0°,0° - December 3

This morning at 9:49 am we were at zero degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude - we were at the Equator and the Prime Meridian.  The Captain told us that this would likely not register on the ship information page on the TV and it didn't but went from 00°00.01S, 000°00.01E to 00°00.02N, 000°00.02W but some were able to catch it on their GPS.  We all got a certificate to mark that we were each now a "trusty Emerald Shellback".

On a not so light note, my pain was back as bad as two days ago.  I limped around most of the day but then remembered my doctor had said I could take acetaminophen between doses of the NSAID when the pain was bad.  I had not brought any Tylenol but I did have a couple of Paracetamols left over from my last trip to Britain.  They did the trick and I was walking much better from about 6pm on.  Unfortunately, I have only two of them left and the store onboard only has liquid children's Tylenol.  So, my goal for tomorrow is to see if I can find any Tylenol or Paracetamol in Takoradi, Ghana.

Those were the only two out of the ordinary items of the day.

The show tonight was the duo of CH2.  They are two classically trained guitarists from South Africa.  They put a different spin on such songs as Billie Jean, My Way, and Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.

1pm trivia - We had 13 out of 18 and the winning team had 17.

1.  What famous monument does Cary Grant climb at the conclusion of North by Northwest?

2.  What type of wood did the Beatles sing about?

3.  What European country had a short lived revolution in 1956?

4.  What nation boasts 1000 permanent residents and exports no goods?

5.  Which civilization produced the first ceramics - Egyptian, Chinese, or Japanese?

1.  Mount Rushmore

2.  Norwegian Wood

3.  Hungary

4.  Vatican City

5.  Japanese

4pm trivia - We had 12 out of 18 and the winning team had 17

1.  What is a male dolphin called?

2.  Laura Dekker is the youngest to circumnavigate the world solo.  How old was she?

3.  What is "Love" equal to in tennis?

4.  Which continent (other than Antarctica) goes furthest south?

5.  What is the furthest north landlocked country in Europe?

1.  bull

2.  16

3.  0

4.  South America

5.  Belarus

7pm - Poorly Explained Movie Plot Trivia - I had 8 out of 18 and the winning team had 12

1.  A man escapes the jungle but finds the jungle comes with him.

2.  A male and female become one with their ponytails.

3.  I can't talk about this one.

4.  A dark-souled woman debates falling in love with a dead man or a dog.

5.  A series of naps.

6.  A father plays hide and seek with his family in a grand hotel.

7.  A baby dies of old age.

1.  Jumanji

2.  Avatar

3.  Fight Club

4.  Twilight

5.  Inception

6.  The Shining

7.  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Takoradi, Ghana tomorrow.

Smooth sailing until next time!

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