QUIZ RECAP

It was a little on the light side last night with only four 

regular teams showing up to play.  Is everyone else on Vacation?  

Either that or people could be ducking and covering in anticipation 

of an EMP attack?  Maybe the hotel rates go down afterwards?  

After the holidyas, I mean.  Well, come to think of it...  

The Rockerfellers (no relation, fortunately) pulled a Secretariat 

and pulled way out in front with two, back-to-back Double or 

Nothings in Rounds one and two, cementing their lead and a first 

place win by nearly twenty points!  Ah, victory.  Tastes like...  

Flatbread pizza!  And maybe those cute little corn dog bites!  

Those are two of the tastiest treats at the Lion & Crown and this 

quiz master saw a lot of them being served last night!  

The FNG's duked it out with Pickles on a Plate for a tense and 

dramatic battle for second place.  Both teams went back and forth 

round after round but the FNG's shouldered them out with a 

narrow two point lead.  This is the second, consecutive win 

for the FNG's in as many weeks, moving up from third place to 

second.  At this rate, who knows?  Alas, Deadly Alliance could 

have been the second place winner had they not Doubled down 

on the Round Five Find the Connection round.  Had they earned 

nine points instead of zero, they would have walked away with 

two prize cards.  Oh well.  C'est la vie!  

Some interesting question sets from our quiz writers.  The Picture 

Round called for identifying famous Chris', or celebrities whose 

first names are Chris.  Revelations:  Chris Tucker doesn't look 

like himself anymore.  Most folks remember Christopher Lee either 

as Hammer Films' Dracula, Bond villain Scaramanga or LOTR's 

Saruman, but one team remembered him as Christopher Plumber!  

Actually, one wonders how ole Chris Lee would've fared as Capt. 

Von Trapp...  Or how about Julie Andrews as Mina Harker?!?  

Another fun gaff was how all teams misidentifed the tallest, 

Hawaiian volcano as a macadamia nut!  Oh well.  Product branding 

recognition versus potential earth disaster.  That might anger 

some gods, ya know?  

Another glorius summer weekend is upon us.  Let us pray it is not 

the last!  Remember kiddoes, stay hydrated, get your nose out of 

your smart phone while driving and fer goshsake...  Don't click 

on those stupid, phishing name generators!  Quiz Master Lou, 

signing off! 

QUIZ RECAP

It's the July 4th Independence Day Weekend and to kick it off, 

last night's King Trivia Pub Quiz at Ye Olde Lion & Crown Pub 

got things going on a high note despite the humidity, the 

rain and the thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening! 

You know that thing where it's all nice and air conditioned 

inside the bar, but then you walk outside and your glasses 

fog up because it's so muggy?  Well that was Quiz Master Lou 

last night.  I got mugged by the mugginess.  No, really.  I 

was walking back to my truck after the show and my glasses 

went opaque white!  I had to stop because I couldn't see where 

the heck I was going!  And when you're loaded down with forty 

pounds of PA and QM kit, you don't have a free hand to wipe 

your lenses!  So I just stood there.  Waiting for my glasses 

to acclimatize.  One.  Two.  Three.  Man, this is taking a long 

time.  "Mommy, what's wrong with that man?" I hear from behind 

me.  "Come along darling.  Quickly now!"  The sound of alarmed, 

scampering footsteps scurrying away doppler in my ears.  Sweat 

begins beading on my forehead.  Twelve.  Thirteen.  Fourteen.  

C'mon!  This is taking forever!  A mosquito lands on my nose!  

A careful, practiced pursing of my lips combined with a jutting 

lower jaw and sharp exhalation send a blast alcohol laden breath 

at the pest, warning it off my proboscis.  Eighteen.  Nineteen.  

Twenty.  Finally, the fog starts to peel back.  Ahh.  I'm able 

to move forward again!  As I load up my gear, I recall the 

inside advertising covers of comic books I have read in my 

youth.  Along with sea monkeys, X-Ray Specs and pepper gum, 

I seem to recall windshield winders for glasses.  Or am I just 

inventing a false memory?  But, I digress...  

Congratulations to the FNG's, who finally made it into the 

winner's circle this week by placing third with a well placed 

Double-or-Nothing (and despite two DoN misses!  Oops...).  The 

Rockerfellers won second while Bar Guy won first.  A big L&C 

welcome to newbies Apex, who enjoyed themselves but whose picture I snapped was too out of focus to publish.  

QM Lou's favorite question set this week was the Round Six Hand 

Out which required matching 10 atheletes to movies they appeared 

in.  I was intrigued by the absence of O.J. Simpson, then it 

occurred to me that his infamy may have tinted his selection.  

On the other hand, that could be another category in the KTPQ 

future quizzes.  Celebrity Felons anyone?  

Have a great 4th of July, don't blow your hand off and watch 

out for false flags!  QM Lou, signing off!

QUIZ RECAP

If you read this column each week, then you know the deal...  

New comers 2 Docs and an Engineer and the self styled DT's 

(who sat at the bar, appropriately) joined our ranks of regs 

this Thursday.  And amongst the regular teams, we hearald the 

return of two of KTPQ's stalwarts, Shredder Squad and, migrating 

all the way over from Killarmey's (still on hiatus), Counter 

Culture, who showed up, pack-like, occupying the entire fire 

place pit in our own L&C pub. Ten teams in all! 

It was a real race to the finish, too!  The scores were almost 

completely tied from out of the gate with a four way tie for 

first place in Round One.  As the game progressed, the ties 

broke off into pairs and eventually, Pickles on a Plate broke 

out of the pack in Round Three and dominated all the way to 

Round Six.  Alas, the Round Seven challenge (name 10 of the 11 

FBS schools that played in the College Football Playoff since 

it began in 2014) toppled them to third place as the sports 

geeks on teams Rockerfellers and Counter Culture strategically 

Doubled-or-Nothing'd and leapt into First and Second places 

respectively!  

Aaaaand, another great quiz from our quiz writing overlords 

out west with a special tip o' the hat to the Round Five Find 

the Connection Round - Ten seemingly unrelated questions whose 

answers have a mystical commonality when we ask our tenth question, 

What Do All the Previous Nine Answers have in Common?  With 

answers like Tiger Woods, Mojave Desert, Jaguar Motors, Yosemite 

Sam, Puma Shoes and Chester Cheetah, (and a few non feline answers 

as well...) is it any wonder one wag put down "Big cats with 

big litter boxes?"  But the answer was they all include names 

of MacOS Versions!  You should have heard the "Awwwwwww" that 

went up from the house!  It was sublime.  Only one team got 

the connection.  Well done quizzers!  

Until next week, Quiz Master Lou bids you, adieu!