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Murphy's Pub

1928 N 45th St
Seattle WA 98103
(206) 634-2110
About Murphy's Pub

On May 18, 1981, a year after Mt. St. Helen's blew, Seattle's first Irish bar opened: Murphy's Irish Pub. That's right. We've been around for more than thirty years. When Chris Barnes and Dan Cowan originally opened Murphy's, it stood where Starbucks stands today, a half a block to the east (a Radio Shack stood on the corner of 45th and Meridian, where Murphy's is today). Dan left shortly after (and went on to open The Tractor Tavern in Ballard), while Chris slowly built a Seattle institution. For years, its stage was host to the nationally syndicated Sandy Bradley's Potluck, a sort of Prairie Home Companion of Seattle, featuring traditional old-time American music, ragtime and blues to movie cartoon sound tracks and novelty songs. Being the first Irish pub, it managed to log a few firsts along the way: the first bar in Seattle to start a St. Patrick's Day tradition, the first bar in Seattle to pour micro brews from the tap (Redhook opened in Fremont in 1982), and first in the hearts of its patrons all the way. On February 12th, 2015, Murphy's Pub reopened under new management and ownership. The new crew is Phil and Chelley Bassett, and Eamonn Davey. After the much needed facelift, you'll find that Murphy's is still pretty much the same: a bar in the Irish tradition, where you can chit chat with friends over a Guinness or Murphy's and other great Northwest beers, dine on great tasting food, listen to some live music a few nights a week (Irish music jam session on Mondays), and just relax after a long day.

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Aug 29 2017
| by Quizmaster Conelious Roby
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It was a great time at Murphy's last night and a close game! You know people are having fun when the joke answers are as good as they were for this game. Coming in first, we've got Yo! who got to the top of the close race for first. They were followed closely by 3rd Place Perpetuity who defied their own name by taking second place only a point ahead of Deako in Every Box! It was nonstop fun and a real challenge! Come join in on the fun next week!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 11874 Yo! 45 6 1.000
2 11603 3rd Place Perpetuity 41 5 0.833
3 12059 Deako in Every Box 40 4 0.667
4 Team Name 35 3 0.500
5 Bar Rulez 33 2 0.333
6 Team Onno 31 1 0.167
7 Sisyphus' Lisp 28 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Aug 15 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
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Trivia at Murphy's was great this week -- there was such an vibrant crowd of people having fun! Round 1 revealed many well-oiled teams, with six of the teams scoring a 5/6 or 6/6, although everyone played it safe and there were no double-or-nothings used. In Round 2, the Corner Pocket nailed a double-or-nothing, getting all of the celebrity yearbook photos correct, with the help of a beautiful pooch (is there a King Trivia rule about dogs playing?). Team Triforce was the next team to shine, succeeding with a double-or-nothing victory in Round 3. Round 4 was difficult, and no teams submitted a correct answer for the person of interest until after clue #4. Everyone recovered their scores with Round 5 -- the people of the the Emerald City know so much about the Windy City! Seven teams landed double-or-nothings in the Find-the-Connect round, and four other teams got 8/10 or 9/10 correct. I've never seen that type of trivia success in Round 5! In Round 6, most teams were comfortable with their explorers, including (but not limited to) the Wally Hoodlums, Direwolves, and Nothing's Funny.

As usual, the staff (servers, bartenders, and cooks) were all stellar and facilitated the good times.

-Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Two sides to every quiz 66 16 1.000
2 Wally Hoodlums 60 15 0.938
3 11603 The Corner Pocket 54 14 0.875
4 10728 Direwolves 53 12 0.781
4 Tavo Goes to a Pub 53 12 0.781
6 We'll make you say, Kim Jong Uncle 45 11 0.688
7 Team Triforce 44 10 0.625
8 11874 Nothings Funny 43 9 0.562
9 Husky Fats 34 8 0.500
10 Teachers in Recovery 30 7 0.438
11 Ex-laxers 29 6 0.375
12 Smigo 27 5 0.312
13 Global insights 20 4 0.250
14 What does Stevie Wonder? 19 3 0.188
15 Organic Meet 17 2 0.125
16 Team W 9 1 0.062
17 Stone 4 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Aug 8 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
|

We had a great time at Murphy's, with good food, good drinks, and good AC!

Our leaders, Guam with the Wind, successfully landed three double-or-nothings. Comets and Blueberries know their movies, having a perfect match-the-actor-to-their-debut-movie round. Almost Farmous named the most human-based constellations. Nice job! Ex-Laxers and Trio Primo hit double-or-nothing in the first round. Thanks to all for playing!

See you next week at 7:30 @ Murphy's ---Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Guam with the Wind 67 11 1.000
2 11874 Comets and Blueberries 49 10 0.909
3 Almost Farmous 48 9 0.818
4 Ex-Laxers 41 8 0.727
5 Deathcab for Moochie 38 7 0.636
6 The High Council 24 5 0.500
6 Bad X 24 5 0.500
8 Bar Masters 17 2 0.273
8 Ben D. Knee 17 2 0.273
8 T2 17 2 0.273
11 Amature Street Magicians 16 1 0.091
12 Duck and Cover 2.0 12 0 0.000