Brokman O Hiett Trivia team faced off against the Super Garruda
Josh Trotter
Issue date: 2/5/10 Section: Features
It was almost midnight and I was in the Hiett fourth floor lounge with the Brokman O Hiett trivia team, watching new people trickle into the room one by one. "They're not true players," I said to myself, downing one last shot of spiked coffee.
Suddenly, the radio showed signs of life. I was sitting in a flimsy folding chair with Google at the ready. My fingers were perched just above the keyboard when suddenly I heard, "It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you. There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. I bless the rains down in Africa. Gonna take some time to do the things we never had."
I muttered countless obscenities as Toto's "Africa" cycled through a couple more times, easily topping over 20 plays throughout the night.
Then I relaxed as I looked at the updated scores: LU Undead, 1171; Bucky's, 1108.
"Awesome," I said. "So long as Bucky's doesn't get the Super Garruda, they will finally lose."
After nearly 50 consecutive hours strung up on coffee, alcohol and pizza, it would be logical to assume that any person subjected to such extreme conditions would be entirely wasted - an abomination, spawned by the heartless beast that is Trivia.
Yet, it is indeed this careful combination of otherwise dangerous components, a Trivia player's trinity, that allows for productive and creative play even after two days in front of a laptop.
You see, coffee supplies the brain with the necessary energy to function, alcohol rids it of any needless inhibitions and pizza provides the body with essential nutrients that keeps it going even in the final hours of Trivia.
Once we suffered through "Africa," the Garrudas began.
"What is the inscription on the head of Bryce LeVan Cushing's elephant sculpture?"
Wielding the full power of the Trivia player trinity, my teammates and I scoured the Web for a picture of the sculpture in question. I clicked on a link to Cushing's Web site only to find that it was already locked up from traffic.
Suddenly, the radio showed signs of life. I was sitting in a flimsy folding chair with Google at the ready. My fingers were perched just above the keyboard when suddenly I heard, "It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you. There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. I bless the rains down in Africa. Gonna take some time to do the things we never had."
I muttered countless obscenities as Toto's "Africa" cycled through a couple more times, easily topping over 20 plays throughout the night.
Then I relaxed as I looked at the updated scores: LU Undead, 1171; Bucky's, 1108.
"Awesome," I said. "So long as Bucky's doesn't get the Super Garruda, they will finally lose."
After nearly 50 consecutive hours strung up on coffee, alcohol and pizza, it would be logical to assume that any person subjected to such extreme conditions would be entirely wasted - an abomination, spawned by the heartless beast that is Trivia.
Yet, it is indeed this careful combination of otherwise dangerous components, a Trivia player's trinity, that allows for productive and creative play even after two days in front of a laptop.
You see, coffee supplies the brain with the necessary energy to function, alcohol rids it of any needless inhibitions and pizza provides the body with essential nutrients that keeps it going even in the final hours of Trivia.
Once we suffered through "Africa," the Garrudas began.
"What is the inscription on the head of Bryce LeVan Cushing's elephant sculpture?"
Wielding the full power of the Trivia player trinity, my teammates and I scoured the Web for a picture of the sculpture in question. I clicked on a link to Cushing's Web site only to find that it was already locked up from traffic.
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Bryce LeVan Cushing
posted 2/23/10 @ 1:04 PM CST
Amazing story. I am honored. Bryce LeVan Cushing here and I have no idea what the answer to the question is. I am interested to know which elephant they were referring to. (Continued…)
MoonFire Tower
posted 2/28/10 @ 1:13 PM CST
Very good. Glad you saw the show. That piece opens in a different show in Barcelona next week. N2Galeria in Spain if folks want to know where they can always see the work. (Continued…)
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