I headed over to the Chatt Room at my apartment complex tonight. The Chatt Room is the name of our coffeehouse, where events are held. Since I started working and got DSL in my apartment, I haven't really been down there. I have just been too tired. When the weekend comes, I have gone off to other places, like the Game on the Green, or spend time with my Calabash Family up here. So, I haven't really had a chance to get into the swing of the community here.
Well, tonight, I got up and went over to the Chatt Room. I got a notice the other day that it they were going to hold a Trivia Night there. I went for the fun of it. My team won. My partner was someone I had met at Open Mic Night. She and I just agreed to be teammates because we didn't see anyone else we really knew. At halftime, we were in third place. During the second half, we just ended up on a roll. I knew that "Good Morning to You" is better known as "Happy Birthday." Everyone else was wondering how I knew that one. Thank you Grandmother. One guy asked me what I put down. When I told him, he didn't believe me until he mouthed "good morning to you" with the tune. As he mouthing, he realized it worked and couldn't believe it. It was a life altering moment. 
We lucked out in guessing that English draughts is known here as checkers. And the final round was just not fair to everyone else. The questions in that round dealt with government, history, and geography. Just before the categories were announced, I was telling my partner that I once won a Geography Bee and had a professor of mine plea I change my major to history. We got all the points for that round. As a result, we jumped from third to first.
The final question was a tough one and if we got it wrong, we lost points. The question dealt with coffee and naming 4 of the 6 top producing countries. Got one of them wrong and the entire question was wrong. We thought about the answers. We knew Colombia was one. Everyone knows Juan Valdez. My partner mentioned Brazil. We both recalled Indonesia because of Kopi Luwak. Once you heard of it, who can forget cat crap coffee? The fourth one was tough. She mentioned Africa, which made me think of Ethiopia. We debated about it, but figured if we only wagered 5 points, we could still win. By this time, it no longer was about having fun but winning. Finally, the answers were announce in ascending order: India, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Colombia, Vietnam, and Brazil. We were thrilled that Ethiopia was correct. And we won. We each got a new coffee mug. Parting gifts were party-favor sized cans of Play-Doh.
All-in-all, there must have been 20 people there for it. I joked either they'd ban me from playing again or everyone will want to be on my team next time. After it was over, others came to congratulate us and wonder how I knew some of the answers. The wife of the man that ran it came over to me and and told me I should join a trivia team here in town.
Posted by Shawn at July 17, 2008 12:00 AM in General.
