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A rousing night of trivia at OB's, as usual. Look, I love the teams here, and there are a lot of smart players, but let's face it -- most of them suck when it comes to presidential history. And they're not great at rice-related trivia either.
But no matter. We still had a competitive game throughout the night, with Pussy Over Pancakes taking an early lead and staying there, thanks to a double down in the picture round. They knew every one of those album covers! I'd like to see their CD collection.
For the chili cheese round I asked teams to name 5 of the top 20 most commonly used English words. This was a LOT harder than it sounds -- "an" is not in the top 20, despite most teams guessing it. Finally regulars OBHave came through and won the gooey prize.
Congrats to all the winners, and even the losers. I love ya all equally.
| Game Rank | Team # | Team Name | Score | Teams Beaten | Team Beat Average |
| 1 | 17670 | Pussy over Pancakes | 55 | 12 | 1.000 |
| 2 | 17872 | Go FOX Yourself | 46 | 11 | 0.917 |
| 3 | 17193 | Do It For The Sam | 42 | 10 | 0.833 |
| 4 | 10243 | The Wallets of El Segundo | 37 | 9 | 0.750 |
| 5 | OBHave | 34 | 8 | 0.667 | |
| 6 | Piss Off M8 | 31 | 7 | 0.583 | |
| 7 | Longshots | 22 | 6 | 0.500 | |
| 8 | At Least the Celtics Lost | 20 | 5 | 0.417 | |
| 9 | 2 Jean Jackets and a Woof | 18 | 4 | 0.333 | |
| 10 | 213 | 17 | 3 | 0.250 | |
| 11 | What's My Yahoo Password? BonerJams4? | 15 | 2 | 0.167 | |
| 12 | I Think One of my Dads is Gay | 11 | 1 | 0.083 | |
| 13 | Pearson | 9 | 0 | 0.000 |
It was a packed house tonight at OB's Pub & Grill, with lots of trivia ups and downs. John's Here! must have had the secret weapon (John himself!) because they landed the top spot with a whopping 13 point lead! Among The FIELDS of Birthdays got to celebrate both a Birthday and a second place finish, while third place went to Pussy Over Pancakes after a successful comeback from a much lower position. Congrats to Digi Know That? for winning the Chili Cheese Fries Round by correctly guessing the TRT in seconds of my favorite film, Back to the Future Part II. And... who would have thought that you all knew so many Pringles flavors?? Thanks to everyone for coming out and letting me be your fill-in Quizmaster. 🙂
| Game Rank | Team # | Team Name | Score | Teams Beaten | Team Beat Average |
| 1 | 15096 | John's Here! | 79 | 10 | 1.000 |
| 2 | Among the FIELDS of Birthdays | 66 | 9 | 0.900 | |
| 3 | 17670 | Pussy over Pancakes | 58 | 8 | 0.800 |
| 4 | 17742 | Insert shitty team name here | 55 | 7 | 0.700 |
| 5 | TBD | 49 | 6 | 0.600 | |
| 6 | Rolling | 47 | 5 | 0.500 | |
| 7 | 10243 | The Wallets of El Segundo | 44 | 4 | 0.400 |
| 8 | 19600 | Digi Know That? | 38 | 3 | 0.300 |
| 9 | What Goes Up Must Come Down | 30 | 2 | 0.200 | |
| 10 | Just Friends | 17 | 1 | 0.100 | |
| 11 | Architects of Destruction | 15 | 0 | 0.000 |
We never have a dull night at OB's. Never.
Your friendly Quizmaster Jo also never predicts anything right. I thought for sure everyone would clean up in the Sugar Ray round, and nobody would figure out the Guess Who was Christoph Waltz. But the opposite happened! Most teams got fructose confused with sucrose, and only a few could remember that the singer for Sugar Ray was not, in fact, named Sugar Ray.
For the chili cheese round, I asked teams to look back at the history of the band KISS. There were ten different members over the years, but I only required the names of four. A bunch of teams guessed Gene, Paul, Ace and... Mike? Aaron? Nah. Finally Pussy Over Pancakes threw out ERIC and the fries were theirs.
Big shout out to our third place team (pictured above), Quiztopher Walken. He was a team of one, and remained in the top 3 of the game all night! Well done sir.
| Game Rank | Team # | Team Name | Score | Teams Beaten | Team Beat Average |
| 1 | 17670 | Pussy over Pancakes | 59 | 7 | 1.000 |
| 2 | 19600 | Digi Know That? | 54 | 6 | 0.857 |
| 3 | 10015 | Quiztopher Walken | 46 | 5 | 0.714 |
| 4 | Arya Ready For Trivia | 37 | 4 | 0.571 | |
| 5 | OBHave | 31 | 3 | 0.429 | |
| 6 | Architects of Destruction | 21 | 2 | 0.286 | |
| 7 | Second Place | 18 | 1 | 0.143 | |
| 8 | Get It Right Get It Tight | 12 | 0 | 0.000 |
