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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 Jun 13 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
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Trivia was a blast on Tuesday night at Murphy's! Our first place team, Putin Out, hit it big with a double-or-nothing on the French Cuisine round. Three teams (24 Carrots, Trump U: Summa Covfefe, and Abbey Road Warriors) had to go through a tie-breaker for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place. Congrats to all three of these teams for playing awesome games. We also had three enthusiastic newcomer teams: Team Worcestershire, Pae Back, and Puff's Priests; the latter of whom gambled with double-or-nothings for the majority of the game.

See you all next week at Murphy's at 7:30 PM.

All the best, -- Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Putin Out 51 8 1.000
2 24 Carrots 39 5 0.750
2 11603 Trump University: Summa Covfefe 39 5 0.750
2 Abbey Road Warrior 39 5 0.750
5 Pae Back 36 4 0.500
6 Team Worcestershire 35 3 0.375
7 10728 Dire Wolves 34 1 0.188
7 Ex-Laxers 34 1 0.188
9 11622 Puff's Priests 7 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Jun 6 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
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King Trivia at Murphy's was a blast on Tuesday, with good drinks, food, and friends. All of the teams kept pace with each other through the fourth round! Nice job, everyone. Gaining big points in the last three rounds, Dire Wolves placed first. HAMES, our second-place team for the evening, got a perfect score in the sports-themed final round. Ex-Lax played consistently to land third place. We had a lot of repeat players as well as some new teams. Welcome!

See you all next Tuesday. -Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10728 Dire Wolves 46 7 1.000
2 Hames 38 6 0.857
3 Ex-Lax 31 5 0.714
4 Mormon Date Night 21 4 0.571
5 Rosebuddies 18 3 0.429
6 Smoke and a bagpipe 16 2 0.286
7 11553 Team Name 16 1 0.143
8 Team W 11 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Tue May 30 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
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Our first and second place teams, The Deep Ends and Save Us, Angela Merkel, each had three perfect rounds. Our third place team, Sex, Lies and Trivia, hit it big with the General Knowledge and Find the Theme rounds. Murphy's seems to attract a lot of readers, as many teams had (almost) perfect scores in the book-names round, Beyond Fifty Shades.  Thanks to all for a great night of trivia! I hope to see you all next week at Murphy's 🙂

All the best, -Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 The Deep Ends 53 11 1.000
2 Save Us, Angela Merkel 51 10 0.909
3 Sex, Lies and Trivia 44 9 0.818
4 10728 Direwolves 40 8 0.727
5 Dinosaur Eggs Are Delicious 36 7 0.636
6 Meatless Meet 35 5 0.500
6 My couch pulls out but i don't 35 5 0.500
8 Come from behind kids 31 3 0.318
8 The Guiris 31 3 0.318
10 Touch my clicker 26 2 0.182
11 Bee?! Beads! 18 0 0.045
11 Team Name 18 0 0.045