Trivia Answers, Part 1

Last Thursday, I posted a bunch of trivia questions. Here are the answers to the first four:

1. In college, I earned a varsity letter in what sport?

a. table tennis (fear the paddle!)

b. cycling

c. fencing

d. shuffleboard (Announcer: "...and Twinkle Toes Terence steps up to the line again.")

Yep, I was able to help prove that anyone who can yell sufficiently loudly and carry a big sword can earn a varsity letter at a Division III school.

2.I have a completely irrational fear of:

a. getting bitten by a dog

b. getting eaten by a shark

c. the dark

d. bald people

I saw the movie Jaws at exactly the wrong age when I was growing up. And as a result, whenever I am in a body of water (even a swimming pool) and my head is submerged, all my brain wants to do is visualize an enormous man-eating shark rising up out of the depths to attack me. With big pointy teeth.

3.What was the REAL reason that (in 2003) I sold the only motorcycle I have ever owned?

a. the color of the bike didn't match my helmet

b. I was nearly involved in an accident

c. I kept breaking my nails

d. the helmet kept screwing up my hair

As Birch [livejournal.com] pointed out recently, I am "very serious about my hair." I have DEFCON levels to handle when things get close to touching my hair. The "helmet hair" canceled out any cool factor there was to having a motorcycle, in my mind...

4. One of my closest friends constantly accuses me of once trying to kill him in the process of teaching him what activity?

a. mountain biking

b. a keg stand

c. live action Dungeons and Dragons

d. lighting a barbecue ("See, the key is to use A LOT of lighter fluid...")

Birch and I made the mistake of taking two of our friends (who were not mountain bikers) to Vulture's Knob, which is described by this site [trails.com] as "one of the most technical... rides in the state... Even the fast and seemingly easy sections have jumps and drops that can catch an unsuspecting rider off guard."

At the time, it was a roughly 6 mile loop, and it took our group over 2 hours to complete. I had described the steepness of the slopes of the descents and climbs to them before we went, but they thought that I was exaggerating until they saw it for themselves. We probably should have started out on an easier course (this is a gross understatement, if you didn't catch the sarcasm). I recall that on my first time around Vulture's Knob, I broke both pedals on my bike.