Without looking it up...

[pegasuskat]

Does anybody know what the study of Mycology is?  I played Trivia at a restaurant last night with a group of 11, we were doing awesome but didn't know this one.  It was the final question, worth the most points and it made us get 2nd instead of 1st place.  I just wondered how many would actually know this without cheating, which is what we think the only group that got it right did.  We saw them with their smart phone under the table, which is against the rules/  We didn't say anything, but its making me madder thinking about it, it was for fun!  Cheaters ruin everything.

[Bernadine]

The study of fungus. But I worked in a microbiology lab. Maybe one of them did as well.

[Gato]

Study of mushrooms was my first thought. I see @rakisback has a way better answer.

[boxerdog]

I know, but I am a biologist.


That is bullshit that they were cheating! I have played trivia with obvious cheaters before and it ruins all the fun.

[waffletime]

Yup, but I'm a bio major. Cheaters suck.

[Deleted]

I would have had no idea until seeing this post.

[rupertpenny]

I knew it was mushrooms.

No science background, my brain is just a wasteland of useless facts.

[just]

I knew and just because I'm a trivia geek

[Deleted]

My sister is a mycologist. So, yes.

[poopedydoop]

I didn't know, but now I do! I learn something new everyday on ML.

[pegasuskat]

Sept 2, 2015 7:49:41 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

I knew it was mushrooms.

No science background, my brain is just a wasteland of useless facts.

Then you should go play, it is a lot of fun.  Just hate when cheaters cheat!  They are very clear about no phones being out, its not that hard to do without it for one hour.

[marylennox]

No, I would not know.

[rupertpenny]

Sept 2, 2015 7:51:37 GMT -5 pegasuskat said:

Sept 2, 2015 7:49:41 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

I knew it was mushrooms.

No science background, my brain is just a wasteland of useless facts.

Then you should go play, it is a lot of fun.  Just hate when cheaters cheat!  They are very clear about no phones being out, its not that hard to do without it for one hour.

I'm actually not great at bar trivia because I suck at pop culture.

I haven't gone to trivia since the advent of smartphones, I'm sure it's frustrating.

[Muddled]

It's in the name of the mushroom stand at the market, so yes.

[pegasuskat]

Good news is that we won a $20 gift cert. It won't go far split up, but it gives us a excuse to go again!

[iamgrace]

Yes, but I'm a biology teacher.

[FastHands]

I am a biologist and didn't know. And this is why I have trivia anxiety, because errybody looks at me for science questions, and the chances I actually know/remember the subject matter are SUPER slim. lol

ETA: I wouldn't assume someone who DID know was cheating, though. And I definitely wouldn't be stewing about it the next day. After all, it's all for fun, remember? lol

[PeonyParty]

Yeah, I wouldn't know this.

[sallywalker]

Yes, but my undergraduate degree is in biology.

[mrsd2006]

Never heard of it before.

[pegasuskat]

Sept 2, 2015 8:38:50 GMT -5 hiddendriveway said:

Hmm... No didnt know for sure. I would have spoken up ab the cheaters. No fair!!

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I should have, we had several kids around our area and I didn't want to make a scene. At this same place a few weeks ago a group got called out and they reacted badly, swearing and being jerks - but I enjoy playing so if it happens again I think we have to. It's supposed to be fun and a few jerks ruin that.

[underwaterrhymes]

In the pressure of the moment, I wouldn't have known this.

But when I looked at the word closely and thought for a moment, I remembered that it had something to do with mushrooms.

I would have been useless as a teammate, though.

[lilafowler]

Fungi

[Deleted]

Lots of biology and field biology in college. Yes, I know what it is.

Cheaters suck.

[Deleted]

I would have said loudly & brightly "How is the cell reception from under the table?!?"

[karmasabiotch]

No way would I have known that.

[panbitch]

Shrooms. But as previously established I'm a nerd and my dad trained as a botanist.

[pistolshrimp]

Yes, but I have a microbio background.

[agnes]

Would have never guessed it.

[sonrisa]

yes, law not bio here, but I guess I know enough people who do shrooms?