Trivia with Soul

Last Thursday night a tableful of us headed over to Soulful Soups ‘ inaugural trivia night. The crowd was lively and eclectic. The questions were marginally difficult, but simple enough that wild guesses sometimes hit the mark. And the crew running the bar was on it — fast, friendly and fun.

Our team, Dangerous Minds, took third. In addition to outthinking the majority of the room with our seemingly endless knowledge of all things trivial, here were my favorite things:

1.) Beer Cheese Dip served with a plateful of Beer Bread. (Don’t share. It’s that good.)

2.) $10 buckets of Bud Light (Bucket = 5 bottles. You do the math.)

3.) The Smartphone Ranger (He roamed the room looking for lazy stupid cheaters. Awesome!)

I’m a relative newbie to the trivia scene, but take my advice: Choose your trivia team carefully. Don’t show up with a group of people who thinks a lot like you. Don’t bring a gaggle of people who all have the same hobbies, or do the same job or watch the same movies. If you want to kick ass on trivia night (and who doesn’t? Nobody shows up to find out how much they DON’T know …) you gotta gather a mishmash of friends who know all kinds of random stuff, because you never know what’s going to come up. Top Three Musical Soundtracks of all time? Name five noble gasses. The country that kibbutzes? Look around. If you don’t find friends who know the answers, go make new friends. Then hit Soulful Soups on Thursday. The fun starts at 7:30.