Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  March 29 -  Buffy the Vampire Slayer

VFW - Wednesday, March 30 - Riddles and Elizabeth Taylor Movies

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  March 22 -  Boy Meets World and Futurama

VFW - Wednesday, March 23 - Beer!

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  March 15 -  Full House

VFW - Wednesday, March 16 - St. Patrick and His Day and Ireland and Green Things

Tonight's Final Question

Tonight's final question at Bube's was extra special, as Deric asked Audra if she would marry him.

An elaborate ruse had been set so that Audra would not expect the question. I claimed that I was auditioning potential substitute hosts each round and Laura and Jimmy helped out immensely by asking questions on stage. For the final question of the night I asked Deric and Audra's teammate Sue to come on stage, but she pretended that she didn't want to do it, and suggested Deric. I handed him the question sheet and the microphone and he asked a multiple choice question "What is the most important question a man can ask before getting married?" Choice C was "Audra, will you marry me?" He then did the whole dropping-down-on-your-knee-and-popping-out-a-ring thing. She said yes, and the crowd went wild!

I love it when plans work!

Laura of the Toxic Olives was our first faux host and did a fine job with the charade.

Jimmy of Futristic Torso Flow also helped continue the ruse by asking a second round question.

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  March 8 -  Irish History and John Carpenter Films

VFW - Wednesday, March 9 - Disney Movies

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  March 1 -  The Legend of Zelda and Seinfeld

VFW - Wednesday, March 2 - Ancient Egypt

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  February 22 -  The I.T. Crowd

VFW - Wednesday, February 23 - Host's Choice

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  February 15 -  Valentines (a little late)

VFW - Wednesday, February 16 - The Oscars (a little early)

Trivia Tonight!

In case you've forgotten (it's been a long time), tonight's theme at the VFW is Ice Cream!

This Week's Themes (Weather Permitting)

Bube's - Tuesday,  Feb. 8 -  Host's Choice (postponed from last week's canceled show, doo-dah, doo-dah)

VFW - Wednesday, Feb. 9 - Ice Cream (postponed from last week's canceled show, oh da doo-dah day!)

No Trivia Tonight (Feb. 2nd) at the VFW!

Trivia will NOT be held tonight (Wednesday, Feb. 2nd) at the Lititz VFW.

I think we should all move to Florida.

Hopefully see you all next week!

(This is starting to sound like a broken record)

No Trivia Tonight (Feb. 1) at Bube's!

I just got the word from Sam, the owner of Bube's that trivia will NOT be held tonight (Tuesday, Feb. 1st) at Bube's.

See you next week! (and come on Spring, hurry up!)

No VFW Trivia tonight!

Due to Old Man Winter acting up, there will be no trivia tonight (Wednesday, Jan. 26th) at the VFW.  (They're predicting the bulk of the storm to start around 6 P.M.) Stay warm and see you all next week!

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  January 25 -  Arnold Schwarzenegger (postponed from last week's ice-canceled show, which was postponed from the previous week's snow-canceled show)

VFW - Wednesday, January 26 - Ice Cream

No Bube's Trivia Tonight!

Due to predicted icy road conditions for tonight (Tuesday, Jan. 18), Bube's has canceled trivia this week. See you all next week! (Arnold Schwarzenegger will be the theme, so "I'll be baaaaaack!")

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  January 18 -  Arnold Schwarzenegger (postponed from last week's snow-canceled show)

VFW - Wednesday, January 19 - Thundercats

No trivia at Bubes tonight

Due to da wedder, trivia has been canceled tonight at Bubes. See you next week!



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Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  January 11 -  Arnold Schwarzenegger

VFW - Wednesday, January 12 - Two and a Half Men

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  January 4 -  Madonna

VFW - Wednesday, January 5 - 2011

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  December 28 -  Back to the Future and Gossip Girl

VFW - Wednesday, December 29 - 2010

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  December 21 -  Church History (chosen by the Chubby McFondas; and I'm allowed to interpret the word Church)

VFW - Wednesday, December 22 - Gold Records of the 1950s (chosen by Room Two)

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  December 14 -  '70s Music and Ferdinand Porsche (as chosen by Santa's Little Helpers and Sarah Didn't Close Right)

VFW - Wednesday, December 15 - Christmas (as chosen by Don't Be Cruel to Your Teddy Bear)

Pix from Tuesday NIght! (captions to come)

 

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  December 7 -  Greek Mythology

VFW - Wednesday, December 8 - Elvis

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  November 30 -  Disney Channel TV movies

VFW - Wednesday, December 1 - Host's Choice - The Sequel

Thanksgiving Is Almost Here!

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  November 23 -  YouTube videos

VFW - Wednesday, November 24 (Thanksgiving Eve) - NO SHOW - Have a Happy Thanksgiving! The theme for December 1 will be Host's Choice, by the way

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  November 16 -  European sportscars and Michael Jackson

VFW - Wednesday, November 17 - Host's Choice

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  November 9 -  Cheers

VFW - Wednesday, November 10 - Penn State Football and Murder, She Wrote

Happy Election Day!

The Return of Pictures!

 Autumn arrived and turned everything orange.

 America's Cheesiest ran with the Irish songs theme and brought along Irish Abe and Bono.

We Got Nothing won the cumulative point total, but really wanted to win the lasagna dinner (which went to Lubes and Bubes.)

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday,  November 2 -  The Jersey Shore

VFW - Wed, November 3 - TV Detectives and The Civil War

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday, October 26 - Halloween Show! (costumes optional) - Irish songs

VFW - Wed, October 27 - Comic Books and Comic Book Villains

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday, October 19 - Potent Potables

VFW - Wed, October 20 - World War II

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday, October 12 - Cult films and The French

VFW - Wed, October 13 - Mountains and 60s sitcoms

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday, October 5 - Cheese

VFW - Wed, October 6 - TV Westerns

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday, September 28 - Spiders and snakes

VFW - Wed, September 30 - Nuts

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday, September 21 - Sports movies

VFW - Wed, September 22 - National Parks

Themes for Next Week

Bube's - Tuesday, September 14 - 1990s Nickelodeon and Judd Apatow

VFW - Wed, September 15 - Antique Cars

Sunday NIght Trivia on Hiatus!

As you might have found out by now, Cafe Chuckles has closed its doors for good. Unfortunately, the closing date was chosen at the last minute and then they decided to cancel the last trivia show (they were rapidly running out of food and drink.) My apologies to anyone who made the trip to Chuckles to find no show. In an ideal world, we would have had a nice finale show to pay tribute to the staff and to celebrate four years of fun. But the realities of the restaurant world sometimes take over.

Anyways, thanks to Debbie and Dave for hiring me and for Kirsten, Alicia, Emily, Renee, Julia and all the other wait staff for always making me feel welcome and for providing a warm and friendly environment for the show. Hopefully Sunday night trivia will arise at the Station House Tavern and we'll see them again!

(The new place might not open until mid to late October, so if you're craving a trivia fix, feel free to come to my Tuesday night Bube's Brewery show in Mount Joy. The hilarity starts at 8 P.M.)

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, September 5 - CANCELED!

Bube's - Tuesday, September 7- The Paranormal

VFW - Wed, September 8 - Green

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, August 29 - U.S. military weaponry (after 1990) and American Idol

Bube's - Tuesday, August 31- The Big Lebowski

VFW - Wed, September 1 - NFL quarterbacks

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, August 22 - Vampires

Bube's - Tuesday, August 24- Tabletop war games (say what?)

VFW - Wed, August 25 - Host's choice

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, August 15 - G.I. Joe

Bube's - Tuesday, August 17- Host's choice

VFW - Wed, August 18 - Flags of the World

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, August 8 - 80s hair bands and The Breakfast Club

Bube's - Tuesday, August 10- 80s movies (what's with all the 80s nostalgia this week?)

VFW - Wed, August 11 - Jeremy and Jason London (now we're moving into the 90s!)

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, August 1 -HGTV

Bube's - Tuesday, August 3- Bones (The TV series)

VFW - Wed, August 4 - Leonardo diCaprio movies

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, July 25 -Early Saturday Night Live and The Beatles

Bube's - Tuesday, July 27- Watches

VFW - Wed, July 28 - The Great Lakes

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, July 18 -Fruit

Bube's - Tuesday, July 20- Poisonous Plants

VFW - Wed, July 21 - Snack Foods

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, July 11 -Firefly and Shakespearean quotes

Bube's - Tuesday, July 13- Host's Choice

VFW - Wed, July 14 - 20th Century Authors

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, July 4 - No Show! (closed for the holiday)

Bube's - Tuesday, July 6- Family Guy and Shia LaBeuf 

VFW - Wed, July 8 - Brown 

Chuckles - Sunday, July 11 - Firefly and Shakespearean quotes

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, June 27 - Home Alone movies and Weird Al

Bube's - Tuesday, June 29- British automobiles and Will Ferrell (and don't forget to bring me presents, I'm celebrating a Big Birthday)

VFW - Wed, June 30 - Rugby

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, June 20 - NCIS and Hogan's Heroes

Bube's - Tuesday, June 22- Fly Fishing and Fly movies

VFW - Wed, June 23 - Host's Choice (insert evil laughter here)

Chuckles - Sunday, June 13 - Moonstruck

Bube's - Tuesday, June 15- Clint Eastwood movies

VFW - Wed, June 16 - Signs of the Zodiac

He's Back!

SuzzQ sends this visual evidence that Billy Warmth has finally returned (23 pounds lighter).

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, June 6 - That 70s Show

Bube's - Tuesday, June 8- Flour

VFW - Wed, June 9 - Senior Golfers

(Image link courtesy of Evil Pete)

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, May 30 - Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Bube's - Tuesday, June 1- Firefly and Arrested Development

VFW - Wed, June 2 - Pennsylvania Dutch Talk

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, May 23 - The 2008 Phillies

Bube's - Tuesday, May 25- New Mexico and Formula One Racing

VFW - Wed, May 27 - Fast Food

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, May 16 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Gilmore Girls

Bube's - Tuesday, May 18- The Amish

VFW - Wed, May 20 - Revolutionary War

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, May 9 - Pastries and Supreme Court Justices

Bube's - Tuesday, May 11- Richard Dreyfuss movies

VFW - Wed, May 12 - motorcycles 

Kris Allen, Allison Iraheta Perform Coldplay

Now I Know What Happened to All My Money!

Dogs eat homework, cats eat money.

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, May 2 - Presidential pets

Bube's - Tuesday, May 4- Astronomy

VFW - Wed, May 5 - TV mothers and World War II

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, April 25 - Rocky IV and John Hughes movies

Bube's - Tuesday, April 27- Disney movies

VFW - Wed, April 28 - hockey playoffs

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, April 18 - Band of Brothers

Bube's - Tuesday, April 20- Fringe and Reality TV

VFW - Wed, April 21 - TV Westerns of the Late 50s/Early 60s

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, April 11 - Famous Horns
Bube's - Tuesday, April 13- Urban Legends
VFW - Wed, April 14 - The Phillies and the Periodic Table

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, April 4 - TV Commercials Since 2000
Bube's - Tuesday, April 6 - 70s Cartoons
VFW - Wed, April 7 - Opera

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, March 28 - Russian Literature
Bube's - Tuesday, March 30 - Clint Howard
VFW - Wed, March 31 - The Beach Boys
How's that for variety?

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, March 21 - The Muppet Show
Bube's - Tuesday, March 23 - The Simpsons
VFW - Wed, March 24 - The number 7

Thank You for Stopping

I had a four day weekend and got to enjoy four days of rain. Now, back to work.

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, March 14 - Absolutely Fabulous
Bube's - Tuesday, March 16 - The Office (American version)
VFW - Wed, March 17 - Ireland and Irish

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, March 7 - Love, Actually
Bube's - Tuesday, March 9 - Screen Printing and the Twilight Saga
VFW - Wed, March 10 - Urban Dictionary (basically modern slang)

Happy Birthday, Jay

Lethal Amoeba Jay Barry met up with Linus Pauling at Stubby's for a little celebrating. Hopefully he didn't pick up Linus' cold.

Beware the B-52s

The B-52s, well-fed with their Trashbag of Deelite winnings from the previous week, celebrate their victory post-show.

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles - Sunday, Feb. 28 - The Young Ones
Bube's - Tuesday, March 2 - Host's Choice
VFW - Wed, March 3 - Alice in Wonderland and Celebrities Who Died in 2009

Fodder for Future Trivia Questions

Greg from the Prius team sent me this link to the 100 greatest movie lines of all time. I can see some of these showing up in future shows.

Hey! Wake Up!

Winter Break is over! Stop hibernating! Trivia returns this week to all three venues after a blizzard/SuperBowl/ValentinesDay hiatus. First up: Snakes night at Bube's. I didn't get to make lasagna, so tonight we'll debut Wheel . . . Of . . . SOMETHING!!!!

Toy Story 3 trailer

Truly Amazing

Sheila from the B52s sent me this inspirational video.

Remember When You Used to Enjoy Snow?

No Trivia Tuesday at Bube's or Wednesday at the VFW!

Due to the impending snowstorm, there will be no trivia tonight at Bube's and also no trivia tomorrow night at the VFW. Enjoy your week off and rest your brain!

The Attainable Grail

For fans of absurdist comedy, Penn Cinema will be airing the classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail on the big screen this coming Monday, Feb. 8th at 7 P.M. "Ni!"

VFW: Olympic Competition

I felt strangely naked without my podium (see below for the tragic story), but the show went on. The B52s had a last round surge and tied with the Rex Ryan Salute, so we had a Captain Jack-off™ between Sheila and Matt with Sheila the winner. K decided to let B play on her team, so K-B took the bronze. The Noids and the Scranton Miners tied for fourth while D and M took sixth. There was a tie between 2H+2 and Shambles so we'll have two themes: Nintendo and gangster rap. (Two themes which I can safely say we've never had at the VFW).

Bube's: The Return of Precipitation Tuesday

The threat of snow could not stop the trivia faithful as a full house did battle. The Toxic Olives emerged victorious, one question ahead of the Planeteers (who had their highest placing to date). T-Borg, a team of visiting businessmen, came in third. 3 Parts Hate, 1 Parts Late and a Dash of Raging Masculinity - Nutsacktinis brought along Nathan's brother James and placed fourth. Oily Discharge made their annual trek from parts unknown and placed fifth, six points ahead of One Ball Paul and the Rhythm Disciples. Theme choice goes to the Fizzing Whizbees and Soren. Soren can't make it next week, so we might go with host's choice (depending on how creative I feel) and the Whizbee's choice of snakes.

It began snowing during the show and we had a casualty: my podium! I had it propped up against the side of the car while I was loading the trunk and it slipped on the snow and broke off a chunk. I think it's reparable, though, so it should be back in action next week. Whew!

Chuckles: Nurses Make a Killing

Nurses: We Keep Doctors from Killing You had a special night, so their cellphone pic deserves a special treatment (ohhhhh..... border effect!). They were five points ahead of Second Collection, while Skirtland took the bronze. Ubersmack and The Miami Blades missed the money by one question, slightly ahead of the Twin Roses, while the 'Splodin' Sharks had an excellent last round and placed sixth. Theme choice goes to the Three Amigos and they are going with Bill in honor of Out of the Vortex's MIA Bill. And don't forget there will be no trivia the next two Sundays (Super Bowl Sunday Feb. 7th and Valentine's Day, Feb. 14th). See you on the 21st!

Hamm and Buble

Lititz in the NY Times!

A nice article about Lititz in the New York Times can be found here.

Raystown Lake vs. Lake Wallenpaupack

Here's an interesting article about the size of lakes in Pennsylvania, for those who think that Wallenpaupack is the largest lake within the borders of Pennsylvania.

VFW: New Yawk, New Yawk

Hanging on Barack's Every Word won for the second week in a row, two questions ahead of Chicks and Dicks. The Bowery was up, not down and took third. The B52s, stuffed with New Yorkers, took fourth ahead of K-B and Room Two. Theme choice goes to Dennis and Mel and they would like some Winter Olympics trivia.

Bube's: Did You Just Say Hufflepuff?

Hogwarts grad Fallon helped Quietly Making Noise take the top prize tonight, while Imo helped Blue Lightning take second. Last week's champs the Toxic Olives were third and we had a three-way between the Fizzing Whizbees, the Planeteers and the Tony Danza Slap for fourth (they were all just one question away from second place). That meant Determined Not To Get Last Place was true to their name, as they took the coveted seventh-place spot and have chosen bartending as next week's theme. Also, we said goodbye to Danni, who is headed to the Far Southern state of Maryland.

Chuckles: Shooting Their Eyes Out

It was a special combo of trivia, Vikings and Saints and there was carnage on both fields. Ubersmack returned to the winner's circle, ahead of last week's champs Second Collection. Marge of Out of the Vortex defeated Chris of Of Sticky Tongues and Neighbor's Hounds to take third. the Menstruals and the Nurses tied for fifth while Skirtland and the Miami Blades (featuring newlyweds Andrew and Aimee) tied for sixth. Theme choice goes to the ladies of KCC and they are going to Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee, they're going to Graceland...

Themes

Okay, one of these days I'll get back into blogging. In the mean time, Tuesday night we have two themes at Bube's: Harry Potter and South America (apparently there's a branch of Hogwarts at La Paz), while the theme at the VFW is New York City.

Chuckles: For the Birds

The only picture that tripped up all the teams tonight was of a Buick Skylark convertible (see above), but a lot of teams were still flying high (ugh). 2nd Collection took the gold, followed by Out of the Vortex (Featuring Dr. Scott, father of the old Vile Sea Bass team). A small version of Skirtland placed third. Greg and Jean of Prius was in first all night and only missed the money by one point. The Zombies Angels charged in the last round to take fifth, as did the Twin Roses, who were sixth. There was a tie for seventh between the IDKs and the Pixie Stix, so we'll have two themes next week: makes and models of cars and the movie A Christmas Story. Also: please note that there will be no trivia on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 7th) and Valentine's Day (Feb. 14th), in case you're planning ahead.

Oh, Great!

I'm starting to have those nightmares about flying Boston Terriers again.

Themes for Next Week

Chuckles: birds and birdwatching.

Bube's: MacGyver.

VFW: TV detectives.

Theme song

Next week's themes:
Chuckles: Glee
Bube's: penises that have gotten men in trouble (a rather broad category)
VFW: Super Bowl champions

Chuckles: It's Raining Re-gifts!

We had our annual re-gifting party and this year it was a doozy! Thanks to the Twin Roses, Ubersmack, the Miami Blades, Out of the Vortex, Of Pixie Stix and Whirlygigs and KC, we had tons of unsightly presents to re-distribute. On the competition front, mother of the bride Sheila brought along her sisters, who helped propel the Georgia Peaches to the lead. Marge and her harem was in second and there was a tie between Nurses: We Keep Doctor from Killing You and the Rad Nerds for third. Brandy was proud of defeating nine-year-old Allison in the Captain Jack-off™. Ubersmack: Slay the Beast was fifth, beating their arch-rivals the Pixie Stix. Theme choice goes to The Three Roads Minus the Smart People and they are going with the TV show Glee.

New Decade, New Themes!

Chuckles: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Bube's: bagpipes.
VFW: bad country and western song titles.