You choose to go to a trivia event for charity.
You're flexing your trivia muscles in a gym adjacent to a church with a table of friends. You've picked the perfect St. Louis team name (Stan Musial's Ravioli Toasters, natch). But as the hours tick by, there seems to be no end in sight.
Yeah, it's a good cause, but this night is endless. You spend an interminable amount of time snacking on pretzel sticks and calling out the names of '80s TV shows and correctly matching Harry Potter characters to their respective house. But when it comes time for that pivotal question based on St. Louis history — what is Susan Blow famous for? — you, er, blow it. Your teammates get you back by bidding heavily on the auction's most expensive prize, a dinner cruise with Jeff Roorda, and they use your credit card to do it.
Guess what? You actually "win." And on the night they force you to claim your prize, you find yourself dancing cheek to cheek with the bombastic police spokesman while the big wheel keeps on turnin' for mile after mile. You plunge over the side of the riverboat, choosing hell over your hellish existence.
Better luck next time. Try again by restarting on page 1.
