Trivia Tantrom

I wrote earlier that Wednesday is trivia night at the AFL.  Most weeks I just watch everyone compete against one another.  It's worth putting in effort because not only can you win all of the money if you have the high score, but 5 other prizes are given out randomly.

Everyone puts their first name, last name and favorite sexual position on a piece of paper and the names get thrown in a pot.  As the game progresses, Paul picks names for the different giveaways:

• Snorkeling
• Mojosurf surf lesson
• A trip to Nimbin
• Sea kayaking
• Skydiving

I swear some people only play to have a chance at winning the Skydiving voucher.  Some people have even won it twice.  I can be real competitive so I just want to actually get all of the questions right, and winning the money wouldn't hurt either.

The only problem with trivia is that the answers to some questions are certainly debatable.  For example, last night, our first question was, "Which sport uses Eskimo rolls?"  I looked at Lois, who was on my team and also works for Mojosurf, and we both mouthed the word surfing and felt confident about our answer.

After all of the questions were asked, we went back through and corrected the answers.  We weren't even worried about the answer to the first question, until Paul yelled out, "Kayaking!"  Lois and I looked at each other, completely clueless.

You are able to debate answers if you find them to be incorrect, but it's truly up to your peers.  Paul will hold a vote to determine whether or not your team gets the point that they ask for. The problem with this system is that everyone is so blood thirsty for the win that they will sabotage anyone if given a single opportunity.

Needless to say, our team didn't get the point.  And I was furious.  I was specifically taught about Eskimo rolls when i was at surf camp.  I don't doubt that they are named from kayaking, but you can still execute Eskimo rolls in surfing.  

Our team didn't end up winning and I'm definitely still a bit salty about last night.  I plan on doing trivia next week and I just know one of the days my team is actually going to win.