Trivia Night

Last night Carrie, Clara, and I decided to try our luck at a trivia night hosted by a Scottish pub we had discovered here in Paris a few days earlier.  As three current university students, who like to think we know at least a little about a lot, we were feeling pretty confident.  But this 40 question pub quiz was not so easy.  All of the questions were the kind that made us go “wait, wait I know that!”  And then realize that we actually didn’t, but should have.  I was wishing that we had the “phone a friend” option and that calls to the U.S. weren’t so expensive, because I could think of lots of people to help us.

-Anyone who remembers the 60’s or the 80’s.
Put these events in order: JFK assassination, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts released, moon landing, Canada adopts its current flag
Put these movies in order: Alien, The Empire Strikes Back, The Little Mermaid, E.T.

-Anyone with a greater knowledge of the Bible, old battles, or Europe.
The three angels named in the Bible (got Michael, Lucifer, forgot Gabriel).
Put in order: Battle of Hastings, Crusades, 100 Years War, Battle of Poitiers
Which four European flags have vertical stripes? (We forgot Ireland?!?)

We lost soundly to the older Irish men sitting at the next table (not fair, since they probably remember John Wayne winning an Oscar, which was another answer that we missed), but it was still definitely one of the most fun nights I’ve had in Paris this summer.

The one question we did ace?  The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.  Must be from studying the placemats at the Ming Dynasty.

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