Trivia Night Recap: El Centenario — Monday, April 6, 2026

The "Anti-Dentites" Put On a Masterclass

Monday night trivia at El Centenario has been building momentum since its debut on March 23rd, and this week the competition hit another level. Nine teams showed up ready to play, and one of them — the "Anti-Dentites" — delivered what might be one of the most dominant performances we've seen at any Gleeful Events venue this year.

Four rounds. Ninety questions. 435,730 points. 82% accuracy. And three consecutive round wins to close out the night. Let's break it all down.

The Rounds

Round 1: April Fools, Hoaxes & Pranks (20 Questions)

We kicked things off with a round dedicated to history's greatest cons, pranks, and conspiracy theories. This was the toughest round of the night for the room, with just 51.6% overall accuracy. Questions ranged from Taco Bell's legendary Liberty Bell prank to the wrestling term "kayfabe" to the Cardiff Giant hoax of 1869.

"Hitch" took the R1 crown with an impressive 80% accuracy (16/20) and 14,298 points. The "Anti-Dentites" were right behind at 75% (15/20). On the flip side, the question about "kayfabe" — the wrestling term for staged storylines — stumped nearly everyone at just 12% accuracy. The Cardiff Giant's gypsum composition was equally brutal. But the Taco Bell/Liberty Bell wager was a crowd-pleasing closer — every single team that answered got it right for a perfect 100%.

Round 2: Baseball & Ballads (20 Questions)

A mashup of America's pastime and rock's biggest slow jams. This round was the highest-scoring of the night at 73.0% room accuracy, and it's where the "Anti-Dentites" started to pull away.

They went 19 for 20. Ninety-five percent. The only question they missed? We'll never tell. Meanwhile, the room collectively crushed the Billy Goat Curse question, Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart," the Harry Caray call, and Nolan Ryan — all at 100% accuracy. This crowd knows its baseball and its ballads.

The two wager questions told an interesting story. The Bryan Adams/"Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" wager caught "Taste the Rainbow" and "Tres amigos" on the wrong side — both wagered big and lost big. But the Jackie Robinson #42 closer was unanimous: every team that answered nailed it for 100%. When you know, you know.

Round 3: True or False Speed Round (30 Questions)

Thirty rapid-fire true-or-false questions designed to separate the trivia nerds from the lucky guessers. Room accuracy landed at 61.7%, and this is where the wager strategy really came into play.

The "Anti-Dentites" led the pack again with 22/30 correct (73%), but three teams — "Burrito loco," "Hitch," and "Shady Pines" — all tied at 20/30 (67%). The difference? Points. "Shady Pines" went from near the bottom of the leaderboard to building real momentum here, while "Hitch" maintained their position.

The mind-bending highlights: the entire room got the goldfish tank myth wrong (0% accuracy — they DO keep growing, folks!). Meanwhile, everyone correctly identified that Oxford is older than the Aztec Empire and that Australia is wider than the moon. The Shakespeare "assassination" wager split the room 62/38, and the Canary Islands closer (named after dogs, not birds!) caught two teams wagering on the wrong side.

Round 4: SPLASH — General Knowledge (20 Questions)

This was the big one — the debut of our brand-new SPLASH format. SPLASH stands for Science, Pop Culture, Literature, Arts, Sports, and History, and it's designed to be a true general knowledge gauntlet. Questions ranged from beta cells and gravitational lensing to Jackson Pollock's drip technique to the Hundred Years' War.

Room accuracy came in at 53.5% — exactly in our target range of 30-50% individual accuracy, which scales up when teams pool their knowledge. The "Anti-Dentites" were otherworldly at 90% (18/20), while the rest of the field ranged from 30-70%.

The SPLASH wagers were where the night got truly wild. The conductive metal question (silver, not copper!) caught 7 out of 8 teams off guard — only the "Anti-Dentites" got it right, pocketing 10,930 points while everyone else bled. The Coachella/Indio question was equally devastating at just 17% accuracy. And the Agatha Christie wager was the dagger: the "Anti-Dentites" wagered huge and earned 78,086 points on a question only 1 out of 6 teams answered correctly. By the time the Barbie/Greta Gerwig closer came around (100% — everyone knew that one), the "Anti-Dentites" had already built an insurmountable lead.

The single hardest question of the entire night across all four rounds? The Rugby World Cup question in SPLASH: "What country has won the most Rugby World Cup titles?" Zero percent. Not a single team said South Africa. (They won their fourth title in 2023, passing New Zealand.) Consider that one banked for next time!

The Numbers

Here's how the knowledge leaderboard stacked up — raw correct answers regardless of wagering:

The "Anti-Dentites" won both the points race AND the knowledge race — that's the sign of a truly complete performance. "Hitch" had more raw correct answers in R1 (16 vs. 15) but couldn't match the consistency across all four rounds. And look at "Shady Pines" — they went 20/30 in R3, tying "Hitch" and "Burrito loco," but their R1 and R4 performances kept them in 7th overall. Consistency is king.

Speed Demons

The fastest correct answer of the night belonged to "J2026" and "Tres amigos," both clocking in at 0.9 seconds on separate questions. "J2026" — who only joined in R3 — averaged a blistering 2.3 seconds per correct answer, the fastest in the room. "Tres amigos" wasn't far behind at 3.2 seconds. Even the winning "Anti-Dentites" took a more measured approach at 5.0 seconds average — proof that sometimes it pays to take a breath and think before you tap.

The Story of the Night

If you look at the final standings, you'll notice something dramatic: the "Anti-Dentites" finished with 435,730 points — nearly THREE TIMES the second-place team's 146,674. That's not just winning. That's a statement. Their secret? They combined elite knowledge (82% accuracy, best in the room) with fearless wagering. In the four biggest wager questions of R4 SPLASH alone, they netted over 200,000 points. When you're getting the answers right AND betting big, the math gets scary in a hurry.

But this is what makes trivia night so compelling: the points leaderboard doesn't always match the knowledge leaderboard. "Burrito loco" answered more questions correctly than "What the actual fact?" (55 vs. 45) but finished behind them in points (98,859 vs. 109,800). Wagering is the great equalizer — and the great separator.

SPLASH: The Verdict

We were thrilled with the debut of SPLASH at El Centenario. The format delivered exactly what we designed it to do: a balanced general knowledge challenge that rewards breadth of knowledge across six categories. The 53.5% room accuracy hit our sweet spot, and the mix of accessible questions (Barbie at 100%, Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" at 88%) and brain-busters (Rugby World Cup at 0%, silver conductivity at 12%) created plenty of dramatic moments. SPLASH will be a regular feature in our rotation going forward.

Final Standings

Per-Round Winners: R1 April Fools: "Hitch" (14,298 pts, 80%) R2 Baseball & Ballads: "Anti-Dentites" (50,000 pts, 95%) R3 True or False: "Anti-Dentites" (124,000 pts, 73%) R4 SPLASH: "Anti-Dentites" (248,760 pts, 90%)

Join Us Next Monday!

Think you can dethrone the "Anti-Dentites"? There's only one way to find out. Trivia Night at El Centenario runs every Monday from 6-8 PM. Grab some friends, grab some tacos (Monday special: 3 soft shell tacos for $5!), and come test your brainpower.

El Centenario is located at 2526 Middle Road, Bettendorf. Hosted by Gleeful Events.

See you there!