Page 55 of Mountain Bean Dream
“I see the problem.” I laughed. “It doesn’t convey power at dominating a trivia game. Or taking out an opponent.” I tapped my finger against my chin. “What aboutMac’s Been Dominated?Or MBD for short? OrThe Mighty Hoth Duo?”
“I like MBD.”
“Really? It was a joke.”
He pulled the papers away from me and putMBDas the team’s name.
“Guess that’s what we’re going with.”
The announcer stood in front of the screen. “Our first question of the night is an audio one. Listen to the thirty-second clip and write the name of the movie this is in.”
“This’ll be easy.” I listened to John Williams on repeat.
The clip played and my face fell. I knew the clip, but trying to remember which movie it was from was hard, and the clock was ticking.
I shook my head and pursed my lips together. “It’s the Imperial March.”
He leaned close and kept his voice super low. “So write down Star Wars.”
My voice matched his, so anyone nearby didn’t hear our answer. After all, bragging rights were on the line. “It wasn’t played in Star Wars. The first time it was heard was in Empire, right at the beginning when they were sending probe droids in search of Luke. It’s a slightly different version than is played later; this one features low piccolos.” Feeling confident, I wrote down the second movie. “Trust me on this.”
“Okay. I will.”
The announcer spoke again. “Question Two. The phrase ‘I have a bad feeling about this’ is uttered in every movie. You get one point for each correct answer. Name the character who said it and the movie it’s from. There’s a chance for eighteen points here, and you get an extra thirty seconds. Go.”
I cast my gaze on Jeremy and started scribbling, and together the two of us compiled our list.
ANH – Han
ESB – Leia
RoTJ – C-3PO
TPM – Obi-wan
AoTC – Anakin
RoTS – Obi-wan
TFA – Han?
TLJ – Rey?
RoS - ? The former stormtrooper?
Having only watched the last three movies once, I had zero idea who said that line, and Jeremy was guessing at best. As time was running out, I wrote down his educated guesses.
“Told you I didn’t know much about the last three movies. We’re hooped now. If your co-worker got those, she just jumped six points ahead.” Glancing across the restaurant, Mac lifted her head and a sly smile rolled over her face.
Jeremy put his hand on mine and sent a smile my way that would’ve melt ice off a freezer. “It’s all good. Relax. We’re here to have fun.”
“Well, given our team name, we need to dominate.”
“It’s the second question. We have many, many more to go.” He winked. “It’s all about the fun. Trust me. Winning isn’t everything.”
Oh yes, it was!
After all five rounds were played, the announcer encouraged the players to walk around and interact. Jeremy and I made sure to clear up our bill, and we posed with those who wanted pictures. All the cosplayers—all six of us, including Mac—got together for a picture and then went to wait for the results of the trivia night.