Terence Trivia

At a recent bachelor/bachelorette party, there was a trivia contest, where the subject of all of the questions were the bride and groom. I think the scariest thing was how little we (ostensibly their closest friends) knew about the guests of honor.

I thought that it was a really funny idea. So, I'm stealing it. As an attempt to inject some humor into this site, I've made the questions multiple choice. Here's a list of trivia questions about me (easiest to hardest):

1. In college, I earned a varsity letter in what sport?
   1. table tennis (fear the paddle!)
   2. cycling
   3. fencing
   4. shuffleboard (Announcer: "...and Twinkle Toes Terence steps up to the line again.")


2. I have a completely irrational fear of:
   1. getting bitten by a dog
   2. getting eaten by a shark
   3. the dark
   4. bald people


3. What was the REAL reason that (in 2003) I sold the only motorcycle I have ever owned?
   1. the color of the bike didn't match my helmet
   2. I was nearly involved in an accident
   3. I kept breaking my nails
   4. the helmet kept screwing up my hair


4. One of my closest friends constantly accuses me of once trying to kill him in the process of teaching him what activity?
   1. mountain biking
   2. a keg stand
   3. live action Dungeons and Dragons
   4. lighting a barbecue ("See, the key is to use A LOT of lighter fluid...")


5. I once was within 30ft of an Olympic torch being carried through a city, but missed actually seeing it because I was:
   1. fussing over my hair
   2. playing an on-line role-playing computer game
   3. tending to a head wound after having a bicycling accident
   4. selecting porn to rent in a video store with friends


6. What organization (of which I am currently a member) have I been a member longest?
   1. National Rifle Association (NRA)
   2. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
   3. US Underwater Basket-Weaving Association (USUBWA)
   4. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)


7. When I was a small child, my older sister trained me to constantly do what?
   1. run around on all fours, barking like a dog
   2. parrot "Where's the beef?"
   3. devise innovative ways to total our parents' cars
   4. beg our parents to take us through the Burger King drive-through


8. Identify which statement is not true about me:
   1. I had managed to do such a good job of concealing the real date of my birthday from everyone that when Heimlich and I met, she proclaimed a random date that my birthday would be celebrated on.
   2. I have seen Johnny Mathis live in concert (on purpose)
   3. I have a three inch scar on my head from a vicious llama attack when I was little
   4. My only major near-death experience involved my mother closing an electric car window on my neck, which blocked my windpipe. This was ostensibly an accident.

Answers next week.

[Answers part 1, part 2.]