QUIZ RECAP

It was another fantastic fun night of trivia at Liberation Brewery. We welcomed friends old and new, and two new teams signed up on the King Trivia website. Welcome aboard, Smell Ya Later and Something Fishy.

The first round, as always, was General Knowledge. If you knew about Canadian football, who has hosted The Price is Right, or the name of a horror movie that opened in movie theatres tonight, you may have done well on this round. One team, Quid Pro Paleo, got all the answers correct, as well as the two bonus points for signing in for tonight's game. But would that help them win another game?

One question in the second round, our Picture Round, stumped everyone including your humble quizmaster on the final photo. Do you know what your 18th Century Scottish heroes look like? All teams did well this round, but none had a perfect score. Quid Pro Paleo kept the lead, but two teams, Smell Ya Later and Not Ken Jennings, were but one point behind.

Round 3, was a little difficult-ish. Half the teams confused A.C. Slater with Zack Morris, and some didn't know who Yu Darvish was, let alone who he pitches for now. When the dust settled, we had a new team atop the leaderboard, with Not Ken Jennings taking a one-point lead over Smell Ya Later.

Round 4, our Guess Who round, was trickier than your quizmaster expected, who expected everyone to know who played He Who Shall Not Be Named. But, alas, one team was not able to get the answer at all. Quid Pro Paleo would retake the lead, with Smell Ya Later and Not Ken Jennings one and two points behind, respectively.

The reaction to Round 5, the Find the Connection round, was... well, I was trying to come up with a good chemistry pun, but all the good ones argon. Because, you know, the connection was chemistry-related. Hey, what do you do with a dead chemist? Barium. Anyway, the back and forth between Quid Pro Paleo, Not Ken Jennings and Smell Ya Later continued. with QPP taking a razor-thin lead.

Round Six involved matching someone who was Time's Person of the Year with the decade they were named to that distinct honor. There was one ringer of a potential answer, one that every team took, but Princess Di was never named as a Time Person of the Year. With one round remaining, Smell Ya Later would take a one-point lead over Quid Pro Paleo.

Do you remember your Shakespeare tragedies? If you do, you would have done quite well with our final round: The Play's the Thing... That Isn't Funny. 12 possible answers, and one team was able to name nine of them. And with that top score in this round, our first-time team Smell Ya Later would take the top prize over perennial top finishers Quid Pro Paleo.

We had a great time with some great trivia, and I hope we see all of you again next week.