Wow! And welcome back. It's been a long, strange road. But
King Trivia Pub Quiz is back in action at the Lion & Crown in
Allen! Last night's quiz was a somewhat sedate affair, with a
smattering of contestants easing back into their 'new' normal.
Disparate elements of teams IFFY! and Deadly Alliance banned
together under Ship It!'s banner while Bar Guy's flag flew for
new comer Dale. Getting back into the swing of things was a
challenge for both Quiz Master Lou and the players as we struggled
with both rust and technology. KTPQ's got a new scoring system
called "Contactless", created to combat Covid. Alliteration
aside, designated team members must type answers into their
smart phones and the answers magically appear on QM Lou's hand
held... Or not. After some trial and error (Thank you Ashley,
for your tech support!), we actually got the bots to work for
us and the quiz was had!
Some nice questions from our quiz writers. QM Lou especially
liked the TV Sci-Fi set for our Round Six hand out. Old enough
to remember the original Twilight Zone's episode of The Masks,
the irony was not lost on this quiz master, who noted some new
faces at the pub, albeit covered with masks.
Life is strange, but it still goes on. And so does the Quiz!
See you next week, same Wuhan bat-time, same Wuhan bat-channel!
| Game Rank |
Team # |
Team Name |
Score |
Teams Beaten |
Team Beat Average |
| 1 |
11504 |
Ship It |
49 |
1 |
1.000 |
| 2 |
13664 |
Bar Guys |
11 |
0 |
0.000 |
It was either the brave and the foolhardy or the sane and the sensible who turned out for
last night's King Trivia Pub Quiz at ye old Lion and Crown Public House in Watter's
Creek. This current Coronavirus craze has crippled communal comingling quite capably.
Or... Has the media managed to manipulate the misgiving minded masses into morosely
missing most multitudiness meetings?!? Quiz Master Lou thinks it likely that it be a
little bit of both. But, you be the judge!
Seven teams of competitors with clean hands who never touched their faces (well, except
this one guy, but no one went near him) came out in defiance of the pall that has swept
the world, just to play the trivia quiz and imbibe some spirits, thus lifting their own.
You know, every age has its ambulance drivers, its grave diggers, its bell ringing
corpse cart tenders doing public service who diligently patrol the streets crying,
"Bring out your dead!" It is to them we felt akin last night, as one player quipped to
QM Lou on his way out last night, "Hey Lou, what goes best with a Coronavirus?"
"I dunno, Steve. What goes best with a Coronavirus?"
"Lyme disease!" I make no apologies. You be the judge. After all, in the end, we are
all judged one day...
Deadly Alliance (aka Blood, Bath & Beyond) captured first place and clung onto it (like
a dying man?) until the end. Beer Logic was running third all night until the very last
round when they overtook the constant second place holders, Street Smarts, with the names
of a few alkaline elements, pulling the old switcheroo quite successful like. A nice
question set from our quiz writers completed the evening's quiz.
In the meantime, stay clean and healthy, practice good hygiene and eat lots of garlic!
Not only does it keep vampires away, its a great source of vitamin C! No, really!
Lion & Crown. Allen, TX. Capacity: Packed! Mood: Boisterous. Quiz: Great!
Lots o' teams and lots o' enthusiasm as both regs and newbies gathered in an atmosphere
that can only be described as chaotic. Just getting to the pub was a challenge as an
automobile smash up on 75 at Legacy caused a traffic snarl that spilled out into the
surrounding roadways, clogging streets like plaque in a high cholesterol's arteries!
Quiz Master Lou narrowly avoided a heart attack as he drove his truck like 500mg of
Lipitor through veins of cars, whipping along the congested paths, blood pumping, aorta
racing, capillaries pounding! (Take that, Edward Bulwer-Lytton!)
All was well, though. Eleven teams competed with newbies Dog Whisperer's (very little
whispering from this group) and Lions and Crowns (when pressed for coming up with a team
name, go local!) joining in the camaraderie. It was quite a horse race too, with lots of
ties and lead displacement right up until the final round. In the end, Rockerfeller
won the day while Stealth Texas snagged second and Deadly Alliance (BB&B) took third.
Mirth and merriment from some intentionally wrong guesses of desperation. General Ben
Davis of the Tuskegee Airmen got pegged as Major Heartache and General Grievous in the
Picture Round. A lot of teams guessed that Mary Phelps Jacob (aka Caresse Crosby)
patented the girdle, pantyhose or garter belts back in 1914 rather than the bra, but
for a gal who owned a Whippet named Clytoris, QM Lou is guessing she had a bureau with
lots of stuff in it! Round Seven's name the top 10 countries with the highest GDP's
garnered style points to the team that put down "Wakanda Forever!!!"
Have a great weekend everyone!
