QUIZ RECAP

Welcome back, Welcome back! This last trivia we had Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers faced off against I Thought This was an AA Meeting and Ceja +1. It was fun to see a tie after three rounds with second place not far behind! A double or nothing played in the list round payed off for Ceja +1 scoring them 20 points late in the game. 

Just for fun, and since it was my last time here at the Tilted Mash, we played trivia inside of trivia with how tall is your quizmaster. Many people of the three teams placed bets for an over under. In the end, a contestant from I thought this was an AA meeting won and was kind enough to split the pot with me. You people bring a tear to my eye with your kindness and fun times. If I don't see you again, thankyou all for the fun times and moments like tonight.

************************Fun Trivia Fact of the Week********************

Oh the writers of King Trivia did it again, stumbling across another one of my passions, namely martial arts. In Round 5 there was a question regarding celebrities and martial arts, so now I have to take you back to hollywood in another recap. Did you know that several celebrities were avid martial arts practitioners that continued practicing outside of the movie roles they studied for? Ashton Kutcher practiced Taekwondo, Robert Downey Jr. studied the martial art known as Wing Chun made famous by the Ip Man movie series (best martial arts movie saga ever for the action alone. Trust me) and can be spotted in the iron man movies with a training dummy or performing wing chun movements in the Sherlock Holmes movies, and almost all actors who were jedi or sith in the star wars movies had to go through rigorous swordsmanship studies rather than just performing choreography. Now that's dedication!

QUIZ RECAP

Back to the wonderful world of trivia for my second to last time hosting here to find two teams, two couples, and one with two dogs going head to head in tonight's trivia. In the end, Harry Styles blasted the Fire Pups out of the water by nearly a 20 point lead. Great job teams. I will be seeing you next week for my final farewell to the Tilted Mash

*******************Fun Fact of the Week************************

Gather 'round boys and girls, and let me tell you the oh so fun hollywood story that is the largest bet in hollywood history. Let me take you back to the 1970s. Steven Speilberg's film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" was about to be released and was already receivng a lot of buzz. He couldn't help but notice his good freind and fellow fil director, George Lucas, looked a bit nervous. 

Lucas explained that he was nervous about this amazing scifi film that was coming out just before his film .....Star Wars.....and that Lucas was afraid his film would be dwarfed by the success of Close Encounters. So Speilberg made him a deal. Spielberg said that he would give him 2.5% of the box office success of Close Encounters in Exchange for 2.5% of whatever Star Wars made. Close Encouners ended up making just over $304 million in the box office, and Star Wars made $775 million. Adjusting for inflation, this deal meant that the 2.5% cut of Star Wars amounted to $40 million dollars. 

QUIZ RECAP

Hello trivia royalty! This was my first time hosting at Tilted Mash and the company was almost as good as the beer! Our homework this week is staying up late watching TV, how fortunate. 😏 Bless KingTrivia for encouraging us to stay politically informed and our bravest teams who went for Double or Nothing. 

Thank you for having me, cheers!