During our trivia fund-raiser on Saturday we got the question "In what state was Edgar Allan Poe born?" My teammates faces crinkled up in puzzlement. I didn't understand what was so hard about that.
"Wakefulness," I said with confidence. But evidently not confidently enough to sway them to write it down.
Competitor that I am, I offered another perfectly plausible answer of "Distress." Still my teammates had no appetite for success.
With the clock ticking, I shifted gears. "Solid!" I pleaded.
Meanwhile, oblivious to me, the team scribbled down "New Jersey" or some such thing.
The only "correct" answer announced was Massachusetts. I have my doubts!
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