QUIZ RECAP

• Teams launched with a fury not seen this 2019, with moderately nigh scores all around in round 1, but a few doubles From Tequila Mockingbirds, Birthday Party Satan, and There's Always Next week sent them soaring ahead - and proved prophetic, as these three teams would take the prizes at the end of the night.

Hieroglyphic allusions sent the teams on the right track for rappers, but they had to make it the rest of the way, and Nelly stumped most. In round three it was all about silence and the quizmaster was astounded by teams' knowledge of Kenny Rogers' discography. Round 4 kept teams young, but most could have used a little fairy dust to help fly to the answer a bit earlier. Round 5 had heads scratching, but a few teams were able to divine the connection. Round 6 was an interesting upset with almost every team missing the same answers, with a mode of 7 for the round. Speaking of sevens and rounds, teams were able to Lego of their reservations and throw every nerdy reference they could think of down, but each team missed at least three franchises, leaving no perfect scores for round 7.

Regardless of the final performance, the competition was stiff and the winners scored pretty high, keeping a commanding presence at the top of the board.

QUIZ RECAP

Mostly high answer rates kicked off the night, but the spread was wide with quite a few debut doubles which repeated in round 2!

Confidence was beat down by round 3 with zero double attempts and a lower score average and teams softly floated guesses in round 4, mostly waiting til clue 3.

Things picked up after the drinking round and groups hungry for victory pushed forward, doubling or zeroing out in an attempt to pull ahead.

A slew for high-value doubles in round 6 shook up the ladder, but the only attempts in round 7 failed, leaving the stalwart few at the top.

QUIZ RECAP

The night was damp, okay, wet, alright it was soaked. We've got more rain this season than all of last season's total. Actually, we crossed that point two weeks ago. I know we needed it, but sheesh, LA's maybe, just maybe, not built for this. You know what it is built for? Trivia. That's right. Trivia with a capital T which rhymes with - nevermind we're not doing that.

The first and second rounds were a cakewalk for most teams. The only few who didn't score big had a misplaced answer on a double-down or didn't double down at all, but no one missed more than one question in either round. Round 3 was a high score as well, and teams astounded with their knowledge of the more vague portions of Sarah Silverman's Biography. Knowing they needed to pull ahead if there would be any triumph, leading teams were still a bit wary with the double-downs, which allowed those trailing to pull into contention. some tough decisions were made as everyone pumped the brakes in round 6, and 7, evening down to a tiebreaker between Free Smoke and the triumphant BSFV All-Stars. Every point counted, even getting those pens in as the top 4 teams remained within a 3 point spread.