QUIZ RECAP

Team San-YAY came to play this WINS-DAY!!!

That's right, everyone -- I do have friends outside of the GOAL fam! See, I wasn't making them up all this time!

We had an uproariously fun game because let's just say -- that drinking round, tho.

Me: "Well, I never thought I'd say the words 'heart-pounding action' and 'U.S. Presidents' in the same sentence -- but I guess that happened tonight."

The entire bar watched, with bated breath, as all eight representatives from each team battled it out during the Drinking Round, naming Presidents with the ease and flow as ...well, as people who really, really know their former Chiefs of Staff.

All the Roosevelts.

All the Bushes.

All the Andrews.

All the Adams.

Millard Fillmore.

Martin van Buren.

Then,

Three reps were left standing with only six Presidents left uncrossed out.

And then, there were two.

Toby Rollers and San-YAY.

And only three more Presidents to go.

And...as the tension grew and even your QM had to sit down in a booth because of the high-stakes adrenaline, San-YAY emerged VICTORIOUS as the bar, by democratic vote, ruled that Toby Rollers naming Grover Cleveland had already been said -- and even though he served twice, was only on the list once.

SO CONGRATS to SAN-YAY!

And they unanimously named their rep the MVP of the night as they enjoyed shots and Shirley Temples, courtesy of GOAL!

Interestingly enough, Toby Rollers and San-YAY were the only ones who knew the Golden Compass in the theme round, too.

And hey -- I agree with y'all -- Mentos and Orbitz and Icebreakers are all far rounder than Altoids, which are more elongated.

BUT I love my team who guessed BALSAMIC CRAB for the Connection round. Ya knew your oils, just not yo crabs. 🙂

The excitement continued as we had our FIRST-EVER TIE after Round Seven. In all my eight weeks of hosting at GOAL, never have I ever had to go to the Tiebreaker question yet.

But, we went there.

Ohhhhhh, we went there.

Spicey-Meat-a-Ball and Boardwalk 11 both emerged with 61 points -- and Boardwalk 11 emerged the winner of the night with their closer guess for the Super Duper Cut of Deadpool 2!

And my visiting team, Aliens of Extraordinary Ability, well -- thank you for visiting us from the UK! We couldn't let you guys go back home empty-handed!

So it helps that you won Third Place with 58 points.

You get a hat! And you get a hat!

And...well, we only have two hats. But the rest of your team members get amazing swag and a tale of trivia to rehash to all of your colleagues, friends, and family back home who ask what was the BEST part of your trip to LA.

Of course you're gonna say pub trivia at GOAL, right? Right?

What a lovely night full of laughs!

Thank you all for brightening up my WINS-DAY as ALWAYS!

And thank you I Lost My Virginity At... for that glass of wine for your hardworking QM and insisting you couldn't finish that bottle yourself.

Everyone's so nice here at GOAL. Bring more friends!! We wanna expand the fam 🙂