Watching The World Series of Pop Culture is always an exercise in restraint. I love the concept, it was meant for geeks like me, and I have so much fun answering the questions and impressing my husband. But since I've flailed in the audition process ... twice ... I also find myself questioning what certain contestants have got that my teammates and I haven't.

Most of the guys and gals last night were good-to-awesome. The lone exception was the sole female member of "The White Russians," 25 and possibly dumb as paste. She approached the mic for the "Pop Music of the 80s" round and was given "When Doves Cry" from 1984. "Ummm ... I was two, so I don't know!," she smugly giggled. Given "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" from 1981, she huffs "I wasn't even born!" And then she guessed "Pour Some Sugar On Me" for 1982's "Rock the Casbah." Sacrilege.

If you refuse to know anything outside of the years in which you've walked the planet, don't volunteer for the EIGHTIES category. As blathering texted me, "Age is not an excuse for stupidity." And secondly, how did this dummy pass the written test, which I know full well had questions from the early 80s. According to the rules, every team member had to pass the test, it wasn't a collective effort, so if her boys got 100% and she got 20%, it wouldn't matter. Maybe she was nervous and blanking. Maybe she knows everything about everything EXCEPT music but again, why tackle the category? Though it seemed as though she'd use the same excuse no matter what the question. "The Exorcist? Never heard of it, Pat. That was 10 years before I was born! And who the f*ck are the Rolling Stones?"

Grrrr.

I am of course tuning in to catch every last minute of the competition.