just curious.

Posted by: kfan at July 13, 2004 11:20 AM

the final question was how many MILES is the tour de france. tricky, huh? it's 3600something. we guessed 3500, thanks to our genius member, anthony.

Posted by: chery at July 13, 2004 11:34 AM

the final question was how many kilometers is the tour de france...
Approximate Distance - 3,395 km (2,108.3 miles)

Posted by: the surgeon general knowledge at July 13, 2004 01:31 PM

ha! well, that just shows how drunk i was by the end of this thing.

Posted by: cheryl at July 13, 2004 03:30 PM

too bad I wasn't there. I actually happened to read that fact yesterday afternoon on espn.com. No joke.

Posted by: Dave Nelson at July 13, 2004 03:52 PM

it was a job well done by the bearded ones! and no pouting this time either! my team (superman's dad) finished one point behind in a tie for third behind the two champions. so now, after two times, i'm tied in points with balgavy and the boys! next month, next month!

Posted by: dan at July 13, 2004 04:00 PM