Trivial Matters

Last night I played Trivial Pursuit with some friends. It was the "Totally 80s" version of the game, where the questions focus on the wondrous decade that was the 1980s (whatever happened to plain old Trivial Pursuit? Now it's all 80s, 90s, SNL... So much for general knowledge!). Being the only member of the group who isn't American and being somewhat younger than my fellow competitors (as it was so kindly pointed out, I was the only one there who wore diapers during the 80s!), I expected a tough night.

It turned out that I was right! I answered very few questions correctly and didn't get a piece of pie until one player was full of pie and was trying to land in the center. It's not that this player was running away from the competition, as another player was one piece of pie away from a trip up the spokes, it's just that I was that bad! (My apologies to JollyRgr and L for not continuing the fine tradition of Pirate Trivial Pursuit!)

And what was this horrendously difficult question that I managed to answer using sheer guile and wit to earn my lonely pie piece, I hear you ask (well, I hear these voices in my head that I like to think are those of my diligent readers)...

"What Men-At-Work hit single introduced the world to the charms of Vegemite?"

Life has a wicked sense of humor...