QUIZ RECAP

Another wild and crazy night of King Trivia at Idle Hour this fine Tuesday. While the temperatures were a little on the higher side, so was the atmosphere as we welcome 25 teams into our barrel-shaped battlefield. 

Round One opened with a few easy questions to get the ol’ juices flowing. This of course led to a massive 9-way tie that would take all of one round to disperse. 

In Round Two, our teams’ lack of knowledge regarding the honorifics of England left the champs scrambling…and a few doubles came up empty! Two teams, however, rose to the top: O-trivia Wilde and Trivial Pursuers! 

These two champs managed to hold their own through Round Three as the storms raged around them (trivially speaking), but Round Four saw a shock to the system as O-Trivia Wilde took the lead! We also saw a four-way tie for thirds with Trivial Pursuers, Know Nothing Newbies, Cabot Cove’s Ghost, and Murder Hornets.

In our drinking round, we paid homage to the most revered of national holidays, National Leggings Day! With a killer guess, Benis Palls took the free shots! 

Round Five proved a lesser challenge to these savvy soldiers of sleuthing. Scores rose like the tide, leading to a sudden tie at the top by Cabot Cove’s Ghost and Murder Hornets. 

Then in Round Six, our vain vagabonds shifted the scores again with some inconsistent doubling, leading to a new tie at the top: Murder Hornets and Camp Mohawk. 

As the final scores were tallied following a harrowing Round Seven, we still had one final tie-breaker to win. With a spot on guess, O-Trivia Wilde took third place, led by Murder Hornets and Camp Mohawk. 

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QUIZ RECAP

The winds were blowing and several drops of water (aka an LA downpour) splattered the barrel-shaped roof as a tournament of champions opened upon the trivial field of battle. With delicious food and satisfying libations flying around the room, it was the perfect atmosphere for a truly epic game of King Trivia!

18 teams arrived eager to continue the spooky season with some free candy (courtesy of this QM) and some challenging questions. Fortunately, we had both in spades. 

Round One of course led to a massive 7-way tie, but our teams weren’t discouraged. It proved that these folks were ready to risk big to win big. But would that foolhardy nature serve them well…or bring their ruin?

Round Two was all about the much beloved 2010 video for “We Are The World.” You know the one. Two teams managed to leap ahead of the competition: Camp Mohawk and Cabot Cove’s Ghost!

Round Three saw Camp Mohawk shoot into first place, leaving the other teams scrambling a few points behind. While they were able to hold this lead after Round Four, Cabot Cove’s Ghost and Algorithm and Blues collided in a tie at second place. It was heading toward a powerful brawl  for the top spots!

For our Drinking Round, we asked the teams for advice on what costume this QM should wear. While there were AMAZING suggestions, we are nothing if not a sucker for wordplay, which is why we award Algorithm and Blues for their suggestion of Norma Jean Val Jean!

Round Five forced our teams to think about their childhood, all the way back to the first books they might have read. Campy Mohawk maintained position while Cabot Cove rose a few points ahead. With little time left, could anyone unseat these champions?

Round Six was all about the heroes and villains of comic book movies, which should have been a snap! With some impressive doubles, we saw the scores…not change at all, as everyone moved up together. It would all come down to the final few questions. 

Round Seven was all about rap artists and telecommunications…totally normal stuff, you know. It pushed our champions to the limit of their trivia knowledge.

After a nail-biting tie-breaker, we crowned our winners for the evening: Camp Mohawk, Algorithm and Blues, and Cabot Cove’s Ghost!

Come join us every Tuesday for more trivia action!

QUIZ RECAP

G’mar chatima tova! It’s Erev Yom Kippur, a time of atonement and judgement…and apparently TRIVIA! That’s right, Idle Hour was popping off as teams descended on our barrel-shaped temple to pay homage to the lord of lessons…King Trivia. 

20 teams arrived hungry for knowledge (and perhaps some of Idle Hour’s famous burgers) and the game soon began. With a light breeze breaking the “Fall” heat, the stage was set for an epic showdown. 

Round One was a shocker as only one team managed to snag all the answers and drop a double. Kingbeez started the show with a big lead, followed by Emergency Food: Monsters Unleashed. 

Round Two had our heroes searching through their memory banks for famous monsters. This was a little easier, maybe to lull our teams into a false sense of security. This led to a leaderboard shake up as Emergency Food took the top spot and a quartet of teams leapt ahead of Kingbeez!

Round Three focused on a collection of crimsons, and our teams did not disappoint in their ferocious answers. In another shock to the system, Mighty Mighty Puffins took over the first place position while Emergency Food and Set locked into a tie behind them. This leaderboard persisted through Round Four as well as too few teams knew the villain of Theranos (but had it been Thanos, they would have been all over it). 

For our drinking round, we celebrated National Cinnamon Bun Day by counting our calories. Emergency Food, with an impressive guess, earned the free shots and perhaps a little cinnamon treat of their own. 

Round Five had our champions thinking about money, but would that be too much of a distraction for them to stay on track? Puffins maintained their lead, followed by the rising tides of Hulk Hogan’s Pastamania and North X North East Coast!

Round Six kept things pretty simple for our teams as scores tightened and anxiety flared. Something Punny exercised their 1st amendment right to knocked North X out of third and took over the spot, leading to a bitter rivalry that would fuel the fires of the final round. 

In Round Seven, we asked our contestants to think about Britney, B***h. It was a musical malady that pushed their brains to the limit. It was going to be a photo finish to crown the winners!

As the dust cleared, we crowned our champions: Mighty Mighty Puffins, Hulk Hogan’s Pastamania, and (in a surprise return) Emergency Food: Monsters Unleashed. 

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