Aslin Beer Company

1801 Smallman St
Pittsburgh PA 15222

QUIZ RECAP

Thu May 16 2024
| by Quizmaster Gabriel Gryffyn
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I was a bit of a Bad Bunny (yes, a question reference) myself tonight.

I realized recently that KT updated the "quizzer-side" of their app and I hadn't seen it.  I decided, against all common sense, to read and answer questions at once live!  Yes, this means I didn't go over the questions in advance and was trying to replicate for myself the Trivianista experience.

I had a great time telling you all how awful I would have done alone compared to the amazing job teams did this evening, and I think you might have gotten a kick out of my failure to recognize the Bieber or refer to Ms. Mendes as "the one as Veronica in Riverdale!"

See?  Not even Alex Trebek had all the answers in his brain. Just on the pretty cue cards.

Enough about me! More about me!  Nah...

On to Players Unknown, who will now be known as those who hit 1st place 20 full points above their 2nd place rivals Crystal Methodist Church.  The Church gave some much-needed side-eye to Needs an Espresso (the cafe at Aslin closes before 6) by 4 points, and all three managed to pull ahead of Shady Ladies & Co. 

***Now, we don't always mention the 4th place team (they're out of the prize rankings), but these folk were running 1st place all night until an unwise double-or-nothing where they guessed that the film Troy was set...well...let's say they didn't say the Trojan War.  We loved having you Shady!  You've got to come re-challenge.

As usual, we're back next week:  same bat time,, same bat pub.  

It's really spring here in the 'Burgh, and every weekend brings a new adventure or festival.  I'm grateful to all of you who come out to test your brains with me on Thursdays.  You make me proud to be a triviyinzer!

Stay safe, keep hydrated, start wearing your sunscreen, and keep on quizzin'!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 133765 Players Unknown 65 15 1.000
2 120317 Crystal Methodist Church 46 14 0.933
3 133775 Needs An Espresso 42 13 0.867
4 133776 Shady Ladies & Co 39 12 0.800
5 Jersey Boys 37 11 0.733
6 133759 Tears For Beers 35 9 0.633
6 yappers 35 9 0.633
8 133769 Stars of Perimenopause 33 8 0.533
9 133763 Mad Turtles 31 7 0.467
10 120320 Lao Poets 27 6 0.400
11 Designated Drinkers 21 4 0.300
11 123847 Imperial Aerosol Kid 21 4 0.300
13 girly pops 20 3 0.200
14 133781 Smarty Pints 13 2 0.133
15 120936 quiet storm 12 0 0.033
15 133779 Love is Rat 12 0 0.033

BINGO RECAP

Tue May 14 2024
| by Quizmaster Glen Brown
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It's tuesday, so you know what that means: music bingo !! Tonight's music  playlist was brought by the 80s and a solfége inspired playlist (the music theory majors will understand! That means songs with Do Re Me Fa So La (no Ti!) and Do in their titles! Tonight was another great night of music bingo, I look forward to the next!

 

QUIZ RECAP

Thu May 9 2024
| by Quizmaster Gabriel Gryffyn
|

Welcome to your weekly state of the world and the quiz.  Safe in our little Aslin bubble, we could close out personal and world problems tonight, and focus on pricking our brains for the smallest of important answers.  Outside, someone accidentally chained their bicycle to the wrong temporary fixture, but we had 0 luck finding them in the pub.

Inside, however, a battle raged on. Rattlesnake Bandits were *nearly* unseated last-minute from their first-place showing by We Love Mark (Mark himself was not present, so I hope he appreciates the 2nd place win in his name).  Regulars Doodle Gang shot up at the end of the night to make a respectable 3rd place win.

Our minds were particularly stimulated tonight by trying to remember famous mother/daughter pairs (how on earth did I not realize that Tracee Ellis Ross was the daughter of Diana?!) and guess which countries had the most Nobel prizes.  Just a little hint for our future:  small African and South American countries aren't super likely to have an overwhelming number of awards.  But you all pulled country names right out of the aether--bonus love points for creativity.

We'll be back next week, as always.  Pack your thinking caps, bone up on local news and culture, and keep on quizzin.

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Rattlesnake Bandits 50 13 1.000
2 133105 We Love Mark 49 12 0.923
3 129915 Doodle Gang 38 10 0.808
3 Ted lasso’s personal dilemma squad 38 10 0.808
5 120320 Lao Poets 37 9 0.692
6 We’re Just Guessing 35 7 0.577
6 121860 Blue team 35 7 0.577
8 3 Musketeers 34 6 0.462
9 Moose hounds 28 5 0.385
10 BitchBurgh 23 4 0.308
11 133116 Crew of Two 18 3 0.231
12 Big Bens Walking Boot 16 2 0.154
13 133096 Three must-get-beers 15 1 0.077
14 133118 SteelCitySippers 6 0 0.000