Wow, we had a GREAT turnout tonight at Collision on the Night After Christmas...and a great game too! The teams were tightly bunched after one round but #momjeans jumped out in front to stay with a successful double-or-nothing in Round 2 for 16 points, moving them 9 points clear of the pack (all other teams scored between 5 & 7). The Holiday Movie Haiku round 3 was excellent, and 8 of the 9 teams scored between 3 & 5 (of a possible 6 - more on team Grace later). Both Slingers and newcomers Team J got a little overanxious and took 1 -1 in the Guess Who round, dropping them out of contention for the night; Grace (featuring the Quizmaster's daughter) were the only team to correctly answer the 10 point clue - the Waldorf education paid off there! All teams but one scored between 7 & 9 of a possible 10 in the Find The Connection round, at which point #momjeans were still comfortably ahead, leading 4-Way Stop by 7 and Butterbeer Beaches (back after a long absence) by 8. In the handout round (#6) the Beaches nosed past 4-Way into 2nd place, outscoring them 7 to 5 (#momjeans were again high scorers with 8). Trebek's Rejects were steady throughout but could not quite catch 4-Way Stop for 3rd place; they finished 2 points off the podium after no fewer than 5 teams (including the top 4) converted successful doubles in Round 7. Newcomers The Baconators were in the middle of the pack all night but a failed double bid in Round 7 left them in 8th place, while 1st-timers The Pants Are Square scored 10 out of 10 to claim 6th. A note about Grace, the team containing the Quizmaster's family: their 1 (of a possible 10) in Round 3 left them in last place, but 10 points in Round 4 bumped them up to 6th. A failed double try in Round 5 dropped them back to last until a successful double in Round 7 shot them into a dizzying but respectable 5th place. In the end, 4-Way Stop took 3rd place, a single point behind Butterbeer Beaches (in their triumphant return). Everyone took a back set to winners #momjeans, who (again) cruised home to win by 9 points. Just a great night all around.
We're doing it again the night after New Years Day, with the hair of the dog etc. See you then!
Turnout was down but the competition was hot tonight at Collision, with quite the surprise ending! 4-Way Stop and Wet Dream Catchers jumped out with the top score in Round 1 (5 of a possible 6), and #momjeans and first-timers Cammie Hates The Cello joined 4-Way with 6 of a possible 8 for the high score in Round 2; at this point only 4 points separated all 6 teams. #momjeans and Cammie Hates The Cello each scored 4 of a possible 6 in the Devil Wears Nada Round, leaving 5 teams bunched within 4 points (#momjeans and 4-Way Stop were tied atop the table). In the Guess Who round, both Trebek's Reject (a singular entity tonight) and Limoncello took a -1 while everyone else correctly answered for 2 points, beginning the gradual separation of the field. #momjeans and Wet Dream Catchers each scored 6 in Round 5, leaving #momjeans with 24 points, 4-Way Stop with 23, Dream Catchers with 22 and Cammie with 20. When #momjeans scored 6 to top Round 6, they entered the final round leading 4-Way and Dream Catchers by 3 and Cammie by 9 (hats off to Limoncello for scoring 5 in Round 6). 4-Way and Dream Catchers each scored 8 of a possible 10 in Round 7 while #momjeans scored 9; but Cammie Hates The Cello swooped past everyone with the night's only successful double-or-nothing to win by 2 points. Congratulations!!
As a side note, 4-Way Stop and Wet Dream Catchers finished in a tie for 3rd place. Since there is a tangible prize for 3rd ($10 gift card from Collision), and since King Trivia provides a tiebreaker question.....we had a tiebreaker round for 3rd place. To the question of Magic Johnson's career assist number, Wet Dream Catchers answered 1809 while 4-Way Stop guessed 2500; neither was close (as the actual number is over 10,000) but 4-Way Stop took the bonus point to finish 3rd. Thanks all, see you next week!
Full house, great game, exciting finish...we had it all at Collision tonight! After all the teams scored between 3 & 5 in Round 1, Fleetwood Mac Sex Pants jumped out in front with a successful double-or-nothing in Round 2, fully 9 points in front of #momjeans, 4-Way Stop and Trivia Trumps Debates. Trebek's Rejects leapfrogged those 3 into 2nd place after doubling in Round 3, closing to within 4 points of the leaders. The Guess Who round proved to be more difficult than usual, with no team scoring higher than 4 points (Insert Team Name Here declined to answer). while 4-Way Stop were high scorers in Round 5 (9 of a possible 10) to move into 3rd place. Fleetwood Mac Sex Pants had led the entire evening until Round 6, where #momjeans showed their '90's sitcom theme song knowledge with a successful double, catapulting themselves into 1st place by 2 points. In the final round, Trivia Trumps Debates, 4-Way Stop and Insert Team Name Here all succumbed to the temptation to "go big or go home"....and each took a zero; Limoncello, in the cellar all night, scored a 7 and nipped Team Name for 6th by a single point. Both Trebek's Rejects (3rd entering Round 7) and Fleetwood Mac Sex Pants (2nd) scored 10 of a possible 10 but #momjeans notched a 9 to edge Sex Pants by a single point to win for the 2nd consecutive week.
In the Christmas spirit, along with the usual gift cards ($10 for 3rd place, $20 for 2nd and $30 for 1st), each of the top 3 teams also won a six-pak of Collision Brewing's Red Rambler Red Ale. Thanks Jason! See you all next week!
