We High-Fived at Dinner
Nothing makes for a pleasant dinner out like frenzied competition. Last night Mrs. Hill and I found ourselves at Kazbor’s, a restaurant in Gainesville we’d never tried before, where we immediately became wrapped up in a lively electronic trivia game with other patrons.
The questions were displayed on large televisions, and at our table we had a small gadget–rather like an old Speak and Spell–which we used to enter our answers. A game consisted of three rounds of five questions each, and the breaks were welcome, since, during play, you had little time to look away from the screen to, say, eat. The trivia games there appear to have themes, and while we played the theme was holiday cuisine. Almost immediately we were crushing the competition, and until the second to the last question we had a commanding lead, thanks to Miriam’s culinary knowledge. But then there was a question we didn’t know, and finally, on question fifteen, I didn’t press the enter button, so we got zero points there, and ultimately came in third place. We were so close to beating “N JUNG”, who appeared to be a regular player at Kazbor’s, judging by the electronic rankings posted after the game.
We’ll be back, and when we do we’re going to dominate ‘em. (By the way, the chicken was good, the fries so-so, and the cola was Coke.)
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