Saturday, February 27, 2010

Name Game

Coming to Budapest, my goal was two-fold: learn advanced mathematics, and become a more culturally sensitive and aware human being. There may have also been something in there about consuming massive amounts of pastries and posting massive amounts of silly pictures on Facebook.
I would not be a Graber if I passed up an opportunity to take all that I've learned so far and play some serious hardcore Jeopardy with myself (already my family is gathering in my parents' room, ready to shout out answers and advice to seemingly deaf contestants)(seemingly deaf contestants being me)(I'm not deaf, I'm just on another continent). Special thanks to ethics Professor Niccolo Machiavelli for helping me choose fair, equalizing categories with which I have no chance of failing.
So Alex, I'll take "American Baby Names of the late 1980s" for 200.
Clue: The name given to at least half of all boys in an attempt to confuse future conversations, and the nicknames used to avoid said confusion.
(*buzzer*) What is Sam, and what are Texas Sam and Drunk Sam?
Go me! 200 Ft! I can almost buy half a can of Diet Coke!

For 400:
Clue: The name of the remaining half.
(*buzzbuzz*) What is David, as in "Tall David, Curly David, and Short David" or "Tall David, Slightly shorter David, and omigod are you kidding my why are there so many Davids here David (also called Chris Pine David)"?
OMG you guys! 600 Ft! 2 Diet Cokes! I'm rich (and soon to be caffeinated)!

For 600:
Clue: Just kidding! The name of the rest of them (you know, not in either of the two halves. Now you know what advanced math is like).
(*annoyedbuzz*) What is screw this we have to keep track of the Daniels too?
Ugh. Me and my 1200 Ft. (I can add! Well, sort of) are going to go buy a sidewalk.

For 800:
Clue: Come on, stick around for a little bit! We haven't got to the girls yet. When mommy and daddy weren't keeping track of little David, Sam, and Daniel, they were busy naming their baby girls these!
(*buzzwishingfordeath*) What is I quit, the Brittanys, Sarahs, and Melanies are just going to have to come up with their own damn nicknames; we're math majors, we're not that creative and, apparently, neither were our parents?
Can I go now? I've got a museum to purchase.

For 1000:
Clue: Alright, no more nicknames. This name is surprisingly absent among the math students here, since there's only one (and there is NEVER only one).
(*comingdownfromabuzz*) What is Rebecca, which can't be right so I'm sure that somebody is hiding a Rebecca in their suitcase, if not five of them?

You know what? I'm not going to stick around for the other categories (even though I would ace Things American Students Do When Drunk in Foreign Countries). I'm going to go pick up a chocolate turnover and a new memory card for my camera. And possibly a hotel on Park Street.

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