third place

It's only the second time a gang of us yelled and screamed our way through Elephant & Castle's Thursday night trivia contest but we really outdid ourselves. Not only did we place (3rd overall!) but we also won a bottle of wine!

One of the questions was about a puzzle from China where you arrange 7 pieces to form a geometric shape. I knew right away that the answer was tangrams, even though the clue struck a discordant chord with me. Back in grade school, my third-grade teacher had taught us that tangrams came from Japan, when somebody dropped a square tile in front of the emperor (the square being a fancy emblem for Japan's more popular pastime, origami.)

But now I see that wikipedia corroborates the theory of Chinese origins. Could it be possible that my teacher misinformed us all? My world is crumbling before me... but at least I know that between a group of 10 or so people, we can place third.

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Third place!

Trivia is only on Thursdays but Elephant & Castle on Clay Street is a lovely place to go for happy hour. Can you say $5 snack plates?