Network Brewery
1824 CARNEGIE AVESanta Ana CA 92705
(657) 859-8004
About Network Brewery
Small Brewery that packs a punch to your pallet.
Network Brewery
Santa Ana CA 92705
(657) 859-8004
QUIZ RECAP
Our penultimate game at Network Brewery began with some festive Christmas music! Because, as I reminded everyone, it was now after Thanksgiving and therefore they weren't legally allowed to complain. But there were questions to be asked, so the game got under way!
The house team - Our Couch Pulls Out, But We Don't - got off to an early lead after pulling off a successful Double or Nothing in the South Park round, being the only ones to identify Britney Spears and Paris Hilton...as well as the always-popular Mecha-Streisand. Not to be outdone, Our Drinking Team Has a Trivia Problem rocketed back into a neck and neck race by playing a Double or Nothing on our themed round...about rockets (see what I did there?).
Not being as CW-savvy as their Quizmaster, everyone missed out on some major points on The Flash, but made up for it by figuring out the Boston-themed round pretty early on. Ultimately, despite some risks by RIP Emma and Old Married Couple in the final round through some attempted Double or Nothings, lobster was the selfish shellfish that did not crack the list of most-consumed meats in the US, allowing Our Drinking Team Has a Trivia Problem to eke out a win due to their registered team name's two bonus points! But our two other teams walked away with some prizes as the rankings defaulted to them away from the house team.
Shout outs to Old Married Couple, who played their first ever game of trivia with us this week! And also for answering three questions by just writing "Boston" in that round.
And to RIP Emma, who were not in the middle of a wake, but rather celebrating one of their coworkers (Emma...obviously) moving on to another job! Good luck, Emma!
Great job, trivia fiends! See you next week for our final game at Network Brewery for the foreseeable future! We'll laugh, we'll cry, we'll drink...you know, the usual!
| Game Rank | Team # | Team Name | Score | Teams Beaten | Team Beat Average |
| 1 | 16011 | Our Drinking Team Has a Trivia Problem | 51 | 3 | 1.000 |
| 2 | Our Couch Pulls Out, But We Don't | 50 | 2 | 0.667 | |
| 3 | RIP Emma | 36 | 1 | 0.333 | |
| 4 | Old Married Couple | 20 | 0 | 0.000 |
QUIZ RECAP
Two days before Thanksgiving and we had a great turnout for trivia! There were a handful of returning teams and a couple that got in on the fun to put the whipped cream on the pumpkin pie of an already great evening.
Our in-house champions, Our Drinking Team Has a Trivia Problem, started out very strong by getting the first two rounds completely right, utilizing a strategic Double or Nothing in the second round and being the only team to correctly identify WKRP in Cincinnati. Tom Hardy also proved difficult to identify, with several teams taking a loss or not being able to answer! Not to mention those pesky Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons...
The final round proved especially challenging for teams as everyone not only had to remember all the Pixar movies, but also if they were deserving of the Oscar. I got to impart my own bit of trivia on everyone after the answers were read as the Best Animated Feature category wasn't introduced until the 2002 ceremony, meaning that Toy Story, a bug's life, Toy Story 2, and Monster's Inc. could not have been answers! There were definitely some groans after that knowledge was dropped.
In the end, we had our fill and before the tryptophan started setting in, our Top 3 were announced, Our Drinking Team Has a Trivia Problem in first, second went to Polish Sausages, and third was given to Little Debbies. Congratulations, all!
Special shoutouts to Polish Sausages who were celebrating a family reunion with some members of their team coming from as far away as Poland! Now the name makes sense...Another shoutout to Arrrrgyle who went big on with a couple of Double or Nothings...even if those gambles didn't exactly pay off.
Happy Thanksgiving, all! Now excuse me while I go watch Thankskilling...
| Game Rank | Team # | Team Name | Score | Teams Beaten | Team Beat Average |
| 1 | 16011 | Our Drinking Team Has a Trivia Problem | 63 | 5 | 1.000 |
| 2 | Polish Sausages | 47 | 4 | 0.800 | |
| 3 | Little Debbies | 42 | 3 | 0.600 | |
| 4 | Chik Fil-Atio | 36 | 2 | 0.400 | |
| 5 | Unicorns | 31 | 1 | 0.200 | |
| 6 | Arrrrgyle | 25 | 0 | 0.000 |
QUIZ RECAP
I'm back and it feels so good! And we had our biggest game in a couple weeks! Guess that's what happens when there are no holidays going on, huh?
It was a fun night with teams trickling in throughout the first couple rounds, which I had no problem catching up since they didn't hear the answers to Round 1 (seriously, I must've read those questions a thousand times...which is only a slight exaggeration).
Highlights from the evening include everyone getting tripped up on the Greek god Apollo despite several nerd references that made me happy; Our Drinking Team Has a Trivia Problem pulling off a Double or Nothing on the picture round where they not only identified the people on the US coins but also the correct denominations; and a great final round where we all learned that some of the worst NFL teams today have the best overall records in football history (looking at you, Detroit Lions...).
But when the dust had settled and the points totaled, Our Drinking Team Has a Trivia Problem once again walked home with the grand prize, with Venture Brothers and Shoot First, Ask Christian Slater finishing out the Top 3...and since the latter wasn't just comprised of the house team this week, they got to enjoy their prize!
Shoutout to Aguilera (inspired by "Ain't No Other Man", which had just popped up on my Spotify...don't judge) and Team Furry Starlords who were both on the fence about playing at first, but ended up having a great time and learned some things along the way!
On to Turkey Week!
| Game Rank | Team # | Team Name | Score | Teams Beaten | Team Beat Average |
| 1 | 16011 | Our Drinking Team Has a Trivia Problem | 52 | 5 | 1.000 |
| 2 | 16362 | Venture Brothers | 41 | 4 | 0.800 |
| 3 | Shoot First, Ask Christian Slater | 34 | 3 | 0.600 | |
| 4 | The Beaners | 25 | 2 | 0.400 | |
| 5 | Aguilera | 24 | 1 | 0.200 | |
| 6 | Team Furry Starlords | 19 | 0 | 0.000 |
