The Famous Bar

The Famous Bar

154 S. Brand Blvd.
Glendale CA 91204
(818) 241-2888
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About The Famous Bar

The Famous craft cocktail lounge is located in Glendale's historic Huntley-Evans building, directly across the street from the Americana at Brand. It follows an eclectic and rich pedigree of establishments that have called this building home in the last century, most notably the early Glendale landmark, The Famous Department Store. The Famous, true to its heritage, embraces the classic art of fine craft cocktail creation, invented in the United States in 1856, using bitters, juices, syrups, and infusions, prepared in-house using fresh ingredients from local markets and growers. Cocktails served at The Famous are identical to those served nearly 100 years ago when the building was constructed.

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Dec 5 2019
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We had a boisterous, raucous, full throttle session of trivia quizmania this week at The Famous on Brand in Glendale. When the dust settled, two tenacious teams were tied for the top spot, with Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink edging out The Fanny Packs in the tiebreaker.

But WAIT! There's MORE!! The Barristers, feat. Michael! finished in a dead heat for third place with the energized Electric Moustache, who were definitely plugged in with a high-voltage effort. But alas, The Barristers blew their fuse with a winning tiebreaker effort, leaving the Moustache crew to wonder what might have been had Michael not contributed to the Barrister's winning ways.

But WAIT! There's MORE!

As faithful readers well know, this quizmaster likes to give a shout-out to those clever quizinators who opt for a timely, of-the-moment, zeitgeist-capturing team name, And we had us a doozie last night, which is why I bow down in appreciation to Literally Just Perineum Sunning for their pithy rearguard moniker.

I'm sure Josh Brolin would agree that this was a top-drawer -- okay, let's make that a bottom-drawer -- but nonetheless excellent choice for an unexpectedly delightful team name. And really, there are no ifs, ands, or butts about it.

See y'all next week.

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1* 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 72 10 0.955
1 The Fanny Packs 72 10 0.955
3* 10296 The Barristers, feat. Michael! 63 8 0.773
3 10347 Electric Moustache 63 8 0.773
5 Iron Man Has a Problem 51 7 0.636
6 17575 Oh the Humidity 49 6 0.545
7 Literally Just Perineum Sunning 47 5 0.455
8 15581 The Blanches 46 4 0.364
9 The Winning Team 34 3 0.273
10 GNO 33 2 0.182
11 McFatterson 32 1 0.091
12 Take Off Your Pants and Jackie! 31 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Nov 21 2019
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Trivia lovers were in a jubilant, pre-holiday mood this week at The Famous in Glendale, with a holiday spirit infusing the quizinators with a sense of giddy antici...(wait for it)...pation.

Dr. Professor Fiona McGonagall challenged new quizmaster Ian to say "Dr. Professor Fiona McGonagall" several times throughout the night whenever scores were announced, and then again at the end to congratulate their winning effort.

Electric Moustache won the drinking round, which may explain why they seemed a little extra giddy by the end of the quiz. And The Bad News Barristers finished in the winners circle for the first time in a while, after a string of close-but-no-cigar finishes in recent weeks.

Talk Nerdy To Me definitely speaks our language, and rounded out our top three winner's circle with The Blanches close (but again, no cigar) on their heels to finish fourth.

We'll be taking a night off next week to celebrate Thanksgiving, and we here at King Trivia are thankful once again for the enthusiastic support of our many loyal fans, who have made us the leading live pub quiz show provider in Southern California (and growing rapidly!)

Happy Thanksgiving, friends! We'll see ya in two weeks.

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Dr. Professor Fiona McGonagall 60 7 1.000
2 10296 Bad News Barristers 51 6 0.857
3 17296 Talk Nerdy To Me 42 5 0.714
4 10347 Electric Moustache 38 4 0.571
5 15581 The Blanches 36 3 0.429
6 He's Bad at Names 35 1 0.214
6 Kennedy's Missing 35 1 0.214
8 The Royal Bears 26 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Nov 14 2019
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Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 108 10 1.000
2* Lady Baby Apple 66 8 0.850
2 15581 The Blanches 66 8 0.850
4 15586 Bad With Names 64 7 0.700
5 10296 Bad News Barristers 52 6 0.600
6 Better Late Than Never 45 5 0.500
7 Kennedy's Halfway 44 4 0.400
8 23818 It’s not turbles it’s turtles 36 3 0.300
9 Attack on Trivia 34 2 0.200
10 Chrumas! 29 1 0.100
11 Elevate 28 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker
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