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Speaker 1 00:00:05 Tuesdays are the busiest night of the week at Bob's pizza in downtown Evanston said general manager, Mike KHI that's because Tuesdays are trivia nights where patrons compete for gift cards and free drinks every
Speaker 2 00:00:15 Week we're packed, uh, usually have to turn away, uh, a few dozen people, unfortunately, but, uh, it's our, it's our busiest dining room night and, uh, lot of energy
Speaker 1 00:00:26 As an avid jeopardy fan and a former member of my high school's quiz bowl team. I wanted to see what the hype was all about. So I recruited a group of friends to go place in trivia. We heard tables go quickly. So around five 30, my friend, Evie, and I showed up to secure our seats. When we first out there, it was next to empty. Classic rock was playing over the speakers and a few groups were dining or sitting at the bar. Not long after we sat down, though groups began to file in. So we're here at Bob. It is about six 15. People are starting to file in. We got here around 30 and it was pretty empty Evie. And I did some homework while we waited for trivia to start and we discussed our team strategy for the night. What do you think your best subject is?
Speaker 4 00:01:11 I think, um, traditional French cooking techniques, ancient Rome project runway,
Speaker 1 00:01:20 Looking around the room. I saw plenty of other students working on laptops and reading books as they held down their tables By seven o'clock. The dining room was almost full and Hayashi was turning people away at the door. Okay. So it's about seven o'clock it's an hour before trivia is starting and things have definitely picked up an energy. The music get louder, less classic rock And people are really filling in. I, the soundtrack had switched from soft classic rock to loud nineties hip hop, and every table seemed to be gearing up for the main event around seven 15. The third member of our team showed up. Julia, what do you think your biggest contribution to the team is gonna be tonight?
Speaker 6 00:02:01 My science expertise, what's a billion as a true or false value.
Speaker 1 00:02:07 Our team was looking strong. So far three more teammates showed up around seven 30. What are you gonna contribute to the team?
Speaker 7 00:02:13 Well, I think I'm just a generalist of a team. I have a lot of random knowledge. I think I can really contribute with my sports knowledge. Hopefully. Good vibes.
Speaker 1 00:02:21 We ordered some pizza and did some practice question before the round started, which country produces the most coffee in
Speaker 4 00:02:27 The world? Brazil.
Speaker 6 00:02:28 Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 00:02:31 It's Brazil. Finally at 8:00 PM. It was time to get started. We
Speaker 8 00:02:34 Are
Speaker 1 00:02:38 Tonight that's trivia moderator, Matt bird Bob's trivia is run by, go for entertainment in Orora Ellen way. They provide all the questions except for the music round, which bird writes himself. The format of Bob's trivia is six rounds of three questions and one toss up plus a round of 10 name, not tune questions. The first three questions in each round are traditional trivia questions and teams choose a point value for each one. For instance, in the first round, the options for point values were one, two and three points. The tossups are questions with numbers as the answers like
Speaker 9 00:03:09 How much money did the spice girls earn in 1998 and enough for them to make it into the Guinness book of world records,
Speaker 1 00:03:17 The answer was 49 million and we were off by a lot after each question. There's a song that is supposed to give a hint at the answer like miss you much by Janet Jackson, which was a hint for a question with the answer, Mississippi, there's a 15 minute halftime and the event runs for about two and a half hours. The main rule of the game is that no phones are allowed.
Speaker 9 00:03:37 Take your cell phones away, put it in your pocket or upside down on the table.
Speaker 1 00:03:41 Right before halftime was the song round. The host played clips of 10 songs that all had something in common. The theme this week was mono artists like Adele, Shakira, and prince. By the end of halftime, we were losing Steve, but we were still having fun. At this point, we were tied for 12th plays out of about 35 teams with 59 points. There were three more rounds of questions followed by a final jeopardy style round where teams could wager between zero and 40 points. This is the only question of the night where teams can lose points. Unfortunately, the final question was outside of our team's wheelhouse and age demographic
Speaker 9 00:04:20 Category is video games.
Speaker 2 00:04:26 Good
Speaker 9 00:04:26 Question. In the original Pacman AADE game. What item is a worth 5,000 points. If Eaton by Pacman,
Speaker 1 00:04:38 We had no idea far.
Speaker 2 00:04:40 All right. It give you like a star. It could be like a non,
Speaker 1 00:04:45 The answer was a key. We still finished strong though with 100 points, which landed us in eighth place. We got eighth place. Yeah,
Speaker 9 00:04:54 We
Speaker 10 00:04:54 Got eighth place. I was really happy about that.
Speaker 1 00:04:56 I talked to bird on my way out. He said his favorite trivia question is which state is close is to Africa. The answer is Maine from bobs in Evanson. I'm Katherine NOTAM, w N U R.
