# In Seattle, Tuesday night is trivia night -- the 2004 thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743 "2004-01-09T23:51:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/61 "2004-02-24T20:05:00Z")
I’ll be there. ---
**Author:** ![inkysplotchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2bfe46/32.png) [@inkysplotchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkysplotchy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/62 "2004-02-24T21:26:17Z")
I’ll be there late tonight, as my friend has finally convinced me that I should indeed go to fencing practice in the weapon I’m good at. So I’ll be there, but probably closer to 8 and I might be a little late depending on how many strains and welts I want to pick up to impress the ladies. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/63 "2004-02-24T22:43:04Z")
Me too! Hopefully by 7pm, though I make no warranties that could stand up as a contractual agreement, your mileage may vary, only valid in participating areas not including Alaska and Hawaii, keep out of reach of children because their fingers are dirty… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/64 "2004-02-25T19:14:58Z")
_ **VICTORY!** _ That is all. ---
**Author:** ![inkysplotchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2bfe46/32.png) [@inkysplotchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkysplotchy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/65 "2004-02-26T06:22:23Z")
This is just an early reminder for Ethorpe…post post post post. ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/66 "2004-02-26T17:59:30Z")
> [@inkysplotchy](#): > > This is just an early reminder for Ethorpe…post post post post. He’s already started the [thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com//sdmb/showthread.php?t=241708) Doesn’t seem to have gained the attention it so rightfully deserves. I myself keep meaning to post to it, but stoopid work stuff keeps coming up. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/67 "2004-02-26T18:00:30Z")
[Ahem.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=241708) E. Thorp’s already on the ball. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/68 "2004-02-26T18:01:44Z")
Dammit, **Aguecheek** , get out of my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/69 "2004-02-26T20:17:39Z")
What can I say? I’m even more on the ball than **E. Thorp**. You snooze you lose. Early bird gets the worm. Um… I’m all _over_ that! K, so there’s a couple of things I could say, but that would just be small of me. So I won’t. ---
**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/70 "2004-03-01T20:55:44Z")
Got room for 2 more? **burnmeup** and I want to swim across the lake tomorrow night and check this out. Is the team full this week? If so, is there a peanut gallery from whence we could intimidate the other teams by being enthusiastic groupies? What time should we try to get there? ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/71 "2004-03-01T21:46:01Z")
Assuming that the usual 5 or 6 people show up, there’s room for two more if we split into two teams. Which has always been the contingency plan, and allows for inter-board rivalries to develop, fester and culminate in smackdowns. Seriously, the more the merrier. That way we can use two new team names instead of just one. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/72 "2004-03-01T23:42:51Z")
Plenty of brilliant team names to choose from, I’d say. **JayLa** and **burnmeup** , you’re more than welcome! And, um, please don’t take it personally when I’m not there to welcome you. After a solid week of adenovirus-induced misery, my poor lungs won’t be up to pub air. Until next week, then, E. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/73 "2004-03-02T01:25:53Z")
> [@Interrobang!?](#): > > Assuming that the usual 5 or 6 people show up, there’s room for two more if we split into two teams. Which has always been the contingency plan, and allows for inter-board rivalries to develop, fester and culminate in smackdowns. Alternatively, we could have two teams of three or four, collaborate on the answers, and use the two teams to submit two different answers on questions we’re not sure about. “Okay, you put ‘kits,’ and we’ll put ‘pups.’” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/74 "2004-03-02T20:45:51Z")
OK, **burnmeup** is a bit under the weather and will not be there, but I’ll be there. I’ve met **Cervaise** before so I think I’ll be able to find the group. See yas tonight! I hope to get there around 7 but will have to battle 520 bridge traffic so we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/75 "2004-03-02T22:34:52Z")
We’re in as well. Like **JayLa** , we’ll be fighting the 520, so I’m not sure what time we’ll get there. Somewhere around 6:45-7:15. So with **E. Thorp** out, as well as **burnmeup** , that’s 6… Incidentally, we’ve painted a white ‘X’ on **E. Thorp’s** door. He’s unclean. ---
**Author:** ![inkysplotchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2bfe46/32.png) [@inkysplotchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkysplotchy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/76 "2004-03-02T22:48:37Z")
I’ll be there in the 7-8 range, probably limping heavily. We might get stuck with a crappy table for once, but I’ve heard it builds character or some such. If we’re feeling really hardy, we could always camp outside! I’ll bring firewood. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/77 "2004-03-02T23:21:35Z")
I would mock **E. Thorp** as well, but I think he has the same cold that I do, and it’s an annoying one. I may have even given it to him last week, when mine was just starting out. Sorry, E. At any rate, I’m probably not going to be there, because even walking outside for ten minutes at lunch made my voice all raspy, so the prospect of three hours in a smoky bar doesn’t instill me with confidence. I want to go, especially because I don’t think I’ll be there next week, but my body is subtly hinting that it’s going to rebel if I don’t just go home and go to bed early. Again. Have fun, and don’t commit to a permanent name without me. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/78 "2004-03-02T23:49:09Z")
I’m going to be stuck late at work again. With luck, I’ll be done by 7pm and will hurry over, but it’s quite possible I’ll be here past 8 or even later. So call me 50/50 for tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/79 "2004-03-03T01:58:36Z")
Don’t know if anybody’s still reading, but I’m down to zero percent. It’s likely I’ll be stuck at work until 10pm. Catch you next week… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743/80 "2004-03-03T06:52:08Z")
Almost 11pm, and no sign of a conclusion anytime soon. Sigh. I hope you guys did well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-seattle-tuesday-night-is-trivia-night-the-2004-thread/223743.md?page=5)