Feb. 21: Trivia gets fishy

Greeting trivianatics, and welcome to another episode of "This is what you did last Sunday night." You guys crushed some questions like the U.S. men's hockey team crushes pucks, particularly Canadian pucks, which everyone knows are of questionable craftsmanship. The most impressive feat of this trivia Olympiad: The rapadoo, a Chuck original for once, which challenged your knowledge of cars far too expensive for any of you to drive. Specifically, their hood ornaments:

That, friends, is the angel bowing. This would be the emblem with the stallion:

  Technically the Mustang logo is also a stallion, but do you really think these guys roll in an American car?

Yeah. No.

The trickiest part of the evening came during our weekly examination of Judeo philosophy, the Jewbilee-doo. "Why aren't catfish kosher?" Many people think the answer is some variation of "They're bottom feeders" or "They scavenge their food" or "They eat poop." All may be true, but none are the reason the delicious whiskered critter is frowned upon by the chosen people. In fact, carp are also bottom feeders, probably don't thumb (or fin, rather) their noses at a tasty morsel of poo, and yet are perfectly acceptable. Why? They have scales and fins. Catfish (and sharks, and swordfish) do not have scales, and are therefore banned. Lucky them.

I really can't post enough giant catfish photos. Here's another:

And who can forget this record-setter:

Now compare that silky smooth skin to the scales on this beauty:

I rest my case. Anyone who wants to talk more about fish is welcome to join my fish fry club, the Northeast Minneapolis Anti-Ungulate League.

Alright, enough horsing around, dagummit. Let's get to the winners. Coming in first, grabbing the coveted $25 bar tab from the lovely 331 Club, it's I'll Catch You In My Death Bag!

That's what they look like in the bar's mirror, anyway. Here's a slightly better shot:

Very nice.

Second place: My goodness, it's The Specials:

Gooooooo team!

They won a $10 gift certificate to my very favorite grocer, Sentyrz Market. Best meat counter in Northeast. Plus did I mention they sell booze? It's like a little slice of Wisconsin, right in our backyard.

And coming in a very close third, I give you JP6000:

Check out the composition of that picture! A perfect triangle. Like the lines this this photo, my iPhone camera skills are unparalleled. (Hey-o, geometry joke!)

And coming in fourth, winning, I think, a wine opener, and possibly some kind of datebook that tracks car maintenance, meet Teaming with Glee:

They broke into song a split second after this photo was taken.

Great work everyone! See you for the final February quiz this Sunday!

xo

chuck