QUIZ RECAP

Thanks to quizmaster Don who runs King Trivia at the Pour Craft Beer Tap House on Tuesdays https://kingtrivia.com/venues/pour-tap-house/ for announcing our game while I tallied the scores.

The trivia room at Collision was packed with teams including Three Dudes and a Chick who joined in round 4. #momjeans took an early lead after a successful double on round 3, but newcomers Trivia Trumps Debates and Rogue Squad, along with stalwarts Trebek's Rejects all doubled up on round 4 "trees". Don challenged all three of those teams to quiz the quizmaster and all three were successful in stumping both of us up front. Rejected Llamas kept plugging along but whiffed on the first name in round 5, and the newbies crept higher. In the final round #momjeans swung for the fences and came up just short (Curse the Black Canyon of the Gunnison!) while Lemoncello was perfect(but did not risk the double). The masters were the Debaters with $30 and a sixpack, Rogue was Two for $20, and Trebek-third for $10.

QUIZ RECAP

Fun times at Collision this week....we had a tie for 1st, only the 3rd time in my 2+ years that's happened!!

Trebek's Rejects successfully doubled in the Picture Round to jump to a 7-point lead over #momjeans after 2 rounds. 4-Way Stop were consistent throughout and were high scorers in Round 3 (5 of a possible 6), while Cautiously Optimistic were the definition of steady, scoring 4 or 5 in 6 of the 7 rounds. #momjeans were the only team to correctly answer the 6-point clue in the Guess What round (everyone else got it for 4) and had closed to within 4 points of the lead.

When #momjeans tried for the double in the Find The Connection round but only got 9 right (resulting in a zero), Trebek's Rejects looked to be home free, leading the pack by 9 points. In round 6, Rejected Llamas (languishing in last place all night) hit a successful double to close to within a single point of the leaders; their score of 4 left them in 3rd place, their first time on the figurative winner's stand. Congrats to Rejected Llamas!

Trailing by 14 points entering the final round, #momjeans then converted a double of their own; the resulting 20 points left them and Trebek's Rejects tied atop the standings with 49 points! The Moms guessed 169 minutes for the tiebreaker question (total length of the "super duper cut" of Deadpool 2), while Trebek's Rejects' guess of 142 was within 8 of the correct answer 134; Trebek's Rejects were the winners by that single point. Well played, all! Incidentally, a tip of the hat to those who built this week's question set; the teams were genuinely challenged at every step. Well done!

To the players, great game this week, let's do it again Thursday!

QUIZ RECAP

It was another great turnout at Collision Brewing this week, for the special "Birthday edition" of King Trivia...and yes, we brought enough cake for everyone!

Greenland Realty and Trebek's Rejects were the only teams to get all 6 right in Round 1 AND the only teams to convert a double-or-nothing in Round 2; this set the tone for the evening as those 2 teams battled for 1st place all night (though 4-Way Stop did get all 8 right in Round 2!). Gold vs. Gold and Twivia each doubled successfully in the theme round (#3) to stay within hailing distance of the lead, but the top 2 teams pulled away down the stretch to separate themselves from the field. Rejected Llamas were steady and provided much of the comic relief on the night (their creativity when they don't know the correct answer never disappoints!), and hats off to first-timers Limoncello , who scored a 6 (of 8) in Round 2 and 7 (of 10) in Round 5.

Greenland Realty were the only team to correctly "Guess Who" for 8 points, and that was the difference on the night. That answer moved them 3 points in front of Trebek's Rejects after 4 rounds. The Rejects made up 2 points in Round 5 (9-7), and both teams answered all 10 correctly in the handout round (#6), leaving them separated by a single point entering the final round. Greenland Realty outscored Trebek's Rejects 7-6 in Round 7 to win for the 2nd consecutive week, this time by 2 points; Gold vs. Gold claimed 3rd place comfortably, well in front of 4-Way Stop (who never recovered from a -1 in the Guess Who round).

It was a great game, it was a great night, and I thank all the players for singing Happy Birthday to both me AND my wife, it was a night we won't soon forget. Enjoy your Labor Day weekend, everyone, see you next week!