Anne assembled much of the first-place winning trivia team for a small local trivia match in Pacific, Missouri. I came in addled because the GPS had taken me on a forty-five minute long trek through every unlit windy back highway in the outer rural environs. It got to the point I laughed hysterically at every hairpin turn.
It was a small contest in a small Catholic school. We really expected to win.
We lost. We lost to Table Four by four points. They got an 84, we got 80, and third place (and everyone else) got under 50.
I was the only one positioned to look directly at Table Four. One woman at Table Four kept making the two-fingered “I am watching you” gesture at me, which tickled me.
I was responsible for one dead wrong answer. The question was “The Missouri Department of Conservation logo has three images including a leaf and a fish. What is the third image?” I was sure it was a river.
No.
I know. A raccoon. So cruel to miss on a raccoon.