Yesterday, on the return flight from Salt Lake City, I played the in-flight
trivia game for 5 hours (that’s about 16 rounds). It’s a real-time game
that you play against your fellow passengers. Points are awarded for both
correct answers AND response time.
After each question, the screen displays a scoreboard with the names and
seat locations of all the players. A winner is recognized after each round.
This picture is a shot of the all-time top scores on the flight. I snapped
it with my blackberry just before we landed.
Not sure if it’s clear enough to make out, but ‘GRREEE’ is at the top with
4900 points. That’s my wife, Greta.
She scored 4900, an almost impossible score, in the very first round. It
infuriated me to see her name at the top of the board. All lucky guesses.
So I played 15 straight rounds trying to beat it. My alias was ‘DAD.’ As
you can see, I came close with 4800, but it wasn’t good enough.
Humiliating.
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