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Dear QuizMaster Adam,

It was mostly a pleasure substitute hosting at The White Harte last night for you.  While your absence was deeply felt, your class of trivia players played on valiantly, minus a few rotten eggs of course.

Adam, I am sure you know that being a substitute QuizMaster is a thankless job.  Having said that, I did have some issues with some of your students.  When I introduced myself to the class as “Joel, your substitute QuizMaster,” someone, and I couldn’t figure out who, said something to the sort of “more like Quiz Master…” and finished it with a word that starts with “b” (and ends with “ator” ).

I knew then that I was in for a long night.

How do I reach these keeds?

I did not appreciate their manipulative ways one bit.  “But Adam let’s us watch movies” is not a reason to misbehave.  I feel that the “I’m a trivia doofus! Kick Me!” sign that someone taped to my back was especially cruel (let alone unoriginal) and the book drop after round three left my ears ringing for the rest of the evening.  Perhaps next week you could have your class keep their heads down on their table for a few minutes to give them time to reflect on their poor behavior.  My recommendation is either that, or take away their snack privileges.

As for the actual trivia play, well, it was impressive that you pretty much had all of your teams registered online already and prepared to play at 8pm sharp.  “Rack Focus, TeddyBear” pulled out a double or nothing 20 point score in the 6^th round that pulled them away from the rest of the class to an eventual 22 point victory.  I was also impressed that the entire class knew that Puck was a Shakespearean fairy. 

…I however, did not appreciate being called a Shakespearean fairy.  Unfortunately when I asked, “Who said that?” literally everyone in the room raised their hand and laughed at me as a paper plane grazed my head.

Adam, knowing how to handle an unruly class is something substitute hosts are taught very early on.  What you do is you play to their strengths.  I could tell they were a rowdy bunch of jokesters, so I put on my leather jacket, turned around the chair I was sitting in, and announced that for the drinking round they would make up an entire joke based on a suggestion from one of their own classmates.  After asking one of them for an item commonly found in a kitchen, we used the word spatula, I assigned your players to come up with the best punch line and the winner would take home a free round of drinks.

Here is your winning joke, made up completely by your White Harte class:

185 spatulas walk into a bar.

The bartender says “I’m sorry, we don’t serve spatulas here.”

And the spatulas said,

“I guess we’ll come back ladle!”

They groaned, then laughed.  P.A.N.D.A.S. supplied the winning line, and more importantly I knew had earned their trust and respect. No longer would they be living in the gangsta's paradise, at least not with me around.

Please take care Adam.  Take care of those kids at fair White Harte.  Should you ever need me again, I will be there for them.

…Remember, they indeed are our future.  Teach them well and let them lead the way.

Forever in Trivia,

Quizmaster Joel

QUIZ RECAP

Well, I couldn't have asked for a better way to spend my last day of being 32! The players at the White Harte once again made me realize why I love this freaking this job!

In tonight's "Another Hallmark Moment" drinking round, players once again made me cards, but unlike the game 2 weeks ago (2/13) they didn't make me valentines but we were celebrating my favorite holiday in February! My birthday! (Tomorrow.) I had some really awesome cards, proving that my players know what I like, most were themed with comic books, heavy metal and/or cats. But Cowboys and Indians came out on top with a card that read "Happy Birthday Sexy!" on the outside, and had nothing but a $20 inside! (Bribery usually will not work to win a drinking round, but in this case it was clever as hell!)

The team who loves both blockbuster movies and enjoying delicious treats during said movies Robert Downey Jr. Mints and the team who unfortunately burned an image of an old Russian/Jewish man yanking it into my mind Diddler on the Roof tied for 2nd! With Diddler coming out on top... (I wrote it, then I realized it... eeeeeeeeewwww!)

With a double down in round #5 that gave them a 10 point lead over their competitors at game's end. Cowboys and Indians won once again!

Congrats to our winners! Thank you ALL so much for playing! Please join me right here, same bat time, same bat channel! This is your friendly neighborhood Quizmaster signing off!

-Adam    \m/(>.<)\m/

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It was a cold night, but all the brain power in the room kept us nice and toasty at The White Harte! Potential new quizmaster Arash, aka A1, did a great job rocking the mic for tonight's game! He'll be a great addition to the King Trivia family!

Team Just in Time not only arrived at the perfect time, but also racked up enough points to be tonight's bronze medal team! But wait, there's more! They also won our "Find the Fool" drinking round! No, we didn't play hide and seek with me hiding... Buuuut, now I've got a new idea for a future drinking round! I hid a joker somewhere in a deck of cards. Teams guessed a number beforehand and whoever was closest without going over (yes, Price is Right rules) won!

Tonight's silver medal went to first time King Trivia players Cowboys and Indians! I guess you could say it was their own personal... frontier!

Taking home the gold! The team I've seriously got to make change their name... The More we Drink the Less we Know Stuff. I mean, c'mon! It doesn't matter how much they imbibe, they know ALL THE THINGS!

...See what I did there? With the medals? Because of the Olympics? Eh? Eh? Shut up! I'm funny if you're drunk!

Congrats to our winners! Thank you ALL so much for playing! Please join me right here, same bat time, same bat channel! This is your friendly neighborhood Quizmaster signing off!

-Adam    \m/(>.<)\m/