Day 134: Naming Our Trivia Team in Puns

Dialogue

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   A

   Faltan diez minutos para que empiece la trivia y seguimos sin nombre. Derek, vienes prometiendo uno genial desde el martes.

   Ten minutes till the quiz starts and we still don't have a name. Derek, you've been promising us a great one since Tuesday.

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   B

   Y aquí lo traigo, recién salido del horno: “Los Triviales”. Porque jugamos trivia y porque, seamos honestos, no somos nada del otro mundo.

   And here it is, fresh out of the oven: “The Trivials.” Because we play trivia and because, let's be honest, we're nothing to write home about.

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   C

   No hay cantina en todo Guerrero que no tenga sus “Triviales”. El mes pasado nos ganaron unos, y todavía me arde.

   There isn't a cantina in all of Guerrero that doesn't have its own “Trivials.” Some beat us last month, and it still stings.

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   A

   Tengo uno mejor: “Sin Plata pero con Datos”. Estamos en Taxco, llegamos quebrados a la quincena y, técnicamente, sabemos cosas.

   I've got a better one: “No Silver but Plenty of Data.” We're in Taxco, we're always broke before payday and, technically, we know things.

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   B

   ¿Datos de celular o de cultura general? Porque no conozco a nadie en esta mesa que se sepa ni la capital de Guerrero.

   Cell phone data or general knowledge? Because I don't know anyone at this table who even knows the capital of Guerrero.

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   C

   Chilpancingo, sabelotodo. Pero ese nombre suena a anuncio de casa de empeño. Yo vengo pensando en uno desde la combi: “Los Cantinfleros”.

   Chilpancingo, know-it-all. But that name sounds like an ad for a pawnshop. I've been thinking about one since we got on the minibus: “The Cantinfleros.”

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   A

   ¿Por la cantina o por Cantinflas? Porque si es por hablar mucho sin decir nada, nos queda como anillo al dedo, y de plata.

   After the cantina or after Cantinflas? Because if it's for talking a lot without saying anything, it fits us like a ring on a finger, and a silver one at that.

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   B

   Por eso mismo no: con ese nombre, cada vez que fallemos, el animador va a decir que andamos cantinfleando, y va a tener razón.

   That's exactly why not: with that name, every time we get one wrong, the host will say we're rambling like Cantinflas, and he'll be right.

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   C

   ¡Ya viene el animador con la hoja! Derek, tú que andabas tan inspirado, sálvanos.

   The host's coming with the sheet! Derek, you were so inspired earlier, save us.

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    B

    “Quién Sabe”. Así, cuando pregunte “¿quién sabe la respuesta?”, levantamos la mano con toda la razón del mundo.

    “Who Knows.” That way, when he asks “Who knows the answer?,” we can raise our hands with every right in the world.

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    A

    ¿Y al final? “En último lugar, Quién Sabe”. Y nadie en la cantina se va a enterar de que fuimos nosotros.

    And at the end? “In last place, Who Knows.” And nobody in the cantina will find out it was us.

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    C

    ¡Ay, ya, que se me sale la Berta por la nariz! Apúntalo antes de que se nos ocurra otro peor.

    Oh, stop it, the Berta's coming out of my nose! Write it down before we come up with a worse one.

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