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Ashley was upset that the Chicks and Dicks failed to stop We're No Biscuits from winning. Right behind the Chicks were the B52s, who did really well with the military aircraft theme. In fourth were Room Four Improvement (you know them better as Room Two). They chose New York City as their theme. Inspired by Jerry's choice, Shitz and Giggles chose another city, Chicago. 4 Minus Bill, meanwhile, chose to skip out on the last round. Alice, Joel and Annie chose to form a new team. And Mel and cookie connoisseur Nick chose to swap prizes.
Total Disagreement (But We All Love Cookies!) brought along a secret weapon from Florida, (Jen's mom) and took home the top prize, romping to 17 point victory. Mr. Darcy's Wise Men also had a great night, taking second. Then we had our first three-way in a while, with the Chubby Stubbies, The Fool Monkey Was Told That It Tastes Like Chicken and El Rye del Helado Frito all tied for third. The Chubs won out, Charles picked "creationism" and somelier-in-training Josh chose "French wines." The John Shober Gang, meanwhile, played with their Woolly Willy.
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Lisa, Adam and Tim of the Boozehounds had a great night, tying for second with the Talent Scouts, then winning the Captain Jack-off. They failed to stop Ubersmack, whoever, since they won by one question. In a tie for fourth were Out of the Vortex and The Poor Charlies. Vortex chose "military aircraft" (which was also picked at the VFW this week, coincidentally) and the Charlies chose "80s horror movies."
I had the pleasure of joining a busful of Lancaster 505 folk on St. Patty's Day, as 45 people joined to terrorize the bars of Marietta. Here a happy Irish couple join Pete, Craig and Kumiko at Shank's Cafe.
Frank says I show too many pix of beautiful women on the blog, so I'm trying something different. Tonight's drama came from the hard charging B52s, who improved round after round. They almost caught up to the We're No Biscuits team, losing only by three points. Also doing well were the Chicks and Dicks, who placed third. In fourth were D&M, who chose military aircraft as their theme, and the Clyde-less Room Two, who chose '50s rock and roll. Shitz and Giggles did one of their patented spectacular crash and burns as Major Nix Lix and Son cornered all the sweets and set up their own bake shop.
Welcome back, By Your Powers Combined We Are Stephen Hawkings! The Hawks were regulars a couple of years ago and have vowed to come back more often. Derrick is sporting his prize from the Trashbag of Deelite: the best St. Patty's hat that one dollar can buy.
We're No Biscuits debuted their team cheer tonight. And they had something to cheer about, since they blazed through the dreaded last round and claimed the top spot. The Chicks and Dicks were second, followed by Shitz and Giggles. Room Two cleared the room right after the last question, leaving Clyde to pick classical music as their theme. And D&M landed in fifth, choosing fresh water tropical fish.
Nathan, Marie and her Siamese twin sister and Josiah of I've Been Wading in the Velvet Nutsack charged hard at the end, but could not stop the Phool Monkey Phancys Itself a Phishhead. The 'sacks placed fourth and chose the book of Hosea as their theme (It's one of the shorter books of the Old Testament, so now you have your weekend reading assignment). Total Disagreement also did well, placing fifth and chose human anatomy. Third place went to TDC, led by Missy the original Phishhead. Karen finally returned to the Tesla Death Rays and they placed second. But it was a Monkey night most of the time, with Charles and the gang scoring an impressive 82 points. I, in the meantime, lost 82 pounds running back and forth from room to room as the sound system in the first room went kaput.
In an effort to get the Trashbag of Deelite back to its wacky roots, I took a trip down the Goya aisle and threw in some coconut juice (with pulp!) and some octopus in garlic sauce. Half the Talent Scouts liked it and the other half thought it was vile. Since octopus is brain food, it gave them the edge and a victory for the second week in a row. The Price Is Right merged with some of the Flaming Morons to take second. The change in scenery and a new room did the Laffy Taffy crew good, since they came in third. In a tie for fourth were the Lethal Amoebas (who chose Martin Scorsese films as their theme) and Out of the Vortex (who chose CSI: Miami, my least favorite CSI).
There was no way out for people who do not like Kevin Costner movies, as that was one of our themes for the evening. The Chicks and Dicks were going for a fourfer, but they were stopped by the We're No Biscuits team. (See Kirk for the amusing origin of their name). Room Two settled for third and we had a tie between the badly-named Three Minus Bill and Shitz and Giggles teams. Bill's team chose domestic beer and the Gigglers chose U2. We welcomed back Tom and Nick, who promptly cornered the Oreo market and also said "Howdy, stranger!" to the newly toasted Paul (toasted meaning by the Florida sun.)
The Chubby Stubbies are getting closer and closer to that elusive first place. Tonight they placed second, only 4 points behind the always challenging Flaming Mo-rons. The Toxic Ovaries (see below) came in third. Right behind them was the baby carrot-munching Lady Mondegreen, who chose constellations as their theme. Team Discovery Channel managed fifth place and chose the band Phish.
The weather was iffy all day Sunday, but we decided to go on with the show. Good thing, too, since nine teams braved the ice to compete. It must have been all those die-hard embalming trivia addicts. I could have used some of that formaldehyde, since I've been fighting a nasty cold the last couple of days.
It was cereal character night at the VFW, although a couple teams were confused and studied up on serial killers, which is a totally different topic altogether (There was that time when Sonny from Cocoa Puffs got off with the insanity defense, however...). No one except me seemed to remember the sugary goodness of Freakies cereal, so I've included a pic of the box. I think I even might still have that free magnet somewhere!
We need to amend our Earth Trivia rules, since a loophole has been discovered. Billy Warmth reworded his rules a while ago, so I'm going to paraphrase him:
One of my life goals came one step closer to completion last night. I have always wanted to start a group called The Mike Horns of America (or MHA, for short). The only qualification would be that you have the name Mike Horn and be American (although I'm not ruling out international chapters at some later date.) With such a generic name, I figured there must be hundreds of us out there. My initial plan was to pluck some Horn, Mikes out of phonebooks and call them to invite them to join my group. But that sounded a little too creepy and stalkerish.
Pat and Jen from Lady Mondegreen proudly display their can of Savory Vegetables from the Trashbag of Deelite. They had another cause for pride, since they placed second, right behind Britney Is Now Balder Than the Fool Monkey's Bum. One point behind them were the Pogue's biggest fans, The Chubby Stubbies. In fourth, due to a disastrous last round were the Jelly Roll Mortons. They chose Jethro Tull as their theme. In fifth was a scaled down version of Team Discovery Channel, as Tom and Seth chose Futurama as their theme.
Last night I had a fantastic time judging a karaoke contest held by fellow trivia host J up at Bube's. Competition was fierce, with over 20 singers. At the end of the evening, it was a tie between good friends Skott (on the left) and Nathaniel (the one with the hair). They called themselves the Kirk and Spock of karaoke. Skott's high energy Loverboy song had put him in the final, as did Nat's spot-on "Strutter." To break the tie, J had them both sing the rock anthem known as "Piano Man." (which was a lot more entertaining than it sounds). Skott once again made the song his own, and won the top prize (a medieval feast for two). Rock on!
It was a nice holiday-sized crowd at Chuckles tonight, as a bunch of folks braved the ice-choked streets of Lancaster. Paul of the APM team gathered his troops and drove in from King of Prussia. But the farthest travellers were the Michiganders (actually it was one Michigander and one Michigoose), who regretted that they had no trivia in their hometown.
Due to potentially hazardous driving conditions, there will be no show tonight at the VFW. (I'm starting to sound like a broken record!) Also: Happy V.D.!
Due to the winter travel advisory, there will be no show tonight (Feb. 13th) at Bube's. Stay warm and see you next week!
It was a controversial night at Chuckles, as odd numbers affected the scoring. First was the whole "how many Earth days does it take Mercury to make one orbit" brouhaha. Out of the Vortex and Ubersmack put down 88 days, whereas my source said 87.96. So I gave it to Laffy Taffy (who had 86). Deric threatened to call his sainted grandmother (pictured at right), who used to sing him to sleep with a planetary year lullaby. Apparently I was calling her a no-good lyin' ho (or something like that). I'm 97.82% sure I'll never hear the end of this.
What's Curtis been up to lately? We'll find out April 7th as he makes his annual excursion from sunny Florida to Mount Joy.
I'm writing this blog entry on Sunday, so my memory is a little fuzzy about this week's show (and it's the day after my annual FeBREWary party, so that's not helping anything). I remember that Four Minus Bill had chosen Duke basketball as their theme, but they failed to crack the top five. (This just in: it was Sheila from Shitz and Giggles and not the Bill team that picked Duke. My bad, as they say) That honor went to Dennis and Melanie, who made up for lost time in the last round. They chose cereal characters as their theme. In fourth were Kirk and Bruce and the Lincoln Road Gang, who went with the Brady Bunch as their theme. Shitz and Giggles and Room Two failed to match Chicks and Dicks' impressive last round, as the Chicks made it to the top spot two weeks in a row. (I think Annie made it two in a row for the Ladies Auxiliary 50/50, too). And I do remember that there was a big difference of opinion on how great or horrible the kettle-cooked chips were.
Here's a team of trivia virgins known as the B, C, D Cups (I think they're in reverse order in the picture). They came very close to the top five, only missing it by one point. The fifth place spot went to the Chubby Stubbies, who chose the great band The Pogues as their theme for next week. It was a tie for third, with Brent of We're So Good, We Don't Need a Name falling to the Tesla Death Rays. They then chose "Saved by the Bell." The Fool Monkey on a Budget led the entire evening, but they were blindsided in the last round by the Hey Baby, Wanna Warm My Ovaries? team. The Os squeaked by the Monkey by a mere one point. Trashbag highlights included an unpopular bag of coleslaw and an extremely popular Sock Puppet kit.
Wouldn't you know that the night someone chooses "venereal diseases" a s a theme that we would have three kids in the audience? (Welcome back to Lucy Loo, by the way). And once again, everyone did well on a topic that they seemed to be familiar with (although I did get many creative answers to "What does HSV stand for?")
... I Could Not Beat the 'Sacks Forsooth!"
Teams were bringing in some reinforcements tonight. Above we see that KC had ditched the Sunshine Gang, bringing along the Jersey Girls instead. And the Tidy Bowlers brought along so many extra people that they got their own P.O. Box! I forgot to bring along my wide angle lens, so there is no pic of the horde.
Sheila May, Sheila Diane and Sheila Claire were all winners tonight! First, Sheila H. from Shitz and Giggles won a trashbag prize. Then Sheila from We're Here from the Beer pulled Sheila from the B52s' number. Then, to top it off Sheila O (or, as they used to sing in the '80s, "O, O Sheila...") predicted that she would return the favor and used her frightening psychic super-power to make it so. Next, Sheila will attempt to read Paul's mind...
Tonight's themes were less pop-oriented than usual: the Cold War and 20th century art. What's the Fool Monkey Doing Here When He's Supposed To Be Doing the State of the Union Address called on Charles, their only member to have seen the entire Cold War, to assist and they led the entire evening. The United Soviet Socialist Nutsack got their collective minds together in the last round to place second. And the Wise Men, who need to change their name now that they have a distaff member, had a good night, coming in third.
At first, the Bowmans (above) were ecstatic that the Great Blizzard of '07 and the Pats/Colts game were causing cancellations. But the teams kept coming in, and their prize-winning prospects dimmed. We had our usual two themes, along with several that Chris Ivey had solicited from teams last week (that's where Allen Ginsburg came from). KCC began the night with a perfect score, but then fell to a respectable sixth. The Tidy Bowlers placed fifth and chose "Little House on the Prairie" as their theme (this caused howls of delight for some and growls of dismay for others). The fourth-place Lethal Amoebas put their two heads together and came up with the movie "Kingpin." Way in the back of the room was the third-place Harpo team. The last two times Harpo had played were substitute host nights, so they were beginning to think that I was avoiding them. In second was the always formidable Ubersmack. And in first place the entire evening were the Talent Scouts, who were so satisfied with their victory that they decided to go on a two-week vacation.
