The trivia bullies got their comeuppance last night, as we missed the final question and came in second. Worst part is, we were pretty close to coming up with the right answer. Oh well, better to come in second this week than next, which is the Tournament of Champions.

Anyway, your sample of questions:

In what movie does Leslie Nielsen play the President of the United States? - Scary Movie 3 (Jack) - We had no idea, and guessed Hot Shots. Turns out he's not even in that movie. I don't think any of us had seen Scary Movie 3. Heck, I've not even seen 1 or 2. There was a definite presidential theme, as the third quarter of the game had four out of five questions related to that office.

What Gulf coast state has "You Are My Sunshine" as an official state song? Louisiana (Paul) - Given a previous question asked about Florida's state song, and knowing that it wasn't Texas, we had a one in three chance. That turned to none in two pretty quickly, as we figured Louisiana, with its musical history, could have come up with something better. We went with Alabama. Whoops.

This has been your Minimally Ironic Question of the Week.

In 1988, Bill Clinton appeared on what TV show where he played "Summertime" on the saxophone? The Tonight Show (James) - Yup, we made the Arsenio mistake. Most teams did. I'm a little irritated at myself for not catching this, as I remember the whole thing about that lousy keynote speech. Damn.

What are the end points of Boston's Freedom Trail? The Boston Common and the Charlestown Navy Yard/USS Constitution (Ted) - We got the Common, but went with the Bunker Hill Monument instead, as it's farther away from downtown Boston than the Navy Yard. Still not sure why you go past the Navy Yard only to come back to it, though I assume it's due to the stature of Old Ironsides and not the preponderance of one way streets (which shouldn't matter if you're walking the trail, though that's not the easiest part of the trail to walk, based on the one time I walked that part).

What TV show featured the first inter-racial kiss in prime time? Star Trek (Greg) - Uhura and Kirk lock lips while under some sort of alien mind control in the episode "Plato's Stepchildren." This was half of a mini-theme in the game, as we were also asked what show had the first inter-racial married couple (more extra credit - The Jeffersons (Greg) - the wife, of course, was played by Roxie Roker, who is Lenny Kravitz's mom.).

What book ends, "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody." The Catcher in the Rye (Greg) - The wife knew this, which was good. None of the rest of us did. The musical clue was "Instant Karma" by John Lennon.

What country is home to the world's oldest university, founded in 1088? (Extra credit for naming the school.) Italy, University of Bologna (Ted) - We were stuck between Italy, Germany, and France. We went with France, which wasn't too bad of a guess given that the University of Paris is second-oldest. It's just 150 or so years younger than Bologna. Looking at the list of oldest continuously running universities, Germany's oldest is younger than schools in Britain, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Austria. So at least we didn't go with them.

FWIW, the University of Bologna is now known as "Alma mater studorium," or "fostering mother of studies" to reflect its status as the oldest university.

Our mis-step her dropped us from first to second, as the second place team got the question right. Better luck next week.