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What Would We Do Baby… Without Thursday Trivia?

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With World Series XIX on the horizon, we saw a slight uptick in attendance on Thursday night, as a few non-Thursday teams snuck in one last practice session before the BIG GAME on Sunday afternoon.  In addition, we welcomed two new venues to the Pour House Trivia family, as opening night took place at Lost Rhino Brewing in Ashburn and at Backyard Bar and Grille in Warminster, PA.  Overall, 129 teams took in a game of trivia at one of 17 venues.

FIRST ROUND:

We began Thursday’s game with a rather difficult bonus question, as only 17% of our teams knew that the Clint Eastwood character of “Dirty Harry” Callahan made his final screen appearance in the film “The Dead Pool”.  The opening round also asked a Three Clues question about David Letterman and quizzed our teams about the chronology of contemporary literature.  Sixteen teams swept the first round by posting 36 points.

SECOND ROUND:

Thursday’s game was certainly not WITHOUT its audio question, featuring the songs “Eyes Without a Face” by Billy Idol, “With or Without You” by U2, and “My Life Would Suck Without You” by Kelly Clarkson.  The second round also included the most difficult bonus question of the night.  After most teams earned wagering points on a question about Flushing Meadows in New York City, only two teams tacked on two bonus points with this follow-up query:

–> Measuring 120 feet in diameter, what is the name of the stainless steel representation of Earth created for the 1964 World’s Fair?

You’ve seen it in the film “Men in Black”, but only Singing Inferno (Smoketown) and Big Brain (Flower Hill) knew that this structure is called the Unisphere.  After closing the first half with a question about the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, we did not see any perfect second round scores.

HALFTIME:

With the Little League World Series underway, Thursday’s halftime page depicted “Little” things while the bottom half featured a matching section about authors who use initials in their names.  This page yielded eleven perfect scores and an overall average of 15.6 points.  Here is Wednesday’s halftime leaderboard:

THIRD ROUND:

Thursday’s second half began with a pair of wicked questions on the topic of artistic genres:

–> Practiced by Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and Georges Seurat, what hyphenated art movement emerged as a reaction against an earlier movement’s concern for the naturalistic depiction of light and color?

Only 21% of our teams earned wagering points with the correct answer of Post-Impressionism.  Furthermore, a mere five teams added two bonus points by knowing that “The Card Players” and “The Bathers” were created by Paul Cezanne.  Next, we saw many teams drop their maximum wager by mistakenly thinking that John F. Kennedy created NASA by signing the National Aeronautics and Space Act.  In actuality, that bill was signed in 1958 by Dwight Eisenhower.  The rest of the third round progressed without any surprises, as we asked questions regarding au gratin potatoes and the Dwayne Johnson film “Fighting With My Family”.  None of our teams earned a perfect third round score.

FOURTH ROUND:

Before starting our final round, we touched on a rather interesting fact in the 6-4-2 question:

–> With over 250 portrayals, Guinness lists which character as the second-most portrayed literary character in film and TV history, behind only Dracula?

Only nine teams earned the full six points with the correct answer of Sherlock Holmes.  Topics from Thursday’s final round included the song “Kiss From a Rose” by Seal, the technology brand Fitbit, the state of Vermont, and Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci.  Seven teams ran the table in the final round by earning a perfect score of 36 points.  Here are Thursday’s top scoring teams after four rounds of play:

THURSDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (23.7% success rate):

–> In his final episode as a regular on “Spin City”, Michael J. Fox’s character moves to Washington to become a lobbyist and mentions that he met a conservative junior senator from Ohio.  For your wager, what is the name of that senator, who was first introduced in pop culture almost 20 years earlier?

Nearly one-fourth of our teams picked up in the reference to Ohio in the question, remembering that the series “Family Ties” was set in Columbus, leading to the correct answer of Alex P. Keaton.  Two teams earned the Perfect 21 on Thursday night, though one of them needed a little extra help.  Waiting On One More Team (Fish Market) and Bueller…, Bueller… (Belly Love) answered all 21 wagering questions correctly, though the latter did so while playing ‘over the limit’.  These were your highest scoring teams at the close of Thursday’s game:

An honorable mention goes out to Bueller…, Bueller… (Belly Love), who scored 170 points with their oversized team.

THURSDAY’S WINNERS:

Lost Rhino Brewing in Ashburn, VA:  Team Name   (Next week’s first category: Golf)

Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD:  North Country   (Next week’s first category: “Gilligan’s Island”)

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  Just Good Enough   (Next week’s first category: Bands With Multiple Vocalists)

Loudoun Kitchen and Bar in Leesburg, VA:  Your Mom   (Next week’s first category: Alabama Crimson Tide Football)

Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD:  99th Precinct   (Next week’s first category: Cats)

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  Deck Chairs on the Titanic   (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – Batman or Robin?)

Olde Mother Brewing in Frederick, MD:  Rum Ham   (Next week’s first category: 1998 New York Yankees)

Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Chappie’s Revenge   (Next week’s first category: Diseases of the Nervous System)

Cushwa Brewing in Williamsport, MD:  Slapsgiving   (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – Harry Potter or Severus Snape?)

The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg, MD:  Blood Legion   (Next week’s first category: “The Boys” – Amazon series)

The Derby in New Market, MD:  Dumber Than We Look   (Next week’s first category: Sexually Transmitted Diseases)

Solace Brewing in Sterling, VA:  Pineapple   (Next week’s first category: 1970s Rock)

Jockey Bar and Grill in Boonsboro, MD:  BLT   (Next week’s first category: Accounting)

Backyard Bar and Grille in Warminster, PA:  I Used a Cell Phone   (Next week’s first category: Beer)

Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA:  Epstein’s Totally Innocent Cellmates  (Next week’s first category: Jazz Age Novels)

Mark’s Pub in Falls Church, VA:  F. U. Darts   (Next week’s first category: National Football League)

Guido’s in Frederick, MD:  Unatheltico Madrid   (Next week’s first category: MF Doom – AUDIO)

Come and Knock on Our Thursday Trivia!

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With just ten days until World Series XIX, Thursday’s game of Pour House Trivia welcomed 128 teams across 15 venues.

FIRST ROUND:

Opening round topics from Thursday included Nordic geography, the classic TV sitcom “Three’s Company”, the work of painter Rembrandt van Rijn, and the Boy Wonder Robin (a.k.a. Dick Grayson).  With few surprises in the opening stanza, two dozen teams began their night with a perfect first round score.

SECOND ROUND:

Thursday’s audio question featured songs from Pat Benatar, R.E.M., and Eminem, before moving on to questions concerning the humanitarian work of Angelina Jolie, the perfect season put together by the 1972 Miami Dolphins,  U.S. Air Force bases located in California, and the albums of Queen which were named for the films of the Marx Brothers.  Though not quite as easy as the opening round, the second stanza did not give our teams much to sweat over, as 16 teams ran the table by posting 36 second round points.

HALFTIME:

National flags and anatomical phrases were the featured topics on Thursday’s halftime page.  Falling on the more difficult side, this page yielded only three perfect scores, while the overall average fell to 13.7 points.  Here are your highest scoring Thursday teams at the halftime break:

THIRD ROUND:

We kicked off Thursday’s second half with a three-part question regarding sports films.  After doling out bonus points to more than half of our teams, the difficult level stepped up thanks to topics such as Benjamin Franklin, the origin of the meter (as a unit of measurement), and the 1976 hijacking crisis in the Ugandan city of Entebbe.  Despite the increase in difficult, six teams managed to sweep the third round.

FOURTH ROUND:

The two most difficult bonus questions of the night both appeared in the final round.  Oddly, both of the of these questions dealt with British celebrities.  First up, only 11% of our teams knew that Gordon Brown immediately preceded David Cameron as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.  But that toughie paled in comparison to a later question about the upcoming film version of the Broadway musical “Cats”.  Only TWO teams knew that this film will feature the big screen debut of British ballerina Francesca Hayward.  Though the final round closed with an easier thee-part question concerning Beyonce and Jay-Z, the final round did not yield any perfect scores.  Here is Thursday’s overall leaderboard heading into the final question:

THURSDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (64.5% success rate):

–> Based on William Brodie, a respectable cabinet-maker who lived a secret life as a burglar, the unsuccessful play “Deacon Brodie, or The Double Life” inspired the creation of which 1886 novel?

Nearly two-thirds of our teams correctly responded to this final question with the Robert Louis Stevenson novel “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”.  Congratulations to the three teams that earned the Perfect 21 on Thursday night by correctly answering all 21 wagering questions: No Keefe (Quincy’s), Hot Dog Stigmata (Quincy’s), and Wrecking Ball (Derby).  Here is Thursday’s final leaderboard:

An honorable mention goes out to Uranus Fly Trap (Smoketown), who posted a 163 points while playing ‘over the limit’.

THURSDAY’S WINNERS:

Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD:  No Keefe   (Next week’s first category: “Gilmore Girls”)

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  Power Vacuum   (Next week’s first category: Dr. Mudd)

Loudoun Kitchen and Bar in Leesburg, VA:  Indians   (Next week’s first category: Original Woodstock Festival)

Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD:  Singing Inferno   (Next week’s first category: Bob Ross)

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  Gryffindorks   (Next week’s first category: 2019 Wimbledon Tournament)

Olde Mother Brewing in Frederick, MD:  Just Joe   (Next week’s first category: Women of the WWE)

Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Beer Winners   (Next week’s first category: The Beatles)

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

The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg, MD:  Blood Legion   (Next week’s first category: “Stranger Things”)

The Derby in New Market, MD:  Wrecking Ball   (Next week’s first category: Pour House Trivia)

Solace Brewing in Sterling, VA:  Semi-Circle of Trust   (Next week’s first category: Williamsburg, Virginia)

Jockey Bar and Grill in Boonsboro, MD:  Voltron   (Next week’s first category: Internet Protocols)

Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA:  Happy Little Trees   (Next week’s first category: Muppets)

Mark’s Pub in Falls Church, VA:  Winslow, Arizona   (Next week’s first category: “The Canterbury Tales”)

Guido’s in Frederick, MD:  Unatheltico Madrid   (Next week’s first category: Cowboy Monkey Rodeo)

Cheers to Thursday Trivia!

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Thursday’s game of Pour House Trivia welcomed 122 teams across 15 venues.

FIRST ROUND:

Opening round topics from Thursday night included the comedy film “Happy Gilmore”, Russian history, and world capitals whose names end with the letter ‘U’.  Only eight teams correctly answered the most difficult bonus question of the round by knowing the Doris Day portrayed Calamity Jane in a 1953 film of the same name.  Six teams began their night by posting a perfect first round score.

SECOND ROUND:

We put a unique spin on Thursday’s audio question by asking for a unique characteristic shared by three musical acts.  We then played songs from Tegan and Sara, The Proclaimers, and The Veronicas, all of which include a set of twins.  Identifying this connection proved to be quite difficult, as only 16% of the field scored points on this audio question.  We continued with a look at the various uses of almonds, NBA star Kawhi Leonard, and the TV series “The Mindy Project”.  Two teams earned a perfect second round score, both of which were playing at Mark’s Pub: Jane Austen Powers and Charlie’s Angels.

HALFTIME:

Avian sports teams and mononymous celebrities were the two topics found on Thursday’s halftime page.  Five teams posted a perfect score of 20 points while the overall average reached 15.9 points.  Here is Thursday’s leaderboard at the halftime break:

THIRD ROUND:

Thursday’s second half kicked off with a three-part question regarding epitaphs.  We asked our teams to name the celebrities whose gravestones bear the following inscriptions:

  • The description “Man of 1000 Voices” and the quote “That’s All Folks”.
  • A comedian: “There Goes the Neighborhood”.
  • An American poet: “I had a lover’s quarrel with the world”.

Only nine six teams picked up two bonus points by giving us all three correct answers of Mel Blanc, Rodney Dangerfield, and Robert Frost.  The third round also quizzed our teams about porcini mushrooms and the artistic genre of pointillism.  We then asked the most difficult wagering question of the night:

–> Though it is often capitalized, the three-letter name of this rating system is not an acronym, instead being named after its Hungarian-American inventor.  For your wager, name this rating system used to rank chess players and online gamers.

Only 14% of the field responded correctly with the ELO system.  As a result, the third round did not yield any perfect scores.

FOURTH ROUND:

Final round topics from Thursday included London’s West End, the novel “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”, the Simon and Garfunkel song “The Sound of Silence”, and the various tourist attractions of Oklahoma.  The only perfect score of Thursday’s final round was posted by Oily Beau Hunks (Jockey).  These were your highest scoring teams at the close of the fourth round:

THURSDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (47.9% success rate):

–> Which TV sitcom received 19 Emmy nominations in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor for a record six different actors, beginning with a nomination for Nicholas Colasanto and ending with a nomination for Harvey Fierstein?

Nearly half of our teams earned points on this final question with the correct answer of “Cheers”.  None of our teams earned the Perfect 21 on Thursday night by correctly answering all 21 wagering questions.  Here is Thursday’s final leaderboard:

THURSDAY’S WINNERS:

Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD:  Brain Freeze   (Next week’s first category: Lance Armstrong)

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

Loudoun Kitchen and Bar in Leesburg, VA:  Your Mom   (Next week’s first category: “The Jerk”)

Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD:  99th Precinct   (Next week’s first category: “Tombstone” Film Quotes)

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  Punslingers   (Next week’s first category: Shark Films)

Olde Mother Brewing in Frederick, MD:  Hot Dog Stigmata   (Next week’s first category: Phish – AUDIO)

Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Chappie’s Revenge   (Next week’s first category: “South Park”)

Cushwa Brewing in Williamsport, MD:  Cheeky Bastards   (Next week’s first category: U.S. Railroads)

The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg, MD:  Loco Moco   (Next week’s first category: Harley-Davidson)

The Derby in New Market, MD:  Psychos   (Next week’s first category: Quantum Physics)

Solace Brewing in Sterling, VA:  Semi-Circle of Trust   (Next week’s first category: “Game of Thrones”)

Jockey Bar and Grill in Boonsboro, MD:  Oily Beau Hunks   (Next week’s first category: “Frasier”)

Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA:  Happy Little Trees   (Next week’s first category: 1990 Ska Bands)

Mark’s Pub in Falls Church, VA:  Charlie’s Angels   (Next week’s first category: Alpacas)

Guido’s in Frederick, MD:  Glow in the Dark Boner Tag   (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – Timbuktu or Kathmandu?)

A Hall of Fame Night of Thursday Trivia!

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Thursday’s game of Pour House Trivia welcomed 118 teams across 14 venues.

FIRST ROUND:

Thursday’s first round included questions concerning the Great Sphinx, the El Nino weather pattern, and TV taglines.  The final bonus question of the round was also its most difficult, as only 14% of our teams named both Sterling K. Brown and Milo Ventimiglia as the two cast members from “This Is Us” who were recently nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.  As a result, only four teams earned a perfect first round score: Uranus Fly Trap (Smoketown), Deck Chairs on the Titanic (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s), Gong Gong and the Butt Demons (Cushwa), and Cream Team (Mark’s Pub).

SECOND ROUND:

Thursday’s audio question included three BLANK of the BLANK music groups.  We listened to “Hunger Strike” by Temple of the Dog, “Business Time” by Flight of the Conchords, and “No One Knows” by Queens of the Stone Age.  Only 15% of our teams picked up two bonus points by recognizing all three music groups.   Later, we looked at human anatomy, the sports nicknames of the U.S. service academies, and Ireland’s Easter Rebellion of 1916.  Once again, the round closed with its most difficult bonus question, as only 11% of the field could name Veronica Roth as the author of the “Divergent” novel series.  With difficult bonus questions bookending the round, none of our teams notched a perfect score of 36 points in the second stanza.

HALFTIME:

After a tough first half, our teams got a bit of reprieve at halftime, as the topics of brand name pizzas and U.S. city parks proved to be beyond easy for our stellar teams.  Nearly one-third of the field earned a perfect score of 20 points, while the overall average reached a very high 18.4 points.  Here is Wednesday’s halftime leaderboard:

THIRD ROUND:

Thursday’s third round began with a three-part question regarding artists Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Salvador Dali, and Leonardo da Vinci.  We continued with a rather difficult question about band name origins:

–> A copy of Jack Keraouc’s “On the Road” included a date written in the back in a unique way.  Upon reading this, Matty Healy was inspired to name his band after the date.  For your wager, name this band whose songs include “Chocolate”, “Somebody Else”, and a recent hit entitled “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)”?

Only 21% of our teams parsed through the clues to arrive at the correct answer of The 1975.  After performing well with questions concerning Biblical figures and exotic fruit, our teams were asked to name either one of the two women that have won consecutive Oscars for Best Actress in a Leading Role.  Mathematically speaking, this question ties for the most difficult bonus question in PHT history, as none of our teams could name both Katharine Hepburn and Luise Rainer as the two correct answers.  Needless to say, Thursday’s third round did not yield any perfect scores.

FOURTH ROUND:

After a wicked bonus question closed the third round, things went in the opposite direction in Thursday’s final stanza.  Topics such as NFL stadiums, Netflix, and the Amazon River were no match for the field.  Even a Three Clues question about the name ‘Ness’ doled out bonus points to dozens of teams.  In what may be a PHT record, two dozen teams earned a perfect score in Thursday’s fourth round.  Here is your Thursday leaderboard after four rounds of play:

THURSDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (79.1% success rate):

–> Sharing its name with a different state’s capital, what name is shared by the third largest cities in both Missouri and Massachusetts?

Nearly four-fifths of the field responded correctly with Springfield.  Congratulations to the six teams that earned the Perfect 21 on Thursday night by earning points on all 21 wagering questions.  Here is your final leaderboard from Thursday night:

THURSDAY’S WINNERS:

Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD:  Hot Dog Stigmata   (Next week’s first category: World War II Eastern Front)

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  NO GAME THIS WEEK   (Next week’s first category: Barack Obama)

Loudoun Kitchen and Bar in Leesburg, VA:  Your Mom   (Next week’s first category: 2019 Tour de France)

Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD:  Uranus Fly Trap   (Next week’s first category: William Butler Yeats)

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  Punslingers   (Next week’s first category: NBA Arenas)

Olde Mother Brewing in Frederick, MD:  Rum Ham   (Next week’s first category: Rain (K-Pop Star) – AUDIO)

Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Bueller…, Bueller…   (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – “The Flintstones” or “The Jetsons”?)

Cushwa Brewing in Williamsport, MD:  Gong Gong and the Butt Demons   (Next week’s first category: “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”)

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

The Derby in New Market, MD:  Comfortably Dum   (Next week’s first category: “Rick and Morty”)

Solace Brewing in Sterling, VA:  Violators   (Next week’s first category: Marvel Superheroes)

Jockey Bar and Grill in Boonsboro, MD:  Fat Kids Are Hard to Kidnap   (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – Tesla or Marconi?)

Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA:  Tubthumping   (Next week’s first category: Dog Breeds)

Mark’s Pub in Falls Church, VA:  Dave’s Not Here   (Next week’s first category: Dungeons & Dragons)

Guido’s in Frederick, MD:  Glow in the Dark Boner Tag   (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – Craft Beer or Indie Rock Band?)

Did Thursday Trivia “Bug” You?

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More than half of our Thursday venues welcomed at least ten teams each this week, leading to a crowd of 128 teams across 15 venues.

FIRST ROUND:

Our teams encountered few surprises in Thursday’s opening round.  Questions concerning MLB stadiums, film actor duos, Calico cats, and the “Twinkie Defense” were mastered with ease.  Even the three bonus questions each yielded success rates of over 50%, leading to nearly one-third of Thursday’s field notching a perfect first round score of 36 points.

SECOND ROUND:

Thursday’s audio question featured songs from Del Shannon, Bon Jovi, and Kanye West, all of which share the title of “Runaway”.  Identifying the shared song title was a breeze for the field, but only seven teams earned the most difficult bonus points of the first half by also identifying the aforementioned musical acts.  Later, we discussed scuba diving, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe, and the boroughs of New York City.  Thanks to the audio question, the only perfect score of the second round was posted by Rumpleforeskin (The Derby).

HALFTIME:

Thursday’s halftime page depicted notable rock guitarists (and giant slugs), while the bottom half asked our teams to remember the political parties of U.S. Presidents.  Only four teams recorded a perfect score of 20 points, while the overall average came in at 15.7 points.  Here is Thursday’s leaderboard at the halftime break:

THIRD ROUND:

After opening the second half with a Triple 50/50 question regarding musical theater collaborations, we asked the most difficult wagering question of the night:

–> Set at the last family-owned institution of its kind on Miami Beach, which current ABC drama series shares its title with a Greta Garbo film that won the Best Picture Oscar?

Only 21% of our teams gave us the correct response of “Grand Hotel”.  After a question regarding notable graduates of Harvard University, we asked the second-most difficult wagering question of the night:

–> The name of which Japanese sportswear company is an acronym for a Latin phrase meaning ‘A healthy soul in a healthy body’?

Only slightly easier than the “Grand Hotel” question, the correct answer of ASICS was turned in by just 23% of the field.  On top of these two difficult wagering questions, all three of the bonus questions in the third round yielded success rates of less than 20%.  As a result, we the only perfect score from Thursday’s third stanza was courtesy of Dave Martinez School of Management (Flower Hill).

FOURTH ROUND:

Thursday’s final round included the most difficult bonus question of the night, as we asked our teams to name either one of the two schools to have three of its players selected among the first ten selections in the same NBA Draft.  Though most teams earned wagering points with the more obvious correct answer of Duke, only five teams earned bonus points by giving us the second correct answer of the University of Florida.  Other final round topics included the song “Blinded By the Light”, the Indian Ocean, and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”.  Four teams earned a perfect final round score: No Keefe (Quincy’s), Deck Chairs on the Titanic (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s), Dave Martinez School of Management (Flower Hill), and Trivia Newton John (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s).  These were your highest scoring Thursday teams heading into the final question:

THURSDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (58.3% success rate):

–> Founded in Berlin in 1937 and currently headquartered in Wolfsburg, what is the largest company by revenue based in Germany and the 7th largest publicly traded company by revenue in the world?

Just over half of our teams responded correctly with Volkswagen.  Congratulations to the seven teams that earned the Perfect 21 on Thursday night.  Here is your final Thursday leaderboard:

THURSDAY’S WINNERS:

Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD:  No Keefe   (Next week’s first category: “Hot Fuzz”)

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  Power Vacuum   (NO GAME NEXT WEEK – First category on August 1: Barack Obama)

Loudoun Kitchen and Bar in Leesburg, VA:  Indians   (Next week’s first category: Disney)

Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD:  Uranus Fly Trap   (Next week’s first category: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  Punslingers   (Next week’s first category: Musical Films)

Olde Mother Brewing in Frederick, MD:  Rum Ham   (Next week’s first category: Celtics / Lakers Rivalry)

Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Fake Brews   (Next week’s first category: Wine)

Cushwa Brewing in Williamsport, MD:  Slapsgiving   (Next week’s first category: “Grammar Rock” – Seven Parts of Speech)

The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg, MD:  Dave Martinez School of Management   (Next week’s first category: Tour de France)

The Derby in New Market, MD:  Psychos   (Next week’s first category: Dog Breeds)

Solace Brewing in Sterling, VA:  Hit It and Bounce   (Next week’s first category: Quantum Physics)

Jockey Bar and Grill in Boonsboro, MD:  Voltron   (Next week’s first category: Medical Lab Lingo)

Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA:  Dad Bods   (Next week’s first category: Irish Folk Songs)

Mark’s Pub in Falls Church, VA:  Capricorn One   (Next week’s first category: Tour de France)

Guido’s in Frederick, MD:  Glow in the Dark Boner Tag   (Next week’s first category: HOST CHOICE)