QUIZ RECAP

A fun little night here at the Pineapple Saloon! We had a blast in round 1 with General Knowledge, always ordering everyone around, even the turtles.

Round 2 had a few laughs when we just didn't know enough Nancies, but round 3 Rocked! Chris rock, that is. Round 4 was a headscratcher for a while until we all realized that Neve Campbell was Canadian.

It was about this time we all realized that "Running with Caesars" and "Tequila Mockingbirds" and "There's always next week" had been neck and neck (and Neck)! We were pretty much all able to "name" the correct answers in round 5. TANW and the Mockingbirds succesfully double-downed, pulling farther afield, but what would happen next?Neither of them attempted the feat in Round 6, which left us unsure which mountains are which, and this time it was Caesar's turn to double. This made for an incredibly tense entrance into Round 7, which tested everyone's knowledge of NHL teams, so it was over....well, rather quickly... but not before Tequila Mockingbirds pulled away with the only successful double down in the final round-securing the Stainly Koep, a coveted trophy only awarded to the champions on the last trivia Tuesday in August of an even numbered year below a waning moon in a fruit-themed saloon. They celebrated raucously and well deserved, spreading their 99 points to the masses that poured into the streets to congratulate their heroes (pictured).

QUIZ RECAP

What a nice night at Pineapple Hill Saloon. 14 Teams ushered forth into the great known that is trivia.

There's Always Next Week threw down quite the gauntlet as the only debut Double-down, but that doesn't mean they were the only ones to try for it! Round 2 saw a bit more vigour and six teams ascended the throne for a showdown of Double-Downs, evening the field slightly. Moving into round 3, the confidence kept coming with half of the teams securing double-down and almost all the rest scoring five or six points.

A few in round 4 ventured forth to success right off the bat, but most waited until the second clue, securing a still high, if not highest point possibility.

As the fates began to tighten their threads, double-downs started to fly in the face of adversity, with last-ditch efforts of math resulting in many Zeroes in the final rounds of the game, leaving only three at the top:

Running With Caesars, The Kids' Table, and Gary's Old Towne Tavern in ascending order.

QUIZ RECAP

This one started with a technical glitch, resulting in the game starting on round 2. But everyone rolled with it and we got off to a solid start. Nearly everyone successfully doubled in rounds 2 and 3, so this was a close one across the board going into round 4.

Tequila Mockingbirds held a slight lead coming out of 4, with a cluster of teams 4-6 points behind. A good double by Running with Ceasars in round 5, allowed them to slide into the lead. Doubles by both in rd 6 separated them from the rest and they stood pat to the end.

The really interesting race ended up being for 3rd place. 4 teams were huddled together, separated by only 2 points going into round 7. Had any of them been able to successfully double they could have passed Tequila for 2nd place. However, since there were no doubles in round 7, they had to duke it out, naming 10 of the 12 countries with the most McDonald's Restaurants. We ended with a tie for 3rd and a tie for 5th.

Flying Solo and The Oxymorons then had to face each other in the tie-breaker question: "In what year did Iran close its last McDonald's?" Solo made a gallant effort with his guess, but Oxy nailed the answer with 1979, taking 3rd place.

As usual, the Pineapple Hill Saloon was happening with King Trivia. A great turnout, lots of doubling and, I think, a good time had by all. The regulars are rotating victories, and the games are usually nail-biters right to the end.

Congrats to Running with Ceasars!!