128 Days Around the World

January 14, 2020

At Sea

Two Judys, Sherita, and I were at knitting. Sherita and I left at about 11:20 for trivia. Trivia was really hard. The winning team had 9 out of 15 – we only had 6.

1.How many pounds of candy is sold in the U.S. each Halloween – 300 million, 90 million, or 600 million pounds?

2.What is the chemical element “azote” now known as ?

3.Who was the first explorer to reach the North Pole?

4.What is Nike’s signature symbol called?

5.What is the fear of bees known as?

6.What boxer holds the record for the most career knock-outs?

As has become my habit, I worked on the Project Linus blanket in my cabin before heading to the Lido for lunch at 1 pm.

We had a simple craft today. We attached a piece of Velcro to an eyeglass cleaner cloth.

I read for awhile before changing in to swim clothes and heading to the Crow’s Nest for afternoon trivia. We had a sixth join us (Margaret does not play in the afternoon) but I did not get her name. We had 9 out of 15 and the winners had 14.

1.What is the capital of Pakistan?

2.What letter can be found on a violin?

3.What kind of wood is traditionally used to make a didgeridoo?

4.In what novel did Hannibal Lecter make his first appearance?

5.Which country produces the most pasta in the world?

6.What is the mathematical sequence of numbers where each number is the sum of the two previous ones?

7.What is the only South American country that has English as its official language?

I went straight to the Sea View Pool after trivia. The pools were open but the water was sloshing around and I am not a strong enough swimmer to do laps in that. Instead I did a modified lap that likely took more energy than regular ones. I swam for a half hour.

Listened to Diane in the Piano Bar before dinner. People are getting to the dining room earlier and earlier. I left the Piano Bar at 7:50. It is about a two-minute walk to my table. Most of the tables I passed on the way had already had food served! It was Brazilian night and some of the dishes were Brazilian favorites. We were each given a feather boa upon arrival in the dining room. They were molting badly and there was a trail of feathers from the dining room to the Mainstage.

The show was “multi-instrumentalist” Mark Donoghue. Tonight he played only the violin, piano, and harmonica because two of his suitcases did not get to Belem yesterday. I am fairly certain I have seen him before on a ship. He was very good.

When I returned to my cabin there was a note that our stop at Benoa, Bali had been extended to an overnight call. This will allow the Indonesian crew more time to visit with families and friends.

Another day at sea tomorrow.

Morning trivia

1.600 million

2.nitrogen

3.Perry

4.swoosh

5.melissophobia (from the Greek) - apiphobia is from the Latin and is also correct although it was not counted for trivia – of course, that was our answer

6.Archie Moore (who??????)

Afternoon trivia

1.Islamabad

2. F

3.eucalyptus

4.The Red Dragon

5.USA

6.Fibonacci

7.Guyana