Took second tonight at the quiz. We led after the first round (on the history of the Macintosh), but then took a beating on a Simpsons-based round -- specifically, one based entirely on the "Cape Feare" episode. We battled back to the lead going into the final round, but then dropped three questions, two of which are below:

1. what American composer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member has an asteroid, a gene, a goby fish, a jellyfish, a mollusk, and a spider named for him? Frank Zappa (Phil) - we were hung up on more pioneering names, and because of the marine life mentioned went with Brian Wilson, rather than the weird noodly stuff mad scientists listen to. Once the answer was revealed, Leah asked if we would have come up with it had she said "the Gary Larson of rock." Maybe. I should have thought "spider" and remembered my conversation with Julie at ABD where she mentioned a co-worker who was a huge Zappa fan.

2. In what year did Mario Lemieux retire the first time? 1997 (Brian) - we guessed 1996. I had overestimated the usual waiting period for getting into the Hockey HoF, and then forgot that the waiting period was waived in Mario's case.

3. Who was the Apple engineer who headed up the first Macintosh project? Jef Raskin (Roy)- We got this.