QUIZ RECAP

It was a quiet and tense night of Trivia this week. I could tell the teams were concentrating on the questions, and thinking thoroughly about their answers.

Round 1 started us off with some General Knowledge, with Riff Raff jumping right in to score 8 points, answering all correct answers, and scoring 2 bonus points for having their team registered at KingTrivia.com

The Picture Round this week must have been too easy, because ALL 5 teams went double-or-nothing and ALL 5 teams got them all correct! Great job knowing your birds and pro sports teams! Extra points went to our newest team The Minor Heckups who went on to register their team as well - don't want to miss out on free points!

Keeping the scores very close, we moved into Round 3 to Drop It Like It's Hot. I had to be a stickler on this round's question 4, where a lot of teams guessed "Mic Drop", but the actual answer turned out to be "Drop the Mic." I have to commend you all for being very close, though!

Round 4 had us Guessing Who? This one was quite a toss up, where Team 5-1-0 jumped into the lead with their correct answer right off the first clue! The Minor Heckups were not far behind on the second clue. However, it was Risk it for the Biscuit, who unfortunately guessed wrong, but that gave N.A.* a chance to catch back up.

It then became a battle between the top 3 teams and the bottom 2 from here on out. In Round 5, it turned out finding the connection was the easiest part. It was the other 9 questions that all the teams struggled to find. Such quiet was never before heard at Bar Charlie, as when the teams were working on the answers to Round 5. There was something for everyone on this round, though, as I saw at least one face light up with the right answer on all of the questions, and at least one face staring blankly back at me with confusion. Eventually they had to turn in their answers, doing the best they could with their collective brain smarts on each team.

That moved us right along to Round 6, the Matching round, where we focused on the 2019 version of the Lion King.

Then, from a movie I haven't seen (2019 Lion King), to a game I've never played (Risk), it's a good thing I know how to read 🙂 Round 7 asked for the 9 North American Territories on a standard Risk game board, and since it was the Final Round of the night, Risk it for the Biscuit had to live up to their name, in the battle for last place! Luckily for N.A.*, it didn't pay off. Meanwhile, in the fight for first, Riff Raff pushed ahead with 8 points in the final round.

At the end of the night, we had Riff Raff take home 1st, Team 5-1-0 in 2nd, and our new team The Minor Heckups in 3rd. Good game also to N.A.* and Risk it for the Biscuit. You guys are all awesome!

Thank you so much for coming out! See you next Tuesday!

QUIZ RECAP

It was a full house this week at Bar Charlie! Seven teams stuck it out with some tough competition.

Round 1 had Riff Raff showing off their General Knowledge, starting off strong, while other teams with fewer people didn't have quite as much to show. Our two teams of two both had two points after one round.

The Picture Round this week had a little something for everyone, as long as you know your TV animals.

When Round 3 started and everyone heard the theme was Hawaii, people seemed to think it was going to be light and breezy. But when the questions came out, there was a definite shift. Apparently not everything about Hawaiian life is easy going.

During the Guess Who? round this week, I got more wrong answers than I have ever seen! But it was Love Pit who knew right off the bat that their Alabama roots were finally paying off (+10!), pushing them into the lead.

Round 5 was another game changer, where two teams decided to play Double-or-Nothing, but only one would succeed. Great job finding all the right answers and the connection - With 69 Points scored 20 more points this round, leap-frogging them to the top.

The Matching Round tested the teams on their British slang, which for the most part was successful. However the two most common mistakes went to "Bagsy" (calling dibs) and "Chuffed" (pleased). Looks like we could all use some brushing-up on our English. It's funny how two countries with the same language can get so confused with the meaning behind our words. This was another round where a handful of teams checked off the Double-or-Nothing box, but only Riff Raff made the cut.

It was a tight race at the top going into our final round, and a tough couple of questions. We had some great efforts put forth this round, and everyone had a great time. But at the end of the day, we needed to know who was going to win!

We had a great time with all the teams, OG Pets, Clerin, Electric Kittens, The Little Einsteins, and Love Pit. And a final score TIE between With 69 Points and Riff Raff had to be broken with one final question... "On November 9, 2017, Yuya Yamada broke the record for spinning the largest hula hoop. In feet and inches, what was the circumference of the hula hoop?" Neither team was that close to the actual answer, but all they had to do was be closer than the other team. And so, never one to let anyone slide by without a fight... the winner was Riff Raff! Maybe it was just wishful thinking with a name like With 69 Points, either way, it was so much fun having everyone there, and a ton of energy around the room made this one of the best trivia nights yet.

Let's see if we can top that next week! See you next Tuesday!!

QUIZ RECAP

Seattleites know Summer doesn't officially start here until July 5th, and the weather drove the point home yesterday. The Trivia-goers trickeled in like the rain, but ultimately we had six terrific teams for Tuesday trivia!

Where is Bob? started off the game with a whopping 14 points in Round 1, showing it pays-off to register your team at KingTrivia.com AND go Double-or-Nothing when you know your General Knowledge is solid.

The Picture Round stumped our teams on a few of the "Australian Animal" characters - not a single team got Reginald Koala from American Dad or Buster Moon from Sing! So Round 2 kept the scores pretty consistent from the first round.

In Round 3, Sleeping Booty jumped into the lead with their "pop" theme Double-or-Nothing throw down.

Round 4 was a Guess What? this week, in which we were looking for a famous movie (a nice change from the Guess Who?'s and Guess Where?'s). Although Where is Bob? turned in a wrong answer this round, costing them 1 point, they still remained in their 2nd place running. Then two of the teams turned in their right answers on the 8 point clue, and two more on the 4 point clue, we kept the standings fairly steady.

Our Find the Connection Round this week was a fun one, with a few of the teams getting pretty close, but no one actually reached that perfect 10 (or 20). Two teams tried to double down, but ended up with nothing on Round 5. The most commonly missed question being #6, unfortunately Serbia did NOT win the Beach Volleyball gold in 2016 as most teams thought... it was Water Polo!

Turning the page to Round 6, matching the films with their voiceover narrator, all I can say is our six teams did better than I would have done on my own. Where is Bob? even got all 10 matches correct - great work!

And finally, Round 7 asked the teams to name 10 of the 11 countries with the highest Islamic population, which was also a tough round. Our smarty teams for the most part got either 6 or 7 of the correct countries!

In the end it was Sleeping Booty who took home the win in 1st place! In 2nd was Where is Bob? and I did find out that Bob eventually showed up to support his namesake team (great job, Bob!). And 3rd place went to Quizzards of Oz.

Big thanks also to newcomers, Just Here for the Whiskey, Two's Company, and White Ham - it wouldn't have been the same without you!

See you all again next week!