Et tu, Hispanics?
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Finally. It’s good to be (almost) back.
All in all, last night was a strong showing for us. Lots of good answers, lots of good guesses. Only a few things tripped us up. I could’ve sworn that John Quincy Adams was one of our two Whig Party presidents, but alas no. (Zach Taylor and high-collared W. H. Harrison were the Whigs in question.) A piece of obscure college basketball history and the nickname of Gonzaga were also absolute unknowns. We handled the speed round (3rd quarter) nigh perfectly, guessed the musical year right on the money and put all 20 points on the final question.
But we weren’t done. One of the two Tech Sucks team took home the big money, but we were tied for 2nd with John Stamos’ Older Brother. Not wanting to be burned again by distance, all of us stepped up to Kelly’s console, ready to be the first to answer the tiebreaker question.
Kelly didn’t have one. Instead, he went with the old standby: Writing down a number between 1 and 65 and having both teams guess. We all called foul, he admitted it was lame, but that’s the way it was. I wrote down one number on one answer sheet. I wrote down another on a second. I turned in the first. 34. Hey, I have a birthday coming up, I’ll be 34, so why not? The Stamosites went with 56.
Kelly’s answer? 34.
This didn’t settle well with the Stamosites. I think they honestly thought it was somehow rigged in our favor. Like we’d read Kelly’s mind or arranged the number before hand. Sure.
(2nd place. Suckers.)
