Playing as The D.J. Schepker Experience, we managed to bag our second win at bar trivia last night (we named ourselves after a friend who plays on another team, who finished third last night but are also in the Tournament of Champions). Nice to have a $20 tab for four people.

We only missed two questions, so I've thrown in three of the more challenging ones to round things out:

Who won an Oscar for her 1990 portrayal of Annie Wilkes? Kathy Bates (Greg) - for some reason I focused on the first name and came up with Susan Sarandon, who of course played Annie Savoy in Bull Durham, not the psychotic fan in Misery. This was actually part of a bonus where we got the other three actors for their Oscar-winning roles (Randle McMurphy, Ben Sanderson, and Leticia Musgrove for those who want to play along in the comments).

Who was the first female hip-hop artist to earn a gold record? MC Lyte - apparently it was that song about rocking your body and/or the party.

Name the five US states that border only two other states. Delaware, Florida, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington (OTC) - The question was originally the four US states, as they'd forgotten about Washington. Thankfully, they remembered, as we included the Evergreen State over South Carolina. You'd think having been there recently I'd have gotten it; my argument is that we were on the coast and not up in the part that we thought might touch Tennessee.

The lead-in to the question noted the only US state to only border one other state. I'll put that out there for extra credit. Maine (Scott) - Bordering only New Hampshire, of course. Sorry to say that the wife wasn't there for the home state shout-out.

Calamine is an ore of what element? Zinc (Scott) - we had no idea on this one, though we tried to concentrate on what might be "soothing" elements. Which is a category they never really cover in high school chemistry. One of our team had the idea that because calamine lotion is pink, and Pepto Bismol is pink, the likely candidate was bismuth. His logic trumped our wild-ass guessing, even if it didn't lead to the correct answer. As it was, we never even wild-ass guessed zinc.

I won't even try to explain Allyson's comment regarding zinc, as you had to be there. Though I'm sure fans of The Simpsons will understand the reference, as far as that goes.

Who became the youngest winner of the Australian Open women's singles title when she won at age 19 in 1991? Monica Seles (Greg) - OK, this wasn't particularly more challenging - the person who came up with her did so pretty quickly - but there was a lot of geography and I wanted to mix things up. It did confirm that my base of tennis knowledge has eroded badly.