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Barney's Beanery - Westwood

1037 Broxton St.
Westwood CA 90024
(310) 443-7777

QUIZ RECAP

Wed May 23 2018
| by Quizmaster Scott Schwartz
|

BIG NIGHT AT BARNEYS. Huge. We're talking 42 teams strong. A race to the top, where registering your teams, bringing back your pens, and knowing Ed Norton competitively rowed and used to hang out with Pig Vomit & that guy from Office Space proved to be the game differentiator.

We had teams hanging on the outside, where there is no sound, and we had a bunch of Bruins redeem themselves from the Mascot Debacle of 2018 to correctly tell me where their football stadium is.

Also, apparently it is #toosoon for the Quizmaster to play Avici.... some grief hasn't healed.

What has healed is the 2 night winning streak put together by Quizky Sours --- but the Whiskey pun showdown proved quite compelling, as Whiskeypedia, jumped up to grab 2nd place -- and just behind Quizky, by a mere point, our good friends 201 & Friends (See what I did there?)

Next week, can the Sours put up a trivia turkey?

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 14860 Quizkey Sours 95 41 1.000
2 14954 201 and Friends 94 40 0.976
3 Whiskeypedia 84 39 0.951
4 Fork Knife 4 Life 83 37 0.915
4 11931 Unlock Me @realdonaldtrump 83 37 0.915
6 Meat Barn 82 36 0.878
7 13913 Team Steady State 58 34 0.841
7 14591 Maple Leafs in 3 58 34 0.841
9 Bring Back Dos Equis 56 33 0.805
10 CMD! 54 32 0.780
11 Fuck Noah TBH 53 31 0.756
12 Wine Squad 51 29 0.720
12 14958 rhinos 51 29 0.720
14 Magneto Was Right 49 27 0.671
14 14587 Alex Trebek’s Children 49 27 0.671
16 14953 We love Gee 47 26 0.634
17 Mustard Boys 46 25 0.610
18 13776 Happy accidents 45 24 0.585
19 14952 Trump University Dropouts 44 23 0.561
20 Gordon Hayward's Head 41 22 0.537
21 Boycott Barneys! 37 21 0.512
22 Trivia Newton John 36 18 0.463
22 Bruwin Crew 36 18 0.463
22 That's What I'm Tolkien About 36 18 0.463
25 Jurassic Farts 34 17 0.415
26 Most Valuable Pootersons 28 15 0.378
26 Bernarnold 28 15 0.378
28 Riley's Team 27 14 0.341
29 14956 Student Marketing Division 25 13 0.317
30 YEP 24 12 0.293
31 Lo & Behold 23 10 0.256
31 Illumi Naughty 23 10 0.256
33 The Dark Horses 22 9 0.220
34 Vegas Bomb 21 7 0.183
34 Shilenutes 21 7 0.183
36 Just Hot Winging It 20 6 0.146
37 3 Musketeers 19 5 0.122
38 D6 18 4 0.098
39 Beercules 13 3 0.073
40 Bickenheads 9 2 0.049
41 3 Bushes 8 0 0.012
41 Liz Master 8 0 0.012

QUIZ RECAP

Wed May 16 2018
| by Quizmaster Scott Schwartz
|

5 teams finishing within single digits of one another plus a first place tie-breaker question = another compelling night of King Trivia at Barney's Beanery Westwood on a Wednesday night.

Sometimes it is as simple as seeing the Robin Wright before someone else does, as that 2 point swing made it's way into ending up in a first place tie, and Mr. Roger's Neighborhood episodes proving the difference. Quizky Sours - last year's UCLA Quiz Bowl winners on a training mission Wednesday, showed their knowledge prowess, taking down perennial Barney's free dollar winners, Alex Trebek's Children, who have learned much from their father, en route to being a perennial Wed night contender.

Not far behind, but safely in third was regular Big Baller Band -- who don't rep the Big Baller Brand, but do provide their musical accompaniment, to the tune of a $25 Barney's gift certificate!

See ya'll next week...

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1* 14860 Quizkey Sours 81 24 0.980
1 14587 Alex Trebek’s Children 81 24 0.980
3 14865 Big Baller Band 77 23 0.920
4 Samahang Modern 75 22 0.880
5 What Would Meryl Do? 72 21 0.840
6 Pro Boner 65 20 0.800
7 What's Our Name 54 19 0.760
8 10423 Bring Back $3.50 Dos Equis 53 18 0.720
9 That's What I'm Tolkien About 49 17 0.680
10 Team Aaron Chang 45 16 0.640
11 Pocket Shots 42 15 0.600
12 Este's World 39 14 0.560
13 Fuck Noah TBH 38 13 0.520
14 Phil's Cowgirl 33 12 0.480
15 14864 Kick his ass seabass 29 10 0.420
15 Happy Birthday Claire 29 10 0.420
17 Stella! 24 9 0.360
18 Hoe Garden 23 8 0.320
19 The Founding Daddies! 21 7 0.280
20 Greenies 16 5 0.220
20 I'm So Hungry 16 5 0.220
22 14682 Baked Bear 15 4 0.160
23 Discs & Dicks 12 2 0.100
23 Nitika's 21st 12 2 0.100
25 Glenda's Hos 11 1 0.040
26 Team #1 9 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker

QUIZ RECAP

Wed May 9 2018
| by Quizmaster Scott Schwartz
|

Just about the time you may wonder just where you are while playing King Trivia: packed bar, rowdy teams totaling 104 players, and the Quizmaster being chased down from behind by a 21st birthday reveler yelling "BALLLLLL" and offering to Venmo him $20 to make announcement over the speaker system -- you know without question you're back at Barney's Beanery in Westwood for Wednesday King Trivia.

Despite a roomful of UCLA students not knowing their own school nickname, a team named for an author briefly forgetting just what that author wrote -- we saw 26 teams play for $175 in Barney's cash and prizes, and it came down to those who were were traveled to snare the championship.

It was largely a 5-way race with some genuinely clever team names sprinkled in: Benjamin Quizrael, Whiskypedia, That's What I'm Tolkein About and 5th, 6th, 7th Wheels (3 extra people alongside a double-date, perhaps), among them.

Early on Blackberry Bison Burger, Namaste Shalom Amen and That's What I'm Tolkein About established themselves as front-runners - that's where the offspring of Alex Trebek come in - 3 consecutive double rounds, and then a perfect 6th, vaulted them into a first place tie, and when they correctly identified 9 of 10 most populous European cities they forged ahead at just the right time to take home the prize.

Bison Burger went home decently happy, despite the late place change, with $50.

And Namaste Shalom Amen, first put 5th place finishing Tolkein About in the rear view, and then held off a furious rally from last week's champs, Yaaas Queen's - to bring home 3rd.

Congrats, as well, go out to Werk & I Peed on the Dryer (at least it wasn't in, I guess) - for their music knowledge getting themselves free food and drinks.

See ya'll next Wed...

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 14587 Alex Trebek’s Children 78 25 1.000
2 14759 Blackberry Bison Burgers 73 24 0.960
3 14762 Namaste Shalom Amen 65 23 0.920
4 13341 Yasss Queens 62 22 0.880
5 That's What I'm Tolkein About 52 21 0.840
6 Turn(t) for Tom 45 20 0.800
7 5th, 6th, 7th Wheels 42 19 0.760
8 Whiskypedia 39 18 0.720
9 14761 Oink 38 16 0.660
9 Totally Spies 38 16 0.660
11 14760 Whitney Houston Tribute Team 36 15 0.600
12 Stephen Hawking's School of Dance 35 14 0.560
13 Daddies 34 13 0.520
14 Random Abandonment 33 11 0.460
14 The Instigators 33 11 0.460
16 Team Werk 32 9 0.380
16 I Peed On The Dryer 32 9 0.380
18 Justice Beaver 31 8 0.320
19 Mike Oxlong & the Boyz 29 7 0.280
20 10010 Benjamin Quizraeli 28 6 0.240
21 2 Frat, 2 Furious 23 3 0.160
21 RRAADDS 23 3 0.160
21 Dream Snatchers 23 3 0.160
24 Cat & Frog 22 1 0.060
24 The Titty Busters 22 1 0.060
26 Michiganders 14 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker