ANOTHER great night at Collision, 8 teams with 52 players and 1 folding table dragged in to accommodate the crowd size! All teams scored between 4 & 6 in Round 1; Satan's Little Helpers, back for a 2nd time (and so large a contingent that they had to split into 2 teams), were top scorers with 6 of a possible 6. 4-Way Stop were high scorers in the Picture Round with 7 of a possible 8 to move into first place; no one correctly identified Josephine Baker. Trebek's Rejects 6 points (of a possible 6) in the Theme Round moved them into first; Satan's offshoot Goobersnots went for a double-or-nothing and only got 5 right, with the resulting zero dropping them into last (they would be heard from again). At this stage 7 teams were bunched within 4 points of each other.
Satan's Little Helpers correctly identified Sigmund Freud for 10 points in the Guess Who round; Goobersnots, 4-Way Stop, #momjeans and Tequila Is Not A Patronus all answered correctly for 8 points; at this point all 8 teams were within 8 points of one another. Erstwhile stalwarts Brown Chicken Brown Cow, back after a long absence, went for a double-or-nothing in the Find The Connection round; their 9 of a possible 10 (and the resulting zero) dropped them out of the running for the night. Quite rightly they pointed out that the Gnarls Barkley video for "Crazy" is a virtual video Rorschach test; unfortunately that video does not feature Dennis Hopper ("Smiley Faces" does). Goobersnots were high scorers in that round, their 8 points brought them to within 3 points of leaders 4-Way Stop. In both rounds 6 & 7, Limoncello handed in sheets with 1 answer on them as they are "not the demographic" for those topics; to their credit, each answer was correct! Round 6 (the handout round) was where Goobersnots made their move, hitting a successful double to vault into 1st place by 6 points over Satan's Little Helpers and 8 over Trebek's Rejects. Goobersnots sealed the deal by scoring 10 of a possible 10 in Round 7 to claim the glory, the gift cards and a six-pak of Collision Red Rambler; Trebek's Rejects' 9 points secured them 2nd place by 3 points in front of Satan's Little Helpers.
It was a good game and, more importantly, a fun night at Collision. Let's do it again next week!
WOW! Another great game,with another great turnout, tonight at Collision. Limoncello were high scorers in Round 1 with 6 of a possible 6 for their only lead of the night....but they enjoyed their moment! Fleetwood Mac Sex Pants converted a successful double in the Picture Round to leap out to a 9-point lead over 4-Way Stop and #momjeans; newly constituted Tequila Is Not A Patronus were 4th, a further point back. The "Oscar" theme round saw no fewer than 3 teams successfully double: #momjeans, Trebek's Rejects and Trivia Trumos Debates each scored 12 points, with #momjeans closing to within 2 of Sex Pants. All teams correctly named the Guess Who subject; Fleetwood Mac Sex Pants and 4-Way Stop were high scorers with 6 points. #momjeans and Trebek's Rejects each tallied 10 of a possible 10 in the Find The Connection round but were outshone by 4-Way Stop, who doubled to move into 1st place by 2 over Sex Pants and 5 over #momjeans. When 4-Way Stop scored 5 of a possible 10 in the handout round, they entered Round 7 3with a 3-point lead over #momjeans (7 of a possible 10) and 4 in front of Fleetwood Mac Sex Pants (3). Inexplicably, or at least tragically, 1st place team 4-Way Stop went for the double....and failed (as did #momjeans & Limoncello). Trivia Trumps Debates successfully doubled to vault to 53 points; Fleetwood Mac Sex Pants' 9 (of a possible 10) nosed out TTD by a point for 2nd place. But Trebek's Rejects, in the middle of the pack most of the night, parlayed a successful double in the final round into a winning score of 57 (and the accompanying glory that goes with it)., not to mention a six-pak of Collision Crash Test IPA.
It was a tremendously fun night at Collision, I'll see you all next week!
What a night at Collision tonight! We had the best turnout EVER (in my 2+ years as Quizmaster); we had to bring in folding tables and even then we had a team seated at the bar and another turned away...the next step would have been a visit from the Fire Marshall! Twelve teams and 58 players!! Trebek's Rejects had so many players that they split into 2 teams, and Rejects 2.0 were high scorers in Round 1 with 6 of a possible 6; #momjeans, 4-Way Stop and the original Rejects all tallied 5 to tie for 2nd thru 1 round. Butterbeer Beaches were the only team to correctly name all 8 images in the Picture Round, moving them into 1st place by 2 points in front of both of the Trebek's Rejects teams; 4-Way Stop were a point back in 4th with Trivia Trumps Debates a further point behind in 5th. No fewer than 4 teams scored 6 of a possible 6 in Round 3, with Cammie Hates The Cello and Jeffrey Dahmer's House Of Ribs joining Butterbeer Beaches and Rejects 2.0 as high scorers; Beaches were the leaders at this stage but 6 teams were within 6 points of the lead. Round 4 (Guess Who) was where some separation arose. Trivia Trumps Debates and 1st-timers No Brainers each took a -1, Limoncello and Cammie Hates The Cello each declined to turn in while Slingers and 4-Way Stop scored 2 apiece; all of those teams were relegated to the second division of the standings for the rest of the night. Afterthought and Trebek's Rejects (original) each answered correctly for 6 points while Butterbeer Beaches, #momjeans and Rejects 2.0 all scored 8. (Afterthought found their stride, finishing with 6-6-6-5 over the final 4 rounds) At this point Beaches led #momjeans by 3 and Rejects 2.0 by 5. In the Find The Connection Round (#5) Butterbeer Beaches, Trivia Trumps Debates and Trebek's Rejects each scored 9 of a possible 10, with the original Rejects and 4-Way Stop tallying 8; Slingers and Limoncello each scored 7. #momjeans went for a double and failed, dropping them from contention for the duration. First-timers No Brainers had to leave after Round 5 but went out with a bang, scoring 10 of a possible ten to top all teams. Butterbeer Beaches were still in the lead, by 2 over Rejects 2.0 and by 6 over the original Rejects. In the Handout Round Butterbeer Beaches scored 9 of a possible 10 (as did #momjeans, who said they had learned their lesson the previous round and happily did not double) but were leapfrogged (after leading all night) by Trebek's Rejects 2.0, who notched the first successful double-or-nothing of the night to jump a full 9 points in front of the pack; Beaches still led 3rd place Trebek's Rejects by 9 points. The final round had another surprise in store; Trebek's Rejects scored 9 of a possible 10 to coast home with the win with 65 points, while Butterbeer Beaches tallied a 7 to finish in 2nd place, 11 points back. But Jeffrey Dahmer's House Of Ribs, in the middle of the pack all evening, hit a successful double to vault past the original Rejects, nosing them out for 3rd place by 4 points.
A huge thank you to all who turned out tonight, and to the staff at Collision for scrambling to both accommodate a crowd that size AND serve everyone so flawlessly. The back room at Collision is booked for a private event next week but we will be back on January 16th to do it all again. See you then!
