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Shine Bright Live Thursday Night Trivia!

April 20, 2018 by Pour House Trivia

Thursday night’s game welcomed 109 teams across 14 venues:

ROUND 1:

We wasted no time challenging our teams in the opening round, as the nightly Three Clues question garnered very few attempts at a two-point bonus:

CLUE 1: According to Archie Bunker, this was Richard Nixon’s middle initial.

CLUE 2: In the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, this letter is represented by the name of a female figure of Greek mythology.

Only six teams across the board were bold enough to go in early with the correct answer of E (which is represented by Echo in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet).  We continued with a look at the revival of this classic ad slogan:
HeinzWe closed with questions concerning South American geography and the bones of the human ear, but thanks to the Three Clues question, the first round yielded only ONE perfect score: Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market).

ROUND 2:

Thursday’s audio question featured Johnny Cash‘s cover version of the Depeche Mode song “Personal Jesus”.  We followed by discussing the two title TV characters portrayed by Scott Baio (coincidentally, both named Charles).  Later, we asked the most difficult wagering question of the first half:

–> Which 2013 film made composer Robert Lopez the youngest person in history to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award?

Just under half of our teams answered correctly with “Frozen”.  After a question on the 2018 NBA Playoffs, we saw seven teams earn perfect second round scores..

HALFTIME:

Video game characters were featured on a rather difficult halftime page, as the overall average reached just 14.2 points, with none of our teams able to record a perfect scores.  These were your top Thursday scores after the first half:

  • Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market):  91
  • Effin Peter (Quincy’s):  89
  • Slapsgiving (Cushwa Brewing):  86
  • Uranus Fly Trap (Smoketown Brewing):  86
  • PC Principals (Fish Market):  86

ROUND 3:

The second half began with questions on abbreviations and French geography, as well as the two films which featured this fictitious rock star:

Brand

A sports question to close the round kept many of our teams from perfect scores:

–> Name either one of the two NFL players to amass at least 295 rushing yards in a single game.

Only 13% of our teams earned bonus points with the correct answers of Jamal Lewis and Adrian Peterson:

Peterson Lewis

Five teams rumbled through the third round with perfect scores.

ROUND 4:

Thursday’s final round opened with on the odd connection of… Britney Spears album titles and ellipses…  We continued with a question on this recent internet meme:

American Chopper Meme

After closing the game with a Triple 50/50 question on literary characters from the works of Charles Dickens and Suzanne Collins, we saw six teams earn 36 points in the final stanza.  Here are Thursday’s highest scores after the fourth round:

  • Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market):  169
  • PC Principals (Fish Market):  162
  • Scoobies (Smoketown Brewing):  161
  • Slapsgiving (Cushwa Brewing):  160
  • FOUR TEAMS TIED WITH 158 POINTS

FINAL QUESTION (68.7% success rate):

–> What allotrope of carbon takes its name from a Greek word meaning ‘untamed’ or ‘invincible’?

Just over two-thirds of our teams responded correctly with diamond.  Congratulations to the seven powerhouse teams that recorded the Perfect 21 on Thursday with correct answers on all wagering questions.  Here are your top overall scores from Thursday:

  • Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market):  175
  • PC Principals (Fish Market):  174
  • Scoobies (Smoketown Brewing):  171
  • Uranus Fly Trap (Smoketown Brewing):  170
  • Breadsticks (Quincy’s):  169
  • Castle Greyskull (Quincy’s):  169
  • Effin Peter (Quincy’s):  168
  • Power Vacuum (Champion Billiards):  167
  • Just Good Enough (Champion Billiards):  166
  • Syn Storm (Champion Billiards):  166

TONIGHT’S WINNERS:

Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD:  Breadsticks  (Next week’s first category: “Zoolander”)

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  Power Vacuum  (Next week’s first category: Black Sabbath – AUDIO)

Bunker Sports Cafe in Leesburg, VA:  Brady’s Deflated Balls  (Next week’s first category: “Caddyshack”)

​Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD:  Scoobies  (Next week’s first category: “Harry Potter” Books)

Beef O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  Harsh Reality  (Next week’s first category: “Santa Clarita Diet”)

Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Dire Wolves  (Next week’s first category: U.S. Bill of Rights)

Cushwa Brewing in Williamsport, MD:  Slapsgiving  (Next week’s first category: “Overwatch”)

Olde Mother Brewing in Frederick, MD:  Jade Lee Fan Club  (Next week’s first category: Jewish History)

The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg, MD:  Blood Legion  (Next week’s first category: Prehistoric Aquatic Reptiles)

Black Walnut Brewery in Leesburg, VA:  Mouse Rat  (Next week’s first category: “Parks and Recreation”)

Right Around the Corner in St. Petersburg, FL:  Best Friends  (Next week’s first category: Nicolas Cage Films Other Than “Con Air”)

Dawg House in Waynesboro, PA:  50 Shades of Grey Matter  (Next week’s first category: “H.M.S. Pinafore”)

Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA:  Brother of Menelaus  (Next week’s first category: Leonard Bernstein)

Guido’s in Frederick, MD:  Pubey Lewis and the Nudes  (Next week’s first category: Vietnam War)

Filed Under: Thursday Game Recaps

Now Let’s See Who Thursday Trivia REALLY Is!

April 13, 2018 by Pour House Trivia

Thursday night’s final question led to a number of come-from-behind victories (oops… sorry, Caps fans) as we welcomed 112 teams across 14 venues:

ROUND 1:

Thursday’s game began with a three-part question that told our teams “one of these things is not like the others”.  We discussed the Manhattan Project and Al Pacino’s recent portrayal of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno:

Pacino Paterno

We closed the round with a question on the Drake Passage, a body of water named for one of the first Europeans to sail through the area.  Most of our teams knew that the passage is located in this part of the world:

Drake

Eleven teams began their night with a perfect first round score.

ROUND 2:

Thursday’s audio question featured three singers celebrating their 50th birthday in 2018: Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue, and Will Smith.  We continued by looking at the two sequels which followed this classic comedy film:

Vacation

After a question on the Commonwealth Games, we closed with the subject of chemical elements:

–> The two chemical elements with atomic numbers 87 and 31 are both named for the same European country.  One element is named after its current name, the other for its Latin name.  Name either one of these elements.

About half of our teams earned their wager with one of the two correct answers of francium and gallium, with about half of those teams tacking on two bonus points for knowing both elements.  The second round also yielded 11 perfect scores.

HALFTIME:

We were saved by the “BELL” on the top half of Thursday’s halftime page, while the bottom half featured a set of 50/50 questions on the topic of “Which came first?”.  Though the overall average reached a relatively high 16.9 points, only five teams notched a perfect score of 20 points.  These were your top Thursday scores after the first half:

  • Breadsticks (Quincy’s):  90
  • Clever Team Name (Quincy’s):  90
  • Marmaset Knock You Out (Fish Market):  89
  • Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market):  89
  • SIX TEAMS TIED WITH 88 POINTS

ROUND 3:

Thursday’s second half opened with our nightly Three Clues question:

CLUE 1: Frenchman Jean Nicolet is considered to be the first European to set foot in what is now this state.

CLUE 2: From 1925 to 1967, this state banned the sale of margarine.

Though many teams were tempted, very few decided to go for the early answer bonus here.  It makes sense that a state which is proud of its dairy production would ban the sale of margarine for 40 years.  Nine teams did manage to earn two bonus points by going in early with the correct answer of Wisconsin.  Later, we spoke a little Urdu and looked at the various roles of the late actor Dick Van Patten, including King Roland from “Spaceballs”:

Spaceballs

The third round also included the most difficult wagering question of the night, as only 21% of our teams recognized a description of the plant Digitalis, commonly known as foxglove.  As a result, PC Principals (Fish Market) was the only team to record a perfect third round score.

ROUND 4:

Thursday’s final round opened with a question on the VH1 reality dating series “Rock of Love”, before moving onto our most difficult bonus question of the night:

–> Tom Clancy’s first published novel was adapted into a feature film starring Alec Baldwin, while his second novel inspired the name of his video game company.  Name either one of these books.

Most of the field easily earned points here with one correct answer, knowing that Clancy’s first book was “The Hunt for Red October“.  But while there is a video game series named “Rainbow Six” (which is also one of Clancy’s books), that book was not published until 1998, so the answer we were looking for was “Red Storm Rising”.  Only eight teams earned bonus points on this question.  Once again, only one team earned a perfect score in the final round: Clever Team Name (Quincy’s).  Here are Thursday’s highest scores after the fourth round:

  • PC Principals (Fish Market):  164
  • Marmaset Knock You Out (Fish Market):  163
  • Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market):  161
  • Power Vacuum (Champion Billiards):  158
  • Clever Team Name (Quincy’s):  156

FINAL QUESTION (51.3% success rate):

–> Which fictional character has lent his name to two real-life products: a cookie sold by Keebler and a dog treat sold by Snausages?

Just over half of our teams responded correctly with this Great Dane:

Scooby Snacks

Six teams recorded the Perfect 21 on Thursday with correct answers on all wagering questions.  Here are your top overall scores from Thursday:

  • We Drink and We Know Things (Smoketown Brewing):  166
  • Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market):  165
  • Veggie Burrito (​Smoketown Brewing):  165
  • Washington Foreskins (Bunker Sports):  165
  • Uranus Fly Trap (​Smoketown Brewing):  164
  • Power Vacuum (Champion Billiards):  164
  • Three Fingers Worth (Black Walnut):  163
  • Breadsticks (Quincy’s):  160
  • Danzig (Right Around the Corner):  159
  • Scott’s Not Here (Right Around the Corner):  159

TONIGHT’S WINNERS:

Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD:  Breadsticks  (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 AUDIO – Fallout Boy or Panic! at the Disco?)

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  Power Vacuum  (Next week’s first category: Golda Meir)

Bunker Sports Cafe in Leesburg, VA:  Washington Foreskins  (Next week’s first category: Science Fiction Authors)

​Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD:  We Drink and We Know Things  (Next week’s first category: Abstinence)

Beef O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  Smarty Pants  (Next week’s first category: Hits of the 1980s Played in Reverse – AUDIO)

Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Veggie Burrito  (Next week’s first category: Foreign Beers)

Cushwa Brewing in Williamsport, MD:  Tequila Mockingbird  (Next week’s first category: Classic Cars)

Olde Mother Brewing in Frederick, MD:  Rum Ham  (Next week’s first category: “Lucky Number Slevin”)

The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg, MD:  Blood Legion  (Next week’s first category: Bob Marley)

Black Walnut Brewery in Leesburg, VA:  Three Fingers Worth  (Next week’s first category: Famous Dogs)

Right Around the Corner in St. Petersburg, FL:  Scott’s Not Here  (Next week’s first category: Marine Mammals)

Dawg House in Waynesboro, PA:  Not Your Team  (Next week’s first category: Pythagorean Theorem)

Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA:  Brother of Menelaus  (Next week’s first category: Battles of the U.S. Civil War)

Guido’s in Frederick, MD:  Tuna Noodle Casserole  (Next week’s first category: Whisky)

Filed Under: Thursday Game Recaps

A Towering Night of Thursday Trivia!

April 6, 2018 by Pour House Trivia

Thursday night’s game was full of surprises as we welcomed 119 teams across 14 venues:

ROUND 1:

Normally, the opening round of any Pour House Trivia game is the easiest, but such was not the case on Thursday night, as less than half of our teams answered correctly on each of two different first round questions:

–> In Miami Beach, State Road A1A is actually named Collins Avenue, though which chart-topping 1991 hip hop song refers to it as “Beachfront Avenue”?

–> What do the letters ‘MI’ stand for in the name of the British government agency MI6?

The correct answers were “Ice Ice Baby” and Military Intelligence.  Furthermore, only eight teams across the board earned bonus points by knowing the song “Ice Ice Baby” originally appeared on the Vanilla Ice album “To the Extreme”.  With an unexpectedly difficult start for our teams, we saw just one perfect score in the first round: Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market).

ROUND 2:

Thursday’s audio question featured film clips from the late Alan Rickman.  While the field had no trouble recognizing scenes from “Die Hard” and “Galaxy Quest”, many forgot that Rickman portrayed a cynical angel in the Kevin Smith film “Dogma”:

Alan Rickman

After questions on noble metals and U.S. cities, we gave our teams this query which proved to be the most difficult wagering question of the first half:

–> As a reference to the Olympics, which title was given to the four-episode spinoff of “The Bachelor” which aired this past February?

Only 19% of our teams gave us this correct response:BachelorIn a slight improvement from the opening stanza, we saw two perfect scores in the second round: Slapsgiving (Cushwa Brewing) and PC Principals (Fish Market).

HALFTIME:

Brands of chewing gum and foreign film directors were the themes on Thursday’s halftime page.  With an overall average of 16.3 points, we saw six teams notch a perfect 20 points.  These were your top Thursday scores after the first half:

  • Slapsgiving (Cushwa Brewing):  90
  • Fan Club (Quincy’s):  86
  • PC Principals (Fish Market):  85
  • Irish Mafia (Dawg House):  85
  • Gryffindorks (Beef O’ Brady’s):  85

ROUND 3:

Thursday’s second half opened with the post-“Jeopardy!” endeavors of this trivia champion:

Ken Jennings

Later, we covered topics such as the Warren Commission, the film “Gone With the Wind”, and this forgotten Microsoft product:

Zune

Four teams earned perfect scores in the third round: 1-2-3 Drink (Cushwa Brewing), YOLO Swaggins (Dawg House), The A-Team (Dawg House), and PC Principals (Fish Market).

ROUND 4:

Thursday’s final round opened with the most difficult bonus question of the night:

–> Name either one of the two NBA teams that each won two league titles during the decade of the 1970s.

For those teams that don’t have a basketball expert, the default answers of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics would have been effective here, as the Celtics won titles in 1974 and 1976.  But only seven teams earned bonus points with the second correct answer of the New York Knicks, who won titles in 1970 and 1973 thanks to Willis Reed:Willis ReedAfter questions on the ballets of Peter Tchaikovsky and the occupations of Chandler Bing, we closed the final round with a Triple 50/50 question on felines.  With only 13% of our teams answering all three parts correctly, we did not see any perfect scores in the fourth stanza.  Here are Thursday’s highest scores after the fourth round:

  • Slapsgiving (Cushwa Brewing):  164
  • PC Principals (Fish Market):  161
  • 1-2-3 Drink (Cushwa Brewing):  158
  • Fan Club (Quincy’s):  158
  • Lowered Expectations (Quincy’s):  158

FINAL QUESTION (8.7% success rate):

–> Within the last five years, which country has constructed five skyscrapers that all currently rank among the ten tallest buildings on Earth?

Sometimes, we ask a question knowing full well that there will be a very common wrong answer, and we suspected that to be the case here.  Though the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is more than 600 feet taller than any other skyscraper on Earth, the United Arab Emirates does not have a second building among the top 20.  Instead, half of the top ten (and 13 of the top 22) on this list are located in China.  It was indeed a toughie, as only nine teams earned points on this final question.  Not surprisingly, we did not have any teams record the Perfect 21 on Thursday with correct answers on all wagering questions.  Here are your top overall scores from Thursday:

  • Slapsgiving (Cushwa Brewing):  157
  • No Fruit No Karaoke (Champion Billiards):  156
  • PC Principals (Fish Market):  155
  • Friends of Dick Johnson (Guido’s):  153
  • Singing Inferno (​Smoketown Brewing):  153
  • Unathletico Madrid (Guido’s):  152
  • Uranus Fly Trap (​Smoketown Brewing):  150
  • Yolo Swaggins (Dawg House):  147
  • Triumvirate (Right Around the Corner):  146
  • Fan Club (Quincy’s):  146

In what could be a Pour House Trivia first for a full weeknight of games, Slapsgiving topped the overall leaderboard despite losing points on the final question.

TONIGHT’S WINNERS:

Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD:  Fan Club  (Next week’s first category: Syracuse Orange Basketball)

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  No Fruit No Karaoke  (Next week’s first category: Tour de France)

Bunker Sports Cafe in Leesburg, VA:  Thundercats  (Next week’s first category: “Doctor Who”)

​Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD:  Singing Inferno  (Next week’s first category: “The Flintstones”)

Beef O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  Gryffindorks  (Next week’s first category: “Outlander”)

Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Veggie Burrito  (Next week’s first category: Global Pandemics)

Cushwa Brewing in Williamsport, MD:  Slapsgiving  (Next week’s first category: “Brooklyn Nine Nine”)

Olde Mother Brewing in Frederick, MD:  Enemy Anemones  (Next week’s first category: Science Fiction Films)

The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg, MD:  Gold Team  (Next week’s first category: H. L. Mencken)

Black Walnut Brewery in Leesburg, VA:  NO GAME THIS WEEK  (Next week’s first category: Herbs and Spices)

Right Around the Corner in St. Petersburg, FL:  Triumvirate  (Next week’s first category: Host Sings a Nursery Rhyme)

Dawg House in Waynesboro, PA:  YOLO Saggins  (Next week’s first category: Halo)

Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA:  PC Principals  (Next week’s first category: Battles of the American Revolution)

Guido’s in Frederick, MD:  Friends of Dick Johnson  (Next week’s first category: Chicago Cubs)

Filed Under: Thursday Game Recaps

A Record Night of Pour House Trivia!

March 30, 2018 by Pour House Trivia

Opening Day must have inspired the competitive nature of our teams, as Thursday night brought a record number of teams to our venues.  In our highest weekday attendance in history, we welcomed 137 teams across 14 venues on Thursday night:

ROUND 1:

Difficult bonus questions seemed to be the theme of Thursday’a game, as we kicked off the game with a pair of toughies in the opening stanza.  In a question concerning the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal, only 19% of our teams knew that his famous trek across the Alps took place during the Punic Wars.  Later, we closed the round with a question concerning the film “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”, with just 22% of the field remembering the name of Keanu’s co-star Alex Winter:

Alex Winter

Nine teams ran the table in the first round with a perfect score.

ROUND 2:

Thursday’s audio question featured three songs which include the word “Uptown” in the title: “Uptown Girl” (by Billy Joel) and “Uptown Funk” (by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars) were recognizable, but the song “It’s Quiet Uptown” (originally from “Hamilton” but covered here by Kelly Clarkson), was certainly the most difficult, as just 14% of our teams earned bonus points with three correct answers.  The rest of the round played rather easily, with the exception of Questiin #4, which proved to be the most difficult wagering question of the night:

–> Which subsidiary of Albertson’s currently uses the ad slogan “Ingredients for Life”?

It just goes to show that sometimes, advertising slogans are not as memorable as executives hope, as this question resulted in zero correct answers in half of our venues, with just 12 teams overall remembering this brand:

Safeway

Not surprisingly, only one team notched a perfect second round score: Dire Wolves (Belly Love).

HALFTIME:

Google Doodles and TV news were the topics featured on Thursday’s halftime page.  After last week’s page featured dozens of perfect scores, this version was much more difficult, with an overall average of just 13.3 points, which included nine teams notching a perfect 20 for 20.  Here are Thursday’s top scores after the first half:

  • Dire Wolves (Belly Love):  92
  • Uranus Fly Trap (​Smoketown Brewing):  88
  • Syn Storm (Champion Billiards):  88
  • Opening Day (Fish Market):  87
  • Irish Mafia (Dawg House):  87

ROUND 3:

Thursday’s second half opened with a question on this Broadway show:

Cabaret

Later, we looked at the hit 1980s song “Somebody’s Watching Me” and the success of the TV show “Ally McBeal”.  We also asked about this illegal figure skating maneuver (at the 3:30 mark):

Three teams earned perfect scores in the third round: Power Vacuum (Champion Billiards), Last House on the Jeff (Fish Market), and PC Principals (Fish Market).

ROUND 4:

Thursday’s final round included questions on quarks, Levi Strauss, and this literary vampire hunter:

Van Helsing

In addition to Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Jackman, and even Mel Brooks, future “Star Wars” actor Peter Cushing (above) have all played Abraham Van Helsing.  Just as in the third round, three teams were able to run the table in the final stanza: Syn Storm (Champion Billiards), Last House on the Jeff (Fish Market), and Atomic Dogs (Fish Market)..  These were your top Thursday scores after the fourth round:

  • PC Principals (Fish Market):  162
  • Power Vacuum (Champion Billiards):  162
  • Dire Wolves (Belly Love Brewing):  161
  • Last House on the Jeff (Fish Market):  160
  • Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market):  159

FINAL QUESTION (65.8% success rate):

–> In 1845, a pair of American settlers both wanted to name a new western community after their respective hometowns.  A coin flip was used to determine the new name, with “Boston” on the losing end.  Name this city which is currently home to about 650,000 residents.

About two-thirds of our teams responded correctly with Portland, Oregon.  Congratulations to Lowered Expectations (Quincy’s) and Movin’ On (​Smoketown Brewing), who were the only teams to record the Perfect 21 on Thursday with correct answers on all wagering questions.  Here are your top overall scores from Thursday:

  • PC Principals (Fish Market):  173
  • Last House on the Jeff (Fish Market):  172
  • Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market):  171
  • Power Vacuum (Champion Billiards):  167
  • Vitrifiers (Champion Billiards):  166
  • Lowered Expectations (Quincy’s):  166
  • Fan Club (Quincy’s):  165
  • Dire Wolves (Belly Love Brewing):  163
  • Fat, Drunk, and Stupid (Champion Billiards):  163
  • FOUR TEAMS TIED WITH 159 POINTS

An honorable mention goes out to Syn Storm (Champion Billiards), who racked up 170 points tonight, but was playing “over the limit”.

TONIGHT’S WINNERS:

Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD:  Lowered Expectations  (Next week’s first category: “De-Lovely”)

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  Power Vacuum  (Next week’s first category: 100 Years War)

Bunker Sports Cafe in Leesburg, VA:  Thoroughly Screwed  (Next week’s first category: Motown)

​Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD:  We Drink and We Know Things  (Next week’s first category: “Grey’s Anatomy”)

Beef O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  Punslingers  (Next week’s first category: Pro Sports Stadiums)

Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Dire Wolves  ** FOUR WINS IN A ROW! **  (Next week’s first category: Hanna-Barbera Characters)

Cushwa Brewing in Williamsport, MD:  Slapsgiving  (Next week’s first category: CrossFit Games)

Olde Mother Brewing in Frederick, MD:  Jade Lee Fan Club  (Next week’s first category: MLB History)

The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg, MD:  Replacements  (Next week’s first category: Bowling)

Black Walnut Brewery in Leesburg, VA:  My Name is Judge  (Next week’s first category: Herbs and Spices)

Right Around the Corner in St. Petersburg, FL:  Just the Tip  (Next week’s first category: England)

Dawg House in Waynesboro, PA:  Irish Mafia  (Next week’s first category: James Michener Novels)

Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA:  PC Principals  (Next week’s first category: Porn and Fashion)

Guido’s in Frederick, MD:  Tuna Noodle Casserole  (Next week’s first category: “Harry Potter” Books)

Filed Under: Thursday Game Recaps

Cabin Fever Strikes Pour House Trivia!

March 23, 2018 by Pour House Trivia

With this week’s snowstorm canceling virtually all of our east coast games on Tuesday and Wednesday, we saw numerous teams make surprise appearances at some of our Thursday venues in order to get their trivia fix.  This influx of competition coincided with a noticeable uptick in overall difficulty, leading to some rather interesting finishes on Thursday.  Overall, we welcomed 122 teams across 14 venues on Thursday night:

ROUND 1:

In a departure from the norm, Thursday’s opening round included a surprisingly difficult question that required a bit of knowledge from several different fields:

–> The names of several African animals end with this set of three letters which means ‘antelope’ in the language of Afrikaans. One of those animals is also the namesake for a brand of athletic apparel.  Name this set of three letters.

While most of our first round questions usually hover at an 80% success rate, this one was not even close, as only 37% of our teams earned points with ‘BOK’, which is found in the names of animals such as springbok, gemsbok, blesbok, steenbok, and (as referenced in the question) rhebok, which was Anglicized to coin the brand name Reebok.  That was the sticking point for the opening round, as nine teams avoided that speed bump en route to a perfect score of 36 points.

ROUND 2:

Thursday’s audio question featured three songs which include the word “Monday” in the title: “Monday, Monday” by The Mamas and the Papas, “Manic Monday” by The Bangles, and “Blue Monday” by New Order.  Later, we looked at the Periodic Table, the vast number of artworks in Florence, and this current film from the mind of Wes Anderson:

Isle of Dogs Wes Anderson

Just as in the first round, the second round also yielded nine perfect scores.

HALFTIME:

NFL helmets and numerical puzzles were featured on Thursday’s halftime page.  This page was a cinch for the field, as we saw an extremely high average of 19.1 points, with just over half of the field notching perfect scores.  Don’t worry, we’ll even things out next week…  Here are Thursday’s top scores after the first half:

  • PC Principals (Fish Market):  92
  • Your Mom (Bunker Sports):  92
  • Veggie Burrito (Belly Love):  91
  • Fan Club (Quincy’s):  91
  • 8 TEAMS TIED WITH 90 POINTS

ROUND 3:

Thursday’s second half opened with this question on medical terms:

–> Both derived from the Greek word meaning ‘eye’, identify either one of the two scientific names of the medical conditions commonly referred to as nearsightedness or farsightedness.

Teams only needed one correct answer to earn points, but nearly every team that earned points on this question did so with the correct answer of myopia (nearsightedness).  Only eight teams earned bonus points by also coming up with hyperopia (farsightedness).  Later, we discussed the Barbra Streisand film “Yentl” and this invention which actually goes back more than 50 years:

ATM

We closed the third round with a three-part question on answers which contain the initials P.K.  Despite being a primetime network host for over a decade, Phil Keoghan of “The Amazing Race” is simply not a household name.  After a slew of perfect scores in the first half, none of our teams ran the table with a perfect third round.

ROUND 4:

We began Thursday’s final round with a question on everyone’s favorite topic of African Geography:

–> Name any two of the three countries along mainland Africa’s southeastern coast which have shoreline between Somalia and South Africa:

Africa

The most difficult bonus question of the night was asked as part of our nightly Three Clues question:

CLUE 1: In Greek mythology, he was the father of Pegasus.

CLUE 2: The moons Proteus and Larissa revolve around the planet named for this god’s Roman counterpart.

Very few teams even attempted a guess at this point, leading to just five teams earning bonus points with the correct early answer of Poseidon.  We closed the final round with a question on this devious character:

Simpsons Sideshow Bob

Just as in the third round, none of our teams were able to run the table in the final stanza.  These were your top Thursday scores after the fourth round:

  • PC Principals (Fish Market):  165
  • Your Mom (Bunker Sports):  163
  • Fan Club (Quincy’s):  162
  • Clever Team Name (Quincy’s):  161
  • Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market):  159

FINAL QUESTION (53.4% success rate):

–> What mathematical device takes its name from a Greek word meaning ‘sand tray’?

Just over half of the field earned points on the final question with the correct response of abacus.  Congratulation to High School Prom (Fish Market) and Dire Wolves (Belly Love Brewing), who were the only teams to record the Perfect 21 on Thursday with correct answers on all wagering questions.  Here are your top overall scores from Thursday:

  • Fan Club (Quincy’s):  174
  • Breadsticks (Quincy’s):  168
  • Dire Wolves (Belly Love Brewing):  164
  • Syn Storm (Champion Billiards):  164
  • Teachers (Beef O’ Brady’s):  163
  • Quiz In My Pants (Cushwa Brewing):  163
  • Uranus Fly Trap (​Smoketown Brewing):  163
  • High School Prom (Fish Market):  162
  • Tuna Noodle Casserole (Guido’s):  162
  • Shakeweight (Beef O’ Brady’s):  162

TONIGHT’S WINNERS:

Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD:  Fan Club  (Next week’s first category: Tator Tots)

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  Just Good Enough  (Next week’s first category: “The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Bunker Sports Cafe in Leesburg, VA:  Washington Foreskins  (Next week’s first category: 2018 Oscars)

​Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD:  Uranus Fly Trap  (Next week’s first category: Leonardo da Vinci)

Beef O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  Teachers  (Next week’s first category: Pink Floyd)

Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Dire Wolves  (Next week’s first category: People Fired by Donald Trump)

Cushwa Brewing in Williamsport, MD:  Quiz in My Pants  (Next week’s first category: “SpongeBob SquarePants”)

Olde Mother Brewing in Frederick, MD:  Enemy Anemones  (Next week’s first category: Adam Sandler Films)

The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg, MD:  Replacements  (Next week’s first category: “Once Upon a Time” (TV) Characters)

Black Walnut Brewery in Leesburg, VA:  My Name is Judge  (Next week’s first category: Famous Daves)

Right Around the Corner in St. Petersburg, FL:  JTT  (Next week’s first category: HOST CHOICE)

Dawg House in Waynesboro, PA:  Who Can Say Really?  (Next week’s first category: Jimmy Buffett)

Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA:  High School Prom  (Next week’s first category: High School Proms)

Guido’s in Frederick, MD:  Tuna Noodle Casserole  (Next week’s first category: Songs About Saras)

 

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