QUIZ RECAP

What started out as a modest game soon grew into the largest game I've hosted yet at Slater's 50/50! Many burgers were munched and beers were downed as several of the new teams to the venue warmed themselves up for the upcoming Tournament of Champions this weekend.

The first round proved that experience will get you nowhere in general trivia as everyone stayed very even, but the singular Thirsty Pretzel stretched to an early lead as they identified all but one of our celebrated pigs (curse you, Leonard Mudbeard...you and your Angry Birds Movie!) after a botched Double or Nothing by Highway Stars.

But our eventual winners made up for that by using another Double or Nothing in the third round to catapult them into the lead from last place! Kathryn Hepburn proved especially polarizing, as she was easily identified by two teams (Highway Stars and Knock on Wood) but everyone else came up short, which means they all have a lot of new classic movies added to their bucket lists courtesy of moi.

But after what amounted to the CW Night in Round 5 left people scratching their heads in the cornfields of Kansas, nearly everyone aced the religious texts (Book of Shadows, anyone?), with a perfect score by Highway Stars and a near-perfect score by Knock on Wood and Uffda, we arrived at the dreaded Round 7 which did not disappoint...

NETFLIX

Turns out most of our teams did not know about two things tonight: music (poor Kendrick Lamar and Janelle Mon?e) and Netflix. Several teams included Fuller House as a drama and almost everyone had Ozark on their list despite not premiering until a year after Stranger Things...but at least that was closer to the mark.

But after the streaming dust had settled, Highway Stars maintained their lead and won the night, continuing their momentum into the Tournament of Champions this weekend! Good luck, team!

A tiebreaker resulted in the Patriots winning again...can't catch a break, can we, SoCal? Bringing the third place prize to our Thirsty Pretzel.

Thanks for a great week, everyone! See you next time!