QUIZ RECAP

There’s nothing like a trivia evening in the late Fall. It’s still Los Angeles, so the leaves aren’t exactly changing colors, and the smell in the air is just the nearby In and Out, but the atmosphere inside the giant barrel of Idle Hour is nothing less than electrifying. It has a regal air…perfect for KING TRIVIA!

23 teams, veterans and newbies alike, flocked to our quizzical castle to battle for trivial superiority. With a bowl of candy on the table and DJ Pandora rocking the tens and twos, it was time to get the show started. 

Round One warmed up the crowd with some mostly easy questions, leading to our normal massive tie at the top. However, quite a few teams fell into the trap of missing the clues within the questions (going “ballistic” anyone?)

Round Two was far simpler, asking only for the heroic teams to recognize evil when it’s laughing in their face. This whittled down our leaderboard to only six tied teams, but we knew we could get closer. 

Round Three was a simple 50/50 for whether a fancy set of words was the title of a Rihana song or an episode of Black Mirror. It was so simple that two teams used it to catapult to a tie for first: Camp Mohawk and Quizzie McGuire. 

Round Four saw Camp Mohawk take the decisive lead as they were among the elite few who knew a hero from America’s pastime. 

For our Drinking Round, we celebrated National Mason Jar Day by filling a mason jar with dry beans and asked our teams to guess how many were inside. With the closest guess, 720 of Emotions earned themselves free shots and a jar of beans! Actually, we kept the beans, since we need them for future quizzes (and emergency food). 

Round Five was a challenge if only for the final answer not quite landing the semantics of the word “robot.” Nonetheless, Camp Mohawk was able to maintain a solid score…however, they were outpaced by two points by It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Tim! With the gauntlet firmly on the ground, these two champions prepared for a slugfest, surrounded by enemies on all sides. 

Round Six was a literary ledger needing a rapid sorting. With ten book titles missing key words, the teams set to work putting it all back together again. With a quick fix to an incorrect title, we saw few of the scores change the positions of the teams, with the exception of Hartford Whalers sneaking into third. It would all come down to the final round. 

Round Seven pushed our teams to remember their fond memories of Teletubbies (and their less fond memories of the American healthcare system). In the end, only three teams could earn top prizes. 

We crowned It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Tim, Camp Mohawk, and Hartford Whalers as our champions at the end, and much celebration ensued. 

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QUIZ RECAP

Another fantastic trivia night in the the barrel at Idle Hour! Guest host August had a full house this fine Thanksgiving week. It was a real rollercoaster with a shake-up for first place almost every round! Some questions seemed easy, almost TOO easy, while others had most folks stumped. (If you recognized the Famous Amos spokesperson by sight before tonight, I salute you.) 
For our drinking round we had the teams come up with the most ridiculous reasons our fabulous regular host Adam was not in attedance, with the winning excuse being "Trivia addiction: family is staging an intervention at Thanksgiving."
The game finished out with Hot In Topeka taking 3rd after a solid and consistent game, Lady and the Tramps in 2nd after a meteoric rise, and Paloma's Team in 1st repping birthday girl Paloma! What better gift than both victory and a $35 gift card to this fabulous bar? 

Big thanks and great job to all the teams! Hope to see you again next Tuesday for more trivia!

QUIZ RECAP

A gorgeous Fall evening here in NoHo. The weather was perfect, the crowd was energized, but our futuristic app? Not so much! Never fear, however, as these teams (and this intrepid QM) are never afraid of a little adversity. 

27 groups joined us in the barrel-shaped battlefield to test their knowledge and win prizes. It was a fight for honor, a fight for glory, and a fight for…some gift cards to Idle Hour!

In the opening rounds of the game, Kimpossible Burgers took an early lead and managed to hold out for four rounds, fending off would be leaders by a single point. 

During our well earned break in the Drinking Round, we asked our teams to discern when the first working refrigerator was invented. With a quick tie-breaker, The Ham Game took the free shots (and a little bit of knew knowledge) back to their table. 

Round Five through everything out the window, as Snark Squad and Kingbeez locked into a tie for first and pushed everyone else back by several points. But all that would change when KB dropped back to fourth and Yes Chef leapt into third, with Tequila Tots angling for an upset. 

Finally, we reached Round Seven. Snark Squad’s uncanny knowledge of Broadway kept them in the top spot, but Kingbeez and Yes Chef had to battle out a tie-breaker for the final seats. 

In the end, we crowned our champions and enjoyed a well-earned glass of water, the perfect end to another incredible trivia show. 

Come join us every Tuesday for more trivia action.