QUIZ RECAP
What's more fun than the start of another season of Major League Baseball? Why, King Trivia at Liberation Brewing, of course. While Cody Bellinger couldn't join us tonight, your humble quizmaster was still able to good cheer and much knowledge to the assembled crowd. Tonight, we were able to welcome three new teams doing their first night of King Trivia. Welcome, Imagine Wagons, Let's Get Quizical and Most Player.
Round 1, as always, was the General Knowledge round. And, as always, all the teams generally knew most of the answers. Only three points separated all the teams after this round, with new regulars Rose Between Thorns taking the early lead.
Round 2, the Picture Round, asked players to remember some of our nation's historical Presidents based on pictures of people or places who share the same name. While most teams were able to get six to seven answers correct, most struggled with one specific picture. Only one team was able to correctly identify the President associated with Picture #3. Most teams thought the blond moppet in the picture was Aaron Carter, which is understandable since there was a President Carter. New team Imagine Wagons successfully doubled their point total and took a commanding lead.
Round 3 had to do with coffee. COFFEE!
COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you know Hugh Jackman has his own line of coffee? I did, and it's quite good actually. Only half the teams did, and only one team was able to successfully identify which coffee company has their Store Number 1 inside the CIA Headquarters. And while this would be Imagine Wagons' lesser rounds of the evening, they were still able to keep their sizeable lead over the other teams.
Round 4, the Guess Who? round, saw several teams make an educated guess on the ten-point clue. They were on the right track, but went with the more obvious (but still incorrect) answer. But all the teams had their answers in by the six-point clue, which had never happened to the host, either as a quizmaster or a player. One team even had their six-point answer in my hand while I was still reading the clue. Imagine Dragons and Risk It 4 the Biscuit would be tied at the end of the round.
Round 5, Find the Connection, was fun and exciting for most teams, who were able to figure out the connection very quickly. I had one new team ready to turn in their answer page after three questions, they were so excited to figure it out lickety-split. Imagine Dragons would take a one-point lead over Biscuit at the end of the round.
Round 6 asked teams to match the author to their autobiography or subject to their biography. And frankly, it was nice to see as many women as men represented, and a couple non-caucasian and non-Americans to boot. And Imagine Wagons would maintain their one-point lead over Biscuit going in to the final round.
Round 7 asked two questions with five possible answers. Since one of the questions was about the German language, and several previous questions were about or alluded to The Beatles, your humble quizmaster threw on the two songs they re-recorded in German for their fans in Germany, Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand and Sie Liebt Dich, while players grasped with the fundamental questions of life, taste buds and the Germanic languages. Rose Between Thorns made a successful double down on the final round, literally doubling their score for the night in just one round, but it was not enough to overtake our top two teams of the evening, Risk It 4 The Biscuit and Imagine Wagons.
Congratulations to all the teams for a good trivia run tonight, and I hope to see you all again next week.
Quizmaster Havens out!
