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.
Quiz Master Lou had his hands full at the Lion & Crown in Allen
last night as eight teams gathered to play our own King Trivia
Pub Quiz. Three regulars and five noobies congregated to copiously
compete in compelling cognizance! (I spelled newbies differently
this time, with two "o"s. Just trying it on for size.)
A lot of fun was had by the large family gathering of a group
styling themselves The Dragons, who played not too wisely, but
too well, having succumbed to the lure of Double-or-Nothing. A
team that had played once before and actually walked away with
first place the last time was the cleverly named There Will Be
Blood & Honey. They didn't fare so well this time, but that may
be attributed to the lack of English Literature questions on last
night's quiz. C'est la guerre. The Trebek's did their best to
live up the late, great Jeopady! host. So Much Pressure made
most of the right moves including registering their team for that
two point bonus, but fell short in the answer department. A great,
big howdy to the long, lost regs the Dallas Boolers Club, whom
this quiz master has not seen since pre-covid days over at the
defunct Killarney's. They dropped in, played furiously and landed
just outside the winner's circle in fourth place with an amazing
DoN in Round Seven! Our 50 lb brained, one-man-army, Velvet Hammered,
spiked a third palce win. Real drama was had when a tie breaker
between noobies Shake & Bake and veterans Ship It! occurred. The
vets won the tie breaker and scored first place while S&B enjoyed
a second place victory.
Our quiz overlords came through yet again with both a fun and
challenging set of questions. The Country Singing Women Picture
Round engendered a lot of DoN's. The Guess Who Round sparked a
lot of wrong guesses (which didn't stop the Dragons from submitting
a guess after each clue!) The Handout Round which matched scientists
to their discovery was inspiring while the Round Seven NHL Stanley
Cup losers list derailed some and elevated others.
That's all I got. Have a great weekend! Bye!
| Game Rank | Team # | Team Name | Score | Teams Beaten | Team Beat Average |
| 1 | 11504 | Ship It | 56 | 6 | 0.929 |
| 1 | Shake & Bake | 56 | 6 | 0.929 | |
| 3 | 26203 | Velvet Hammered | 51 | 5 | 0.714 |
| 4 | 19780 | Dallas Boolers Club | 44 | 4 | 0.571 |
| 5 | 26429 | So much pressure | 42 | 3 | 0.429 |
| 6 | The Trebek's | 40 | 2 | 0.286 | |
| 7 | There Will Be Blood & Honey | 31 | 1 | 0.143 | |
| 8 | Dragons | 23 | 0 | 0.000 |
