QUIZ RECAP

Whoooooaaa! Quizmaster Lou is having a strange night. Must be the diet he's on. Can't seem to keep
numbers straight on a page. They seem to runaway like little ants in that Bugs Bunny cartoon. Darn
this diet! Won't let me have any booze to drink! That must be the problem. I have too much blood
in my alcohol system. Now, back to those rankings... The Allen Fairview Chamber Friends is in third
place. No. The Poonswagglers are in third. But the AFCF was in first place the round before. That's
normal. But mistaking 47 for 49 is not! Or is it? Life would be so much less complicated if all the
scores would just automatically arrange themselves in numerical order after each round.

Well, aside from Quizmaster Lou's personal nutritional turmoil, Tuesday night at Kilarney's was a blast!
Welcome to newbie team CKSC. They wouldn't tell me what it stood for, but I hope they show up again so
I can come up with some zingers! Aside from the rookie mistake of doubling down too freely and too
often, they did rather well. That is to say, they didn't come in last. Resident champs Tequila
Mockingbirds got off to a slow start then flew in deftly for an 11th hour win. The Divorcee's settled
in court for second while the mighty Poonswagglers swaggled into third.

The cavernous hall at Kilarney's seems to be filling up on pub quiz night. It was like a Viking lodge
the night before a raid. Eat, drink and be merry, et al... And why not, for indeed it was the eve of
Independence Day! And our quiz experts at KTPQ did a marvelous job of styling the questions to fit
this, the anniversary of our nation's emergence. And not just the obvious avenues of history either.
They managed to put in something old, something new, something red, white and blue! (See what I did
there?)

This week's parting shot comes from the late jazz drummer Buddy Rich, who died after surgery in 1987.
He was being prepped for the operation and a nurse asked him, "Is there anything you can't take?" Rich
replied, "Yeah. Country music."

Have a fantastic holiday, folks! Stay safe!

QUIZ RECAP

Those who may recall know that one of Quizmaster Lou's favorite quips is, "The more you drink, the better you think!" That adage seemed to hold weight last night at Kilarney's as resident champs
Tequila Mockingbirds came from third place and paced themselves all the way into a first place win! Do some biochemistries really work that way, or was it their T-Shirts? Check out the pix above of Alex and his lovely lady sporting the appropriate GoT apparel. I'll Google It! got knocked back to second place while newly registered Wossamotta-U danced neatly into third.

As we enter the doldrums of summer, beware the heat. It'll git ya! Why, on the way to Kilarney's last night, I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were walking. Hopefully, where you play, the establishment is well air conditioned. Come in, have a cool refreshing beverage, and leave the heat outside! We would all do well to remember this advice from the classic 1953 sci-fi flick, It Came from Outer Space...

Stay cool and have a mellow rest of your week, peoples! Until then, Quizmaster Lou is signing off!

QUIZ RECAP

The crowd at Kilarney's appears to be growing exponentially. Huge crowd, late comers, the whole nine yards.

Welcome to new teams Wossamotta-U, Rowdy Rhodies (as in Rhodesian Ridgebacks) and Valor of the Galaxy (who had to leave early... Something about defeating alien invaders to save the earth or something.)

Lawyers, Guns & Money dropped in to play a few rounds then popped off again. (Presumably to go negotiate a hostage rescue in Venezuela.) The IFFY!/Blood, Bath & Beyond alliance seems to have reached an amicable accord. When they play at Kilarney's they're IFFY and at the L&C on Thursdays they're the BBB. If and when they take over the world, they will be reasonable and even handed overlords, thus giving the media nothing to write about. I'll Google It! and the Poonswagglers brought their usual comraderie and enthusiasm to the fore while the Divorcees did what divorcees usually do... Conduct their business from the bar.

Some interesting weirdness cropped up during the festivities. Round Two was all about Witches... Which the Poonswagglers were able to get the most correct answers to, putting them in the lead... With
13 points. The number of members in a witches coven! Best Wrong answers to the question, "What does WAG stand for in pro sports..."
Win A Game
World Aerobic Games
Women's Association Golf
World Athletic Group
Wild A$$ Guess

Resident champs, Tequila Mockingbirds took home the gold, as per their usual. Migratory Pickles on a Plate ate second place while the AFCF (aka Allen Fairview Chamber Friends) surrounded and overwhelmed third, a feat made possible by having about a hundred bodies at their table! (They looked like Calvera and his forty
bandits from The Magnificent Seven over there!)

This week's parting shot comes to us from the late Irish poet and IRA member, Brendan Behan, who wisely wrote - "The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink, and somebody to love you."

Have a great week everybody!