QUIZ RECAP
While a number of our regular teams took the week off, we were able to welcome three new teams to King Trivia at Liberation Brewing on Thursday night: Kernie, Meet at 12, and Shyla's Angels.
Round 1, General Knowledge, showed that many of the teams were quite versed in their good witches and Fleetwood Mac members. New team Kernie took the early lead.
Round 2, the Picture Round, was another round where every team excelled. They knew their fictional Presidents well. Pop Culture Idiots got all eight answers correct and took a slim lead over three other teams.
Round 3, where all questions and answers referenced the decade that just ended, was a little tougher than the previous two rounds. Teams mistook their Kardashians, couldn't remember who the Cubs beat in the World Series, or weren't aware just how popular Imagine Dragons was. (Can't blame them on the last one.) New team Meet at 12 was able to get the most answers in this round correct, and took their first-ever lead.
Round 4 this time was not a Guess Who? but a Guess What? The morning before, Quizmaster Edward tests his wife on the questions, and we didn't figure out the answer until we were at the four-point clue. But both Meet at 12 and Squid Pole Pollywig were able to Guess What? on the ten-point clue, and Meet at 12 was able to open their lead.
Round 5, Find the Connection, was probably the hardest round this Quizmaster has ever seen, as a player or a Quizmaster. Several teams were able to get the majority of the answers, but no team was able to make the connection. Truth be told, if I didn't have the answers, I wouldn't have gotten it either. Shyla's Angels made a strong advance towards first place, but Meet at 12 would still maintain a decent lead.
Round 6, matching musical numbers to the sports or competition, was another toughie for everyone involved. Frankly, I didn't know there had been a Rocky musical, or a musical about hockey. Rose Before Thorns got the most answers correct this round, while Meet at 12 was still able to hold on to the top spot.
Round 7 asked about Miss America and which states the most winners came from. While most teams were able to pick correct and probably obvious answers like California and New York, most teams guessed states like Hawai'i, which you'd think might have produced several Miss Americas over the years but not enough to qualify as an answer here. And at the end, Meet at 12 was able to hold off all contenders to take first place, while Rose Between Thorns came in second. And because, even in competition, we're all friends, the two teams were able to come together for a victory photo.
Thank you to everyone who came out for King Trivia at Liberation Brewing this week, and we hope you'll join us again soon.
