It has been one hell of a month so far here at Pour House Trivia.  In the first three weeks of July, we've seen three teams top 180 points in a single game, one of which was a perfect game!  Tonight, we witnessed another remarkable feat, as The Fan Club became the first team in PHT history to win games on FOUR consecutive nights!  These folks are by far our most loyal players, as they have played at over a dozen venues over the years.  After numerous weeks with three wins, they survived a wicked … [Read more...]

Thursday night was all about comebacks, as a difficult final question led to numerous teams jumping up the standings board to claim unexpected victories!  At one of our most competitive venues, all three of the top teams missed the last question, giving one team its first victory in three months!  Overall, we welcomed 94 teams to ten different trivia venues on Thursday night.  Check out all the details: ROUND 1: Our Thursday night crew had no issue with most of the first round questions, as we … [Read more...]

Thursday night featured 11 games of pub trivia and 79 teams, as well as a number of come-from-behind victories thanks to an interesting final question!  Let's take a look at the Thursday rundown: ROUND 1: Our trivia night began with a trio of "D-R" words, which included this beverage used to make a Rusty Nail: The round closed with a pair of difficult bonus questions, asking for the current female CEO of Facebook (Sheryl Sandberg) and the city in which the Korean War Armistice was … [Read more...]

Thursday night featured 12 games of pub trivia and 81 teams, as well as some of the most difficult bonus questions we've ever asked!  Let's see who was able to conquer those queries: ROUND 1: The first round is not normally the spot in which our teams will encounter an art question, but such was the case on Thursday night.  Nonetheless, most teams did well on a question concerning these two works: Though the first round did not include any difficult wagering questions, the presence of … [Read more...]

Thursday night featured 12 games of pub trivia and 88 teams, some of which rolled up some rather impressive first-half scores.  The second half... was a different story: ROUND 1: Thursday night began with questions on Niagara Falls, the derivation of the phrase Green Room (it's not as interesting as you think...), and American agricultural pioneer George Washington Carver.  A bonus question asked for the university at which Carver taught for nearly 50 years, with about one-third of our teams … [Read more...]

THURSDAY’S STATS AND FACTS (88 teams across ten venues): –> Highest Overall Score: Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market) with 170 –> Highest Score after Round 4: PC Principals (Fish Market) with 160 –> Highest First Half Score: Brother of Menelaus with 89 –> Perfect 21 (correct on all wagers and final): Give Us Your Beer Money (Cushwa Brewing) ** HONORABLE MENTION goes out to Lowered Expectations from Quincy's, who put up the highest score of the evening at 172 … [Read more...]

THURSDAY’S STATS AND FACTS (91 teams across ten venues): –> Highest Overall Score: Power Vacuum (Champion Billiards) with 167 –> Highest Score after Round 4: Power Vacuum with 159 –> Highest First Half Score: Faithful Band (Champion Billiards) with 86 –> Perfect 21 (correct on all wagers and final): Power Vacuum –> In honor of high school graduation season, our halftime page featured fictional teachers from TV and film.  The average score reached 15.4, but … [Read more...]

As Season XV winds down, we determined the last of our House Champions on Thursday night. THURSDAY’S STATS AND FACTS (94 teams across ten venues): –> Highest Overall Score: Anti-Stochastic Pencil (Champion Billiards) with 171 –> Highest Score after Round 4: Anti-Stochastic Pencil and PC Principals (Fish Market) with 159 –> Highest First Half Score: Anti-Stochastic Pencil with 88 –> Perfect 21 (correct on all wagers and final): Your Mom (Bunker Sports) –> … [Read more...]

Thursday night's game gave us another chance to welcome a new venue to the Pour House Trivia rotation, as Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville kicked off its tenure of Pour House Trivia with an enthusiastic crowd.  Meanwhile, two of our World Series favorites showed off their trivia might, with one of those teams paying a visit to a new venue (for them).  Would they be able to best a field of more than a dozen teams?  Read on to find out: THURSDAY’S STATS AND FACTS (91 teams across ten … [Read more...]

In what is becoming our busiest month in history, Pour House Trivia welcomed another new venue tonight, with Jerry's Sports Bar hosting its inaugural edition of Thursday night trivia.  That's four new venues this month, with more on the way.  OK... enough self-promoting, on to the recaps: THURSDAY’S STATS AND FACTS (84 teams across 11 venues): –> Highest Overall Score: Blue Collar (Quincy’s) and Arrondissements of Ouagadougou (Jerry's) with 173 ** Honorable Mention goes to … [Read more...]