QUIZ RECAP

Wow what a wonderful night for trivia! We did have a team leave early, but we also had reinforcements arrive at the approval of the other teams. We had newcomers Mom's Night Out go up against long time champs Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers. As always, the company of our teams are what made trivia amazing tonight.

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A question in round five asked the element that made up 21% of the earth's atmosphere. People are often surprised that oxygen takes up only 21% of the atmosphere? I mean shouldn't that be more than 21% if it's what we breathe? During the time dinosaurs walked the earth the oxygen content jumped between 15% and 19% and has fluctuated quite a bit. What is also surprising to learn is that today, the oceans are the largest producer of the earth's oxygen content. This is due to photosynthetic organisms that live in the ocean and also just the fact that the planet is more water than land. It was quite a long time before we started having photosynthetic land plants. Additionally, it is strange to think this, but sharks have been around longer than trees! Okay, my brain is a bit scattered in this review, but I hope you enjoyed this info dump.

QUIZ RECAP

The easiest way to get me excited is with puppies and there were three between the teams tonight!

This venue is really starting to pick-up steam as we have recognized returning teams as well as those joining trivia for the first time. Tonight we watched four teams enter: Sacrown916, My drinking team has a trivia problem, Deep fried beer, and Bye, Bye Brian

********************Fun Fact of the Week******************

In round three there was a question relating to sea-faring diseases and it had me thinking of sicknesses of old. Namely, bed bugs. Did you know the origin of "Don't let the bed bugs bite"? Why do we say that??

Old style beds that were made in Europe and the Americas had mattresses that had to be tightened using cords after being stuffed with straw which is what made the mattress soft. If the cords weren't tense or "tight", insects would infest the straw inside the mattress. If people did not tighten there mattresses, they risked insect infestation and also the bugs biting them leading to the phrase "Sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite"

QUIZ RECAP

WE'RE GROWING!!!! Tonight we had three teams squaring off in the colliseum of confusion we call trivia! We welcomed back long time trivia champs that have been playing trivia from here to Husick's Taphouse and beyond, Cobra Kai. We also saw two new teams. Say hello and welcome to Desi Gorls and 2 KIDS. Unfortunately, 2 KIDS had to bow out early which lead to a head to head race for first won by Cobra Kai! Great job teams! Enjoy your prizes, and I will see you next week

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I was struggling to find a fun fact of the day this week that was related to the questions. One of the bonus questions pertained to a band in Antarctica which sparked a memory. Did you know that we have an Antarctic field researcher living a stones throw away? That's right! UC Davis' own Dr. Todgham does field research in the antarctic studying how animals have evolved to have a physiology that would enable them to survive such extreme temperatures. So bear with me, because there is some cellular talk.

Okay so every cell has a lipid bilayer that is essentially comprised of millions of little things called "phospholipids". These little guys have a phosphate head attached to a long kinky chain of fatty acids which you can draw a straight line through the middle of if that makes sense (They just zig-zag back and forth). Well anyways if animals had this, all of these little phospholipids are too close together for cold temperatures and the cells would freeze and burst!!! So how do the cold critters do it?? Turns out they "Saturate" their fatty acid chains which ultimately causes more space between all of the phospholipids which prevents the phospholipid bilayer of the cell from freezing!!!