QUIZ RECAP

Two months ago, a boy had a dream. This plucky young-ish farm boy got off the bus with a twinkle in his eye and came to Rocco's Culver City to audition to be a quizmaster. Now he returns to run the very show that gave him his start. And what a homecoming it was - cheers, thunderous applause, and teams yelling at me when I caught them cheating. It's really the life. What a dream...

It was great to be back at Rocco's, though I wished my sound equipment worked better! Next week, I swear. Too bad not many people could name Drake's #1 songs, but I get it. He'll always be Jimmy Brooks to me.

PADDINGTON KILLS came out swinging with successful doubles at the top, but slipped once we got to the Guess Who. They just couldn't decide which Kennedy I was talking about. Through a brief kerfuffle with five teams in arm's reach of first place, they regained a comfortable lead and won.

Yet, the biggest heartbreak comes with the drinking round as Paddington Kills was poised to win with guessing closest to the area of Rhode Island, off by 212 square miles. But a last minute addition by a new team cancelled that as they were off by only 3 SQUARE MILES! I would've called them out for cheating if they weren't sitting right in front of me when they answered.

PHILOSOPHICAL DISTINCTION held onto his bridesmaid spot that he had throughout the game (and declined to get his picture for the website because of the fame involved) while BEYONCE x 2 squeaked past JUST THE TWO OF US to clinch 3rd.

Just The Two Of Us deserve a shout out for the best guesses at Drake songs with "Drake Me Up (Before You Go Go)" and "Drake On Me."

QUIZ RECAP

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...

That's the every present motto of a little King Trivia game growing in Culver City at Rocco's tavern.

In the middle of the summer, heatwave time in Los Angeles, 13 teams came on out, and not 6 that grew to 9, but fell back to 7, but in the end 13 teams answered 1 round of questions. But 13 here for the entire go -- came to play. QB jersey numbers, the Unauthorized Biography of Charles Barkley, and knowing that French Guiana is in South America and not attached to France, that's what separate the money winners from those that just had themselves a winning good time.

Mr. T says Curlin is Cool...Fool was tired of all finishes other than 1st, and put a stop to it, with a resounding 6th round successful double up, sneaking past early game front-runners Philosophical Distinction, and holding off late-game upstarts Salty Crew.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a no empty table, bursting at the seams game of King Trivia at Rocco's on Monday. Come join the fun...

QUIZ RECAP

Started from the bottom, now we're here... A cold LA day in January, with 5 teams, one of them being the Rocco's staff has transformed into a hot July evening with 14 teams, a full bar, and bustling game of trivia.

Way too many questions, you must think I trust ya - You searchin' for answers, I do not know nothing. The game featured 7 teams spending 5 rounds within 10 points of one other. So many questions, successful doubles, unsuccessful doubles, missed opportunities to double...

Came up, that's all me, stay true, that's all me, no help, that's all me, all me for real. Regulars versus Rookies had another chapter, but for the majority of this one - veterans ruled. It was head to head, wire to wire: Paddington Kills versus Mr. T Says...Curling is Cool, Fool! (who, by the way, lived the gimmick, as the two of them went curling this past weekend - I saw the pictures to prove it). Paddington opened a big lead on T, but a successful double pushed it back to a 3 points game..

Higher powers taking a hold on me. What Happened Last Night, new entrants to the Rocco's fun -- finally let their gambling team leader take hold on things (he was even identifying bands on the between rounds/questions music playlist), and with only 3 questions missed over the final 4 rounds - propelled themselves into a 3rd place finish.

I go 0 to 100, real quick, real quick. Philosophical Distinction steady, but slow building all game long, unsuccessfully attempted a 2x or nothing on the connection round, but came right back and successfully put down a matching round double that VAULTED them into a 2nd place finish.

They got enemies, got a lot of enemies, got a lot of people tryna drain them of this energy. Even on a record night for team entry, Paddington Kills rose above, always holding at least a share of first place, and coming through with a thrilling 3 point victory to take the night.

Oh, and starting each paragraph with a Drake lyric? That's because, like the lives of a millennial, our game came down to a Drake album. Round 5, Philosophical Distinction, in the midst of a perfection double or nothing run, misidentified the Drake album at question, and that one answer was the difference between successful and unsuccessful, and ultimately the game - it was that close.

You know when that hotline bling, that can only mean ONE thing...

Until next week....