Happy Monday!

Chuckles: God Bless Us Everyone!

It was Futurama night at Cafe Chuckles, causing delight for some and consternation for others. Karen of KC was happy that she and Carol had aced all three Futurama questions, without ever seeing the program. The Price Is Right managed to stay in the lead all four rounds, winning by one question over Princess and the Ubersmack Featuring Jimm Marlin's Penn Square $10,00 Giveaway teams. Laffy Taffy surged at the end to take fourth, followed by Billy and Marge of out of the Vortex. Trish and her Bugalo Wranglers were sixth and the Lethal Amoebas were seventh. In a perky holiday mood, Jay chose "serial killers" as next week's theme. And Fred Thompson should do some campaigning in Lancaster, since We Can Win....With Tickets! are his biggest fans.

VFW: Why So Glum, Chums?

Are the B52s so sad that the Blizzard of '07 caused some teams to miss trivia? Are they sad that it took me an hour to drive from Lancaster to Lititz? No, they're sad because of their plummet from first to fifth. Their spectacular crash allowed other teams to rise to the top, primarily Mixed Company, which took home the gold. Chicks and Dicks were in second, followed by Room 2's Nutsack (see explanation below for team name) in third and D&M in fourth. A new team, the Utility Workers were shooting for seventh but got too many questions right in the last round. So Alice in Wonderland once again got to pick a theme. They're still in the holiday mood, so they chose "non-traditional Christmas songs." Time to break out your copy of "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer."

Dick, Amy and Berger relax after the show. Amy had read the trivia blog and had gotten such a kick out of a Tuesday night's team name that she formed the very first cross-venue tribute team: Room 2's Nutsack!

Bubes: John Quincy Adams Rises from the Grave

John Quincy Adams, a mostly new team, surprised the regulars and jumped from fifth to first in the last round, winning by two points over Team Flakes and When You Wish Upon a Nutsack. The Flakes sent up Tim to try to defeat the undefeated Josiah in the Captain Jack-off, but Josiah's record remains intact. The $2 Tesla Death Rays almost made the money and came in fourth, followed by the Toxic Olives. Tim of 7th Place or Bust outdid himself and came in 6th (so no 70s porn questions yet). That meant that the Tony Danza Slap came in seventh, and they chose word jumbles as their theme for next week.

I think Tim threw his neck out from the Captain Jack-off. Here he commiserates with his fellow Flakes.

That's Dee on the right, giving her modern dance interpretation of KABOOM! cereal.

In this merger-crazed world, we had another Vulcan team-meld when Bob and Randy combined with the $2 crew to become the sports-loving $2 Tesla Death Rays.

When You Wish Upon A 'Sack
The right answer you may lack...

Judy made a rare appearance and was happy to take home a can of fat-fortified Popeye© Spinach!

Chuckles: We Can Win... Theme Choice!

Steph of the Lethal Amoebas took down Fritz of Priceless in the Captain Jack-off tie-breaker for first, with Ubersmack close behind. But tonight's big story was the seventh-place finish of We Can Win....With Tickets! (Must Sing). Jason, Nick and Tom celebrate their accomplishment and chose "Futurama" as their theme. The Talent Scouts and Skirtland tied for fifth (with the Scouts accusing me of sleeping with an encyclopedia). Princess almost made the money, but made a bad last-minute answer choice. Meanwhile, Karen would much rather eat chips than dog food and Trish would much rather have her teammates go with her answers.

After the winners are announced, there is the inevitable Trivia Stampede as the hordes head out the door. This is what they miss: Deric discovered the power of fire and prepared Kelly an impromptu roasted marshmallow.

St. James: Merry Christmas to All!

For the second year in a row, I hosted a trivia show for the St. James' Mens Club Christmas party. Once again, those pretzel-eating beer-drinking yahoos had a great time. Having an especially good time was the King Bruce-ce team, which managed a come-from-behind victory in the last round. They won lottery tickets, which included a $50 prize-winner. So the team is going to use their spoils this Wednesday at the Lititz VFW and attempt a du-fecta.

The Purple Demons came in second for the second year in a row. Always a bridesmaid...

The third-place St. Francis and His Sissys missed the money by one question.

Dave and Lisa were all that remained of the Big Cheese when it was time to take pictures. I think the rest were chasing after Frank's buttery nipples.

The Breakfast Club, together again. (Not sure which one is the Jock.)

Here is the Fantastic Five, a subset of the Great Eight.

Who knew Kirk could clean up so well?

VFW: The Comeback Kids

Tonight's main story was the comeback of the B52s, who had been trailing Room Two all night. But fueled by Dots-power, they blazed through the last round and won by 12 points. Chicks and Dicks took third, followed by the Zombies, We're Here for the Beer, and Mixed Company. Leroy of the seventh place Alice in Wonderland team picked an appropriate theme for this time of the year: the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life." Clarence is happy.