2 CommentsSooo… according to our scoresheet, we have 1155 points, but according to the official trivia master spreadsheet we have only 1145. I still have no idea where those missing ten points are, and apparently we’ll never know.
Nevertheless, folks, it’s T-minus ten minutes until Garruda time.
Everyone’s showing up or waking up (but I’m not going to go so far as to claim we’re sobering up), and we’re getting ready for the sprint to the finish. Might as well try to finish strong, right?
…and you get this image:
Dear Diary,
According to the "What Kind of Slut Are You?" quiz, Sean is a worthless slut. We knew it all the time, but now we have the quiz to prove it.
Dear Diary,
Kris is awake and kicking ass, motherfuckers! I think this “coffee” (I’m currently drinking Leinenkugel’s coffee) is helping. Let’s roll!
-k.
4:15 am. Krist is still asleep but we're doing fine. We're currently in 4th place.
We just tied last year's score.
Squishy made a big deal about having to leave to go drop a giant deuce. He came back after about 30 seconds and claimed it was "just some gas, but a lot of it."
Squishy is owning girl hour.
We forgot to mention it but earlier today there was a film crew here filming a documentary on the trivia contest. They also interviewed Krist about his adult film career.
Triviamaster Paul stopped by for a visit along with his harem.
According to the triviamasters, they "are a trivia contest not a drunk baby-sitting service" and strongly advised whichever team has members like that they should pick them up. Maybe we should pick up Zach and Luke....
We had slowed down considerably, but things have definitely picked up since Geno came back. That, and I think Dave’s drunk is starting to wear off.
The trivia masters have definitely slowed their pace, but we’ve all slowed down as well. It didn’t help any that we didn’t have a lot of luck with Space Hour. I have a feeling things are going to pick up soon.
Zack is shimmying to the oldies, and rubbing up against the now painfully sober Corey.
Currently 8 for 8 on the last 8 questions, which ties our record for this weekend.
…because otherwise they’re going to run out of question by noon on Sunday.
Aren’t your clothes dry yet?
Sorry folks, we put in a request for a ten minute break to make coffee and drop a deuce, but the trivia masters rejected our modest proposal. So, for those of you in need, the trivia masters have two words for you (paraphrasing, of course): Fuck off.
Dear Triviamasters,
Could you give us a 10 minute break since we are not taking scoring breaks this year. Krist really needs to drop a trivia deuce.
Some team members received teabags while they were sleeping, compliments of Squishy. He really is a team player.
Chris is passed out on the couch, and I think he was getting tea-bagged earlier, but I was too grossed out to look.
7 people awake and playing at 7am. Not bad
Oh no, they got their points zeroed again.....
Did you know that a male dolphin can ejaculate with enough force to break a man's neck?
So far our themes this year are "dolphin sex" and "Buck Angel."
Apparently Dave is really into dolphin sex and Jill is really into weird transsexuals. At least I have Molly sitting to my right to balance it out…
-k.
After Corey tripped and fell on Matt (knocking over his drink), Zach sent a confused Corey into Peter's room where he is "sleeping" with his girlfriend.
Team 107 is currently beating Nudge.
Krist is flaming extra hot tonight, it is so freakin' warm in here.
Oh shit, team 107 got their points zeroed for that question!
Corey was really angry because a phone answerer did not accept his answer. Turns out he was talking to a camera.
PS. Corey is reeeeeeeaaaaaaaallllllllllllyyyyyyyy messed up.
The thermostat is set at 62, but the temperature is 74 … and we have two windows open! Somebody’s hot!!!
Is it just me or is trivia flying? Wow. Congrats to the trivia masters for keeping us awake … I guess.
Hey there folks! I just finished posting pictures from Thursday night on the photos page, including The Pants Flag, Peter grossing everyone out, and the return of the ever-popular “Kris drinking a Blatz (Established Milwaukee 1851)”.
See ya’ll this evening kiddos…
-k.
Matt, Peter, Squishy, and I are here at Zak and Peter’s getting the War Room set up for this weekend. Matt’s working on the network, Squishy’s working on the T-shirts, and Peter’s playing with the firewall. Me? I’m drinking beer, taking dirty photos, and general getting in the way and gumming up the works (my specialty, of course). Believe you me, it’s a rollicking good time. I’m drinking Blatz ($8.99 a case), but Peter’s drinking the fancy shit: Miller High Life — The Jampagne of Beers.
-k.
This year’s Post-Crescent article about trivia is up on the Web site. Same as it ever was, except no Steve Hyden this year. (For those not in-the-know, our old pal Steven has moved on to greener pastures — specifically, Milwaukee — to be city editor for The Onion. You can see his bi-line on the occasional AV Club article.) There’s an interview with the Grand Master (strangely enough, I don’t recall any mention in the article of his hometown), an interview with a member of one of the teams (this year it’s Jabberwocky), and then the last word goes to the Grand Master again. Yep. Trivia. Be there.
» Lawrence’s trivia contest keeps thriving [Appleton Post-Crescent]
More updates concerning this year’s contest have been posted — these ones on the trivia Web site itself. Among the noteworthy announcements:
This year’s LU trivia press release was posted on their Web site earlier this evening. As some of you already know, I was interviewed for this year’s press release. Below is that part of the press release which makes mention of our team:
» Lawrence University: Home of the Lafite-Rothschild of Trivia Contests [Lawrence.edu]
The latest installment of the Great Midwest Trivia Contest is only a short fourteen days away, and team preparations are well underway. Just as we said we would, Too Much Trivia in the Pants is returning for our tenth consecutive year in the contest.
As we gear up for Trivia XLII, today we launch the latest version of our Web site. I have here a couple of notes about the new site. First, I am fully aware that it displays strangely in IE. I have done what I can to fix the bugs, and I will continue to work on fixing more of them, but that’s the best I can do. Frankly, it’s nothing personal, but if you still use Internet Explorer as your browser of choice, then you, my friend, are an idiot anyway. C’mon people, it’s 2007 — make the change to Firefox or some other non-IE browser already. Second, yes, I have discovered some small problems with the way the page displays even in Firefox, but unlike the Internet Explorer problems, I am actually committed to finding and fixing the display problems in Firefox. If you use Firefox and discover something out of the ordinary, feel free to let me know. And finally, I don’t use browsers like Safari or Opera, so I have no idea if the new Web site functions in those browsers or not. If you use those browsers and the site seems to be displaying strangely in them, feel free to let me know and I’ll experiment to see if it’s something I can easily fix.
For those members of our team whose current e-mail addresses I do not have, please e-mail or call me so I can update or add you to the list. The 2007 edition of the pre-trivia e-mail will be sent out next week, and I would like to get it sent to as many team members as possible.
For those members of other teams, best of luck this year, and please remember that the point of participating in the contest is to have fun. Lighten up, have a laugh, and enjoy it.