| | Published October 12th, 2011
| What Local Trivia Group is Calling it Quits?
| | By Cathy Tyson |  | | Winning team "Luke and the Black Hearts" at Petars Pub. Photo Lindy Chan
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What started out as an idea at a holiday party blossomed into two years and sixteen Pub Trivia events hosted by Lafayette's own city planning staffers by day/quiz masters by night: Lindy Chan and Michael Cass. From the get go, it was all about having an enjoyable evening and raising money for non-profits - in total, generous attendees raised $3,485 for a variety of non-profit organizations like World Vision, Special Olympics, Las Trampas, the Senior Helpline and more.
While organizers graciously congratulated everyone, they gave a special shout out to the winners with the largest cumulative scores. Team "Luke and the Black Hearts" came in first place overall. Team Member Dana Anderson notes that their team just really wanted to have a good time. He "can't credit Lindy and Michael enough" for all the time, effort and expense it took after hours to put the program together.
"Our team had a lot of useless pieces of information for no apparent reason," explains Anderson, noting they did exceptionally well on the category that featured three pictures that represented a word and were able to garner extra credit for additional information like song titles. The team was predominantly composed of city employees and spouses: Robin and Ben Townley, Sue Graves, Mark Robbins, Sarah Allen, and Therese Kain, along with Anderson. With categories like current events, first ladies, name that hat and movie musicals, trivia participants had to be keenly be aware of the world outside of Lamorinda. Sometimes those factoids come from unusual sources. A vegetarian team member's mother was a butcher, so she was the go-to gal for meaty questions.
Second place went to "Never Winter Nights" third went to the "Red Eagles." Petars Pub, which hosted the Thursday night get-togethers, donated the space, the sound system and prizes. While Michael Cass and Lindy Chan are stepping down, Petars will continue the fun. Contact Petars directly or Jeanette at jkermani@pacbell.net for more information.
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Here are some of the questions from one popular Pub Trivia category:
Think Pink!
1. Name what Mary Kay, Elvis Presley, and Clint Eastwood have
in common.
2. Name the euphemism for hallucinations.
3. Name the metaphor for a layoff or termination of employment.
4. Name the expression for in good health.
5. Name the international symbol for breast cancer awareness.
6. Name the drink that is made from made of white creme de cacao, creme de noyaux and cream.
7. Name the group to which Rizzo, Frenchie, and others belong.
8. Name the term that is used particularly in the West to indicate work that is believed to be exclusively the domain of women and associates particular tasks with the female gender.
9. Name the symbol that was used by Nazis at the same time that the yellow Star of David and black triangles were used.
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