Recap – The Famous Bar
Thu Jun 27 2019

The Famous Bar

154 S. Brand Blvd.
Glendale CA 91204
(818) 241-2888
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About The Famous Bar

The Famous craft cocktail lounge is located in Glendale's historic Huntley-Evans building, directly across the street from the Americana at Brand. It follows an eclectic and rich pedigree of establishments that have called this building home in the last century, most notably the early Glendale landmark, The Famous Department Store. The Famous, true to its heritage, embraces the classic art of fine craft cocktail creation, invented in the United States in 1856, using bitters, juices, syrups, and infusions, prepared in-house using fresh ingredients from local markets and growers. Cocktails served at The Famous are identical to those served nearly 100 years ago when the building was constructed.

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Jun 27 2019
| by Quizmaster Tim Barkas
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That smug-looking group of women in photo#1 are The Blanches! And yes, I supposed we have no choice but to indulge their "oh yeah, we RULE!" attitude. After all, the happy trio of King Trivia regulars did indeed rule the night this week at The Famous in Glendale.

After a disappointing 5th place finish last week, The Blanches came roaring back last night to win our weekly quiz with an impressive 92 points, edging out Even Little Bow Wow, who finished a very close 2nd.

But The Blanches weren't satisfied with just wining the quiz. Noooooo! They also won the drinking round! And that extra alcohol may partially explain why they stood up on their couch when their victory was announced and starting chanting "we kicked your butts - we kicked your butts!" while taunting and pointing at last week's winners, Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink (who finished in 4th last night, just one point out of the winner's circle.

The Bad Explainers finished in 3rd and, to their credit, accepted their gift certificate with class and grace, even when the Blanches started yelling "you got nuthin' ...YOU GOT NUTHIN'!" at them from across the bar.*

On a separate note, this quizmaster is always delighted to add a new name to my "favorite fun team names list." And we got a good one last night. I salute you, Big Test Tickles! You made me enunciate carefully and clearly this week, lest I speak too quickly and suggest a more robust endowment than reality bestowed upon you!

Yes, it's always a good time at the Famous. Come see for yourself. We'll be back on July 11th, and hope to see you there.

* NOTE: all behaviors and verbal utterings attributed to The Blanches in this recap are entirely fictional and undeserved. Those ladies are lovely and very well behaved. Every bad thing they've ever said to the Jeopardy crew was uttered quietly, or in a whisper.

See ya in two weeks!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 15581 The Blanches 92 8 1.000
2 Even Little Bow Wow 90 7 0.875
3 10645 The Bad Explainers 77 6 0.750
4 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 76 5 0.625
5 10296 Bad News Barristers 59 4 0.500
6 19880 Schmaltz Dackel 53 3 0.375
7 EFI-Bill 49 2 0.250
8 Dare Mighty Things 28 1 0.125
9 Big Test Tickles 25 0 0.000