Whoa! Talk about packed! Twelve teams copmprising fifty-two
players participated in last night's King Trivia Pub Quiz at
the crowded Lion & Crown Pub in Allen. (As opposed to the
Lion & Crown Pub in Addison, her sister establishment. My
counterpart, Quiz Mistress Christian, runs a quiz over there
on the same night each week. I wonder if this dynamic is
causing some kind of metaphysical doppleganger effect become
manifest in the phyisical reality ala an X-Files episode? Ah,
but I digress...)
Scoring for twelve teams of such large numbers causes slow
downs, bottle necks and traffic jams; Thus dragging out the
evening in some ways due to the decision-making-by-committee-
process to some extent. Nevertheless, we soldiered on in the
quiz wars, losing a couple of casualties along the way.
The FNG's showed marked improvement this week, finishing in
the upper half of the grid. A welcome back to Street Smarts,
who came back this week as the big re-opening of the state
moves forward. A tie breaker for third place ensued between
Bar Guy and Deadly Alliance with the former beating out the
latter. Rockerfellers rocked second while the Dallas Booler's
Club bowled over their competition for first!
Another great question set from our quiz writers with the
Picture Round bringing the greatest challenge. ONE IN A MELON
dared teams to Idenity the Fruit pictured. Let me tell you,
some of today's exotic produce would've put the set dresser
for Forbidden Planet to shame in trying decorate Robbie the
Robot's table! When Quiz Master Lou looks at a Dragonfruit,
he thinks about the first guy ever to eat an oyster! And not
to belabor a point, but Rambutan sales must surely be down ever
since the proliferation of spike protein images has hit the
internet!
Have a great weekend everybody, and remember what QM Lou says...
"You must be THIS smart to ride this ride!"
Well... Here we are again. Notching up another successful
King Trivia Pub Quiz at the old Lion & Crown Pub in Watter's
Creek. This week's roster consisted of regulars Rockerfellers,
Pickles on a Plate, Dallas Boolers Club, Deadly Alliance and
Bar Guy. Also, rejoining us after a long absence was the
welcome enthusiasm of Scott's Totts. Their ebullience and
esprit de corps has been too long absent. In addition, our
revelry was joined by newcomers Tiki Beach, who joined late
but made up for lost time. This dynamic duo missed round one,
didn't register their team, but still managed to come in fourth
place! Well done, newbies! Hope to see you return!
Deadly Alliance pulled into the lead on Round Four and held
onto the lead doggedly until game's end to win First Place.
The Rockefellers placed second while the Dallas Boolers Club
snagged third.
A loverly question set was submitted by our quiz overlords
which covered just about everything. Our quiz was like an
Everything Bagel. A little poppy, a little onion, a little
sesame, some garlic thrown in... Our General Knowledge Round
was pretty general, covering sea biology, history, film, stage
and pop culture. Our Picture Round - Your Tax Dollars at Work -
Identify the fictional government employee - proved too much
for one wag who didn't know HBO's VEEP character's name, so he
just put down Kamala Harris. Our Theme Round turned out to be
Quiz Master Lou's fave. It combined Baseball and Conspiracy
Theories! (I'm ambivalent about MLB, just a foil hatter!)
They're still giving out free weekends, so get 'em while they
last. QM Lou, signing off!
Hello once again KTPQ fans at the Lion & Crown! There we were
on a Thursday night and the heavenly seven came to play. I'm
referring of course to our trivia teams, five of whom are regs
and two newbies. Sean showed up and played under the banner of
Bar Guy, our special reserve team. Matt reappeared after a three
week absence deciding it was time to get Velvet Hammered again.
Loyal stalwarts Deadly Alliance, Pickles on a Plate and Rockerfellers
shored up or ranks. A big L&C welcome to newcomers Fried Pickles
(What is it about pickles that lends itself to team names? Umm...
best not answer that.) Also welcome to Baby Pigeons. That's their
team name. We did not have actual baby pigeons in the pub.
Scores were tight all night with Bar Guy starting to lead, then
falling back into a tight three way tie twixt he, Deadly Alliance
and Velvet Hammered. In the end, it was third time that a three
way Tie Breaker was called, this one the second consecutive one
in as many weeks. Strange, circumstantial forces beyond ordinary
human keen are obviously at work and their focus is on us! For
the record, VH got 1st, DA took 2nd and BG got 3rd.
The questions were as esoteric as our rankings were weird. Identifying
Fictional Reptiles for the Picture Round demonstrated more than a few
folks knew the exact names of the Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles!
One of our quiz writers is an equestrian (or wants to be) with what
was certainly the most specialized terms for parts of a horse in our
Theme Round. And to top it off, the late, scourge-of-liberty U.S. Atty
Gen Janet Reno was the subject of our Guess Who Round. (She shoulda
stuck to chemistry!)
That's the facts, Jaxon! Have a great weekend while they last!
Dasvidaniya, Tovarich!
