Around the World Again

Monday, April 9, 2018

At Sea – April 9, 2018

After getting my roll and juice I headed to Sit and Stitch. We had about ten present.

We only had nine correct in morning trivia while the winning team had 13.

1)What is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box?

2)What is the only essential vitamin not in a white potato?

3)What are the dimensions of a cord of wood?

4)What is Africa’s largest country in area?

5)In Australian slang, what is an “esky”?

I went to lunch a few minutes earlier than usual because Cyndi and Ed were going to a wine tasting and I had to save our table for arts and crafts. I noticed today that people have started putting napkins on the tables to reserve four or six seats and not coming back for more than an hour. You would think we were making crafts out of solid gold and diamonds! Today’s craft was a crystal sun catcher.

The morning overcast skies cleared somewhat this afternoon and it was pleasant sitting by the Lido pool in the afternoon.

Evening trivia had a theme which was revealed in the two-point bonus question. Any guesses from the five questions below? We had 16 out of 17 correct and tied with two other teams for first place!

1)What international airport is “FLL”?

2)What is the name of the fortress in Manila?

3)Which African country has the most free roaming cheetahs?

4)What was the first Latin America country to adopt the US dollar?

5)What is the only Southeast Asian country never to be ruled by a European power?

Talked with Bev and two other Australians, Gillian and Anthony, after trivia.

Tonight was a Gala Night with the theme “Out of Africa”. Some people wore African or safari clothing, including our waiters. We had the Second Engineer host our table. He is from the Netherlands and likes to fish in his off time. I had a crab leg appetizer, Beef Wellington, and cheesecake for dessert.

The evening show was hits of Motown and Soul sung by Bruce Parker. He was very good.

Luanda, Angola tomorrow.