QUIZ RECAP
Did we mention we love dogs? This little mini-labradoodle joined us tonight, and we'd love to see you bring your dog too! Some week, maybe I'll bring mine.
Tonight, on Valentine's Day Eve, good friends enjoy some fine beer and food along with their trivia. There was not a hungry heart to be seen. And we were full of love for the two new teams that joined the King Trivia family tonight: Luchadores, and The Penguins.
Round 1 was, as always, our General Knowledge round. We learned who was singing the new Bond theme (which, incidentally, dropped this very evening), which state was the last to be added to the contiguous United States, and which President is featured on the front of a specific piece of currency. All teams did well this round, with Quid Pro Paleo taking the early lead.
Round 2, our Picture Round, asked players to identify the movies based on the breakup scene depicted. Five of the eight teams got at least six of the eight movies correct, and one of the teams successfully doubled down. Dean Lockwood would take a commanding lead.
Round 3, our themed round, asked players to correctly identify the novel in question from the first line of each book and the last name of the author. Your quizmaster would have gotten a big fat zero in this round if he were playing (although he has seen the movie adaptation of four of these novels), but most teams were able to identify at least half of the books in question. At the end of the round, the leaders of Round 1 and of Round 2 would be tied for the top spot.
Round 4 this week was not a Guess Who or a Guess What but a Guess Where. Your humbled quizmaster had trouble saying "archipelago" no less than six times, but that didn't stop three teams from being able to guess the answer correctly at the eight-point level. Two of those teams, Dean Lockwood and Quid Pro Paleo, would remain tied for first place.
Round 5 was a good Find the Connection round. Most teams did not dwell on what the first nine answers had in common, and Dean Lockwood would take a one-point lead from Quid Pro Paleo.
Round 6, our pick and choose round, asked players to match the 2010s love song with the artist/group who performed it. If I were playing, I would have only gotten two of the ten answers correct (as evident in this evening's playlist, which had no songs from the 21st Century), but no less than four teams were able to identify all ten correctly. But only one team went for a Double or Nothing here, and that gutsy move would catapult Tequila Mockingbird from fifth place all the way to the top, one point ahead of Quid Pro Paleo.
Our final round of the evening asked about everyone's favorite Valentine's Day gift: chocolate. All but one team was able to successfully guess at least seven of the answers correctly, and in the end, Tequila Mockingbird would hold off Quid Pro Paleo, maintaining that one-point lead to the end. Maybe it was that extra help from that cute little mini-doodle.
I hope all our players have a fantastic Valentine's Day, and we'll see you at Liberation Brewing next Thursday night for more King Trivia.
