That smug-looking group of women in photo#1 are The Blanches! And yes, I supposed we have no choice but to indulge their "oh yeah, we RULE!" attitude. After all, the happy trio of King Trivia regulars did indeed rule the night this week at The Famous in Glendale.
After a disappointing 5th place finish last week, The Blanches came roaring back last night to win our weekly quiz with an impressive 92 points, edging out Even Little Bow Wow, who finished a very close 2nd.
But The Blanches weren't satisfied with just wining the quiz. Noooooo! They also won the drinking round! And that extra alcohol may partially explain why they stood up on their couch when their victory was announced and starting chanting "we kicked your butts - we kicked your butts!" while taunting and pointing at last week's winners, Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink (who finished in 4th last night, just one point out of the winner's circle.
The Bad Explainers finished in 3rd and, to their credit, accepted their gift certificate with class and grace, even when the Blanches started yelling "you got nuthin' ...YOU GOT NUTHIN'!" at them from across the bar.*
On a separate note, this quizmaster is always delighted to add a new name to my "favorite fun team names list." And we got a good one last night. I salute you, Big Test Tickles! You made me enunciate carefully and clearly this week, lest I speak too quickly and suggest a more robust endowment than reality bestowed upon you!
Yes, it's always a good time at the Famous. Come see for yourself. We'll be back on July 11th, and hope to see you there.
* NOTE: all behaviors and verbal utterings attributed to The Blanches in this recap are entirely fictional and undeserved. Those ladies are lovely and very well behaved. Every bad thing they've ever said to the Jeopardy crew was uttered quietly, or in a whisper.
See ya in two weeks!
Your humble quizmaster may have missed his true calling. After last night's exciting and revealing trivia quiz at The Famous in Glendale, I have come to believe that I should have been a sports coach or motivational speaker of some sort of inspirational leader.
What other explanation could there be for the resurgent performance of Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink, who absolutely crushed it last night on their way to the first place win? Yes, after giving the Jeopardy crew what for in last week's recap, the team dug deep, rallied their intellectual forces and performed at the peak of their powers.
Yer a Quizzard, Harry certainly gave 'em a run for their winning gift certificate, finishing just three points behind with an excellent 95, and Team Vitamin D demonstrated the potential benefits of nutritional supplements with a strong third-place finish at 90 points.
We Thought This Was Karaoke wasn't singing such a happy tune after a strong but ultimately disappointing fourth place finish, and we're confident that King Trivia stalwarts Bad News Barristers and The Blanches will return to the winner's circle again very soon!
See! There I go again offering encouragement and inspiration! Let's see if it pays off next week!! (I'm tawkin' to you, Blanches!)
We had a near photo-finish at the end of this week's quiz at The Famous in Glendale. This venue always features some top-drawer competition. But this week's stairstep scores of 67/66/65 at the finish was especially tense and delightful.
When the dust settled, Mitch McGonagall was at the top of the heap, followed oh-so-closely by The Bad News Barristers and Yer a Quizzard Harry.
Our top team for the last two weeks in a row - The Blanches - had a rare off night to finish in the middle of the pack, while frequent winners Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink had trouble shaking off the jet lag from a recent trip to Africa and performed so poorly that they asked this quizmaster to leave them off the scoreboard entirely!
Being the compassionate and accommodating person that I am, I readily agreed to that request and assured them that I would not mention the failed double-or-nothing attempts or their historically low score of 37 points.
"You can count on me, Mike! You too, Doug! You can sleep soundly tonight knowing that your secret is safe with me!" I said.
Yup, that's what I said. See y'all next week.
