QUIZ RECAP
Full house! Love it! Kiet and company (Evelyn, Jerry, Jana and ?) helped to keep the winning streak to now 14 weeks at #1!!
The three newbies playing joined by default as the restaurant was full so that got an open 4 top. They liked the energy and they did so well they earned 2nd place. Their team name is 118 Cake which is the bakery name for Ivy's bakery. She is excited about her US citizenship becoming official next week and we gave her a cheering round of applause as recognition of support. Ivy's girlfriend on her team is actress Jessica aka Truc Diem who was in the movie "How To Fight In 6 Inch Heels". Long rounded out the winning team but he left before the end so we didn't get his picture.
Round 1 General Knowledge was 6 questions involving Sept. 1st 1985, the 7 dwarves, Shakespeare, the Parthenon and a chess grandmaster.
Round 2 was the color picture round handout of 'Here's The Pitch' to identify the TV infomercial products. The 10 answers involved a sham, a gym, a fighter's grill, a snuggie, Suzanne Somers, a type of chop, a cleaning product and a fishing tool.
Round 3 was Pin and Needles theme about wrestlers who became actors and medicine. The clues were the 2006 movie 'The Marine', a 1986 breakthrough by Patricia Bath about a system to remove eye-clouding ailments, Drax in the MCU, an info medical site by Jeff Arnold in 1998, "Thunderlips" and the name of the largest private healthcare provider in the US.
Round 4 was Guess Who with a fascinating clue about this mega metal star's unique DNA which explains a lot about his lifestyle.
Round 5 was Find the Connection involving 9 clues and the 10th question of what is the connection. The clues involved Monster's Inc., Dave Thomas, the Three Stooges, Ray Mancini's nickname, a brand of table salt, the front man of Motörhead, the generic name for a fuel tanker, the same nickname of two famous people, Robert Redford which equals a childhood game's villains.
Round 6 handout theme was 'A Bit of Late Night' to match the recurring bit to the late night host. Out of the 10 comics listed, I only met one and it is Jay Leno. Back in the day, I have met Rodney Dangerfield, George Carlin and Jim Carey. So the 9 other comics/late night show hosts feature one who has played the Pacific Amphitheatre, Conan, Seth, Kimmel, Letterman, Lilly,. Wilmer, Chelsea, Aresnio and James Corden.
Round 7 is the honor round when every team self scores their team's answer just like in school because here in the Recess Room we have all types of fun! Lots of double or nothing success. The question for the Designated Survivors round name 10 of the 15 executive departments in the US President's Cabinet.
Thank you to all the wonderful staff for another great night! See you all next week. I hear October is going to be uniquely special in the Recess Room so stay tuned!
