QUIZ RECAP

It was another Manic Monday at Schilling Cider House last night; the word is out that it's the place to be for Monday Night Trivia(tm).

This week, the absence of consecutive-week winners Sith Happens/Leave Room for Jesus/Trivia Neutron Bomb meant good news AND bad news for last week's second place finishers Satan For the Win, who came out intending to give the defending champs a run for their money.

Newcomers Transplants kept things interesting, doubling down for double the points on Round #3 and consistently crushing their answers on most other rounds. That being said, Satan For The Win was just too dominant to overcome, taking the W at the end of the night. Will they be back next week to face off at last with Sith Happens? It's anyone's guess.

Another team of newcomers, Turtle Power, took the final spot on the podium with third place, just edging out regulars My Long Lost Appendix and Go Team Venture!

It's Trivia Day?, Lopi, and latecomers Javier and Brandon all put up valiant efforts, but they'll need to step their games up next week in order to win it all.

All in all, it was another fun night with a lotta laughs, a lotta cider, and a couple cute dogs. Come join the fun next week -- 7pm at Schilling Cider House!

QUIZ RECAP

This week, seasoned King Trivia veterans Leave Room for Jesus (the artists formerly known as Sith Happens and Trivia Neutron Bomb) returned to the ring to defend their title, while enthusiastic newcomers Hangin' with Epstein fought for that top slot until they were, er, blue in the face. How did the Trivia Gods award the ultimate prize? Read on to find out...

Round 1's General Knowledge ended in a dead heat, with Leave Room for Jesus, Hangin' with Epstein, and You're a Quizard, Harry all tying for first, while Menopausal Gandalf, Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore, and the Motherf***ing M&Ms kept in a close second. Round 1's biggest shocker? Not one single team knew the name of Demi Lovato's sixth studio album...which, let's face it, is probably not a bad thing.

Round 2's "Babies...Assemble!" theme was right in Hangin' with Epstein's wheelhouse, and they showed their stuff with a perfect double-or-nothing round. Not to be outdone, almost all of our other teams doubled up on this round as well, keeping it close for the duration of the game.

Round 3 threw some (double!) D's on that b***, with a hotly contested alliterative round. While one team attempted to double-or-nothing, the Quizmaster's ruling kept them from dominating this round, and our top seven teams ended in a relatively close heat.

Round 4 and Round 5 kept it a close game, with a solid performance across all teams in both sets of questions.

This crew showed their Thanks for T- Hanks in Round 6, with 4 teams naming all ten Tom Hanks characters correctly for the double-or-nothing. And, finally, we saw a strong performance from several teams in Round 7.

While we had so many strong teams in play this week, it stayed a close game between our winners (technically defending champions) Leave Room for Jesus, second-place finishers Hangin' with Epstein, and close third You're a Quizard, Harry. In addition to their second-place win, Hangin' with Epstein took the "best team name" category. Best, or most groan-worthy? Why not both.

It was great to see a record crowd come out for trivia night at Schilling Cider. Will someone finally overthrow the Leave Room for Jesus/Sith Happens/Trivia Neutron Bomb dynasty next week? There's only one way to find out...

...tune in next Monday at 7pm for another rousing round of King Trivia at Schilling Cider House!

QUIZ RECAP

On Monday nights at Schilling Cider, we got dinos...we got dogs...we got...pierogies?

Trivia regulars Sith Happens (this time + a Trekkie) continued their weeks-long winning streak with a commanding win over fellow regular competitors A Team Has No Name (2nd place). While we can't confirm reports that they influenced the game results by stuffing the Quizmaster, Your Truly, with Russian dumplings...it probably didn't hurt their cause. Oh yeah, and those two successful double-or-nothing rounds didn't hurt either. Collusion!

Elsewhere in the bar, we saw strong showings by first-time teams My Doula Oblong Catas and Mamasehmamasahmakamusah, both of whom remained within one point of a second-place finish until our final round.

Last, but certainly not least, one-person team Biff Jerky occupied last place on the board, but first place in my heart, with some truly hilarious answers. Who knew that Eddie Murphy's top grossing film was "Madea...all of them?" We do now. Biff Jerky's commitment to the comedy won them our honorary "Favorite Team Name" prize at the end of the game.

That's it for this week. Will Sith Happens continue to dominate, possibly while bribing the Quizmaster? Will we ever see Biff Jerky again? Will your Quizmaster ever have to say the dreaded words "New York Yankees" five times in one night ever again? Come find out next Monday at 7pm!