I'm a week behind in posting about bar trivia, the good part being that we returned to our trivia bully ways last week with a win. The bad part is that I now have a sheet of answers to which I'm not sure if I remember the questions. I'll do the best I can.

I'll post about this week next week, as the wife and I will be at the BU-Michigan hoops game at Harry's House. Come to think of it, we'll be there for BU-URI the following Tuesday, too. I'll have to talk her into playing the local game in Beverly one of these Sunday nights.

Anyway, some questions from the best of my recollections (and a couple rewritten a bit):

What 1981 movie was both Sean Penn's first and Tom Cruise's second? Taps (Greg) - We didn't remember this at all, which led us to guessing The Outsiders, which was clearly wrong from the year.

What are the birth stones for the following months: February, April, September, and November? Amethyst (Shawn), Diamond (Greg), Sapphire, Topaz - without getting too gender-stereotypical, the two women on the team got all of this pretty much as they were being said. I'd have known April; you'd think I'd remember November, it being the wife's birthstone and all.

What state ranks third, behind California and New York, in revenue from film, TV, and commerical production? North Carolina - The way the question was originally asked had North Carolina second, but as I couldn't remember the way it was worded I went with the way I could most easily verify. This was made a little easier for us when the emcee gave a clue of "Dawson's Creek," which was shot in Wilmington.

Twiggy Ramirez is the bassist for what band? Marilyn Manson (Greg) - We were stuck between the actual answer and Limp Bizkit. Well, not so much "we" as the one person on the team who'd heard of Twiggy Ramirez. He went with the not correct answer, which we could hardly fault him for, what with the lack of knowing.

What author created the wild beasts known as yahoos? Johnathan Swift (Jack) - In Gulliver's Travels, as indicated.