Adding one more zany would sure make a wish come true! :hug:

Good question, Maria. I don't know how many people are allowed on a trivia team. Anyone know the answer? Too bad we can't Google the answer. However, we have a lifeline - Oh, Joanna! We need you to answer our question!

You have 30 seconds from the time you read this question......I say 6 - are you going for the million Denise???? Someone??? will correct me!!! who will it be????

On Navigator last, it was supposed to be limited to 5, but there were several teams with more. I am sure we had 6 and even 7 during one or two of the team trivia and tea sessions.

JoAnn - Frank and Frank make great trivia partners - we won or came awfully close with the three or four of us on more than one cruise!

Sounds to me as if we have lots of LCTers with good heads for trivia!

Okay, Joanna, we won't keep on badgering you to join CROSS, or Olivia either. :( Besides, I couldn't in good conscience ask you to give up LAMB, which will be a wonderful experience. Our land trip to New Zealand a couple of years ago ranks at the top of John's memories list and second only to perhaps the Greek Isles for me, if that.

Editing to say: Silly me. My New Zealand comment doesn't make much sense, as I see now that LAMB is mostly a crossing. I had it in my head that LAMB was circumnavigating much of New Zealand. Oh well, I'll stop badgering you anyway, but you will remain our trivia lifeline!

It's up to six to a trivia team--on some ships they're really strict about it and others it's a guideline. I also love Trivia--Ngaire and I cleaned up in Trivia on our cruise from Sydney to Auckland. I'm good at the general knowledge, history, current events, science and geography stuff, maybe math but worthless when it comes to entertainment and sports. Since we have so many avid trivia players, we may need to have more than one team. I want the chocolate team!! Interesting that we would have this chocolate discussion--tonight we're off to a "Wine and Chocolate" event at a local winery. (Yes, we do have decent winerys in Texas!).

So how many does that make for the chocolate team? Denise, Priscilla, Kathy, Peggy, Maria and me? Have we left anyone out? Well there is Frank and Frank. I think Don and Diana were interested too, who else? I can be on a different team, maybe we can have "chocolate 1" and "chocolate 2" and just all sit together and Joanna can be the lifeline that we share. I don't know if our friends, Neil and Carol like trivia or not. Peggy, you know about your friends, although they are only on the Med portion, so they may not have a lot of trivia type stuff since its so port intensive. I don't know about Fred and Pat either - Kathy???? you know them best I think.

I do not recall Fred and Pat at Trivia and Tea on any of our cruises.

We will have to see what time they have us all scheduled for Cordon Bleu too.

Oh right - although I have not totally 100% committed to that, I am signed up, but just not locked in yet.

I'm sure it will work out, and we will probably end up with two teams - we could even switch around from day to day.

We are definately in. Diana is pretty good (I am being modest for her). Let's put it this way, she has Jeopardy on Tivo season pass and while I'm on the LCT board, she is on the Jeopardy boards.

I'm along just for the ride. I can do somewhat OK on the geography questions, but Diana does really well in most of the other areas. I married up, that's for sure!

It sounds like at least two teams. I think we should just switch around every day--we can figure out some kind of rotation system to do it in an organized way. I think you're right that there won't be much trivia on the Med portion--but if there is I'm sure Charlotte will want to play--not sure about Wayne. Don't know if Fred and Pat play Trivia or not--we didn't have any trivia on the Hanseatic cruise. They declined to play Pooch with us, but Trivia may be different--I'm sure they'd both be great at it.

I'm sure everything will fall into place once we assemble, as far as teams are concerned. All our teams will be stiff competition for sure!

So hoping for music trivia - I'm ruthless!

OK remember your "call a friend" lifeline... will try and have 10 of my smartest friends here with me (maybe I have 3 really smart ones??) Best to have Denise ask the questions...you have 30 seconds Denise - she and I tend to talk in shorthand - we'll get it done!!!! Joanna

Yes, we do and yes we will!

:ch: :ch: :ch: you all will need us too, guarantee it!!! Not to mention the "Frank's". But I go with the team leader and where she goes I will follow.

editing to add - and of course Joanna as our designated lifeline.

JoAnn: All your roles will "play out" - best I am back home answering the phone - I have been pushy leader since 3rd grade but working on it working on it :hug: :hug: atleast I admit my shortcomings

Assertive, but never pushy, Joanna!

Denise: Assertive YES..aggressive NO

Joanna - you are not pushy - Denise has it right!!! :hug:

I'll get my pom-pons ready!!!

:ch: :ch: :ch:

I guess I should be a cheerleader too! :ch: :ch: :ch: I think I need some pom poms made out of Hershey's wrapppers! LOL

Don: Not to worry - I'll make you one to take with you out of mounds bar wrappers - my chocolate of choice - I'll have it whipped up in no time - :ch: :ch:

Yeah cheerleaders here we go - but.......they will need us and our expertise in the end, no problem!!! :ch: :ch:

RAH, RAH, SIS BOOM BAH! :ch: I think I may need to pass on the splits!

Great--I'm an experienced cheerleader from way back in high school days. Unfortunately, I no longer have my pom poms and I certainly can't do the splits any more. I probably can't even jump without injuring myself on the landing. But I can yell, for sure!!!!!

Joanna, I would rather have Almond Joy wrappers, because sometimes you feel like a nut! For me, that is almost always! :D

OK, cheerleaders. We may need to sing the song that plays during Final Jeopardy while doing team trivia! Da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da, da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da, da-da, da, da, da, da! Hope we can remember the words! LOL

OK, for extra points. What is the name of the song and who wrote it? OK here is a hint. The person that wrote it was also the "Elevator Killer" in the movie, "The Man with Two Brains."

Well that has to be MERV!!!! Don may I have chocolate for my prize???

Well I am about to show how bad I am - Have no clue! Are there words to the song? But like I said, now and then I actually come up with the right answer.

:app: Congrats, Joanna! Lots of Hershey's kisses for you!

Merv Griffin, the show's executive producer, created the series in his living room in 1964. He also wrote the famous "think" theme music played over the "Final Jeopardy!" round and the credits.

Joann,

Here is everything you want (or don't want) to know about the the theme song:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy!#Theme_songs

Thanks Denise - chocolate kisses back to you - watching Orange Cty on TV and thinking of you - Joanna

Joanna,

Thanks for the good thoughts. Fortunately, we are not too close, but close enough to see the black smoke looming over the mountains.

Whoa Denise - hope you and Alan are OK and everyone else from LCT living out in that area. Good thoughts coming to you, it sure is early for this isn't it?
Didn't you Californian's just have massive rains in Dec/Jan early Feb? Hard to believe things got so dry that you are now dealing with wildfires.
Take care and keep us updated.

Thanks, JoAnn! Just responded on the other thread. Alan and I are fine.

Of course Joanna. I will leave one on your pillow tonight when I drop by for your turn down service!

Actually, I hate to say this, but Merv actually borrowed the tune from the Doughnut song in which the last part of the song says, "as you go through life make this your goal, watch the doughnut not the hole!" A little bit of additional worthless trivia!

Just wanted to let everybody know that we got a slight upgrade today. Somebody doing multiple segments wanted our cabin, so we are now in cabin #751.

Congratulations Don!

Congrats, Don!

OK, everyone! Party at Don and Diana's! :D

Nice Don. RSVPing to the party! :D

Don, I changed your room assignment. We'll be all spread out now.

JoAnn, as I remember it though, our Welcome Aboard party is in your room when we get on in Funchal! Now we don't have as far to travel!