Last night, I managed to fit in a bit of pub trivia, tagging along with Mum and her team, Serendipity at the Harlequin in Pyrmont. Paddy and I must have given the team a bit of a boost as Serendipity ended up winning the evening.

Some of the questions from the evening:

1. What animal can last the longest without water?
   
   
2. What is the 3-letter airport code for Heathrow?
   
   
3. Who is the patron saint of children?
   
   
4. Which country won the America's cup last year?
   
   
5. The members of which pop band co-wrote the musical Chess with Tim Rice?
   
   
6. What weather phenomenon is named because it occurs around Christmas time?
   
   
7. Who was the highest run-scorer for Australia in their recent test series against India?
   
   
8. Is Tuscany on the west or east coast of Italy?

Feel free to leave your answers to the questions in the comments. No using Google to cheat though!

Yay! Another trivia evening. This time Natalie, Grant, Andrew and I headed to a Trivia Fundraiser hosted by Bek's basketball team, Westside Ladies. We didn't do so well this time. We tanked in the first round getting only 8 points out of a possible 20. (It was really hard!). Thankfully, in the second and bonus rounds we redeemed ourselves to finish fourth for the evening.

Some of the questions that were challenging included:

1. What personal trait do Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Sir Allen Sugar have in common? (it has nothing to do with money.)
   
   
2. What is the Super Nanny's real name?
   
   
3. How many teeth does a garden snail have?
   
   
4. What is Mr Big's (from Sex and the City) full name?
   
   
5. What was the occupation of Patrick Swazye in Ghost?
   
   
6. Where were Venetian Blinds invented?
   
   
7. What does OPEC stand for?
   
   
8. In 1916 the Olympics were cancelled because of World War I. What city was originally slated to host these games?
   
   

Feel free to leave your answers to the questions in the comments. No using Google to cheat though!

Btw, the title of this post was our team name for the evening: Fat Kids Win At Seesaw.

Last night, I headed out for one last catch up with Bel and Dan before they return to Australia and reality. (Andrew is sick with a chest cold. He went to bed at 4pm yesterday and slept for 15 hours straight! Poor boy.)

Bel had organised drinks at The Castle, a lovely gastro pub in Islington. Happily, farewell drinks also coincided with the pub's quiz night. We signed up, thinking that as a team of Australians, with a token Brit or two, we wouldn't do that well.

Surprise, surprise, we came first! We weren't even trying that hard. Just chilling out, chatting away, keeping an ear out for the questions. Obviously we had some trivia experts at the table. It was nice to take part in a trivia evening. I miss our weekly sessions with The Badgers.

Some of the challenging questions were:

1. What is a fox's tail called?
   
   
2. The Bolivar is the currency of what country?
   
   
3. "Beyond the horizon lies the secret to a new beginning" is the tagline. Name the movie.
   
   
4. Acts passed in Parliament in 1729, 1736 and 1750 were designed to limit the consumption of what? (Kat and I knew this one. With all our touristing we've become authorities on English history.)
   
   
5. Cats meow, horses neigh and bulls what?
   
   
6. Which country and western singer recently surpassed Elvis as the best selling solo-artist of all time? (John had the right answer to this but we over-ruled him. Oops!)

Feel free to leave your answers to the questions in the comments. No using Google to cheat though!

We managed to squeeze in a round of trivia at the Kirk last night. Unfortunately we didn't have time to round up the full crew of Badgers so it was just me, Paddy and Andrew. Our team name: The Badgers' not so Triumphant Return. Even though it was just the three of us we still did quite well. At the end of two rounds of trivia, our team was in first place.

But, it wasn't to be! At this trivia, the very last question was a "gamble your points" question. We were told what the category of the question was going to be, then asked to bet between 1 and 20 points on the question. If you got the answer right, you were awarded the points. However, if you got the answer wrong, the points were taken off your current total.

Our category was "Cartoons". We figured the other teams were risk takers, so we decided we would have to chance it all. We bet 20 points on the last question. It seemed to be the theme, with 3 other teams betting 20 points. One wussy team bet only 5 points.

The final question: "What is the maiden name of Betty Rubble from the Flintstones."

Unfortunately, our confidence was misplaced. None of our team knew the answer to the question. Luckily, none of the other teams knew the answer either. The wussy team was actually the wise team, walking away with first prize. We ended the night with second prize. The Badgers' not so triumphant return, slightly triumphant after all.

Some other questions from the evening:

• What is the name of the mountain range in Afghanistan?
• Darren Hayes recently got married. Who did he get married to?
• What does IBM stand for?
• What is the name of the cafe that Fraiser and Niles visit in the TV show Fraiser?

We seem to be making a habit of inviting ourselves out with Bek's work friends. Last night, we invited ourselves to Pub Trivia (except it's Pub Quiz). You know the Wilsons, can't resist the lure of competition. Our team managed to finish a respectable third, which I think is quite impressive considering there was a whole ROUND on sport. Nerds and Sport don't mix.

Some sample questions from the evening:

• What is the only mammal that has four knees?
  
  
• The Cosa Nostra is also known as the... ?
  
  
• Who is India's highest paid sportsman?
  
  
• What is the name of the seaway between Montreal and Lake Ontario?