As a Noreaster rolls up the coast, we began the Fall Frogg Pond Tournament. We’re down a man. Pat is getting his foot fixed. (Get better soon, damnit! We miss you and need you. We keep missing all the sports questions!)

The Trailer Park Boys — Mark, Davey, Lonnie, and I — crawled out of trailers or trailer-like structures for week 1 of the tournament. There were a lot of new teams. I hope they all had as much fun as we did.

We finished Round 1 with 24/30 points, which is really good. The round one Bonus was a Marilyn Monroe question. So we turned to our resident old fart, Mark, who confidently answered it. He sounded so sure, we bet the farm. But we got it wrong… happens to all of us. Then we only got one answer right on the first f-a-b (fast action bonus). We were up to 5 points and had a bad start to the second round. The funniest question of the night was, “What is the scent put on the fake rabbits that greyhounds chase in a race?” Lonnie shouted out “Monica Lewinsky” so loud that and an older woman two tables away spit mashed potatoes all over her husband. Still makes me giggle.

Mark redeemed himself in round three! He successfully put Burger King, Pizza Hut, Arbys, and Wendys in the correct order from oldest to newest. He held his ground under tough questioning, doubting, and my over rationalizing.

Lonnie and Mark have come up with a new scale for how certain they are. I guess my method of asking if you are 7-sure – meaning you would bet the maximum amount if you could – was too dull. Of course their scale starts with their lowest rating: winked at it on Manhunt. And runs to the highest rating of: I had children with that answer. 2 through 6 are way too graphic to publish and a little gross… well, a lot gross. But kept us cheerful as we came back to answer the BONUS and all the f-a-b questions correctly.

We finished the game strong, because we know not to bet the farm if we aren’t totally in a committed loving relationship with our answer to the final bonus question. I think we’re in 4th place.

Join us for trivia at the Frogg Pond in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware every Thursday night at 7:30. Half price entrees, wine, and the best service in town! We have room on our team for a few more people… Or form your own team and help us try to beat the Village Idiots, Know Nothings, and Four Play.

JohnnyD