El Centenario Trivia Night Recap — Monday, May 18, 2026 | El Centenario trivia recap: Anti-Dentites dominate with TWO perfect rounds and 410K points, massive wager swings decide the night, and 5 teams battle through 80 questions.

Monday night trivia at El Centenario was an absolute masterclass in dominance. The Anti-Dentites returned and put on what might be the single most impressive performance in Gleeful Events history — 76 out of 80 questions correct (95% accuracy), TWO perfect rounds, and a final score of 410,962 points that left the rest of the field in the dust. Five teams showed up to compete across four rounds, and while the final result was never really in doubt after the first half, the wager drama and late-game fireworks made for a wildly entertaining evening.

The Final Standings

Accuracy reflects only rounds played.

Two teams — Major and Friends and Team Tiger — joined mid-game for Rounds 3 and 4 only, so their point totals and accuracy reflect half the questions. Major and Friends debuted with an impressive 85% in R3 and clearly came to play.

Round 1: One-Syllable Wonders

The opening round featured a clever constraint — every answer was a single syllable. Three teams started the night, and the questions ranged from astronomy to chemistry to ancient mythology.

Room accuracy: ~73%

Round 1 Winner: Anti-Dentites — 90% accuracy

The Anti-Dentites came out firing with 18 of 20 correct, setting the tone for the rest of the evening. Quincy and Walking Guacos both put up respectable showings, but the gap was already forming.

The round's defining moment was Q7 — asking which Greek letter represents the wave function in quantum mechanics. The answer was Psi, and not a single team got it right. Zero percent accuracy. It was the only question all night where every team in the room whiffed. Q12, asking for the element with atomic number 82 (Lead), also proved tricky at just 33% — only one of three teams nailed it.

R1 Question Accuracy Highlights:

• 0%: Q7 (Psi — quantum mechanics wave function) — the night's only universal miss
• 33%: Q12 (Lead — atomic number 82)
• Most other questions landed in the 67-100% range for this strong opening field

Round 2: That's What HE Said!

Round 2 shifted to famous quotes — players had to identify who said it. And the Anti-Dentites went absolutely flawless. Twenty questions, twenty correct answers. A perfect 100% round.

Room accuracy: ~67%

Round 2 Winner: Anti-Dentites — 100% accuracy (20/20 PERFECT)

This was a clinic. While Quincy and Walking Guacos battled through some tricky attributions, the Anti-Dentites didn't miss a single one. The room's toughest moments came on Q4 — the iconic "I'm walking here!" line, which belongs to Dustin Hoffman in "Midnight Cowboy" (just 33% correct) — and Q13, Marlon Brando's "offer he can't refuse" from "The Godfather," also at 33%. Even Q2, asking who sang "I'm Too Sexy" (Richard Fairbrass of Right Said Fred), tripped up most of the room at 67%.

Going perfect in a quotes round is genuinely difficult. Attribution questions are some of the trickiest in trivia because so many famous lines get misattributed in popular culture. The Anti-Dentites didn't flinch once.

R2 Question Accuracy Highlights:

• 100%: Anti-Dentites went 20/20
• 33%: Q4 (Dustin Hoffman — "I'm walking here!"), Q13 (Marlon Brando — "offer he can't refuse")
• 67%: Q2 (Richard Fairbrass — "I'm Too Sexy")

Round 3: Who What Where or When Am I?

All five teams were in the mix for Round 3, which used an identity-guessing format — clues described a person, place, thing, or time period, and players had to figure out what was being described. The expanded field brought fresh energy and some serious wager drama.

Room accuracy: ~53%

Round 3 Winner: Quincy — 133,222 cumulative pts after R3

This was Quincy's moment. Strong wagers pushed them to the top of the cumulative leaderboard heading into the final round, and they looked like legitimate contenders to dethrone the Anti-Dentites. Major and Friends made an outstanding debut at 85% accuracy — the second-best round accuracy of any team all night behind the Anti-Dentites' two perfect rounds.

The big wager story here was the Anti-Dentites actually stumbling. Q5, a wager question about the Paleozoic era, hit just 20% accuracy — and the Anti-Dentites lost 47,551 points on a wrong answer, guessing "Coco" when the answer was related to "Encanto." It was a rare crack in the armor, and it briefly tightened the standings.

Q17, about Louis Pasteur and chirality, also proved brutal at just 40% accuracy. The identity-guessing format rewards broad knowledge, and the room was clearly more challenged here than in the earlier rounds.

R3 Question Accuracy Highlights:

• 85%: Major and Friends' debut accuracy
• 20%: Q5 (Paleozoic era wager — devastated the Anti-Dentites)
• 40%: Q17 (Louis Pasteur/chirality)

Round 4: Trivia Grab Bag

The final round was a mixed bag of topics with escalating point values, and it produced both the night's biggest wager swing and the Anti-Dentites' second perfect round.

Room accuracy: ~52%

Round 4 Winner: Anti-Dentites — 100% accuracy (20/20 PERFECT)

That's right — two perfect rounds in a single night. The Anti-Dentites answered every single question in R2 and R4 correctly. In a game with 80 total questions, they missed just four across the entire evening.

The final wager was the defining moment of the night. The question involved the archery term for splitting one arrow with another — a "Robin Hood." The Anti-Dentites knew it and wagered big, earning a massive +112,500 points. Meanwhile, Quincy — who had been leading after R3 — wagered heavily and answered "Double Nock" instead of "Robin Hood," losing 102,000 points. That single question was a 214,500-point swing between the top two teams and is what turned a competitive game into a blowout.

Q18 (Theodolite) was the round's toughest at just 20% accuracy, and Q12 (Douglas Adams and "Doctor Who") also stumped the room at 20%. On the flip side, Q6 (Potassium) was the only question in the entire round that every team got right — 100% accuracy.

R4 Question Accuracy Highlights:

• 100%: Q6 (Potassium) — the round's only universal correct answer
• 100%: Anti-Dentites went 20/20 for their SECOND perfect round
• 20%: Q18 (Theodolite), Q12 (Douglas Adams/"Doctor Who")
• Final wager: +112,500 for Anti-Dentites, -102,000 for Quincy on "Robin Hood"

By the Numbers

• Teams registered: 5 (3 for all 4 rounds, 2 joined at R3)
• Total questions: 80 (4 rounds x 20)
• Overall room accuracy: R1 ~73%, R2 ~67%, R3 ~53%, R4 ~52%
• Perfect rounds: Anti-Dentites had TWO — R2 (20/20) and R4 (20/20)
• Anti-Dentites overall: 76/80 correct, 95% accuracy, 410,962 points
• Biggest single wager win: Anti-Dentites, +112,500 points (R4 final — "Robin Hood")
• Biggest single wager loss: Quincy, -102,000 points (R4 final — answered "Double Nock")
• Biggest wager swing (single question): 214,500 points between Anti-Dentites and Quincy on R4 final
• Anti-Dentites' biggest loss: -47,551 in R3 on "Encanto" question (answered "Coco")
• Fastest response of the night: Anti-Dentites, 1.001 seconds on Lionel Messi (R3 Q13)
• Hardest question: Q7 R1 (Psi — wave function) — 0% accuracy, the only question every team got wrong
• Easiest question: Q6 R4 (Potassium) — 100% accuracy across all teams
• Best debut: Major and Friends, 85% accuracy in R3
• Late joiners: Major and Friends (R3-R4, 72.5%) and Team Tiger (R3-R4, 61.8%)

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