Last week, in an exciting match-up, our team ended up winning a trivia contest at a bar. We won because my friend and teammate Charlie knew the answer to a random question about the history of air conditioning. This was one of the oddest things that I have ever heard in my life; Charlie knows a lot about things, but I never would’ve guessed he knew about this. When he answered correctly, we stopped and stared at him in awe and disbelief. At that point, our trivia team was losing, and if we did not get the answer to this question, we would be eliminated from the competition. When I saw what the question was, I thought for sure that we were out. It was a bummer for us, too, because we had been doing so well in the competition. Charlie rang in. Was this a mistake, I wondered. I thought that he had accidentally pushed his buzzer and that all of us were completely out of luck. Then, he answered the question like a pro. He got it right! My jaw hit the floor when he answered that question correctly. Later on, after we had won, we asked Charlie how in the world he had known the answer. Who knew? His parent was a heating and cooling specialist when he was growing up, he said, and he used to read about heating and cooling systems for fun back when he was a kid!
Winning a trivia contest at a bar
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