It was a cold night in Seattle, but the hot, hot trivia kept the 6 teams warm!
It was a close game throughout, but it was The Smooth Hands Crew and Karen and Quiz on Your Face keeping it, at most, a 4-point race for 1st Place that made it a real nail-biter!
In the end, the 1st Place Prize was grabbed by Smooth Hands by only two points! As exciting as that was, the real stunner of the night belonged to Romy and Michelle, whose 7th Round Double or Nothing leapfrogged them past You're a Quizzard, Harry and propelled them into 3rd Place!
As the old saying goes:
No guts.
No glory.
Know guts.
Know a stunning come-from-behind 3rd Place Prize. (dibs on the bumper sticker rights)
See you next week!
It was a super fun night of Trivia at Bar Charlie this week with many peaks and valleys!
Peak: Team 5-1-0 hitting Double or Nothing in Rounds 3 and 6!
Valley: 3 Hos missing Double or Nothing in Rounds 3 and 7.
Peak: There was a team named "Trivia Newton John" which tickled me to no end.
Valley: 4 teams losing a point for the Guess Who Round.
Plateau...?: The remaining teams only scoring 2 points in the Guess Who Round.
Peak: Charlie, the dog for whom the bar is named, was in attendance! (I WILL snag a picture of him at some point. THIS. I. SWEAR.)
Peak: Bar Charlie letting Thanksgiving have its moment and waiting until after last Thursday before putting up Christmas decorations. (I did manage to get a picture of the tree- DOUBLE PEAK!)
Peak: Lukewarm Chili Peppers taking 3rd Place and winning a $10 Gift Certificate!
Slightly Bigger Peak: The Smooth Hands Crew and Karen coming in 2nd Place and winning a $20 Gift Certificate!
Even More Slightly Bigger Peak: Team 5-1-0 securing a 1st Place win with a whopping 63 Points and being rewarded for their efforts with a $30 Gift Certificate!
The Freakin' Everest of Peaks: There were way more Peaks than Valleys and FUN WAS HAD BY ALL!
See you next... peak!
Two weeks away and when I came back I was fit to be TIED! Or rather the six teams competing were. (thanks to Quizmaster Marc Snedden for covering!) Let's go round by round, shall we?
Round One of this week's quiz at Bar Charlie started off strong with a three-way tie between The Huskies, Jose and the Hawks, and Chuck-Less each with 7 points at the end of the round.
Round Two whittled it down to a two-way tie with Chuck-Less and The Huskies at 14 points. But it was Jose and the Hawks that took the lead at 23 points with a well-placed Double or Nothing.
Round Three saw no ties and two unsuccessful Double or Nothings... we don't like to talk about it.
Round Four also saw no ties. But... The Huskies added 10 points with a correct answer on the first clue of the Guess Who round! (we're pretty okay with talking about that)
Round Five was up to its old tricks with Team 5-1-0, The Huskies, Jose and the Hawks, and Chuck-Less in a four- ahem... A FOUR-WAY TIE with each team at 32 points!
Round Six was back down to a paltry three-way tie with The Huskies missing two of the Novel Baddies on the Handout. (Team 5-1-0, Jose and the Hawks, and Chuck-Less all had PERFECT scores, but not one Double or Nothing. And that brings us to...
Round Seven ended with a two-way tie. TWO. OF. THEM. Jose and the Hawks and Team 5-1-0 each ended tie the quiz with 48 Points. And The Huskies and Chuck-Less were so, so close behind with 47 points. But it was both Team 5-1-0 and Chuck-Less having more faith in Barry John Crowe's ability to produce sausages quickly that won the tie breaking question (How many sausages did record-breaking butcher, Barry John Crowe, produce in a single minute?)
If I take only one thing away from this evening, it's this: Always trust your butcher. Always.
| Game Rank |
Team # |
Team Name |
Score |
Teams Beaten |
Team Beat Average |
| 1* |
16434 |
Team 5-1-0 |
48 |
4 |
0.900 |
| 1 |
17013 |
Jose and the Hawks |
48 |
4 |
0.900 |
| 3* |
16509 |
Chuck-Less |
47 |
2 |
0.500 |
| 3 |
17018 |
The Huskies |
47 |
2 |
0.500 |
| 5 |
|
Loose Turkeys |
30 |
1 |
0.200 |
| 6 |
|
Team Chunk |
27 |
0 |
0.000 |
* Won Tiebreaker
