Every Tuesday night, a few friends and I go to a pub for trivia night. Pub trivia nights are pretty popular in Melbourne, and we sort of stumbled into one at this great local one, The Drunken Poet. It’s this little Irish place across from the Queen Vic Market and attracts an older Irish crowd, which is kind of hilarious in Melbourne. It’s got dark wood and portraits of famous Irishmen interspersed with posters for Guinness. The bartender, Siobhan, is such a sweetheart too. She knows us now, because we’re literally there every Tuesday. She also has the greatest Irish accent ever, it’s awesome.
So trivia consists of six categories: geography, science and nature, movies and television, music, and two general knowledge rounds. Difficulty seriously varies week to week. There are also two bonus rounds, one is matching dates and another is a sheet of eight images you have to name. For the bonus rounds, if you get the sheet up to the front first you either get a special prize or a bonus point, so it gets a little hectic. We take our trivia very seriously. We have yet to come in first, but we have placed second a few times. For being one of the youngest teams, we hold our own.
Honestly, it’s one of the things about Melbourne I’ll miss the most. I’ve been going with friends since almost the beginning, and since starting I haven’t missed a week. It’s just a great way to break up the week and blow off a little steam.
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| Melbourne sunset from my balcony |
In other news, I’ve just been working to finish assignments. It’s the last week of classes, so there’s a lot to wrap up. The weather has actually been beautiful lately, which is good but also bad when I have so much to do. If winter in Melbourne means upper 50s, lower 60s and sunny days, I think I can handle these next few weeks.
Saturday I’m off to New Zealand! I can’t wait, I think it’s going to be an amazing trip.
PUB. QUIZ. You, me, and Billy would CLEAN UP between our knowledge of pop culture and his knowledge of random ass stuff. I'm totally serious, babe - when you come home, we should try this out because I am convinced we would RULE.
ReplyDeleteUggggh, I'm SO JEALOUS of your pending New Zealand trip. I hope you have a blast (and take lots of pics)!
I am seriously jealous that you are going to NZ also. And somehow I didn't know or forgot that you were doing this trivia thing. I think that is totally cool.
ReplyDeleteYour sunset picture is beautiful.
Classes finished up O.K.? So I guess since you leave for NZ Saturday we can't Skype Sunday.