QUIZ RECAP

Quiz Master Lou had his hands full at the Lion & Crown in Allen 

last night as eight teams gathered to play our own King Trivia 

Pub Quiz.  Three regulars and five noobies congregated to copiously 

compete in compelling cognizance!  (I spelled newbies differently 

this time, with two "o"s.  Just trying it on for size.) 

A lot of fun was had by the large family gathering of a group 

styling themselves The Dragons, who played not too wisely, but 

too well, having succumbed to the lure of Double-or-Nothing.  A 

team that had played once before and actually walked away with 

first place the last time was the cleverly named There Will Be 

Blood & Honey.  They didn't fare so well this time, but that may 

be attributed to the lack of English Literature questions on last 

night's quiz.  C'est la guerre.  The Trebek's did their best to 

live up the late, great Jeopady! host.  So Much Pressure made 

most of the right moves including registering their team for that 

two point bonus, but fell short in the answer department. A great, 

big howdy to the long, lost regs the Dallas Boolers Club, whom 

this quiz master has not seen since pre-covid days over at the 

defunct Killarney's.  They dropped in, played furiously and landed 

just outside the winner's circle in fourth place with an amazing 

DoN in Round Seven!  Our 50 lb brained, one-man-army, Velvet Hammered, 

spiked a third palce win.  Real drama was had when a tie breaker 

between noobies Shake & Bake and veterans Ship It! occurred. The 

vets won the tie breaker and scored first place while S&B enjoyed 

a second place victory.  

Our quiz overlords came through yet again with both a fun and 

challenging set of questions.  The Country Singing Women Picture 

Round engendered a lot of DoN's.  The Guess Who Round sparked a 

lot of wrong guesses (which didn't stop the Dragons from submitting 

a guess after each clue!) The Handout Round which matched scientists 

to their discovery was inspiring while the Round Seven NHL Stanley 

Cup losers list derailed some and elevated others. 

That's all I got.  Have a great weekend!  Bye! 

QUIZ RECAP

Well, faith and begorah!  Tis the day after St. Patrick's and 

there's no lettin' up o' the Irish.  O' course, the Lion and 

Crown's an English pub, but the good lord bless 'em, they paid 

hommage to the green just the same.  (Oim tinkin' Saint Paddy 

ought ta get his own week, not just a day!) Dat's da way King 

Trivia played it in any case.  

Five veteran and one rookie team/s competed for the gold.  Not 

in the Leprechaun's pot though, the trivia prize gold of pub 

credit awarded to the winners.  The Hunters, our newbies, did 

well and enjoyed themselves but also learned that the KTPQ can 

be tough fun and games.  Team Captain Awesome just barely lost 

out to Pickles on a Plate for third place.  The Bumble Bees 

took a respectable second while that 50 pound brained, alcohol 

fuelled, one-man-army, Velvet Hammered sprinted into first! 

In keeping with St. Patrick's week, King Trivia proffered a 

couple of rounds of Irish themed content and a smattering of 

likewise questions throughout.  On one particular querry, only 

one team knew the name of the ban The Corrs, but style points 

had to be awarded to the team who answered, "Not U2".  

And in the spirit o' the green, Quiz Master Lou leaves you 

with this little ditty, inspired by a CGI video of a line of 

chimpanzees doing River Dance.  No, really!  I wouldn't call 

it a deep fake, but it's worth a schmoogle (search term Irish 

Dancing Monkeys).  

When Irish monkeys are dancing

Sure, 'tis like the jungle Spring

In the lilt of primate laughter

You can hear orangutans sing

When Irish apes are happy

All the world seems bright and gay

What when Irish monkeys are dancing

They steal your banana away 

QUIZ RECAP

The Lion & Crown - Allen was party central last night.  Quiz 

Master Lou was surprised that he was the opening act for the 

band Cleghorn, as they set up on stage upon arrival.  The 

defunct DJ Booth's barrier of last season's seat cushions and 

unused sound equipment proved too difficult to breach in the 

time allotted; So, QM Lou improvised a beachhead on the floor, 

by the door and to the corps!  Adapt.  Survive.  Overcome!  It's 

all part of the reopening...  

Four registered teams hit the beach with aplomb as their LC's 

deposited their assualt upon King Trivia's Quiz bunker.  Team 

Captain Awesome took the most casualties due to too many Double 

or Nothing's.  But their sacrifice was not in vain.  Their esprit 

d'corps shall live forever in our hearts. Stealth Texas managed 

third place win, capturing Pont d'Hoc like the rangers they are. 

Ship It! drew Juno Beach and snagged second place.  The main 

glory goes to Pickles on a Plate, who hit the cliffs like Normandy.  

And, throwing wave after wave at the questions, swept up the 

draw to victory!  

Style points awaded for the best wrong answers: 

*Levar Burton misidentified as Data from ST:TNG. 

*John Cusack was the answer to a Super Mario Bros. question that 

had nothing to do with the movie. And, John Leguizamo wasn't the 

answer, either!

*But the evening's best misuided guess was in trying to speculate 

what 10 of the 11 Academy Awards were that were awarded to The 

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.  Some wag put down... 

Best ORC - estra!  

Have a great weekend!