We had another GREAT turnout tonight at Collision, and a GREAT game as well, with several lead changes. Brown Chicken Brown Cow, Limoncello and #momjeans each doubled successfully out of the gate to take the early lead, but Fleetwood Mac Sex Pants (back after a lenghty absence) were the only team to hit a double in Round 2; through 2 rounds Limoncello and #momjeans led with 21 points, Sex Pants and Brown Chicken each had 20 in 3rd while Trivia Trumps Debates and Jeffrey Dahmer's House Of Ribs were tied for 5th with 15 points. (4-Way Stop missed on an attempted double and were fighting uphill the rest of the night) The results in Round 3 left Brown Chicken and Sex Pants tied for first, with Limoncello and the Moms 1 point behind; Limoncello took its only undisputed lead of the night by correctly answering the 8-point "Guess What" clue; the other 3 contenders each scored a 4 in that round while Brown Chicken, House Of Ribs and 4-Way Stop each took a -1 and were consigned to the bottom half of the table for the rest of the game. After laying in wait all night Trivia Trumps Debates rocketed into the lead with a successful 20-point double in Round 5, and in fact the teams' positions were set for the rest of the contest through 5 rounds with Limoncello in 2nd, Sex Pants in 3rd and #momjeans in 4th followed by Brown Chicken (9 points in Round 5), House Of Ribs and 4-Way Stop. Each of the top 4 teams scored a 9 (of 10) in the handout round, while Brown Chicken and House Of Ribs each missed on a double to fall out of the race; entering Round 7 Trivia led by 4 over Limoncello, 7 over Sex Pants and 8 over #momjeans. All teams scored between 4 and 7 points in the final round; Trivia Trumps Debates' 7 gave them the win (House of Ribs' 7 pushed them out of the cellar). Limoncello celebrated their best-ever finish in 2nd place while Fleetwood Mac Sex Pants nosed out #momjeans for 3rd by two points. Everyone had fun, a few laughs and a few beers; let's do it all over again next week!
P.S. Adrian owes us cake...
A good time was had by all tonight at Collision, and it was a very competitive game too; with 5 teams of "regulars", we dispensed with explanations and got straight to playing.
Trivia Trumps Debates and #momjeans each hit a successful double-or-nothing out of the gate, and the Moms nosed in front by a point after Round 2 19-18, with Trebek's Rejects 5 points off the lead in 3rd. Those 3 teams remained in those positions after 3 rounds, with Jeffrey Dahmer's House Of Ribs & Limoncello lurking in 4th, 7 points behind the leaders. In Round 4, the race began to take shape as both Limoncello and #momjeans took a -1 to fall out of contention while Trebek's Rejects took their first lead of the night by correctly answering the 10-point clue; Trivia Trumps Debates' 4-point answer landed them in 2nd, 4 point back while House of Ribs scored 8 (!) to claim 3rd, a further 4 points back. #momjeans bounced back with consecutive scores of 9 in rounds 5 & 6 to climb within a point of 3rd place after 6 rounds; Trivia Trumps Debate and House Of Ribs each scored 8 in Round 5 (and Ribs scored a 9 in Round 6) but Trivia Trumps Debate scored a successful double in Round 6; the 20 points catapulted them into 1st place. Limoncello, game to the end, adopted the "we're in last, let's double" strategy, doubling in each of the final 2 rounds....and scoring a zero in each case. They got 2 right in Round 7 but had doubled to take a zero; Trebek's Rejects did not double but, improbably, also scored a zero (to be fair, 3 was the HIGH SCORE in this round). #momjeans scored 2, falling just short of House Of Ribs (3), who took 3rd place while the Rejects finished 2nd. Hats off to Trivia Trumps Debates for a strong performance and a win on the night, finishing 8 points clear of the pack. Let's do it again next week...there will be cake for Adrian's birthday!
It was a treat to be "back in the saddle" at Collision again tonight, and in front of a full house to boot. First-timers Cool Catz enjoyed themselves so much that they registered on the spot, so all 7 teams were even in terms of bonus points from the outset. Trivia Trumps Debate were high scorers in Round 1 with 6 out of 6, but Cautiously Optimistic leaped out in front in the Picture Round with a successful double-or-nothing for 16 points; 4-Way Stop, usually very competitive, went for the double and "only" got 9 out of 10, putting themselves behind the 8-ball for the rest of the night. #momjeans closed to within 6 points of the lead by doubling successfully in the Theme Round, but Cautiously Optimistic hit back by correctly answering the 8-point clue in the Guess Who round. The newly-renamed Jeffrey Dahmer's House Of Ribs finished strong, scoring 33 of a possible 40 over the final 4 rounds (including 9 out of 10 in the Find The Connection Round 5) to stay in the lead pack as they, Cautiously Optimistic and #momjeans separated themselves from the rest of the field to vie for the prizes.
After Round 5 we introduced the Survey Slam "extra" round, which was billed as a drinking round....but the team of non-drinkers (#momjeans) won! Eric, the manager at Collision, took care of them by comping their beverages but oh, the irony...The Survey Slam round yielded the funniest answer of the night, when Cautiously Optimistic asked if "Newark" was an acceptable answer to "worst place for a marriage proposal! I also want to give credit where it's due to Limoncello; though they only scored 1 point in the survey round, they were the ONLY TEAM to state they would NOT push the button to gain $10,000 if it meant a randomly selected person would lose $10,000 (the more popular answer in the survey). (And BTW the Quizmaster pointed out that the "correct" answer to "best basketball player ever" was not among the top 3 choices; somehow Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was absent)
Meanwhile, back at the game, #momjeans scored a 10 out of 10 in the Handout Round to stay within hailing distance of leaders Cautiously Optimistic; the Optimists left the door open in Round 7 by only scoring 4 out of 10 but #momjeans, missing their "Sporty Spice" expert, could only manage 3 to finish 5 points back in 2nd. House Of Ribs put an 8 on the board in the final round but fell 1 point short of the Moms, finishing 3rd. A tip of the hat to Limoncello; they continually apologized for their perceived lack of knowledge but finished a solid and respectable 4th.
The Survey/"drinking" round was a success, and management and I agreed to make a 6-pak the prize going forward, so players can budget their alcohol consumption each night and still walk away with a bonus. Thanks everyone, see you next week!
