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by firebus
08/08/2008 - 14:44
A team from Ellen's work won the pub quiz at Elephant and Castle last night.
I didn't show up until the 3rd round, and I think I gave as many wrong answers as right answers, so my contribution was minimal. But I still bragged a lot about my correct answers.
The psychology of coming to a consensus when no one knows an answer and different people have different ideas of a best guess is interesting.
The secret for winning a trivia contest if you're old is making sure you have enough young people on your team to answer questions about recent music and Britney's offspring and vice-versa.



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Vice-versa (pre-emptive for Maud):
The secret for winning a trivia contest if you're young is making sure you have enough recent music and Britney's offspring on your team to answer questions about old people.