Bangkok & Trivia Masters

Now regulars at the British Pub, we head over for a rousing game of Trivia. This is a small game, held internally only as compared to the internet game where pubs across the world vie for the title of world domination in all things trivial.

We are a tad bit late, but they haven't started the game questions yet. They are on the random, first-one-to-answer-right-and-loudly-wins-a-prize questions. We aren't getting it yet, but after the fist round of this quickly catch on.

We are given our papers and asked for a team name. We are "Bob-tha-dog." The first round of 20 questions goes rather poorly. I think we got three right. They take a break and we all get fresh Ale. The second round starts with another answer quickly and loudly question, get prize. Wouldn't you know, the question is: What is January's birthstone? Well being January born, and less than a week to my birthday I am both quick and loud and win the prize. This bodes well for us and provides a bit of confidence as we prepare for the next round of questions. A real boost comes when another couple asks to join our team. Thrilled...now we will surely step out of a dismal last place. We do slightly better this second round, but so does everyone else. We are still behind.

We have oodles of fun, but end up flat last.

We walk over to our regular breakfast diner for a bit of dinner. The wine, while a more affordable than most is awful, but the dinner is enhanced by the appearance of a small elephant being escorted down the street by his handler and a number of police. We gawk. I of course do not have the camera ready, which in retrospect is a good thing. We later learn when we next see the little elephant that there is a photo fee.