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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 Jul 11 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
|

Murphy's had their doors open all night to let the beautiful evening Seattle breeze cool the excited players of trivia.

The Direwolves and Straight Outta Mordor, the first- and second-place teams for the night, landed double-or-nothing's in first and third rounds respectively. Nice job! Your Bartenders and 90 Degrees earn praise for knowing the most populated African countries of 2017, the question in our final round. In the interest of full disclosure... answered the famous person in Round 4 with only the first clue. Amazing! What gave it away? Her parents' names or her alma mater? Newcomers Crazy had a strong 2nd Round with naming the "Mothers of..." in pictures. Nice work!

Come out for another fun night at Murphy's with King Trivia next Tuesday. Hope to see you all again!

Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10728 Dire Wolves 48 7 1.000
2 Straight Outta Mordor 47 6 0.857
3 11603 In the interest of full disclosure, I do have a tickle in my anus 43 5 0.714
4 11903 90 degrees 38 4 0.571
5 Your Bartenders 33 3 0.429
6 The Sinners 21 2 0.286
7 Crazy 19 1 0.143
8 Just Here for the Beer 3 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Jun 27 2017
| by Quizmaster Whitney Moore
|

Another gorgeous night of tantalizing trivia at Murphy's Pub is in the books!! It was a come from behind victory for Pixies Pixies Pixies Duran Duran who catapulted themselves into 1st place after going double or nothing in round 7 and nailing all 10 answers for an easy 20 points!

How would you have done with the final question?

There are 5 countries in addition to Germany that list German as an official language. What are these 5 countries?

  1. Austria
  2. Belgium
  3. Liechtenstein
  4. Luxembourg
  5. Switzerland

What are the 5 most widely spoken Romance languages in the world by number of native speakers?

  1. Spanish
  2. Portuguese
  3. French
  4. Italian
  5. Romanian

Landing in 2nd place was Thomas Jefferson Airplane and in 3rd place I Take My Covfefe Black! Both with excellent team names 🙂

It is always a pleasure to fill in at Murphy's Pub and I'm already looking forward to hosting the classiest game in town again next Tuesday at 7:30PM @ Murphy's!

Your Quizmaster, 

Whitney

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Pixies Pixies Pixies Duran Duran 55 7 1.000
2 Thomas Jefferson Airplane 53 6 0.857
3 11603 Trump University: Summa Covfefe 47 5 0.714
4 10948 Emilio Estevengeance 45 4 0.571
5 Ex Lax 42 3 0.429
6 The Under Over Achievers 23 2 0.286
7 The Loose Screws 20 1 0.143
8 Latona Turtles 19 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Jun 20 2017
| by Quizmaster Patrick Skelly
|

Lots of people were having a great time with King Trivia Tuesday night at Murphy's pub! Lake Lillian Gish secured the victory with a perfect final round - even without doing Double-or-Nothing! We had a tie for 2nd and 3rd place, with Team Quasi nailing the final question to earn 2nd place, leaving Leftists of the World Unite in 3rd place. New team Get Funky had a late start to the game, but a great time regardless!

See you all next Tuesday at Murphy's at 7:30pm.

-Quizmaster Patrick

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Lake Lillian Gish 41 12 1.000
2* Team Quasi 33 10 0.875
2 Leftists of the World Unite 33 10 0.875
4 ex-laxers 30 9 0.750
5 Sccuszes 28 8 0.667
6 Team Worcestershire 25 7 0.583
7 We Thought This Was Golf 19 6 0.500
8 The 1st Timers 14 5 0.417
9 Pied Piper 11 4 0.333
10 11553 Team Name 8 2 0.208
10 Get Funky 8 2 0.208
12 Macaroni Monsters 6 0 0.042
12 Sundownder Squad 6 0 0.042
* Won Tiebreaker