QUIZ RECAP

Started from the bottom, now we're here... A cold LA day in January, with 5 teams, one of them being the Rocco's staff has transformed into a hot July evening with 14 teams, a full bar, and bustling game of trivia.

Way too many questions, you must think I trust ya - You searchin' for answers, I do not know nothing. The game featured 7 teams spending 5 rounds within 10 points of one other. So many questions, successful doubles, unsuccessful doubles, missed opportunities to double...

Came up, that's all me, stay true, that's all me, no help, that's all me, all me for real. Regulars versus Rookies had another chapter, but for the majority of this one - veterans ruled. It was head to head, wire to wire: Paddington Kills versus Mr. T Says...Curling is Cool, Fool! (who, by the way, lived the gimmick, as the two of them went curling this past weekend - I saw the pictures to prove it). Paddington opened a big lead on T, but a successful double pushed it back to a 3 points game..

Higher powers taking a hold on me. What Happened Last Night, new entrants to the Rocco's fun -- finally let their gambling team leader take hold on things (he was even identifying bands on the between rounds/questions music playlist), and with only 3 questions missed over the final 4 rounds - propelled themselves into a 3rd place finish.

I go 0 to 100, real quick, real quick. Philosophical Distinction steady, but slow building all game long, unsuccessfully attempted a 2x or nothing on the connection round, but came right back and successfully put down a matching round double that VAULTED them into a 2nd place finish.

They got enemies, got a lot of enemies, got a lot of people tryna drain them of this energy. Even on a record night for team entry, Paddington Kills rose above, always holding at least a share of first place, and coming through with a thrilling 3 point victory to take the night.

Oh, and starting each paragraph with a Drake lyric? That's because, like the lives of a millennial, our game came down to a Drake album. Round 5, Philosophical Distinction, in the midst of a perfection double or nothing run, misidentified the Drake album at question, and that one answer was the difference between successful and unsuccessful, and ultimately the game - it was that close.

You know when that hotline bling, that can only mean ONE thing...

Until next week....