The new year of bar trivia started out like the old one, as we claimed victory on the last question. It was an interesting night, as there were 26 teams - which is about 50 percent more than the busiest I've seen it - and the usual pair that run the game were off. The replacements were OK, but they were pretty slow and seemingly a bit lax on the rules - one team seated about 5 feet away from them was clearly using cell phones. Hard to quibble when you win, though.

It was also a good night for the wife, who was on fire. We wouldn't have won if she wasn't there.

Anyway, your questions:

What four instruments make up a string quartet? Violin, viola, cello (Salome), and another violin. We had the original guess made here (bass rather than the other violin), but we did manage to change our answer to include two violins. Unforunately, there was a communications error that led us to delete the viola rather than the bass in our final answer. Whoops.

What band took its name from a cloning-themed episode of The X Files? Eve 6 (Greg) - The wife pulled this one out, with the help of the musical clue (that Gwen Stefani/Eve duet from a few years back). The replacement hosts are the regular hosts of another game that a member of our team plays at, and he said that these hosts give more helpful musical clues. Thankfully.

What planet has 8 moons, three of which are named Larissa, Proteus, and Triton? Neptune (Greg) - eighth planet (usually), 8 moons, the song clue? "8 Days a Week" by the Beatles.

Before The X Files, David Duchovny played a cross-dressing FBI agent on what TV show? Twin Peaks (Greg) - Here's where too much knowledge is a problem. I was unaware (or had forgotten or something) that Duchovny was on that show. I remembered that he was on Red Shoe Diaries and pushed that enough to have the teammate who came up with the right answer change it to my wrong answer. This was the only regular question we got wrong all night. So proud.

The invention of what office product is commonly attributed to Arthur Fry? Post It Notes (Scott) - The wife pulled this one out of thin air. I'd like to think we'd have come to it eventually.

After the USA, what country has the greatest number of Miss Universe pageant winners? Venezuela (JQ) - we actually followed the same thought pattern as you see in the comments, putting Brazil out first and then coming up with Venezuela after some thought. While this was some solid group-think, I'll credit the wife with taking the point. She was the first to come up with both as possibles. I'll also credit Mason with coming up with the right bet, as we won by a point over a team that made the same size bet (which makes me wonder about their betting strategy, though I'm about the last person who should be trying to sort that out).