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Don’t Look Directly at Thursday Trivia!

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The first Thursday of October welcomed 116 teams across 15 Pour House Trivia venues:

FIRST ROUND:

Thursday’s game began with a Triple 50/50 question concerning casino games, before moving on to topics such as the band Oasis, the human iris, and this recent film remake:

A Star is Born Lady Gaga

A few teams were tripped up by the final bonus question of the first round, as we offered two points to any team that could name the lead actress from the 1954 version of “A Star is Born”.  Exactly one-quarter of our names successfully named Judy Garland, which led to 14 teams earning perfect first round scores.

SECOND ROUND:

Thursday’s audio question featured clips from TV sitcoms.  While “Family Matters” and “New Girl” were easily recognizable, pinning the classic series “The Odd Couple” was certainly more difficult, as 13% of the field picked up bonus points with three correct answers.  We followed with our most difficult wagering question of the first half:

–> Which disparaging term for an Englishman originated with the British Navy’s practice of supplying their ships with citrus fruit in order to prevent scurvy among the crew?

Only 29% of our teams responded correctly with ‘limey’.  Next, we asked our teams to name the only country that borders both Peru and Panama.  Not only did most teams turn in the correct answer of Colombia, nearly one-third of the field also earned two bonus points by knowing which color comprises the top half of Colombia’s national flag:

Colombia

After closing with questions concerning wild card teams and Walmart, we saw six teams run the table with a perfect second round score.

HALFTIME:

Winners of the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture were featured on Thursday’s halftime page.  Falling on the easier side, this page yielded an average score of 17.7 points, with 17% of our teams racking up a perfect 20-for-20.  Here are Thursday’s highest scoring first half teams:

THIRD ROUND:

The wave of confidence came crashing down for many teams as we began the second half with this question regarding cover songs:

–> Originally performed by Gloria Jones in the 1960s, which song was covered by a synthpop group in 1981 before being covered again by Marilyn Manson nearly two decades later?

Marilyn Manson first reached the Billboard charts with a cover version of the song “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”, but that song was written by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of the Eurhythmics in the 1980s.  This was the correct answer we were looking for:

 

This question roped in dozens of teams who coughed up their nine-point wager (and in some cases, a potential five-point category bonus).  After that speed bump, the rest of the third round progressed rather smoothly, as our teams performed well with topics such as the TV series “Lost in Space”, the Paleo diet, and the three U.S. Cabinet departments currently headed by women.  Four teams swept the third round: Tantric Yogurt (Quincy’s), Periodic Table Dancers (Quincy’s), Rum Ham (Olde Mother Brewing), and Charlie’s Angels (Art’s Tavern).

FOURTH ROUND:

Thursday’s final round featured questions on Matt Damon films, Mexican general Santa Anna, and this publication known as “America’s Finest News Source”:

Onion

Six teams concluded their night with a perfect final round.  These were your top Thursday teams after four rounds of play:

THURSDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (59.8% success rate):

–> In 1973, a group of scientists chartered a supersonic passenger jet and flew eastward, in order to observe which type of phenomena for 74 straight minutes?

About three-fifths of our teams responded correctly with a solar eclipse.  Congratulations to Tantric Yogurt (Quincy’s), PC Principals (Fish Market), and 99th Precinct (​Smoketown Brewing), who each notched the Perfect 21 on Thursday night by answering every wagering question correctly.

THURSDAY’S WINNERS:

Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD:  Tantric Yogurt  (Next week’s first category: The Beatles’ White Album)

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  NO GAME THIS WEEK  (Next week’s first category: U.S. Declaration of Independence)

Bunker Sports Cafe in Leesburg, VA:  Your Mom  (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50: Taiwan or Thailand?)

Lake Linganore Association in New Market, MD:  Sloppy Seconds

​Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD:  99th Precinct  (Next week’s first category: Films About Halloween)

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  Smarty Pants  (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50: Michael Jackson or Donny Osmond?)

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

Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Incredible Houcks  (Next week’s first category: Danish Companies)

Cushwa Brewing in Williamsport, MD:  No Beer For You  (Next week’s first category: English Premier League)

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

Black Walnut Brewery in Leesburg, VA:  Crest Soup  (Next week’s first category: “Lost”)

Dawg House in Waynesboro, PA:  50 Shades of Grey Matter  (Next week’s first category: Beanie Babies)

Right Around the Corner in St. Petersburg, FL:  And It’s Gar  (Next week’s first category: Oceans and Seas)

Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA:  PC Principals  (Next week’s first category: Big Ten Mascots)

Art’s Tavern in Falls Church, VA:  F.U. Darts  (Next week’s first category: “Seinfeld”)

Guido’s in Frederick, MD:  Hashley and the Slashers  (Next week’s first category: Birds)

A Trip to the Old Country at Wednesday Trivia!

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With both the MLB playoffs and the NHL’s opening night in the background, we welcomed 92 teams across 13 PHT venues on Wednesday night:

FIRST ROUND:

The opening round offered few surprises, as our teams breezed through questions concerning foods named for U.S. states, the legend of Lady Godiva, human muscles, and this sitcom:

Community

The final bonus question of the first round tripped up a few teams, as we asked for the surname of Joel McHale’s character on “Community” (which he shares with a real-life rock band).  With exactly one-quarter of our teams responding correctly with Winger, we saw 17 teams record perfect first round scores.

SECOND ROUND:

Film clips were the focus of Wednesday’s audio clue, as we listened to scenes from “The Dark Knight”, “Rain Man”, and “2001 (A Space Odyssey)”, which respectively topped the annual box office chart ten, 30, and 50 years ago.  Later, a bonus question regarding American literary characters stumped nearly all of our teams.  After most of the field knew that John Steinbeck penned the novel “East of Eden”, only seven teams could also remember the names of characters Caleb (or Cal) and Aron Trask.  Next up, we quizzed our teams about this hit collaboration:

 

We closed the second round with another difficult bonus question, asking our teams to name the capital of Mongolia, though our geography buffs had no problem coming up with Ulaanbaatar.  Thanks to the two treacherous bonus questions, we saw just one team earn 36 points in the second stanza: Kitten Mittens (Quinn’s on the Corner).

 HALFTIME:

Cereal box snippets were featured on Wednesday’s halftime page.  This must have been everyone’s wheelhouse category, as the halftime page yielded a very high scoring average of 18.8 points, with 37% of the field earning a perfect score.  Here are your highest scoring Wednesday teams at the halftime break:

THIRD ROUND:

Wednesday’s second half began with everyone’s favorite category: the sport of cricket!  Our teams performed surprisingly well by naming the two countries that participate in the Ashes test matches: England and Australia.  Other third round topics included the plectrum (more commonly known as a guitar pick), the state of Colorado, and this TV series:

Ally McBeal

The final bonus question of the round asked our teams to name the singer (and supporting actress) who performed the theme song to “Ally McBeal”.  With just nine teams earning bonus points with the correct response of Vonda Shepard, only two teams ran the table in the third stanza: the powerhouse squads of Kitten Mittens (Quinn’s on the Corner) and Dave Martinez School of Management (Bennigan’s – Clarksburg).

FOURTH ROUND:

After the 6-4-2 question looked at Uranus, we opened the final round with a visit from “Mr. Mojo Risin” (otherwise known as Jim Morrison).  We also looked at the work of artist Frida Kahlo and this cult classic film:

Warriors Film

A three-part question closed the fourth round, as we asked teams to identify three U.S. Presidents based on their respective lists of prior occupations.  The final clue named these four positions: U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom, Governor of Virginia, U.S. Secretary of State, and U.S. Secretary of War.  Only 13% of the field earned bonus points by naming our fourth President James Madison.  As a result, the Witiots (Nido’s) notched the only perfect score of the final round.  Here is your Wednesday leaderboard after four rounds of play:

WEDNESDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (34.5% success rate):

–> Among those countries located entirely within Europe, which nation’s mainland area borders nine other countries, the most on the continent?

Your answer…

Germany

While just over one-third of our teams earned points on the final question, the top four overall teams after the final round ALL answered incorrectly!  After a game in which these teams missed 20 possible points COMBINED, this certainly was a shocking turn of events that provided for a couple of exciting finishes.  All four of those teams were also in line to earn the Perfect 21, but in the end none of our Wednesday teams were able to record that honor.  Here is your final Wednesday leaderboard:

WEDNESDAY’S WINNERS:

Valley Grill in Middletown, MD:  Stupid Sexy Flanders  (Next week’s first category: John Wayne Gacy)

The Tavern in Olney, MD:  Fiddlesticks  (Next week’s first category: Trigonometry)

Belles’ Sports Bar in Frederick, MD:  Flight Level Awesome  (Next week’s first category: “Hocus Pocus”)

Bennigan’s in Frederick, MD:  Teachers  (Next week’s first category: U.S. Civil War)

Nido’s Ristorante in Frederick, MD:  Witiots  (Next week’s first category: 1970s TV Theme Songs – AUDIO)

Barefoot Bernie’s in Hagerstown, MD:  Save the Clock Tower  (Next week’s first category: Taco Bell menu)

Quinn’s on the Corner in Arlington, VA:  It’s Mueller Time  (Next week’s first category: Minor Harry Potter Characters)

Dragon Hops Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Thundercats  (Next week’s first category: “Ghostbusters”)

Clover Theater in Cloverdale, CA:  Amigos  (Next week’s first category: “The Beverly Hillbillies”)

Kildare’s Pub in Scranton, PA:  Beer, I Like Beer  (Next week’s first category: “Bojack Horseman”)

Whole Foods Market in Vienna, VA:  NO GAME THIS WEEK  (NEXT GAME DATE TBD – First category: Diseases of the Eye)

Bennigan’s in Clarksburg, MD:  Roaming Gnomes  (Next week’s first category: NASCAR)

Memories in Mount, Airy, MD:  Hamster Condiments  (Next week’s first category: F-14A Airplane)

Furnace Bar and Grill in Thurmont, MD:  The More You Know  (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – Chris Farley AUDIO)

Hail to the Chiefs of Tuesday Trivia!

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Tuesday night included the first game of Pour House Trivia ever hosted in the Lone Star State, as we began our tenure at Fat Daddy’s Restaurant in Mansfield (about 20 miles southeast of Fort Worth).  Across the board, 108 teams took in a night of trivia at 13 venues:

FIRST ROUND:

Tuesday’s opening round began with a look at the TV show “Jeopardy!”, before asking a Three Clues question about this critter:

Hedgehog

The opening round concluded with its most difficult bonus question, as we asked our teams to identify the first name of the sinister Mr. Hyde, the alter ego of the literary character Dr. Henry Jekyll.  With only 19% of our teams responding correctly with Edward, we saw nine teams earn perfect first round scores.

SECOND ROUND:

As usual, the second round began with our nightly audio question, which featured classical instrumental versions of three popular songs: “Someone Like You” by Adele, “Uprising” by Muse, and “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson.  Most teams easily recognized two of these three songs, but bonus points were doled out to just eight teams who could name all three.  We continued with questions concerning the Grand Canal (in both Venice and China), ballet moves, and the dominance of long distance runners from Kenya.  We closed the first half by asking our teams to name either one of the two late actors to whom the most recent installment of the “Night at the Museum” film series was dedicated.  Robin Williams was certainly the easier of the two answers, though just 17% of our teams earned bonus points with the second answer of Mickey Rooney:

Mickey Rooney

Some teams may have been surprised to have learned that Dick Van Dyke is still alive (at age 92).  With these two difficult bonus questions bookending the second round, only two teams recorded a perfect score of 36 points: How Did I Get Here? (Greene Growlers) and Avocados to Crabs (Perry’s).

HALFTIME:

“Green” things and world cities were the featured topics on Tuesday’s halftime round, which yielded four perfect scores and a relatively low average of 14.8 points.  Here is Tuesday’s halftime leaderboard:

THIRD ROUND:

With the MLB playoffs upon us, we began the second half by asking our teams to name either one of the two current MLB franchises that have never appeared in a World Series.  Nearly all of our teams earned points by knowing that the Washington Nationals have failed to reach the Fall Classic (which includes the team’s tenure in Montreal).  Exactly one-quarter of our teams picked up two bonus points by also knowing the other correct answer: the Seattle Mariners.  We continued with questions concerning agoraphobia, the recent acquisition of Versace by Michael Kors, and this video game series:

Assassin's Creed

Though the wagering questions were slightly more difficult in this third round, the bonus questions fell on the easier side, as seven teams turned in perfect scores in the third stanza.

FOURTH ROUND:

A rather difficult 6-4-2 question concerning the TV miniseries “Roots” saw just three teams earn the full six points.  We followed up that question with a pair of difficult bonus questions.  First up, only seven teams knew that the capital of Mali is Bamako.  Later, we asked our teams to name any two of the three 20th century U.S. Presidents who earned more than 500 electoral votes in in a bid for re-election.  Once again, many teams were surprised to learn that Richard Nixon was one of three answers (along with Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt).  We closed the final round with a look at this rock and roll cover song:

 

The final round did not yield any perfect scores on Tuesday night.  Here are your highest scoring teams after four rounds of play:

TUESDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (6.5% success rate):

–> Outside of the Oval Office and the Liberty Bell, tour guides at which tourist attraction claim that it is the only place where you can view an approved use of The Great Seal of the United States?

Only seven teams responded correctly with the Hall of Presidents at Disney World.  With such a wicked finish to the game, none of our teams earned the Perfect 21 tonight, though nearly a dozen teams were in line for that honor before missing the final question.  here is your final Tuesday leaderboard:

TUESDAY’S WINNERS:

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  Wiseacres  (Next week’s first category: Not Really a Doctor)

Cugini’s in Poolesville, MD:  Hundo  (Next week’s first category: Purple)

Senor Tequila’s in Germantown, MD:  Fan Club  (Next week’s first category: “M*A*S*H”)

Shuckin’ Shack in Frederick, MD:  Ask Before You Reach Around Me  (Next week’s first category: “Idiocracy”)

Topgolf in Ashburn, VA:  Taco Tuesday  (Next week’s first category: “Beetlejuice”)

The Block in Annandale, VA:  Five Dollar Boob Job  (Next week’s first category: “Cobra Kai”)

Greene Growlers in Gaithersburg, MD:  How Did I Get Here?  (Next week’s first category: Ivy League Schools)

Upper Deck in Mount Airy, MD:  Sloppy Seconds  (Next week’s first category: “Grease” – film)

Olney Winery in Olney, MD:  Starving Artists  (Next week’s first category: Broadway – AUDIO)

Buffalo Wild Wings in Urbana, MD:  Half Nelsons  (Next week’s first category: “Reading Rainbow”)

Fat Daddy’s Restaurant in Mansfield, TX:  JABR  (Next week’s first category: Construction Equipment)

Harvest Moon Brewery in New Brunswick, NJ:  Obscurious  (NEXT GAME ON OCTOBER 23 – First category: U.S. Presidents)

Monkey La La in Frederick, MD:  Insubordinate and Churlish  (Next week’s first category: “Archer”)

Quincy’s South in Rockville, MD:  Rock the Cash Bar  (Next week’s first category: “Peaky Blinders”)

Casa Tequila in Lovettsville, VA:  Shadynasty  (Next week’s first category: “Beverly Hills, 90210”)

Outta the Way Cafe in Derwood, MD:  B and K  (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – Who Said It: Yogi Berra or Donald Trump?)

Perry’s Restaurant in Odenton, MD:  Avocados to Crabs  (Next week’s first category: Fictional Reptiles)

Monday Trivia Went “No Place”

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We kicked off the month of October with 73 teams playing across 11 PHT venues:

FIRST ROUND:

Monday’s opening round featured topics such as the French baguette, scientific abbreviations, and the current ad campaign featuring this actress:

Garner

While the opening round was a breeze for most teams, the first bonus question of the night was also one of its most difficult.  After nearly every team earned wagering points by knowing that “Another One Bites the Dust” was the first #1 Billboard hit recorded by the band Queen, just eight teams could name the only other Queen song to top the Hot 100 chart: “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”.  That was the sticking point for the field, as seven of those eight teams concluded the opening stanza with 36 points.

SECOND ROUND:

The films of Kate Hudson were featured in Monday’s audio clue, as we listened to clips from “Almost Famous”, “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”, and “You, Me and Dupree”.  We continued with a look at the deepest lakes in the United States (Crater Lake and Lake Tahoe), and this retiring TV host:

Ferrell

That might not be the correct file…  Once again, a single bonus question prevented nearly every team from recording a perfect score in the second round.  After most of our teams knew that the America’s Cup is awarded in the sport of yachting, only six teams could name the decade in which it was introduced.  Our die-hard sports fans knew that the America’s Cup is the oldest current sports trophy in the world, leading to the correct response of the 1850s (August of 1851 to be exact).  Killer Snails (Hershey’s) recorded the only perfect score in the second round.

HALFTIME:

TV shows with alliterative titles were pictured on Monday’s halftime page.  This page yielded an average score of 18.3 points, as 24% of the field picked up a perfect score of 20 points.  Here are your highest scoring first half teams from Monday night:

THIRD ROUND:

Monday’s second opened with a question concerning this new music video:

Kanye Lil Pump

If you decide to go look for the video “I Love It” on YouTube, make sure there are no children in the room.  Other third round topics included Hadrian’s Wall, literary villains, and the typographical term ‘serif’.  The final question of the round quizzed our teams on the classic science fiction film “Barbarella”, but only 14% of the field picked up bonus points by knowing that the music group Duran Duran based its name on a that of a character from this film.  Four teams ran the table in the third stanza: Oliver’s Army (DRP), Unsavories (DRP), Blumpkin Spice Latte (Flanagan’s), and Outdoor Alcoholics (Flanagan’s).

FOURTH ROUND:

We opened the final round by discussing the U.S. states with the most Native Americans before moving into our nightly Three Clues question:

CLUE 1: This current NFC team was created in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference.

CLUE 2: O.J. Simpson finished his NFL career as a member of this team.

These two clues were enough for 22% of our teams to earn two bonus points with the early correct answer of the San Francisco 49ers.  After kicking up our heels with a look at the can-can, was asked about this Netflix series which is (both figuratively and literally) one of the darkest shows on television.  Seriously, every scene looks like this:

Ozark

This final question proved to be the most difficult wagering question of the night, as only 27% of our teams recognized the basic plot line of the current series “Ozark”, while seven teams earned bonus points by naming its lead actress: Laura Linney.  As a result, the final round did not yield any perfect scores.  Here is your Monday leaderboard heading into the final question:

MONDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (76.4% success rate):

–> Though the term has come to have a more positive meaning, what word originally coined for a 1516 book comes from the Greek for “no place”, and strictly referred to any non-existent society described in considerable detail?

Surprisingly, Monday’s final question fell on the easier side, as over three-quarters of our teams responded correctly.  Four teams earned the Perfect 21 on Monday with correct answers on all wagering questions: George Washington’s Camel (DRP), Cerebral Cinco (Cheesetique), Shoes For Feet (Greene Turtle – Urbana), and Blumpkin Spice Latte (Flanagan’s).  These were your highest scoring teams at the end of Monday’s game:

MONDAY’S WINNERS:

DRP in Alexandria, VA:  Unsavories  (Next week’s first category: Vampires)

Greene Turtle in Hagerstown, MD:  Irish Beer Mafia  (Next week’s first category: Quantum Physics)

Morgan Inn in Woodbine, MD:  I Don’t Know Who  (Next week’s first category: “Jane Eyre”)

Hershey’s Restaurant in Gaithersburg, MD:  Killer Snails  (Next week’s first category: Jefferson Airplane – AUDIO)

Uno Pizzeria in Frederick, MD:  Gang of Four  (Next week’s first category: Serial Killers)

Cheesetique in Arlington, VA:  Kitten Mittens  (Next week’s first category: Samuel Adams Utopias Beer)

Bushwaller’s in Frederick, MD:  Power Vacuum  (Next week’s first category: 1970s Punk Rock)

Greene Turtle in Urbana, MD:  Shoes For Feet  (Next week’s first category: Island Nations)

Rockwell Brewery in Frederick, MD:  Prestige Worldwide  (Next week’s first category: “Arrested Development”)

Flanagan’s Harp and Fiddle in Bethesda, MD:  Blumpkin Spice Latte  (Next week’s first category: Classical Composers)

Il Forno in Frederick, MD:  Hibernators  (Next week’s first category: From Page to Screen)

Trivia Weekend Doubleheader!

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For those teams that did not get enough trivia with Saturday’s Summer Fling Championships, we squeezed in three more games of weekend trivia!  All told, we welcomed 36 teams across three venues:

FIRST HALF:

With topics such as “Mean Girls” and Alaskan islands, the first round was no match for our Friday crowd.  Our Saturday teams would have fared just as well, but a question regarding this former NBA star stumped most of our teams:

Alonzo Mourning

Both of our weekend audio questions dealt with instrumental versions of hit songs, with Friday’s version featuring marching bands.  We also looked at the spaces on a Monopoly board, the process of mitosis, and the Netflix series “Stranger Things”.  The most difficult wagering question of the first half was asked on Saturday:

–> Apart from the state capital, name any two of the three most populous cities in Indiana.

Only two out of our 12 Saturday teams earned wagering points with any two of the correct answers of Fort Wayne, Evansville, and South Bend.  While ten teams swept the opening round this weekend, only Simple Minds (Springfield Manor Winery) posted a perfect second round score.

HALFTIME:

The picture portions of the weekend halftime pages depicted musical acts in concert and juvenile versions of cartoon characters.  Combined, these pages yielded four perfect scores and an overall average of 15.7 points.  Here is your weekend leaderboard at the halftime break:

SECOND HALF:

Two of our third round questions nearly wiped out the entire Friday field:

–> Which Russian scientist won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physiology “in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion”?

–> In the 1990s, model Eva Herzigova was featured on billboards alongside the words “Hello, Boys”. Which brand-name product was featured in these advertisements?

In each case, only three Friday teams responded correctly with the respective answers of Ivan Pavlov and the Wonderbra.  Meanwhile, our Saturday teams were asked to name either one of the two Baseball Hall of Famers who each have the first and middle names of Henry Louis.  While most teams arrived at one correct answer, only two teams knew it was these two legends:

Baseball

None of our weekend teams managed to post a perfect round score in the second half.  Here are your highest scoring teams after four rounds of play:

FRIDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (62.5% success rate):

–> Sporting the scientific name of Solanum melongena, this member of the nightshade family was introduced to the U.S. by Thomas Jefferson.  Its North American name stems from its unique shape and the fact that in once had a very pale color.

SATURDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (25.0% success rate):

–> This is the only consonant to begin the names of EXACTLY two U.S. state capitals.  Coincidentally, those cities are located in states that border each other.  For your wager, name that letter.

Your answers?  The eggplant and the letter ‘R’ (for Richmond and Raleigh).  Thanks to the state of Indiana and the Wonderbra, none of our teams took home the Perfect 21 last weekend.  Here is your final overall weekend leaderboard:

THIS WEEKEND’S WINNERS:

Springfield Manor Winery in Thurmont, MD:  My Black Hole Just Exploded  (Next week’s first category: Three Clues / One Cup)

Vanish Brewery in Leesburg, VA:  NO GAME THIS WEEK  ((Next week’s first category: “Native Son”)

Whole Foods Market in Ashburn, VA:  NO GAME THIS WEEK  (NO GAME NEXT WEEK – First category on October 12: Business Ethics)

Belles’ Sports Bar in Frederick, MD:  Demented and Sad But Social  (Next week’s first category: Horror Films)

Pretzel & Pizza Creations in Hagerstown, MD:  Offbeats  (Next week’s first category: “Star Wars” Aircraft)