Answer: Chalk up the reason you're bad at audio stuff to "being a girl." Team No Fun lived up to their name when they booed me for that. Jokes. You've read about them. Now experience the real thing.

The folks at the Wilde Rover were mercifully patient as I subbed for Dartanion tonight, and didn't bat an eyelash (uh, to my face) when I couldn't figure out the big flashy sound board. Other than passive-aggressive comments on their score sheets, that is. Nice folks.

It was made clear by several teams that Round Three was better than Round One, but probably most of all when Round One Sucked changed their name to Round Three Was Awesome. Gosh, someone should be working in advertising.

I personally liked the round about boats. I don't know. I wouldn't have aced it or anything; I just thought it was aesthetically, um, nice. Boats.

The standings took a dramatic turn toward the end when a guy from Senior Moments informed my score-boy Simon that his friend happened to have celiac disease but calls it "sprue," so he wrote sprue, so that's right because his friend has it and should know. Simon and I laughed at him and made our hands talk and said, "This is you: blar blar hurrrr," but a last-minute, hey-why-not Google check actually confirmed it, and the Senior Señors jumped into second place for a photo finish. Well. How do you like that.

I like it. Like a boat.

Favorite team name of the night has to be Blastomer. (Isn't that a kind of cancer? As pronounced by Mayor Quimby?) They won the prize for dead last place, then left before they could claim it, but I want to make sure to give them some ups here. Way to be, Blastomer . . . if you can hear me wherever you are.

Photos of the nice people:

The Scores:

Pepper Jack                 74
Senior Moments              60
Dogs Playing Poker          59
Frumious Bandersnatch       55
The Ex-Pats                 54
Round One Sucked            48
Team No Fun                 47
Mixed Nuts                  46
Hilarity Ensues             39
The Glamor Girls            35
The Book Club Dropouts      34
And Then There Were Two     33
Cutie Cakes                 31
Blastomer                   13