QUIZ RECAP

What's shakin' at Shakertin's you might ask?  Just the usual Tuesday night trivia quiz, in which some were shaken but not stirred to answer some trival questions of the current news and pop culture scene.  (There were no James Bond questions alas, but I trust the above reference ignited at least one 007 synapse.) 

Welcome backs were extended to the Bowtie Alpacas and the Dog Whisperer, who found their way over from the defunct venues to reunite with Quiz Master Lou and KTPQ once again.  Here for the Beer scored a third place victory after a tense tie breaker by under estimating the population of Greece.  Now, talk about cosmic coinky dinks, Greece was not only one of the 11 "G" UN Member countries asked for in Round 7, but the real synchronicity occurred when select members of Deadly Alliance had just returned from a Mediterannen cruise and had just trodden Greecian soil!  They were chomping at the bit to answer that query, but had no need as they had won first place with an astonishing Double-or-Nothing 3X! Talk about stars aligning!  Our old school friends Wossa Matta-U returned from a gruelling semester and brought their weighty brains to win second place handily.  

The above mentioned Round 7 challenge brought on some desperate guesses when one cannot remember the names of those elusive realms whose existence resides under the letter "G".  For example: 

Gutustan

GotMilkania

GrandStansk

GoAlltheWayin

GratefulDeadia

GoWestYoungManistan

GiveanInchTakeaMiland 

In closing, I'd just like to thank Karen of Deadly Alliance for her kind words last night.  She reminded me that hosting a trivia quiz can be more than just reading the questions and keeping score.  She told me that since she and her husband retired, and because they had worked all their lives (keeping noses to the grindstone so to speak) that they never had the chance to go out and socialize.  She explained that since playing KTPQ in the last few years, they have forged friendships with some of the other team members that have genuinely enriched their lives.  So she thanked me for that occurrence...  Thank you, Karen.  You touched my heart! 

QM Lou, signing off.