Wednesday Game Recaps

As our Wednesday venues closed the book on Season XVII, one of our powerhouse teams once again proved why they will be one of the favorites at World Series XVII.  Overall, we welcomed 107 teams across 15 venues:

FIRST ROUND:

Wednesday’s opening round looked at U.S. History, the recent Indianapolis 500, and this Quebecois version of an American staple:

The first stanza was a breeze for our field tonight, as 19 teams posted 36 points to begin the game.

SECOND ROUND:

The difficult level took a noticeable spike upwards with Wednesday’s audio clue, as only half of our teams were able to recognize three songs by Pilot, The Cars, and Bruno Mars, all of which had titles that contained the word “Magic”.  We followed that with an even more difficult question in the category of Biblical quotes:

–> In which Book of the Old Testament would you find the following quote: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away.”?

If you’re talking about somebody who notably had everything in his life taken away by the Lord, it’s always Job.  With just 31% of our teams earning points here, most of the field was hoping to rebound before halftime.  Fortunately, that bounceback came on the next question regarding these two cartoon characters:

Apparently, most of had better attention spans on Saturday morning compared to Sunday morning…  In spite of the difficult second round, we still saw seven teams come away with perfect scores.

HALFTIME:

Flag maps were featured on Wednesday’s halftime page, resulting in six perfect scores and an overall average of 17.1 points.  These were the top scoring first half teams from Wednesday night:

• Sexual Chocolate (Memories):  94
• Fan Club (The Tavern):  93
• Dave Martinez School of Management (Bennigan’s – Clarksburg):  92
• Hamster Relish (Memories):  92
• Stephen Hawking’s Karaoke Machine (Memories):  91

THIRD ROUND:

Wednesday’s third round featured the most difficult wagering question of the night, as only 23% of our teams could recall the title of this thriller film which featured a notable age disparity between its two leads:

We closed the round with a bonus question that ended several perfect games among our top scoring teams.  Most of the field knew that the aircraft manufacturer Boeing was founded in Seattle, but only 14% of our teams earned bonus points by knowing that the company is currently headquartered in Chicago.  With that, the third stanza yielded just one perfect score: Unfrozen Caveman Lawyers (Clover Theater).

FOURTH ROUND:

The final round featured questions concerning the early work J.J. Abrams, the sorceress Morgan le Fay, and this medical device:

Most of our teams were unable to finish the final round with a perfect score thanks to this closing question:

–> Prominently featured in the film “Apocalypse Now”, the operatic piece known by the English title “The Ride of the Valkyries” was created by which German composer?

2-POINT BONUS: This piece of music appears in a four-part cycle best known by which title?

With just nine teams picking up points with Richard Wagner and “The Ring Cycle”, we saw just two perfect scores in the final stanza: Dave Martinez School of Management (Bennigan’s – Clarksburg) and Death by Snoo Snoo (Memories).  Here are Wednesday’s highest scoring teams after four rounds of play:

• Dave Martinez School of Management (Bennigan’s – Clarksburg):  168
• Sexual Chocolate (Memories):  165
• Hamster Relish (Memories):  162
• Death by Snoo Snoo (Memories):  159
• Witiots (Nido’s):  158
• Stephen Hawking’s Karaoke Machine (Memories):  158

WEDNESDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (61.4% success rate):

–> Which Oscar-winning actress made her feature film debut at age seven, with a small role alongside her father in the 1982 film “Lookin’ to Get Out”?

Just over three-fifth of our teams responded correctly with Angelina Jolie. Despite some impressive final scores, only two teams recorded the Perfect 21 tonight with correct answers on all wagering questions: Dave Martinez School of Management (Bennigan’s – Clarksburg) and My Black Hole Just Exploded (Lost Dog Cafe).  Our highest score of the night was good enough for (another) inclusion on the PHT Wall of Fame!

• Dave Martinez School of Management (Bennigan’s – Clarksburg):  180
• Sexual Chocolate (Memories):  175
• Hamster Relish (Memories):  174
• Death by Snoo Snoo (Memories):  171
• Witiots (Nido’s):  170
• Stephen Hawking’s Karaoke Machine (Memories):  170
• Southern Comfort (Clover Theater):  168
• Southpaw Fish (Valley Grill):  166
• Bad Hombres (Lost Dog Cafe):  165
• My Black Hole Just Exploded (Lost Dog Cafe):  164

WEDNESDAY’S WINNERS:

Valley Grill in Middletown, MD:  Southpaw Fish  (Next week’s first category: Rick Springfield Lyrics)

Lost Dog Cafe in Arlington, VA:  Bad Hombres  (Next week’s first category: Washington DC Theater)

CURRENT WINNING STREAKS:

10 weeks: I’d Eat That Off of a Flip Flop (Furnace Bar and Grill)

With a thrilling hockey game going on in the background, we welcomed 104 teams across 13 Wednesday night venues.

FIRST ROUND:

Wednesday’s opening round featured questions on U.S. Vice Presidents, Texas A&M University, and this sitcom which was cancelled for about 30 hours last week:

Eight teams rolled through the first set of questions with a perfect score of 36 points.

SECOND ROUND:

Our nightly audio question dealt with the work of Paul Newman (specifically, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, “Slap Shot”, and “Cars”).  We continued with a look at the U.S. Canadian border and this rap star’s choice of hats:

Only 21% of the field earned the final two-point bonus of the round by knowing the title of the most recent album from Chance the Rapper: “Coloring Book”.  With that, only five teams ran the table in the second stanza.

HALFTIME:

Wednesday’s halftime page featured pictures of celebrities who have passed away this year.  With an overall average of 15.1 points, we saw six teams earn perfect scores on the halftime page.  Here are Wednesday’s top scores heading into the second half:

• Fan Club (The Tavern):  90
• Horse Tornado (Delirium Cafe):  89
• Stephen Hawking’s Karaoke Machine (Memories):  88
• Fat Kids Are Hard to Kidnap (Valley Grill):  88
• 63 Earths Fit in Uranus (Barefoot Bernie’s):  88

THIRD ROUND:

Categories from the third round of play included Jane Austen novels, Herculean Labors, and this Italian tenor who scored a hit with “Time to Say Goodbye”:

Just as in the second round, five teams earned perfect third round scores.

FOURTH ROUND:

The final round began with a question regarding soccer player Freddy Adu, the height of Mount Everest, and this advertising slogan:

The final stanza also included the two most difficult bonus questions of the night, the first of which was part of our nightly Three Clues question:

CLUE 1: Robert Downey, Jr. received his first film role in a movie bearing this title.

CLUE 2: This is the official currency of both Lebanon and Syria.

Only four teams across the board earned two bonus points by forgoing the final clue and turning in the correct response of ‘pound’.  Later a question about the George Clooney film “Three Kings” led to just five teams earning bonus points by knowing that David O. Russell directed that wartime flick.  As a result, none of our teams notched 26 points in the final round.  Here are Wednesday’s top scores after four rounds of play:

• 63 Earths Fit in Uranus (Barefoot Bernie’s):  156
• Sexual Chocolate (Memories):  156
• Five Dollar Massage (Topgolf – Alexandria):  155
• Fat Kids Are Hard to Kidnap (Valley Grill):  153
• Five Sure (Delirium Cafe):  153

WEDNESDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (38.5% success rate):

–> The name of what Ohio city is also used as a geographic term for any of the 26 confederated states of Switzerland?

About two-fifths our teams earned their wager on the final question with the correct answer of Canton.  Congratulations to 63 Earths Fit in Uranus (Barefoot Bernie’s), Sexual Chocolate (Memories) and Fat Kids Are Hard to Kidnap (Valley Grill), who each earned the Perfect 21 tonight with correct answers on all wagering questions.  Here are your top overall scores:

• Sexual Chocolate (Memories):  166
• Stephen Hawking’s Karaoke Machine (Memories):  165
• Fat Kids Are Hard to Kidnap (Valley Grill):  164
• Teachers (Bennigan’s – Frederick):  163
• 63 Earths Fit in Uranus (Barefoot Bernie’s):  163
• Hill Valley Ornithologists (Barefoot Bernie’s):  162
• Southpaw Fish: (Valley Grill):  160
• Shakeweight (Valley Grill):  159
• Fan Club (The Tavern):  159
• Amigos (Clover Theater):  159
• Oneders (Bennigan’s – Clarksburg):  159

TONIGHT’S WINNERS:

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Valley Grill in Middletown, MD:  Fat Kids Are Hard to Kidnap  (Next week’s first category: Stanley Cup Playoffs)

Lost Dog Cafe in Arlington, VA:  My Black Hole Just Exploded  (Next week’s first category: Theoretical Mathematics)

CURRENT WINNING STREAKS:

9 weeks: I’d Eat That Off of a Flip Flop (Furnace Bar and Grill)

Wednesday’s game of Pour House Trivia welcomed 112 teams across 16 venues:

ROUND 1:

Wednesday’s opening round featured questions on Lucky Charms cereal, the award-winning soundtrack to the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou”, and the recent return of this animated duo:

While most of our teams knew that Rocky and Bullwinkle were returning to television, only nine teams earned two bonus points by also knowing that these new episodes would be streamed on Amazon Video.  That was the tipping point for perfect first round scores, as seven of those nine teams closed out their first round with a perfect score of 36 points.

ROUND 2:

Wednesday’s second round included the most difficult wagering question of the first half:

–>  During his 35-year tenure on the Supreme Court, which 19th century Chief Justice presided over landmark cases such as Marbury v. Madison and McCulloch v. Maryland?

Only 31% of our teams came away with points thanks to the correct response of John Marshall.  We continued with questions on the Swiss city of Geneva and this college football powerhouse:

Once again, seven teams ran the table with 36 points in the second round.

HALFTIME:

Wednesday’s halftime had our teams identifying equipment and tokens for various games.  With 17% of our teams notching perfect scores, we saw an overall average of 17.4 points.  Here are Wednesday’s top scores after the first half:

• Sprinkles Are For Winners (The Tavern):  89
• It’s Mueller Time (Quinn’s):  88
• 63 Earths Fit in Uranus (Barefoot Bernie’s):  88
• SEVEN TEAMS TIED WITH 87 POINTS

ROUND 3:

Wednesday’s third round included questions on “Game of Thrones”, the Mesozoic Era, and the island of Hispaniola.  We closed with a look at this Hollywood classic:

That is Gloria Swanson in her role as the deranged Norma Desmond in “Sunset Boulevard”.  Only two teams notched perfect third round scores: Stephen Hawking’s Karaoke Machine (Memories) and Bell Hooks (Lost Dog Cafe).

ROUND 4:

Wednesday’s final round opened with this question on NBA teams:

–> Instead of using the name of a city or a state as its geographic designation, which current NBA team uses an official U.S. state nickname?

While most of our teams came up with the correct response of the Golden State Warriors, only 19% of the field earned bonus points by remembering that the franchise originated in Philadelphia.  Later, we quizzed our teams on the kings of Saudi Arabia and this hip hop duo:

After closing the final stanza with a three-part question on celebrities named Cook, we saw five teams record perfect final round scores.  Here are Wednesday’s top scores after four rounds of play:

• HoJo MoJo (Bennigan’s – Frederick):  159
• Our Black Hole Just Exploded (Lost Dog Cafe):  157
• It’s Mueller Time (Quinn’s):  156
• Stephen Hawking’s Karaoke Machine (Memories):  156
• Hamster Relish (Memories):  156
• Bad Hombres (Lost Dog Cafe):  156
• Southern Comfort (Clover Theater):  156

FINAL QUESTION (51.9% success rate):

–> Later this year, a pair of sister networks owned by Crown Media Holdings will debut a combined 34 original Christmas films.  For your wager, which word appears in the names of both of these networks?

Just over half of our teams responded correctly with Hallmark.  Congratulations to the five teams that registered the Perfect 21 on Wednesday by answering every wagering question correctly.  These were your top overall scores from Wednesday:

• Stephen Hawking’s Karaoke Machine (Memories):  168
• Hamster Relish (Memories):  168
• It’s Mueller Time (Quinn’s):  167
• Laurel (Quinn’s):  166
• Shakeweight (Valley Grill):  164
• Matt Shearer is Our Dad (Valley Grill):  163
• HoJo MoJo (Bennigan’s – Frederick):  162
• Five Sure (Delirium Cafe):  162
• 63 Earths Fit in Uranus (Barefoot Bernie’s):  162
• Unfrozen Caveman Lawyers (Clover Theater):  161
• Jason Sucks (Belles’):  161

TONIGHT’S WINNERS:

Valley Grill in Middletown, MD:  Shakeweight  (Next week’s first category: News Events of 2001)

Lost Dog Cafe in Arlington, VA:  Bad Hombres  (Next week’s first category: Owen Wilson)

Wednesday’s game featured our biggest crowd since March, as we welcomed 121 teams across 16 venues:

ROUND 1:

Wednesday’s game opened with a three-part question on people named Ocean (Danny, Billy, and Frank), as well as this current ABC show:

We closed the round by enjoying a trio of gin cocktails and discussing the former capitals of China.  With just 13% of the field able to name Nanking as the “Summer Capital” of China, we saw seven teams open their night with a sweep of the first round.

ROUND 2:

Wednesday’s audio question dealt with song titles whose titles contained the names of musical instruments, specifically “Bang on the Drum All Day” by Todd Rundgren, “Mr. Tambourine Man” by The Byrds, and “Trumpets” by Jason Derulo.  We examined our DNA and asked our teams to name this classic cartoon character:

By a wide margin, the most difficult wagering question of the first half was this query on the subject of Military Matters:

–> Which U.S. military decoration has the figure of Minerva on the Army and Navy versions and the Statue of Liberty on its Air Force design?

Only 22% of the field earned their wager with the correct response of the Medal of Honor.  As a result, the only perfect score of the second round was turned in by I’d Eat That Off of a Flip Flop (Furnace Bar).

HALFTIME:

Wednesday’s halftime page featured pictures of TV shows that aired for just one season.  Obviously, remembering all of these short-lived series proved to be more more difficult than normal, as the overall average score reached only 14.2 points.  Though we saw several scores of 19 points, none of our teams were able to run the table during halftime.  Here are Wednesday’s top scores after the first half:

• I’d Eat That Off of a Flip Flop (Furnace Bar):  89
• Flight Level Awesome (Belles’):  85
• Arrondissements of Ouagadougou (Barefoot Bernie’s):  85
• Witiots (Nido’s):  85
• Russia Rigged the Back Nine (Memories):  85
• It’s Mueller Time (Quinn’s):  85

ROUND 3:

Wednesday’s second half began with a testy question in the Three Clues format, with this version dealing with a particular mountain range:

CLUE 1: This mountain range lends its name to a family of languages that includes Estonian, Finnish, and Hungarian.

CLUE 2: Its highest peak is Mount Narodnaya, which is located in the Tyumen Oblast.

Very few teams even ventured a guess at this point, but seven of the teams who did answer early picked up bonus points with the correct answer of the Ural Mountains.  Later, we asked our teams to identify the only two egg-laying mammals:

After closing with questions on the new name of Swaziland and the novel version of “The Princess Bride”, we once again saw just one team earn a perfect score: Witiots (Nido’s).

ROUND 4:

Wednesday’s final round also began with another difficult bonus question.  Wile most teams knew that the teen comedy film “10 Things I Hate About You” was based on Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”, only eight teams knew that the film was (fittingly) set at Padua High School.  Later, we looked at the video game series Halo, U.S. government shutdowns, and this celebrity couple:

For the third time in a row, only one team earned a perfect score, with this honor going to It’s Mueller Time (Quinn’s).  Here are your top Wednesday scores after four rounds of play:

• It’s Mueller Time (Quinn’s):  158
• Flight Level Awesome (Belles’):  155
• Sexual Chocolate (Memories):  153
• Unfrozen Caveman Lawyers (Clover Theater):  153
• Arrondissements of Ouagadougou (Barefoot Bernie’s):  152
• Maddie (Lost Dog Cafe):  152

FINAL QUESTION (21.4% success rate):

–> Ranking 21^st and 22^nd overall, these two states are the LEAST populous U.S. states with home teams in each of the four major professional sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL).  For your wager, name BOTH of these states.

Nearly 80% of our teams came up with one of the two correct answers, but landing both states proved to be a daunting task.  The more common correct answer was Minnesota (Twins, Vikings, Timberwolves, Wild), but only about one-fifth of our teams also came up with Colorado (Rockies, Broncos, Nuggets, Avalanche).  Only two teams recorded the Perfect 21 on Wednesday by answering every wagering question correctly, and they both came from the same venue, as Southern Comfort and Sarcastic Jerks in the Back each achieved this feat at Clover Theater.  These were your top overall scores from Wednesday:

• Arrondissements of Ouagadougou (Barefoot Bernie’s):  164
• Hamster Relish (Memories):  162
• Spirit Grwoth Hormone (Barefoot Bernie’s):  160
• Stephen Hawking’s Karaoke Machine (Memories):  160
• Unfrozen Caveman Lawyers (Clover Theater):  160
• I’d Eat That Off of a Flip Flop (Furnace Bar):  160
• It’s Mueller Time (Quinn’s):  159
• Southern Comfort (Clover Theater):  159
• Maddie (Lost Dog Cafe):  158
• Five Sure (Delirium Cafe):  157

TONIGHT’S WINNERS:

Valley Grill in Middletown, MD:  Shakeweight  (Next week’s first category: Marvel Cinematic Universe Directors)

The Tavern in Olney, MD:  Fan Club  (Next week’s first category: “Casablanca”)

Belles’ Sports Bar in Frederick, MD:  Third Round Nosedive  (Next week’s first category: Name That Roar – AUDIO)

Bennigan’s in Frederick, MD:  Pickled  (Next week’s first category: Pickleball)

Nido’s Ristorante in Frederick, MD:  Irish Mafia  (Next week’s first category: Michael Jackson – AUDIO)

Barefoot Bernie’s in Hagerstown, MD:  Arrondissements of Ouagadougou  (Next week’s first category: “The Martian” – novel)

Topgolf in Alexandria, VA:  Gerbils with Benefits  (Next week’s first category: Teen Camping)

Delirium Cafe in Leesburg, VA:  Five Sure  (Next week’s first category: “Band of Brothers”)

Quinn’s on the Corner in Arlington, VA:  It’s Mueller Time  (Next week’s first category: “Star Trek: The Next Generation”)

Angus & Ale in Berkeley Springs, WV:  Angus  (Next week’s first category: “Brickleberry”)

Clover Theater in Cloverdale, CA:  Unfrozen Caveman Lawyers  ** SIX WINS IN A ROW! **  (Next week’s first category: “Saturday Night Live” Commercials)

Kildare’s Pub in Scranton, PA:  I Took Groot As an Elective  (Next week’s first category: TV Game Shows)

Bennigan’s in Clarksburg, MD:  Fandemonium  (Next week’s first category: Short-Lived TV Shows)

Memories in Mount, Airy, MD:  Hamster Relish  (Next week’s first category: Rock Bands)

Furnace Bar and Grill in Thurmont, MD:  I’d Eat That Off of a Flip Flop  ** SEVEN WINS IN A ROW! **  (Next week’s first category: British Royal Weddings)

Lost Dog Cafe in Arlington, VA:  Maddie  (Next week’s first category: Wes Anderson Films)

Wednesday’s game of Pour House Trivia welcomed 111 teams across 16 venues:

ROUND 1:

Wednesday’s game opened with a question concerning the work of Thomas Edison, as he was the first person in history to film a live sporting event.  But only 12% of our teams picked up bonus points by knowing that the first sport to be filmed by Edison was boxing, specifically this 1894 bout:

After our teams breezed through such high-brow topics as the “Mona Lisa” and “Les Miserables”, the first round closed with a wicked bonus question:

–> Taking place in July 2011, STS-135 was the final mission of the NASA Space Shuttle program.  For your wager, either name the shuttle that was used during that mission or name the location from which this shuttle was launched.

While virtually every team knew that the last Space Shuttle mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, only nine teams across the board knew that the Atlantis completed this mission.  As a result, only ONE team opened their night with a perfect score: Matt Shearer is Our Dad (Valley Grill).

ROUND 2:

Wednesday’s audio question dealt with Rock and Roll Hall of Famers making guest appearances on Sesame Street, specifically Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, and Billy Joel.  We continued with another difficult bonus question, as only 11% of our teams knew that the Cetacea was scientific name of the infraorder to which whales and dolphins belong.  We closed the second round with this bit of history from the 2018 NFL Draft:

–> Brothers Tremaine and Terrell recently became the first set of brothers to be drafted in the first round of the same NFL draft.  For your wager, either give me this duo’s surname, or name the ACC school which they attended.

Those are the Edmunds brothers from Virginia Tech:

Just as in the first round, Wednesday’s second round yielded just one perfect score: Sexual Chocolate (Memories).

HALFTIME:

Wednesday’s halftime page featured quasi-related pairs (such as Jack Nicklaus and Jill Stein as “Jack & Jill”), while the bottom half had our teams list the most populous Asian countries.  The overall average reached 14.7 points, with one team scoring a perfect 20 points: Viennese Oyster (Belles’).  Here are Wednesday’s top scores after the first half:

• Matt Shearer is Our Dad (Valley Grill):  88
• Fan Club (The Tavern):  87
• Moving Forward (The Tavern):  87
• SEVEN TEAMS TIED WITH 85 POINTS

ROUND 3:

The first category of Wednesday’s third round was an extremely popular option for bonus chips, but most of those teams were shaking their heads after this three-part question in which they needed to identify surnames with consecutive Z’s:

1)  On a current Netflix series, Lily Tomlin and Kate McKinnon voice characters that share this surname.

2)  After spending 12 seasons as a New York Yankees shortstop, he became the team’s play-by-play announcer.

3)  “Cake or Death” is the title of a skit from this English comedian’s album “Dress to Kill”.

Sorry, ZZ Top was not a correct answer here…  Instead, we were looking for Frizzle (from “The Magic School Bus”), Phil Rizzuto, and Eddie Izzard:

With just under half of our teams earning points on that question, we completed this one-two punch by quizzing our team on literary opening lines.  Only 17% of the field recognized the first line of the Charles Dickens classic “David Copperfield“.  We closed the third stanza with questions concerning the Seminole Wars and the “Rambo” film series.  Two teams managed to avoid the opening speed bumps to score 36 points in the third round: Kitten Mittens (Quinn’s) and Dave Martinez School of Management (Bennigan’s – Clarksburg).

ROUND 4:

Wednesday’s final round covered topics such as the short coaching career of Larry Bird, the geography of New York state, and this ad slogan:

After closing with a Triple 50/50 question on the topic of “Bacteria or Virus”?, we saw seven teams run the table with a perfect final round.  Here are your top Wednesday scores after four rounds of play:

• Sexual Chocolate (Memories):  161
• Stephen Hawking’s Karaoke Machine (Memories):  161
• Kitten Mittens (Quinn’s):  159
• Dave Martinez School of Management (Bennigan’s – Clarksburg):  156
• 63 Earths Fit in Uranus (Barefoot Bernie’s):  154

FINAL QUESTION (75.9% success rate):

–> Through 2015, this celebrity was the fifth-most commonly thanked person in the history of Oscar acceptance speeches.  In 2018, he was NOT thanked by any of the winners.  Who is this celebrity?

Playing much easier than expected, more than three-quarters of our teams answered correctly with Harvey Weinstein.  Five teams recorded the Perfect 21 on Wednesday by answering every wagering question correctly.  These were your top overall scores from Wednesday:

• Sexual Chocolate (Memories):  173
• Stephen Hawking’s Karaoke Machine (Memories):  173
• Hamster Relish (Memories):  165
• Kitten Mittens (Quinn’s):  165
• It’s Mueller Time (Quinn’s):  164
• Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer (Clover Theater):  164
• Kendrick Lamar Alogo (Quinn’s):  163
• Southern Comfort (Clover Theater):  163
• Matt Shearer is Our Dad (Valley Grill):  163
• FIVE TEAMS TIED WITH 162 POINTS

TONIGHT’S WINNERS:

Valley Grill in Middletown, MD:  Matt Shearer is Our Dad  (Next week’s first category: “Infinite Jest” – novel)

The Tavern in Olney, MD:  Olney the Lonely  (Next week’s first category: “Troll Hunters”)

Belles’ Sports Bar in Frederick, MD:  Viennese Oyster  (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – Annual Plant or Perennial Plant?)

Bennigan’s in Frederick, MD:  Momentary Lapse of Reason  (Next week’s first category: “South Pacific” – film)

Nido’s Ristorante in Frederick, MD:  Witiots  (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – Dog or Cat?)

Barefoot Bernie’s in Hagerstown, MD:  63 Earths Fit in Uranus  (Next week’s first category: High School Basketball Rules)

Topgolf in Alexandria, VA:  Five Dollar Massage  (Next week’s first category: Beck)

Delirium Cafe in Leesburg, VA:  Five Sure  (Next week’s first category: John Denver)

Quinn’s on the Corner in Arlington, VA:  Kitten Mittens  (Next week’s first category: Board Games)

Angus & Ale in Berkeley Springs, WV:  Winner Winner Chicken Dinner  (Next week’s first category: Human Anatomy)

Clover Theater in Cloverdale, CA:  Unfrozen Caveman Lawyers  ** FIVE WINS IN A ROW! **  (Next week’s first category: Minnesota Twins)

Kildare’s Pub in Scranton, PA:  Null  (Next week’s first category: Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Bennigan’s in Clarksburg, MD:  Dave Martinez School of Management  (Next week’s first category: Maryland Colleges and Universities)

Memories in Mount, Airy, MD:  Stephen Hawking’s Karaoke Machine  (Next week’s first category: “2001: A Space Odyssey”)

Furnace Bar and Grill in Thurmont, MD:  I’d Eat That Off of a Flip Flop  ** SIX WINS IN A ROW! **  (Next week’s first category: 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs)

Lost Dog Cafe in Arlington, VA:  Bad Hombres  (Next week’s first category: Marsupials)