SLASHER THEMED EVENT RECAP

There are few nights as glorious as Halloween. However, some of us have to work in the morning, so we get our trivia in on the weekend. That was the mood tonight at Golden Road Brewery as thirteen teams united for two hours of intense, Slasher Film related trivia.

Epic undersells the torrid story of this battle. This was a fight to survive, a war of wit and will. Monsters and villains beset our heroes as they sought the knowledge to some of the most difficult questions this Quizmaster has ever asked. To say these were deep cuts would be the understatement of the year. If you didn't bring your A-game, you weren't taking home the prizes this time.

Slasher Film Themed night kicked off with a bang, throwing the teams into a blender of every horror film of the past forty years. After a few rounds, the teams began to separate into distinct groups: Those who came to play, and those who came to win!

The drinking round, a hearty staple of Golden Road, tasked our teams with divining the theme songs to several Halloween movies. After a quick tie-breaker round, Golden Ghouls took a pitcher of beer for their table.

Coming into the final stretch, we had around half the room within spitting distance of first place. That brought us to round 7...a who's who of the Halloween franchise.

Here's where things get interesting, true believers. With a bold (and beautiful) double down, one team jumped themselves into a THREE-WAY TIE for 1st place. It was a first for this QM, I'll tell you.

And so it became a tie-breaker. Three teams competing for the gold. And just in case you thought the killer was dead after round seven, you clearly don't know the genre. We had one final surprise.

Our third place winner guessed tragically low. Our second place winner was only a few points above. But our first place winner, the Golden Ghouls, guessed the EXACT ANSWER for the tie-breaker.

And so, another Slasher Theme Event came to an end. 13 teams absolutely crushed this trivia session. There were no losers tonight (especially since a certain QM brought a bucket of candy for everyone).

If you're looking for the best game in town, find your local King Trivia and get to quizzing.

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Q: What is Forrest Gump's Wifi Password?
A: 1Forrest1

Gather round, my friends, and I'll tell you the tragic story of Mike Pence None The Richer, and their struggle to execute an effective double-or-nothing strategy this week at Golden Road Brewery in Glendale.

The story begins with its conclusion: MPNTR - an accomplished team that had performed very strongly in the past - racked up a respectable 56 points 6th place in a field of 19 teams. That's pretty good, right!? Sure it is! But oh! What might have been...

In the first round, the Pencers were pensive, and despite answering all question correctly, opted against attempting the double. That's a potential-point-loss (PPL) of 6 points!

In similar fashion, they went eight-for-eight in the round two picture round, but again, went with the safe, cautious approach and didn't double. PPL - 8 points. But then, a glimmer of hope! They doubled successfully in round three, scoring the full 12 points! Huzzah!

Then, in round four, MPNTR was the only team to hit it with the first clue! TEN POINTS more, and a nice come-from-behind win seemed to be in the works. But then, disaster! On both round 5 and 6 - you guessed it! Perfectly correct answers but no doubles on either! PPL of 10+10=20! OMG!

Then, to put it all into sharp focus and put it in perspective, they doubled in round 7 - and got stung with an incorrect answer! No points! They finished 31 points behind the night's winner, Those People. And if you add up the PPLs...well...nevermind, Mike. There's always next week!

QUIZ RECAP

Have you heard about the new shopping mall called Moderation?
They have everything!

There was no moderation whatsoever in the performance of Tomb of the Sister Act this week at Golden Road Brewery in Glendale. They broke out big time with an impressive 83 points to take the night in glorious triumph!

The Golden Ghouls and Betty White Privilege engaged in a delightful back-and-forth battle for supremacy all night, with the Ghouls edging out Betty by a skosh to take second and third, respectively. (And respectfully, truth be told.)

And we can't ignore the delightful word play of Elizabeth Warren Peace (aka Trivial Times at the Golden Road) who combined Presidential politics with a literary reference in a manner that we just have to acknowledge!

We applaud that sort of cleverness, and salute all our quizzers this week. See ya next week. on the beautiful GR side yard patio.