I always enjoy hosting at new places! Not that Schilling Cider is new, per se, but I was subbing in for the regular host, so it was my first time hosting trivia there - and I had an assistant/trainee, Nolan to help out!
We had a lively bunch of cider-drinking trivia-goers. Round 1 started off a little slow for some (I guess this selection of General Knowledge wasn't so generally known with this group), with the exception of Three is a Crowd, who started off with a bang.
As we moved into Round 2, the Picture Round, we started to see a bit of creme rising to the top a a couple of the leaders began to emerge ahead of the bottom few teams.
Round 3 was our blue light/ light blue/ singing the blues theme round. Our favorite answer on this round related to what SEAL stands for in Navy SEALS, great try Beyonce Knowles No Bounds, but the answer was not Saving Earth At Last 🙂
In Round 4, our Guess Who round, we were looking for a famous person, comedian, activist named Jon Stewart. Bron Bron came close with Jay Leno, and Scotts Tots also guess incorrectly with Jerry Seinfeld, but great effort! We love your enthusiasm!
We only had 3 teams Find the Correct Connection in Round 5 - COFFEE, just what everyone needs on a Monday. Great work Ignorant Bystanders, Fixing Benjamin, and Trudeau's Makeup Artist!
In Round 6, two teams went Double-or-Nothing, and got all correct answers, scoring them 20 points a piece!
And by Round 7, Trudeau's Makeup Artist, who by the way knows EVERY STATE's electoral college vote, secured their spot as the top team, by doubling down on their wealth of knowledge.
Our top two teams, who won gift cards back to Schilling, were Trudeau's Makeup Artist in 1st and Three is a Crowd in 2nd!
Great job everyone, thank you for coming out to spend your Monday night schillings at Schilling! Catch you on the flip side 🙂
| Game Rank |
Team # |
Team Name |
Score |
Teams Beaten |
Team Beat Average |
| 1 |
22104 |
Trudeau's Makeup Artist |
56 |
7 |
1.000 |
| 2 |
|
Three is a Crowd |
52 |
6 |
0.857 |
| 3 |
|
Fixing Benjamin |
46 |
5 |
0.714 |
| 4 |
|
Beyonce Knowles No Bounds |
39 |
4 |
0.571 |
| 5 |
|
Ignorant Bystanders |
35 |
3 |
0.429 |
| 6 |
|
Voldemort |
17 |
2 |
0.286 |
| 7 |
|
Scott's Tots |
16 |
1 |
0.143 |
| 8 |
|
Bron Bron |
5 |
0 |
0.000 |
After a couple of weeks off, it felt great for this Quizmaster to come back home to Schilling Cider House! A lot can change in a few weeks and that was certainly the case this evening, with a fresh face behind the mic for Round 3 (shout-out to my lovely assistant for the evening, future QM Liz) and some new teams shakin' up the scorecard.
But the more things change, the more they stay the same. Monday night regulars Asbestos for the Rest of Us returned as a one-person team, once again coming in last place in the game (but first place in our hearts). While not many people would mistake the cover of Third Eye Blind's debut album for "Vanessa Carlton with a Migraine," if you squint hard enough, it's there.
Austrailiummmm? and Cider Hoes Rules put up quite the fight, with Cider Hoes Rules receiving 10% off their tab for best team name of the evening.
We had a close runner-up for that top team name prize with eventual first place winners Nat Your Average Bitches. What can I say? Now that I've had a team named after me, I've finally achieved Quizmaster Nirvana.
The final standings were as follows:
1. Nat Your Average Bitches
2. Courtney's Leaving Us
3rd place and Team Name: Cider Hoes Rules
See you all again next week! (Well, except for Courtney. I hear she's leaving us).
| Game Rank |
Team # |
Team Name |
Score |
Teams Beaten |
Team Beat Average |
| 1 |
19687 |
Nat Your Average Bitches |
44 |
4 |
1.000 |
| 2 |
|
Courtney's Leaving Us |
33 |
3 |
0.750 |
| 3 |
|
Cider Hoes Rules |
28 |
2 |
0.500 |
| 4 |
|
Austrailiummmmm...? |
19 |
1 |
0.250 |
| 5 |
|
Asbestos for the Rest of Us |
18 |
0 |
0.000 |
Schilling Cider House! You guys were such a pleasure. Thank you for making this California boy feel so welcome in Seattle. The competition was fierce between all our teams and the cider flowed like...cider!
My Long Lost Appendix won the swag round and Menopausal Gandolf won 10% off of their check for winning the best name prize!
In the end The Trivial Group won our top prize, a $50 Schilling Gift Card by getting just one point more than the aptly named Stable Geniuses! They won a $25 gift card for their smarts as well.
It's still Washington Cider Week so head on back to Schilling this week for some more Ciders and we will be back next Monday for more spicy trivia action!
