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SUPER MARIO THEMED EVENT AT IDLE HOUR RECAP

Wed Feb 22 2023
| by Quizmaster Adam Korenman
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It’s a ME. King Trivia!

Welcome to a very special edition of the greatest quiz show on Earth. Or should we say, the greatest quiz show in the entire Mushroom Kingdom! That’s right, the monarch of mystery has taken the show through a giant green pipe and into the world of Super Mario. 

23 teams warped in to collect 100 coins, consume some mushrooms, and defeat the tyrannical lizard kings (Editor’s Note: King Trivia has released no comment regarding the political situation in the Mushroom Kingdom).

Round One warmed up the teams’ trivia muscles and prepared them for the epic war to come. Ten teams held a tie for first place, but all that would change quickly. 

Round Two immediately separated those teams that had prepared for this game with those that had not. Emergency Food: None Pizza, Left Mushroom, The Koopalings, The Bleeding Birdos, and Hot Diggity Dogs took a tie for first, beginning a bitter rivalry that would carry to the end of the game. 

Round Three was a theme round within a theme show, a turducken of trivial mastery. Emergency Food and Hot Diggity Dogs locked horns in first.

Round Four saw the top spot hold position, with Bleeding Birdos and Koopalings in a tight second. 

For our Drinking Round, we paid homage to the original live action Mario, Lou Albano. With a tie-breaker win, Third Mario Brother earned the free shots. 

As this was a competition with some iconic characters at the center, we held a Voice Acting competition to see which team could do the best impression of these legends of the 8-bit cartridge. While we crowned many winners, it was IDK that took home the coveted “best Mario” award. 

Our leaderboard remained nearly unchanged through the latter half of the show, though Bowser’s Bitches and Bob-omb’s Burgers both made bids for the third place trophy. In the end, it took a tie-breaker to settle the score and award the big prizes. 

 

We crowned Hot Diggity Dogs as our grand champion, followed by Emergency Food: None Pizza, Left Mushroom and Bleeding Birdos. 

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1* 23325 Hot Diggity Dogs 112 16 0.971
1 66730 Emergency Food: None Pizza, Left Mushroom 112 16 0.971
3 90528 The Bleeding Birdos 94 15 0.882
4 90521 Bob-omb’s Burgers 87 14 0.824
5 The Koopalings 73 13 0.765
6 Bowser’s Bitches 66 12 0.706
7 90543 The Yoshs 63 11 0.647
8 68754 Geralt of Trivia 61 10 0.588
9 Mayreoh 56 9 0.529
10 90532 31 and not thriving. 51 8 0.471
11 86428 Red Team 42 7 0.412
12 90517 Mama Penguin 40 6 0.353
13 90533 Koopa Troopa Power Hour 37 5 0.294
14 90561 Peachshrooms 36 3 0.206
14 I DK 36 3 0.206
16 Toads the best 35 2 0.118
17 Cotton Eyed Hoes 33 1 0.059
18 90538 The Third Mario Brother 30 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker