What a night! Some familiar faces returned after a long hiatus, and it was an EXCELLENT game! Brown Chicken, Brown Cow hit successful double-or-nothing tries in each of the first 2 rounds to jump out in front, and White House Ketchup Mural doubled in Round 3 to close the gap a bit. Everyone (but High Octane, who had to take the -1) correctly answered in the Guess What round for 8 points; #momjeans and Fantasia 2000 each doubled successfully in Round 5 to close the gap behind Brown Chicken. Amazingly those same two teams doubled successfully AGAIN in Round 6 to bypass Brown Chicken, and the latter's 10 of a possible 10 in the final round was not enough to catch #momjeans (9 right to win with 74 points) or Fantasia2000 (9 right to finish 2nd with 72), Hats off to Brown Chicken, who tallied 69 points and still finished out of the money, and to first-timers Block Party who came in 4th with 43 points.
And of course, congrtulations to #momjeans for yet another win! See you all next week!
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It was a long time coming....but we GOT THE BAND BACK TOGETHER tonight at Collision!! Nice turnout too, with 8 teams in total.
Fantasia 2000 were front-runners for most of the night, due to hitting the first double-or-nothings of the evening in both the picture round and the Think Big (third) round; newcomer (and solo entry) It's Still The Nordiques To Me (it's a Colorado thing) matched them in Round 3, making it a two-team race for the duration. #momjeans and Free Bird each took a -1 in the Guess Who round....but #momjeans bounced back with a successful double in the Find The Connection round. Fantasia 2000 led all night...until Nordiques hit an impressive double-or-nothing in the handout round, vaulting him 3 points in front, a lead he held when both teams scored 6 of a possible 9 in the final round. Old friends Brown Chicken, Brown Cow took 4th, #momjeans cruised into 3rd and Fantasia 2000 finished a comfortable 2nd; but all hail the champion It's Still The Nordiques To Me, a fellow who stopped in to kill some time while his wife was being treated in the nearby emergency room (I kid you not; she's OK now) and ended up winning the night all by himself!
It was a joy to see you all again after so long, looking forward to next week already!
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Numbers were up again this week, with a full house at Collision Brewing; I brought a large bottle of hand sanitizer to ensure a safe AND fun night. No fewer than 3 teams scored 6 out of 6 in Round 1: #momjeans, Motha Smucker & Tequila Is Not A Patronus. Motha Smucker followed that with 7 in the Picture Round to lead by 1 point after 2 rounds over those two teams as well as Trebek's Rejects (who also scored 7). #momjeans and Motha Smucker each tallied 6 of a possible 6 in Round 3 while the Rejects, Motha Smucker and Mim & Maple each scored 5; after 3 rounds, Motha Smucker led#momjeans by a point and Trebek's Rejects and Tequila Is Not A Patronus by 2. Trebek's Rejects and Tequila Is Not A Patronus were high scorers in the Guess Who round, each correctly answering for 8 points.; Limoncello were unable to answer and the resulting zero dropped them out of the running for the night. Grace Rules (in the form of the Quizmaster's wife), agonized over finding the name in question after being subjected to countless hours of The Simpsons; just as she was handing in a guess, she snatched her form back, yelling "FLANDERS!, and garnered 2 points.
With 4 teams bunched within 4 points entering Round 5, Trebek's Rejects and #momjeans made their move by successfully converting the evening's first double-or-nothing bid; Squid Inferno and Motha Smucker responded by successfully doubling in Round 6 to ensure an exciting finish. After 6 rounds, #momjeans (10 out of 10 in Round 6) had 56 points, Trebek's Rejects had 55, and Motha Smucker had 51; Squid Inferno's double vaulted them into 4th place with 45. In Round 7 Trebek's Rejects scored 5 of a possible 10, only to see #momjeans match that score to win by a single point; Squid Inferno tallied 9 points but Motha Smucker's 7 was enough to secure 3rd place.
(Scorer's note: Squid Inferno was awarded a retroactive point for their answer "Zesta" in Round 5 in response to the question about a Keebler product "similar to saltines". While "Club Cracker" was the answer sought (and the one which fit the golf theme), Zesta is the Keebler cracker which (on Keebler's website) is identified with the word "saltine". Though it was not the answer we were looking for, it is technically NOT wrong and I therefore gave them the point.)
It was nice to have everyone back again, I hope to see you all again next week!!
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