X marks the spot

Dan The Man Trivia happens every Wednesday night at The Emerald Hen, 118 S. Park Avenue in Historic Downtown Sanford. Game 1 starts around 7:30 p.m., with the Game 2 following at about 9:30 p.m.

Sample questions from this week's trivia game:

Albert Einstein, Henry Ford, Walt Disney, John Major, Andrew Carnegie and Colonel Sanders all achieved great success in their chosen careers. What educational experience do these men share? They were all high school dropouts.


Blitzen, Comet, Donder and Vixen are four of Santa’s reindeer. Name the other five.
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Cupid and Rudolph

Finally ... the Palmetto Bugs are champs, not chumps

The Palmetto Bugs finally took home the Dan The Man Trivia crown, as well as a free round of beer and some Guinness T-Shirts. After weeks of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, The Palmetto Bugs bested all comers in Game 2. The Exterminators, who finished second, tried to eliminate The Bugs, but to no avail.

Special recognition goes to Team Mile High, however. Despite missing the entire first round, the Mile Highers finished in third place. If they had gone with their gut instinct on the Nixon question, they would have outscored The Exterminators.

Question from Round 2 of Game 2

Beans, beans good for the heart. The more you eat the more you fart ... or maybe not. Researchers at Simon Bolivar University in Caracas announced this week that have found a way to nearly double the nutritional value beans while also cutting the flatulence causing compounds. How did they do it?
A. Fermenting the beans in lactic acid bacteria
B. Washing the beans in a blend of citrus juice and flaxseed oil
C. Freezing the beans and then cooking in extremely high temperatures

The answer is A, fermenting the beans in lactic acid bacteria, the same bacteria used in yogurt.

See where your tax dollars are going?

Greg - The One Man Gang enjoys a cigarette and a cold Budweiser Select. (Budweiser is the Official Beer of the City of Sanford. Seriously. The mayor signed a proclamation and everything.) Playing solo, as his team name implies, Greg finished second in Game 1. When he's not unleashing his wealth of useless knowledge at the Emerald Hen, Greg makes his living working for the city of Sanford.

Game 1 Champions: 7-Gables

7-Gables picked up the free round of beer during Game 1 of Dan The Man Trivia. With a strong showing in the 2nd Round, as well as 5 bonus points for knowing the celebrity birth names (see below), 7-Gables easily cruised to victory. Greg - The One Man Gang finished second. The Exterminators did everything but exterminate the competition, finishing well behind in third place.

For the second game in a row the of Henry and Adam - aka, The Exterminators, The Puffy Shirts, Dan's Pants, et. al. - failed to claim the championship. Could their dominance be waning?


By the way, here are the answers to the Celebrity Birth Name Game: Meat Loaf was born Marvin Lee Adair; Rodney Dangerfield came into the world as Jacob Cohen; Kirk Douglas? He was Issur Danielovitch; Redd Foxx was originally known as John Elroy Sanford (Get it?); and Hulk Hogan was given the girlish name of Terry Jean Bollette.

Sweet!

Traci and Frances hang out at The Hen, need I say more?

Mmmmmm ... beer

Kronenbourg is always on tap at The Emerald Hen. Did you know that The Hen rings up more sales of Kronenbourg than any other bar in the state of Florida? Sounds like a trivia question.

Here's a hint

What number is the solid blue ball?

Emerald Hen owner Heather Moore presents Steve Dellasalla with a Guinness T-Shirt for his part in helping the Palmetto Bugs to the championship in Game 2. That's Greg in the back.

Oops! She did it again.

Adam didn't believe the rumors that Britney Spears is with child. Of course, she could just be hitting the bufffet lines extra heavy while in Vegas.

And the winner is ...

The Puffy Shirts made it 8 for 8 Wednesday night and extended their record-breaking winning streak with two come-from-behind victories. Their win in Game 2 was aided substantially by the 5 bonus points the team picked up for bringing in a copy of The Sanford Herald. Visit this site each day to pick up hints for trivia questions and possible bonus point opportunities.

The Skid Marks, led by Hammerin' Hank on the right, discuss their answers before turning in their score sheets. The Skid Marks were well on their way to victory in Game 1 until the all David Letterman round. The team - all Leno fans - crashed and burned, finishing out of the Top 3.

What up playa?

Henry Dieckhaus, the mastermind behind The Puffy Shirts' 8-game winning streak, takes a momemnt to rest his incredibly large brain. When not dominating the trivia cicuit, Henry - or as he's known in the playa world "Double LD" (Ladies Love Deke) - likes to meet new people on the MySpace.

It's not all about the trivia for some folks. This trio of patrons at The Emerald Hen enjoyed laughing when the teams incorrectly answered questions, like "What does NASCAR stand for?" For the record it is National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing.

Renee enjoys a glass of wine as her team, The Skid Marks, tried to knock off The Pufffy Shirts.

The ladies who made up Ring of Fire were red-hot in Game 1. Despite missing all of Round 1, Ring of Fire burned up the answer sheets in the final two rounds to finish in 3rd Place for the game. They cooled a little in Game 2, but all in all it was an impressive showing for their first night of trivia at The Emerald Hen.

One-half of The Exiles and One Obnoxious Drama Queen. The team played well for two-thirds of the second game. They led after Round 1, were in second after Round 2, but fell apart in Round 3 to finish in last place.

The second half of The Exiles and One Obnoxious Drama Queen.

Kristen and Mike didn't let competitive trivia come between their marriage even though they were on different teams. Kristen's team, the Puffy Shirts, racked up two victories Wednesday night.

Hank says "Who farted?"

By day, these guys are the brain trust behind CPH Engineers, a leading engineering firm in Central Florida. By night, they become Team Frances, the terrific trio who go into trivia battle for Frances, the Patron Saint of Sanford beer drinkers. Team Frances dominated several weeks ago. They didn't win Wednesday, April 12, but they did finish second, also known as the first loser.

Why is this man smiling? Because he has the best German restaurant in Central Florida. Theo Hollerbach owns the Willow Tree Cafe on 1st Street in downtown Sanford. Check out the Willow Tree Cafe web site.

Kristen argues her point forcefully. She must be talking about W, The President.

Heather and Michelle compare.

Dan The Man, your trivia host, with Frances, the lovely and talented bartender at The Emerald Hen.

After a long night of trivia, the only thing open is Mickey D's.

Earn Bonus Points for April 12

Earn BONUS points for Wednesday, April 12's trivia game at The Emerald Hen. Bring in a copy of the Sunday, April 9, 2006 issue of The Sanford Herald, and your team will earn 5 BONUS POINTS during Game 2, which normally begins shortly after 9 p.m. (the first game usually starts about 7:30 p.m.)

"Did someone drop this?"

Kevin receives a good-bye hug from Frances, the Emerald Hen's lovely and talented bartender. Kevin is leaving Sanford after having completed his pilot training at Delta Connection Academy at the Orlando Sanford International Airport. Kevin is returning to Drew Carey, Ohio, also known as Cleveland. Good Luck, Kevin!

Seriously Misty, Tim's sorry about missing the "Times Square" questiion. No need to choke the poor guy.

Petty Enterprises raced from behind a poor first round performance to finish third during Wednesday Trivia Night at the Emerald Hen.

The Palmetto Bugs defied their 9 p.m. bed times and stuck around for Game 2. Good thing because they finished second. Acutally, the P-Bugs would have won if Hank had not changed their answer on the "Do leeches have feet" question. Guess that's what he gets for acting like a 13-year-old early in the evening when this picture was taken.

The Wait Staff did a lot of trash talking but failed to earn the top spot in either game during Wednesday's trivia competition at the Emerald Hen. Misty spent most of the game perfecting her gangster hand signals.

Michelle and Krissy/Krissi/Chrissy of the Drama Queens, a.k.a The Last Place Ladies, are enthusiastic trivia players despite their lack of sucess. Shhhhh, Michelle's mom thinks she's at evening mass and not at the Emerald Hen shot-gunning beers. A word of warning: Krissy/Krissi/Chrissy is not from Long Island. Don't make THAT mistake.

Abby and her sister.

Frances and Heather, joined at the boobs.

The Panty Freaks - Dawn, Linda, Mr. Peeps (on a stick), and Over-caffeniated Steve - aced Round 2 of Game 1 at the Emerald Hen Wednesday night. Unfortunately they faded in the third and final round and did not place. Distraught over their demise, they blamed Mr. Peeps - then ate him.

Mitch is NOT an inebriated serial killer. He just plays one on TV. With the absence of The Bar Rats, Mitch became a free agent, first contributing to the Panty Freaks, and then later the Drama Queens. Chicks dig him.

This is Hank's standard pose when the paparazzi are around. He picked it up during his time in the mob. He's now in the witness relocation system, but you know how it is, some habits are hard to break. Hank's team, The Palmetto Bugs, finished with 75 points, good enough for a second place finish in Game 2 at the Emerald Hen on Wednesday night.

It's almost Easter, so that means one thing - Peeps are on the loose!

Over-caffeinated Steve caught defacing U.S. currency. Anybody know someone at the Department of Homeland Security? After several weeks of strong trivia play, Steve's team, The Bar Rats, have been in a slump. In fact, Steve and Renee were the only Bar Rats to show up this week. Appears he decided to take out his frustrations on an innocent dollar bill.