The Lion & Crown Pub, an English-style pub with a large and varied menu, is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. serving lunch, dinner and daily specials. The pub also offers a wide selection of fine wines and 38 beers on tap. Guests can watch sporting events on one of the many large TV screens or enjoy a nice night out on the patio. Different drink specials are available every day and live music on Friday and Saturday.
It was an exciting and happy new year as 2020 kicked off at the Lion & Crown in Allen
with a huge crowd of trivia players! Some of my social media buddies have touted that
the twenties are back. If that means the Roaring Twenties, I'll take speak easies,
flappers and the Charleston, but let's not have Prohibition, Black Friday or the Great
Depression, eh?
We had a huge assembly of veteran players and a good cross section of newbies, half of
whom dropped out before Round One finished. Ah, well... Sometimes the water looks
fine until you jump in. It was nice to see the Bastard Barristers again, although being
too long away from the court of trivia, they lost their case. A big welcome to the out-
of-towner's, the Young and the Restless Leg Syndrome (great name!), who performed well
but got sidled by some fairly stiff competition. Our old pals the Hilltoppers showed
up in strength, which almost got them into the winner's circle, but circumstances of an
historical magnitude (it's only the second time in this quizmaster's memory that it has
happened!) shut them out when a double tie occurred!!!
Deadly Alliance (Ship It!/Blood, Bath & Beyond) tied with Ninja Turtles for first place
while Beer Logic tied with the Hilltoppers. Results of a four-way tie breaker put DA on
top followed by NT then BL. Amazing!
Another great question set from our quiz writing overlords out west (with the possible
exception of Find-the-Connection). Identifying breakfast cereals was a fun challenge
and brought back memories for this quizmaster, who fondly recalls actually eating bowls
of Quisp. (Yes, at a young age I chose the Alien over the guy in the hardhat.) Style
points were awarded to the team that thought Boo Berries were asteroids. Can't say I
blame them, though. And the inspired selection of H.G. Wells as our Guess Who Round
afforded Quiz Master Lou the opportunity of reciting (and blowing it) from memory the
introduction to Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds prologue by Richard Burton. (Including
the music sting!)
Happy New Year!
| Game Rank | Team # | Team Name | Score | Teams Beaten | Team Beat Average |
| 1* | 12732 | Deadly Alliance | 52 | 12 | 0.962 |
| 1 | 10300 | Ninja Turtles | 52 | 12 | 0.962 |
| 3* | 11581 | Beer Logic | 48 | 10 | 0.808 |
| 3 | 13725 | Hilltoppers | 48 | 10 | 0.808 |
| 5 | 24549 | The Young and the Restless Leg Syndrome | 46 | 9 | 0.692 |
| 6 | 17240 | STREET SMARTS! | 38 | 8 | 0.615 |
| 7 | 12845 | Bastard Barristers | 37 | 7 | 0.538 |
| 8 | 14003 | Rockafeller | 34 | 6 | 0.462 |
| 9 | 11827 | pickles on a plate | 33 | 5 | 0.385 |
| 10 | 12021 | StealthTexas | 25 | 4 | 0.308 |
| 11 | 23060 | The divas | 22 | 3 | 0.231 |
| 12 | Bar Dogs | 14 | 2 | 0.154 | |
| 13 | Un-Indecisives | 9 | 1 | 0.077 | |
| 14 | Weller | 8 | 0 | 0.000 |
