Project MERCATOR: Misty Beavers Dynasty—The History of History Quiz Night '16, in Song
Pete Yorn, "Red Right Hand" (from Hellboy) via iTunes (The Last Angry Man)
Commentary: I arrived at History Quiz Night virtually in the nick of time, having come directly from the Holy Redeemer Knights of Columbus Lenten Friday fish fry. I entered the familiar surroundings of the Firkin & Fox, made my way up the stairs to the second-floor dining hall, & signed from my complimentary participant's swag bag. I love swag!
Per my usual custom I was wearing last year's History Quiz Night T-shirt; over this I donned the new year's event T-shirt. I was shocked by the color: red. Blood red. Past History Quiz Night T-shirts came in an assortment of colors, including gray, brown, & myriad shades of blue. Now, red. Red. Blood, sacrifice, aggression, frenzy. The red mist, which descends to blind a competitor to everything but the need–not desire, need—to win. In this same familiar space; out of the same cheery, maize, plastic sack—emblazoned "M Flint Department of History"—that held the customary swag of a small bag of candy & a pen, a luggage tag, a cup, & a stress ball—all History Dept. branded—came this blazing red provocation. Quite literally, we were all seeing red.
Was this an omen? Or was this a self-fulfilling prophecy? I yet had no idea what lay ahead, no foreknowledge of the path we would walk in our bid to claim a third consecutive History Quiz Night championship, our bid for dynasty. Red. Our destiny, our dynasty would be written in red.
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