Idle Hour

4824 Vineland Ave
Los Angeles CA 91601
(818) 980-5604
  • PUB QUIZ—Tuesdays @ 8:00pm

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Sep 14 2021
| by Quizmaster Adam Korenman
|

Oh, dear friends. Tuesday night was one for the record books. The stars aligned, the heavens merged, and we have a fully formed QUIZNADO at Idle Hour! As this QM entered the arena, I was greeted by the roar of the crowd. I'm not lapsing into hyperbole when I tell you that EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN IDLE HOUR CAME FOR TRIVIA!

30 teams gathered inside the big ol' barrel for what would become an epic throwdown. This was set to be the largest gathering of quiz-o-philes this side of a Jeapordy reunion tour. The energy was downright electric, and that's not just because the QM may or may not have touched a live wire when setting up for the show. 

With so many teams, things started off in a dead heat. A four-way tie of double-down-dominators, each ready to slug it out for the crown, lead things off in Round One. By the third round, we had three separate ties owning the leader board, with ten teams represented! CLOWNFISH TV had no fear throwing out wild guesses, yet they kept hitting big and keeping the lead!

General Washingtons, old vets of Idle Hours' trivia showcase, climbed up the leaderboard bit by bit, hoping to bring home a big win for friends that couldn't make it. Meanwhile, Come Pet Our Dogs and Two Crows cleared away from the pack and set their sights on the top spot. By the end of Round 4, it was anyone's game. 

For the Drinking Round, we had a Fast Finger Google Fest. The teams had to answer a question about the Los Angeles Zoo Commission (trust us, it was epic), and Pussy Galore took the free shots! However, it seems those drinks went right to their head and not to their scoreboard!

As we entered the final round, the top teams were only points apart. Anyone had a chance to win, and it was a fight for every single answer in the final round. 

Of course, a night like this can't end with an easy three. We had a THREE-WAY TIE for 2nd and 3rd. The three teams went into the tie-breaker with Price is Right rules...and we finally had our leaderboard!

Huge kudos to Hope This Email Finds You Well for taking the top spot, but an excellent job by CLOWNFISH and Two Crows for making the grade and winning an excellent pay day. 

EVERY team deserves a huge round of applause after that intense showdown. And YOU should join us next time. In fact, join us EVERY time; Every Tuesday at 8PM, only at Idle Hour!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 28849 Hope this Email finds you Well 56 29 1.000
2* 33471 CLOWNFISH TV WAS RIGHT!! 55 28 0.966
3* 33464 Two Crows 54 27 0.931
4 33474 Come Pet Our Dogs 53 26 0.897
5 33489 Chairman of the Bored, Spelled B-o-r-e-d 52 25 0.862
6 10072 General Washingtons 49 24 0.828
7 33470 Q-Force!! 47 23 0.793
8 33465 Pussy Galore 40 21 0.741
8 29285 Quincy’s Whiskers 40 21 0.741
10 32646 Nasty Newsom's (...vote no) 38 19 0.672
10 33486 Tax the Rich 38 19 0.672
12 33477 Tot confusion 37 18 0.621
13 25527 Trey Dongz 35 17 0.586
14 33476 The Bean Brigade 34 16 0.552
15 33467 Brave Little Toasters 32 15 0.517
16 32145 Snark Squad 31 13 0.466
16 33479 Carmen Macchiato and the Noho Boba Girls 31 13 0.466
18 33466 Triviana Jones 30 12 0.414
19 33463 And in first place 27 11 0.379
20 33469 The Winners I Promise 26 10 0.345
21 33495 Eleven 25 9 0.310
22 33475 Half Brains 23 7 0.259
22 33494 Not last this time 23 7 0.259
24 33472 Stitch witches 22 6 0.207
25 33473 Sketch.Toonz 19 5 0.172
26 33468 We’re just here for the tots 15 4 0.138
27 33478 Real-time With Zach 5 3 0.103
* Won Tiebreaker

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Sep 7 2021
| by Quizmaster Max Sopkin
|

What a great turnout at Idle Hour on Tuesday night.  A incredibly solid 18 teams came to game, showing off their brain prowess with 7 rounds of trivia.  Right from the get-go, it was HeiScoNat and General Washingtons neck and neck, round after round.  In the end, not only did HeiScoNat win the drinking round (TV themes, btw), but they also scored a PERFECT GAME.  Let me repeat that: THEY SCORED A PERFECT GAME.  In all my years of hosting trivia, I have never once seen a perfect game.  Every single round just happened to hit their wheelhouse, so real kudos to them!  It was a super fun night with super fun people, can't wait to sub there again soon!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 33050 HeiScoNat 108 17 1.000
2 10072 General Washingtons 82 16 0.941
3 33064 Actually, First Place 63 15 0.882
4 33068 Zero Dark Flirty 62 14 0.824
5 32145 Snark Squad 54 13 0.765
6 33052 Daddy Jim 52 12 0.706
7 33048 Ford Raccoon 47 9 0.549
7 33053 Beers for Fears 47 9 0.549
7 Team No Cell Phone 47 9 0.549
10 33065 Let's Get Trivial 42 8 0.471
11 33046 Thirty-Fun and Thriving 39 7 0.412
12 33051 Napkin 33 6 0.353
13 33055 There's a Line at the Bar 29 5 0.294
14 33063 H & M 26 4 0.235
15 33070 Tiny Nips 25 3 0.176
16 33067 Black and Yellow 23 2 0.118
17 33066 Team Rehab 15 1 0.059
18 33049 Jor Jor 8 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Aug 31 2021
| by Quizmaster Adam Korenman
|

Apparently some of you have been reading these recaps, because I often ask for you to come join us at Idle Hour every Tuesday night at 8PM. I say this because the ENTIRETY OF NOHO showed up to play the country's favorite pub trivia (citation needed). 

It was a gridiron of guessers this Tuesday evening as 24 teams descended on the wonderful Big Barrel to try their luck at an intense game of knowledge. While a few patrons decided late in the game to join the fun, the majority of our players had 6-plus member squads ready to divvy up responsibilities during this showdown. 

The first few rounds handily went to old hats Generals Washington and the newcomer (and excellently named) Quiz Me Like One of Your French Girls. (Side note, the pun game for team names tonight was off the chart, hook, and wagon). For three rounds, the leaderboard hardly moved. 

Then came the sudden shift. Our drinking round featured a bit of history, with a guess for when Trail Mix (or Gorp/Scroggin) first entered the world. The experts at Wikipedia say around 1913, but we're playing Price is Right rules...so 99% of the teams failed out right away. But the lucky folks at Bingbong threw down a crazy guess at 1890 and took the free shots!

With the reality of this competition now starkly in everyone's minds, the mood grew serious. Side chatter died out and smack talk ruled the day. For the next two rounds, the leaderboard could hardly stand still. By the end of Round 6, the top ten teams were mere points apart. It was honestly anyone's game. 

Round 7 split the winners from the losers (as so often happens in these particular competitions). More than a few teams risked it all with a double or nothing...only to miss a vital question. This left our top three as tight as we've seen here at Idle Hour. 

While we of course celebrate You're a Quizzard, Harry for their outstanding win, we can't help but marvel at the moxxy of Donald Tramps. They were down and out in Round 6, but turned it all around with an impressive rally to third place. 

Every team should be proud of their performance, as this was a banner evening at NoHo's hottest location. If you're itching for a piece of the action, come down to Idle Hour next Tuesday night at 8PM!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 32648 You’re a quizzard Harry! 47 23 1.000
2 32638 Quiz Me Like One of Your French Girls 46 22 0.957
3 32646 Donald Tramps 41 21 0.913
4 32628 Taylor Eat Hair 40 20 0.870
5 32642 The General Washingtons 35 19 0.826
6 32633 Bottom of the Barrel 33 18 0.783
7 32653 Rhea 32 17 0.739
8 32650 The Nathans 30 16 0.696
9 32635 Snark Squad 29 14 0.630
9 31181 Baby Janes 29 14 0.630
11 10330 Intravenus De Milo 28 13 0.565
12 32630 The Wizard Sleeves 27 12 0.522
13 30299 Bingbong 26 11 0.478
14 12601 Shut the f*@k up, Donny! 25 9 0.413
14 32649 Zaddy warbucks 25 9 0.413
16 32632 1990s Pop Group The Bonus Boys Plus Some Friends Also 24 8 0.348
17 32629 The IT Crowd 23 7 0.304
18 32651 Waxed vaxxed spending our income tax 21 6 0.261
19 32655 Double Condor 20 5 0.217
20 28849 Hope this Email finds you Well 18 4 0.174
21 32637 Ground Control 17 3 0.130
22 32636 Trivia Dukakis 11 2 0.087
23 32641 My Drinking Team Has A Trivia Problem 10 1 0.043
* Won Tiebreaker