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 Feb 8 2018
| by Quizmaster Tim Barkas
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We offer a nod of respect today to Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink, (photo #4) frequent top-three finishers who took first place this week at The Famous on Brand. I mean, sheesh. They dominate competition at The Famous, and finished in the top 20 at our recent Tournament of Champions!! They are, indeed, a formidable team.

But Bad News Barristers (photo #3) are no slouches themselves. They also find themselves in the top three winner's circle frequently. And so it was last night, when they again performed well and took our #2 slot. But it's gotta sting to know that they would have BEATEN the BJWLUD crew if they had opted to double on the final round. They aced the round, but chose not to double! Oooooh! That's gotta sting!!

One a separate note, two thoughts:

Thought One: If you're playing as a single, can you still call yourself Wolfpack? Aren't you, at that point, Wolf Man? Jus' sayin'

Thought Two: Each week, while teams work on their Round 7 answers, your faithful quizmaster works the room, going from team to team, taking photos for this scoreboard recap. While most folks are happy to have their photos taken, from time to time someone let's us know us (me) know what they think of us, as illustrated in photo #2.

See ya next week!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 69 9 1.000
2 10296 Bad News Barristers 61 8 0.889
3 The Electric Mayhem 51 7 0.778
4 10385 pobody's nerfect 47 6 0.667
5 Gobias Industries 43 5 0.556
6 11342 Wolfpack 40 4 0.444
7 The Interns 39 3 0.333
8 12128 Veggie Scrambles 38 2 0.222
9 (W)ong Geezy 29 1 0.111
10 Trebeck-y With the Good Hair 27 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Feb 1 2018
| by Quizmaster Tim Barkas
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It was a big, BIG trivia night at The Famous in Glendale this week, as no fewer than 16 teams packed the joint for a raucous round of King Trivia excellence.

Fresh from their fine showing at the 2018 Edition of King Trivia's Tournament of Champions, Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink swept away all competition with an impressive (and insurmountable) 85 points!

The lovely ladies (and a gentleman) of Yer a Quizard Harry were close on their heels all evening, and finished with a more-than-respectable 73 to take 2nd.  And a well-executed double-or-nothing move in the 5th Round gave The Barrelers 3rd place with 65.

Gentle Sweaters were first runners up in 4th, due to a missed opportunity to double in the 5th. Hey guys...you know what they say: no guts, no glory!!

See ya next week.

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 85 15 1.000
2 10663 Yer a Quizard Harry 73 14 0.933
3 10458 The Barrelers 65 13 0.867
4 10135 Gentle Sweaters 56 12 0.800
5 Karson's Kids 55 11 0.733
6 The Interns 44 10 0.667
7 My Corona 41 9 0.600
8 Moon Doggies 39 8 0.533
9 10296 Bad News Barristers 37 7 0.467
10 The Famous Losers 34 6 0.400
11 Garlic Breath 33 5 0.333
12 Team Bromez 28 3 0.233
12 Electric Moustache 28 3 0.233
14 The Upside Down 23 2 0.133
15 Grandpa Moe 22 1 0.067
16 Desperate Housewives 14 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Jan 25 2018
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BEFORE THE GAME:

Tim the Quizmaster works the room, stopping at every table to say hi and invite patrons to play the King Trivia quiz: "Hi! Are you gonna quiz wit us tonight?"
Them: "We don't know anything about it. How's it work?"
TtQM: "Tonight is trivia night here at The Famous. It costs nothing to play, and you can win good prizes. I ask questions. You write down answers in this book. I keep score. You win prizes! Easy!! Wanna give it a try?"
Them (him): "I dunno. I'm not always very good at this sort of thing..."
Them (her): "Oh, that sounds like fun! Let's play..."
TtQM: "Tell ya what...I'll just leave this answer book and pen here, and if you decide to play, you can jump in any time."

AFTER THE GAME:

Them (him): "That was great! I'm glad you talked us into playing."
TtQM: Didja have fun? I thought you would..."
Them (her): "Oh! So much fun! We'll definitely be back next week!"

King Trivia...making new friends and creating enthusiastic quizinators wherever we go!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 91 7 1.000
2 Electric Mayhem 53 6 0.857
3 The Interns 43 5 0.714
4 10347 Electric Moustache 41 4 0.571
5 10296 Bad News Barristers 40 3 0.429
6 Team Chattany 39 2 0.286
7 It's Quizness Time 33 1 0.143
8 A Man Reports to No One 25 0 0.000
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