QUIZ RECAP

The following is inspired by a story created during the musical-themed Round 6, in which Project Unknown and I came up with the character of Salty Slug...details are based off of amusing answers for the evening. Enjoy.

Once there was a slug named Salty who lived in Israel. Salty was not content with his life there and knew there was more for him to see and do in the world, if only he could find his purpose. One day, he was visited by Bob, one of the lesser-known Apostles (thanks, Dragons Wolves!), and Paul, who everyone thinks is an Apostle but is not. They told him of many wonders on Earth and so, Salty set off on his adventure.

Salty traveled far and wide in search of his purpose. He saw Gina Carano hog wrestling (courtesy of Project Unknown), but figured that was too messy for him. He even took a road trip to see Old Faithful, and reported back his findings to Atari Kobayashi and Tidal Wave, who had no idea such a marvel even existed (but realized what he was talking about as soon as they heard the name). He even learned about palindromes from the world-renowned Mike Tyson's Speech School and how to self-sufficient from Thesaurus Rex, who chose to venture out without his family that night! But he still could not find his purpose.

At that moment, lightning struck him out of the blue...or rather, salt...since Project Unknown tossed some over their shoulder, passing off their bad luck to poor Salty. He returned home to recover and it was there, he realized that Israel was home to almost no musicals whatsoever! He took it upon himself to write his story down, filled with all the whimsical characters he encountered.

Salty Slug: the Musical opened to rave reviews and Salty lived out the rest of his days as a rich slug, gifting Mike Tyson's Speech School and Thesaurus Rex gift cards to their favorite eating establishment for coming in first and second in his book, respectively.

Fin

QUIZ RECAP

Tonight was the night of Double or Nothing's galore! There were five total successful DoN's, with two coming from the Baby Cheezes! Just goes to show how stiff the competition was tonight as they wound up in a very close fourth place as the game found itself rocketing between tables as everyone jockeyed for the Top 3 and those coveted Slater's gift cards.

It was a rough night for our house champions: Mike Tyson's Speech School. The restaurant was a little short staffed, so we started the game dry while waiting for drinks. Sadly, I could not jump behind the bar due to potential health code violations, so it took until the final round for them to risk it all on a DoN and jump from the middle of the pack into first place! Lesson here for everyone else: watch more crappy TV...this is the only place where that could be a lesson.

For our second place team, Almost Good, this was their first game with King Trivia and they loved it! They had a great time learning the intricacies of our game and now they will never forget that Oksana Baiul does, indeed, come from the Ukraine as that answer secured them their own first DoN!

Rounding out our Top 3 was visiting team Barely Knowledgable, who made a name for themselves after celebrating their own DoN in Round 5 with one teammate shouting from the bathroom...not usually a sign that anything good is happening.

Thanks for a fun night, everyone! See you all again next week!

QUIZ RECAP

A relatively low-scoring night, but still a fun one! Welcome to trivia night at Slater's 50/50, where we learn such things as Ripley from the Alien franchise is not Han Solo nor is she Rambo, even though her Lego figure might be ambiguous.

Before the night began, I asked our newest team to keep their name at most PG-13 rated since we had kids around this evening. Aptly, they named themselves...PG-13. Touch?.

The most enjoyable rounds were the wishes/curses, where we all realized how crappy gypsies are in movies; the hidden theme round, since everyone who figured it out really enjoyed writing "BALLS!!!" as the themed answer; and the matching round, where everyone realized how much they hated DJ Khaled's "music".

Then people got creative with countries beginning with "E". From Last of the Avengers, we had the countries of East Land, East of Eden, and East Street Band. From PG-13, the amazing Elbow Island, a sanctuary for macaroni escaping persecution in the form of very hangry people.

When the dust had cleared, Mike Tyson's Speech School had once again claimed victory and their $30 Slater's gift cards! But there remained one more task: the tiebreaker. PG-13 guessed closes to the number of seconds in The Godfather: Part II, thus claiming second place in their first ever game! Sorry, Pear Tree, but due to Price is Right rules, your second place streak was broken...the good news is, third place was yours!

Shout out to Last of the Avengers, who barely weren't able to crack the Top 3 (stupid DJ Khaled...) but came out to play on their vacation from Fresno! Hope you all had a safe trip home!

Have a great week, everybody!