Trivia Nights

For the past 2 Wednesdays, Allan and I have been joining the Bigby's Trivia Night at SM Davao.

I thought I would not be able to join since my class would end at 7.30. We just tried our luck and found out that they just started with the Roxy Trivia. While we were settling ourselves, I tried to listen for some Roxy info, which would be asked in the Roxy Trivia.

First, the Roxy Trivia was held. Then, the regular Bigby's Trivia.

I was thrilled when I found out that we won one of the 2 prizes from Roxy. I got Roxy slippers for free and I gave it to my mom since it fits her. As for the regular trivia, we won first (for the 2nd time!).

Since sometime in September, we have joined 4 Trivia nights at Bigby's and we always won - twice first place, twice 2nd place. And now, we also won the Roxy Trivia. Considering that we are not really present every Wednesday night, we only placed 3rd for the October Trivia Winner, where all the scores from the Trivia Nights for the month are accumulated.

I just enjoy joining their Trivia Nights. My favorite category is one involving celebrities/showbiz .. haha! I also learn from Allan as he also contributes answers when it comes to geography and religion, for example. I didn't have any idea as to who Martin Luther is (different from Martin Luther King) until he told me.

I'm looking forward to joining trivia nights with my friends as well. I do hope I can join the succeeding Trivia Nights - if not at SM, then we'll be at Abreeza ;)

Trivia

I love trivias!

I remember I was always excited and nervous (sweat and cold palms with heart beating at a faster rate!) for our GP2W (Great Place to Work) Fridays in my previous workplace. My team would win every now and then (free pizza, ice cream, etc.)

I also attended a baby shower and bridal shower wherein my classmate, Sol, prepared trivia questions. I think I could say "kinareer ko", hehe.

Anyway, I would always see this ad at Bigby's Abreeza about their Wednesday Trivia Night. I was interested although I know it wouldn't work out since I had classes Wednesday nights.

Last Wednesday though was different as I decided to call off my classes in lieu of the victory party of my students. I also had to attend a meeting which finished at around 6 p.m. Allan likewise did not hold classes that night since they had a meeting and he had some work to do so he could not leave early for his class.

And so, after our respective meetings, we decided to meet up and went to SM. We weren't really hungry but we wanted something to eat. While strolling, I saw the Trivia ad of Bigby's - meron din pala sila.

Allan and I ordered food and waited for the trivia contest to start. Allan started asking what time it would start, considering that we have almost consumed our food. They said in a few minutes (I realized later that they were waiting for the host). Then, one of the waiters mentioned that the group next to us was the champion last week. I warned Allan that I would get nervous when the contest starts and he was just simply amused with me.

It was our first time so I did not have any idea how we would go about or how many questions were there. White board and markers were later distributed and I decided to name our team "jazdoit", hehe.

First category was ad slogans and I think I only got one right - the slogan for Carlsberg. I almost got Obsession for CK, but due to lack of time I was not able to change my first answer, which was Lust, hehe.

Next category was Dustin Hoffman and I was able to guess "The Graduate" (although I never got to watch it!) and "Rain Man" (I also never got to watch it!). Most of the teams did not get it (most of them are younger than me). I was waiting for Kramer vs. Kramer but it wasn't asked.

Hematology was next and all I was able to answer was it was the study of blood and another question regarding white blood cells (leukocytes).

For countries beginning with A, I give credit to Allan for Austria and Algeria.

I think Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was my favorite category for the night. Although I was not able to get the real names of Shredder and Master Splinter, I answered each of the specific questions referring to the Ninja Turtles themselves. And I was able to answer Rhinoceros but I forgot Warthog - referring to Rocksteady and Beebop. I forgot Technodrome though. (I think the other teams were not that familiar with TMNT - younger generation, hehe)

I got two wrong answers for Celebrity Mugshots. I wrote Snooky, instead of Snooki and I confused Gary Busey with Nick Nolte. I got the rest correctly (I was just lucky I got to read it on Yahoo news a few days before).

I think I only got one correct answer about those authors with their cats.

Fairy tales category was a fair game for everyone.

The last category was Autumn and I got "Autumn in New York" and "Carrie Bradshaw" correctly.

I had a feeling we were either second or first. Winners were announced. The previous champion was second place with their Midnight Chocolate Cake for garnering 23 points. Team Jazdoit won first place for 27 (or was it 29?) points and we got P600 worth of Gift Certificate.

Allan found it amusing that I was like a one-woman team since I was practically the only one who answered the trivias for us. The other teams had 3 or 4 members in them.

It was a fun night indeed! We will be back by sem break .. hehe! Thanks Bigby's! ;)