QUIZ RECAP

Everybody was a winner at the Lion & Crown in Allen this week 

as three regular teams got together for their usual Thursday 

night trivia contest.  

Pickles on a Plate walked away with first place after a successful 

Double-or-Nothing in Round Three's Theme Round, which consisted 

of alternating questions about United Airlines and the United 

Kingdom.  (BTW, the rumor that the FAA has changed its name 

from Federal Aviation Administration to Forget About Afghanistan 

is completely unfounded.  We think...) 

The Rockafellers rocked second place in getting the most 

correct answers on Round Six by being able to match the city 

to the Newspaper.  (Pssst!  Paper is making a comeback!  We 

think...)  Promising sign was all teams knew the Dallas Morning 

News!  (Quiz Master Lou remembers the local paper of record 

as being Dallas Times Herald, but I digress...) 

Deadly Alliance came in third but still snagged a prize.  If 

they had gotten the Double-or-Nothing on the final Round Seven, 

they would have leaped into first, but it was not to be.  Still, 

it was a glorious failure.  

Congratulations to our quiz writers who penned a pretty good 

Round Four Guess Who Round.  The subject was Sandra Day O'Connor, who, incidentally, used to live in Maricopa County, AZ where she served as State Senator, Assistant Attorney General, sat 

as a Superior Court and then an Appeals Court Judge!  How's 

that for a cosmic coinkydink?  Our Thursday FaceBook question 

of the week was, What is the name of the rare Norwegian dog 

that translates to "Puffin dog"?  One of my fb wags put down 

Opushund.  I had to admonish him that Opus was a penguin and 

not a puffin.  

Running Trivia while the world burns, this is Quiz Master Lou 

signing off!  Have a weekend. 

QUIZ RECAP

Like moths to a light bulb they came!  I thought we were going 

to play with seven teams.  Then it became eight!  Then the FNG's 

and Velvet Hammered showed up and it was ten!  Then newbie 

Team Loco joined in and it was eleven!  Because our King Trivia 

Pub Quiz goes to eleven...  Apologies to Nigel Tufnel.  

The frivolity continued for at least one more Thursday at the 

Lion & Crown in Watters Creek with Quiz Master Lou holding 

court from the stage with the help of a table and four chairs. 

(You know, I like that set up...) A big welcome back to long 

absent friends the Hilltoppers, who started off strong and 

held the lead early but slipped to fourth place as the night 

wore on.  Lots 'o newbies joined in, including the clan that 

styled themselves Colorful Kitties, the cool hipsters, Two Rows, 

a couple of smarties who went with the topical Birds Aren't 

Real and a boisterous gang of joyfuls who insisted on the dubious 

moniker of It's Only Gay if You Push Back!  (Hence forth, QM 

Lou referred to them as It's Only for the remainder of the 

evening.)  

Returning regs the Bumble Bees buzzed into a glorious first 

place win.  The Rockefellers established a hard won second 

while Sanitize or Die sprang into third with a Sixth Round 

Double-or-Nothing that catapulted them over the heads of their 

rivals, thus becoming the dark horse in the race! 

As usual, our quiz writing overlords provided grist for mill 

of mirth as style points got awarded to funniest non-answers 

of the evening.  Regarding Mariah Carey's Yuletide hit, one 

wag didn't know the title so resolved with "That annoying one 

she can't hit the notes with."  (Poor Mariah)  Someone else 

confused the syndicated comic Family Circus with Monty Python 

and identified it as Flying Circle!?!  And finally, is it really 

possible to mistake Benedict Cumberbatch for Rowan Atkinson?  

Just think of how The Imitation Game or Doctor Strange would've 

turned out if played by Mr. Bean.  I ask you...  

Have a weekend.  They're still in stock.  Quiz Master Lou signing 

off.

QUIZ RECAP

What a wonderful night!  We had six teams show up and two Tie 

Breakers!  Everybody was happy and cordial.  A time to shelve 

one's worries and relax.  

Deadly Alliance knocked it out of the park with two successful 

Double-or-Nothing's back to back in Rounds Five and Six respectively.  

That put them way out front for an easy First Place Win.  

Pickles on a Plate won the Tie Breaker with Dallas Booler's 

Club placing Second and Third.  The other tie was between 

the FNG's and River Rats for Fourth and Fifth.  Both teams 

gave the same exact answer on the Tie Breaker question so had 

to have a tie breaker for the tie breaker!  This was settled 

the old fashioned way with a representative from each team 

coming up on stage and engaging in a contest of Rochambeau 

(Rock, Paper, Scissors).  After a false start, FNG's paper 

covered rock and they took the fourth place position.  Whew! 

Our question sets proved once more that Americans eat out a 

lot, that Jane Austen and geography don't mix and that Ocean's 

Eleven makes a great source of querries for Find-the-Connection. 

Quiz Master Lou says enjoy your weekend!  Peace out!