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A Patriotic Helping of Wednesday Trivia!

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Better late than never!  Your Wednesday blog post is (finally) here, as we welcomed 88 teams across 11 venues on this Independence Day Eve.

FIRST ROUND:

Wednesday’s opening round discussed topics such as the early exploration of China, foreign beer brands, the New York neighborhood of Harlem, and the film “American Sniper”.  With few surprises in this first set of questions, eleven teams earned a perfect score of 36 points.

SECOND ROUND:

After some smooth sailing to start Wednesday’s game, the difficulty level increased dramatically in the second stanza.  The audio question featured three different songs which shared the title “Perfect”, but only nine teams picked up two bonus points by correctly identifying all three musical acts: Pink, Ed Sheeran, and Weezer.  After a look at Curt Schilling’s famous ‘bloody sock’ from the 2004 ALCS, we appropriately followed up with a question about Schilling’s hometown of Anchorage, Alaska.  We closed the first half with its most difficult bonus question, asking our teams to name the three words which are abbreviated by the acronym TED (as in “TED Talks”).  A majority of our teams earned wagering points with the correct answers of ‘technology’ and ‘design’, but virtually every team incorrectly guessed ‘education’ instead of the correct answer of ‘entertainment’.  Only four teams picked up two bonus points on this question, but none of those teams was able to complete a sweep of the second round.

HALFTIME:

Notable women from U.S. history and patriotic songs were the featured topics on Wednesday’s halftime page.  Five teams recorded a perfect score of 20 points while the overall average landed at 15.4 points.  Here is Wednesday’s halftime leaderboard:

THIRD ROUND:

Wednesday’s second half opened with a three-part question about words beginning with the letter ‘K’, before moving on to a query concerning late night TV host Trevor Noah.  The difficult bonus questions continued into Wednesday’s second half, as each of two bonus questions were answered correctly by just a handful of teams.  First up, we asked our teams to name the role portrayed by Ali Stroker in the recent revival of the Broadway musical “Oklahoma!”, making her the first actress who uses a wheelchair for mobility to earn a Tony Award.  Only three teams gave us the correct answer of Ado Annie.  Later, we asked our teams to name the most recent U.S. President to have died on July 4th, or the only U.S. President to have been born on July 4th.  Only five teams gave us both correct answers of James Monroe (died July 4, 1831) and Calvin Coolidge (born July 4, 1872).  Chappie’s Revenge (Black Hoof) posted the only perfect score of Wednesday’s third round.

FOURTH ROUND:

After the 6-4-2 question featured heartthrob singer Tom Jones, the diabolical bonus questions continued, as NONE of our teams correctly answered the first bonus question of the final round, which asked for the number of cards used in a Pai Gow Poker deck.  Surprise!  That game uses a joker, so the answer was 53.  Other final round topics included the Pyrenees mountains, the references to author Joseph Conrad in the film “Alien”, and the Hall of Fame career of NBA star Gary Payton.  The final round closed with a majority of teams picking up bonus points by knowing that the animated TV character Archer bears the first name of Sterling.  Thanks to the first bonus question, none of our teams ran the table in the fourth round.  These were your highest scoring Wednesday teams heading into the final question:

WEDNESDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (21.5% success rate):

–> Which company, the largest of its kind in the world by stock market value, is named after Herman, Hillel, and Henry Hassenfeld, the siblings who founded it?

Less than one quarter of our teams responded correctly with Hasbro (a truncation of the phrase ‘Hassenfeld brothers’).  With the final question falling on the more difficult side, none of our teams recorded a Perfect 21 on Wednesday night by answering every wagering question correctly.  Your final overall Wednesday leaderboard included these top teams:

WEDNESDAY’S WINNERS:

Whole Foods Market in Vienna, VA:  NO GAME THIS WEEK   (NEXT GAME ON JULY 31 – First category: 1990s Hip Hop)

Valley Grill in Middletown, MD:  Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters   (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – “The Flintstones” or “The Jetsons”?)

Belles’ Sports Bar in Frederick, MD:  NO GAME THIS WEEK   (Next week’s first category: Roy Rogers)

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  NO GAME THIS WEEK   (Next week’s first category: “Vision Quest”)

Nido’s Ristorante in Frederick, MD:   Mostly Dead   (Next week’s first category: “The Princess Bride”)

Furnace Grill and Crab House in Thurmont, MD:  Breakfast For Dinner   (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 AUDIO – Pink)

Quinn’s on the Corner in Arlington, VA:  Bi-Curious George   (Next week’s first category: “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite”)

Dragon Hops Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Beer Winners   (Next week’s first category: Elvis Presley)

Black Hoof Brewing in Leesburg, VA:  Cake or Death   (Next week’s first category: “Stranger Things”)

GearHouse Brewing in Chambersburg, PA:  What’s That Smell?   (Next week’s first category: FIFA Women’s World Cup)

Manor at Silo Falls in Brookeville, MD:  Fan Club   (Next week’s first category: “Gilmore Girls”)

Anchor Bar in Frederick, MD:  Half Nelsons   (Next week’s first category: “Vision Quest”)

Clover Theater in Cloverdale, CA:  ON HIATUS   (NEXT GAME TBD – First category: Sanitation System of Taipei)

Memories in Mount, Airy, MD:  What Else Could It Be?   (Next week’s first category: Infectious Categories)

Brookside Inn in Jefferson, MD:  We Came, We Saw, We Drank   (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – “Parks and Recreation” Character or Not?)

Welcome to the New Age… of Tuesday Trivia!

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With six different venues each bringing in more than a dozen teams, Tuesday’s game of Pour House Trivia welcomed a massive crowd of 151 teams across 22 venues.

FIRST ROUND:

Tuesday’s game opened with a Three Clues question about the word ‘igloo’, followed by questions concerning the Pizza Hut Supreme Pizza, the DeLorean automotive company, and the recently unveiled Statue of Unity in India, which is now the tallest statue in the world.  This final query of the round also included a rather difficult bonus question, as only 11% of our teams also knew that a statue of Buddha is now the second tallest statue in the world.  As a result, only four teams earned a perfect first round score: Mud Duck Hunt Club (Champion), Thankful Dead (Locker Room), My Black Hole Just Exploded (Dudley’s), and Just Good Enough (Casa Rico).

SECOND ROUND:

Tuesday’s audio question featured three songs with the word “Dreams” in the title: “Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car” by Billy Ocean, “Wildest Dreams” by Taylor Swift, and “River of Dreams” by Billy Joel.  We continued with questions concerning author Mark Twain, the recent HBO film “Deadwood: The Movie”, and the 1956 U.S. Presidential election, which featured the most recent re-match in a Presidential election.  With an easier trio of bonus questions, nine teams earned a perfect second round score.

HALFTIME:

Documentary films and U.S. city nicknames were the featured topics on Tuesday’s halftime page, which yielded six perfect scores and an overall average of 15.4 points.  These were your highest scoring Tuesday teams at the halftime break:

THIRD ROUND:

Tuesday’s second half opened with a three-part question regarding the use of the mythological winged horse Pegasus in brand logos.  We followed with a look at the Richter scale and the TV sitcom “How I Met Your Mother”, the latter of which included an incredibly difficult bonus question, as only five teams could name either one of the two creators of the show (Carter Bays or Craig Thomas).  After the third round concluded with a question concerning the Shakespearean play “The Merchant of Venice”, only two teams posted a perfect score of 36 points: Duchess (Shuckin’ Shack) and Dave Martinez School of Management (Tommy Joe’s).

FOURTH ROUND:

Our final round began with two questions related to candy bars.  First up, most of our teams remembered the Kit Kat Club as the main setting for the Broadway musical “Cabaret”.  Next, we discussed the use of a Baby Ruth candy bar in a memorable scatological scene from the film “Caddyshack”.  Just as in the previous round, the third question included a wicked bonus question that kept most of the perfect scores of the board.  While most of our teams knew that the man known as the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo, only six teams knew that his real name was Arthur Wellesley.  The final round closed with a Triple 50/50 question about the relative size of Texas compared to other countries.  Balls Out (Quincy’s South) and Dave Martinez School of Management (Tommy Joe’s) recorded the only perfect scores in Tuesday’s final round.  Here is your pre-final leaderboard from Tuesday night:

TUESDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (73.4% success rate):

–> Releasing its debut album in 2012, which band claims that its name was coined by anagramming a certain phrase, but has never revealed what that phrase was, leaving fans to offer guesses such as “Ragged Insomnia”?

Nearly three-quarters of our teams responded correctly with Imagine Dragons.  With the final question falling on the easier side, eight teams earned the Perfect 21 on Tuesday by answering all wagering questions correctly.  These were your highest scoring teams at the close of Tuesday’s game:

TUESDAY’S WINNERS:

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

Cuginis in Poolesville, MD:  Crustier Broads   (Next week’s first category: Megan Rapinoe)

Senor Tequila’s in Germantown, MD:  How Did I Get Here?   (Next week’s first category: “Black Mirror”)

Shuckin’ Shack in Frederick, MD:  Duchess   (Next week’s first category: Assassins)

Topgolf in Ashburn, VA:   Bonesaw   (Next week’s first category: The New Testament)

The Block in Annandale, VA:  Vanish Laser Clinic   (Next week’s first category: U.S. Naval History)

Upper Deck in Mount Airy, MD:  Breadsticks   (Next week’s first category: “Frasier”)

Olney Winery in Olney, MD:  Nerdvana   (Next week’s first category: U.S. National Parks)

Buffalo Wild Wings in Urbana, MD:  ON HIATUS   (NEXT GAME TBD – First category: “Barry”)

Cheesetique in Fairfax, VA:   Edam and Steve  (Next week’s first category: Tour de France History)

Charlie’s On the Avenue in Alexandria, VA:  Donald Trump’s Salute to ‘Merca   (Next week’s first category: Famous New York Islanders)

Vola’s Dockside Grill in Alexandria, VA:   Throatlympics   (Next week’s first category: Lesser Known Don Knotts Roles)

Funkstown Tavern in Funkstown, MD:  Spiritual Growth Hormone   (Next week’s first category: Book of Esther)

Casa Rico in Frederick, MD:  Shakeweight

** THIS WAS OUR FINAL GAME AT CASA RICO **

The Locker Room in Falls Church, VA:  Thankful Dead   (Next week’s first category: Pluto and Its Moons)

Dudley’s in Arlington, VA:  Hungry Hungry Georgian Hippos   (Next week’s first category: Christopher Lee)

Monkey La La in Frederick, MD:  Doris Day and the Time   (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – Drag Racer or Drag Queen?)

Quincy’s South in Rockville, MD:  Balls Out   (Next week’s first category: Oscar-Winning Films of the 2000s)

Casa Tequila in Lovettsville, VA:  Where in the U.S. is Carmen Sandiego?   (Next week’s first category: “Schitt’s Creek”)

Brass Tap in Annapolis, MD:  Niels Bohring   (Next week’s first category: Super Rugby)

Tommy Joe’s in Bethesda, MD:  Dave Martinez School of Management   (Next week’s first category: “Stranger Things”)

Outta the Way Cafe in Derwood, MD:  Blood Legion   (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – Donald Trump Quotes)

Miller’s Ale House in St. Petersburg, FL:  Not Knows   (Next week’s first category: “Shameless”)

Grab a Slice of Monday Trivia!

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We kicked off the month of July with 108 trivia teams taking in a game at one of 11 Monday venues.

FIRST ROUND:

We wasted no time challenging our Monday teams, as the first bonus question of the night was also one of its most difficult.  We asked our teams to name either one of the two Presidential surnames which are also found among the 15 most common surnames in the United States.  A majority of our teams earned wagering points with one correct answer of Johnson, but only five teams tacked on the first two bonus points of the night by also giving us the second correct answer of Wilson.  The opening round continued with questions concerning NBA stars of the 1990s and the food additive MSG.  Thanks to the first question, Wingin’ It (Dawg House) posted the only perfect score of the first round.

SECOND ROUND:

Monday’s audio question featured three musicians who went on to become TV stars.  Things got off to a rough start for some teams, as they mistook LL Cool J for Ice-T.  We also listened to Reba McEntire (who starred on a namesake sitcom) and Mandy Moore (who can currently be seen on “This Is Us”).  Later, we looked at the painting “The Last Supper”, the film “Goodfellas”, and the city of Portland, Oregon.  The final bonus question of the first half was also quite difficult, as only 12% of our teams knew that New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is currently dating actress Rosario Dawson.  Most of the teams that picked up those two points completed a perfect round, as nine teams notched 36 points in the second stanza.

HALFTIME:

Foreign passports and numerically titled albums were the featured topics on Monday’s halftime page.  Five teams earned a perfect score as the overall average landed at 15.7 points.  Here is Monday’s halftime leaderboard:

THIRD ROUND:

Monday’s second half began with a three-part question regarding Broadway showtunes with the word “Dream” in the title: “The Impossible Dream” from “The Man of La Mancha”, “I Dreamed a Dream” from “Les Miserables”, and “The American Dream” from Miss Saigon.  Only 27% of our teams earned wagering points with at least two correct answers, but we followed with an equally difficult question, asking our teams to name the novel penned by Salman Rushdie which resulted in the issuance of a fatwa by the Ayatollah Khomeini.  Once again, less than one-third of our teams responded correctly with “The Satanic Verses”.  The string of speed bums continued, as the next question featured the most difficult two-point bonus of the night:

–> Native to the rain forests of Latin America, which animal of the Potos genus is also known as the “honey bear”?

Since this question was asked with the promise of a forthcoming crossword-style clue, we offered bonus points to any team who turned in the correct answer before that clue was given.  Virtually none of our teams attempted an early guess, and those who did all responded incorrectly.  Eventually, about half of the field earned wagering points with the correct answer of kinkajou.  After closing the round with a look at the film “Frozen”, it was already a forgone conclusion that the third round would not yield any perfect scores.

FOURTH ROUND:

The difficult bonus questions continued into the final stanza, as only four teams picked up bonus points on the first question of the round by knowing that singer Aretha Franklin was born in Tennessee.  Other final round topics included the nation of El Salvador, YouTube star PewDeePie, and a Three Clues question about astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson.  Thanks to the first bonus question, none of our teams earned a perfect final round score.  After four rounds of play, this was your Monday leaderboard:

MONDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (11.1% success rate):

–> Which controversial food item was not invented in its namesake location, but rather by Greek-Canadian restaurateur Sam Panopoulos, who was inspired by his experiences with Chinese cuisine to combine sweet and savory ingredients in the same dish?

For the third Monday in a row, the final question was correctly answered by less than one-fifth of the field.  In this case, one in nine teams gave us the correct response of Hawaiian pizza.  As a result, the only team to record the Perfect 21 on Monday was Ask Jeeves (Bushwaller’s).  Here is Monday’s final overall leaderboard:

MONDAY’S WINNERS:

DRP in Alexandria, VA:  MSC   (Next week’s first category: Ciphers and Codes)

Greene Turtle in Hagerstown, MD:  That’s So Clavin   (Next week’s first category: “The West Wing”)

Morgan Inn in Woodbine, MD:  Great Heathen Army   (Next week’s first category: Latin)

Hershey’s in Gaithersburg, MD:  Killer Snails   (Next week’s first category: MLB All-Star Game)

Uno Pizzeria in Frederick, MD:  Weasigators   (Next week’s first category: “Evan Almighty”)

Bushwaller’s in Frederick, MD:  Ask Jeeves   (Next week’s first category: Classic Cocktails)

Rockwell Brewery in Frederick, MD:  Fat Thor   (Next week’s first category: Styx – band)

Mark’s Pub in Falls Church, VA:  Thankful Dead   (Next week’s first category: Ultimate Frisbee)

Dawg House in Waynesboro, PA:  The Bends   (Next week’s first category: “Three’s Company”)

Flanagan’s Harp and Fiddle in Bethesda, MD:  Trivia Newton John   (Next week’s first category: U.S. National Parks)

Il Forno in Frederick, MD:  Chumps  (Next week’s first category: Third Generation Pokemon)

Say the Magic Word! It’s Weekend Trivia!

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We closed out the month of June with 47 teams playing Pour House Trivia across four weekend venues.

FIRST ROUND:

Opening round topics from last weekend included the multiple films entitled “Bad Boys”, the life of Andrew Jackson, the musical nursery rhyme “The Farmer in the Dell”, and the two U.S. states whose names contain three consecutive vowels (Hawaii and Louisiana).  Three teams began their night with a perfect first round score: My Black Hole Just Exploded (868 Estate), Smarty Pants (Belles’), and Cultured Heathens (Pretzel & Pizza).

SECOND ROUND:

Friday’s audio question featured three songs whose titles contain the word “Free”.  We heard Lynyrd Skynyrd  sing “Free Bird”, Tom Petty sing “Free Fallin’”, and Ariana Grande sing “Break Free”.  Meanwhile, our Saturday teams were asked to identify these songs with ‘regal’ titles: “Dancing Queen” by ABBA, “King of Pain” by The Police, and “Two Princes” by The Spin Doctors.  Later, we looked at the most prestigious awards given to works of children’s literature and the history of the U.S. Marine Corps.  Our Saturday teams were given the most difficult bonus question of the first half, as only two out of 29 teams correctly spelled the surname of the 2019 NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.  As a result, the only perfect second round scores were recorded on Friday, as The More You Know and Boom Shaka Laka both posted 36 second round points at Springfield Manor.

HALFTIME:

Last weekend’s halftime pages depicted films with animals and celebrities who are fond of plastic surgery.  The average score reached 15.4 points, as Degenerates of Upcountry (Springfield Manor) recorded the only perfect halftime score last weekend.  These were your highest scoring teams at the halftime break:

THIRD ROUND:

Comprising the most difficult round of the weekend, the third round featured questions concerning the comical music group Flight of the Conchords, the integumentary system of the human body, and the short story “The Princess and the Pea”.  The most difficult wagering question of the weekend was asked during Friday’s third round:

–> During the 21st century, two teams have lost the MLB World Series in back-to-back years: one from the National League and one from the American League.  For your wager, name either one of these two teams.

Only three out of 16 Friday teams could name either one of the correct answers, despite the fact the Los Angeles Dodgers have lost the two most recent World Series.  Only one team also knew that the Texas Rangers lost the 2010 and 2011 series, which meant that Simple Minds (Springfield Manor) posted the only perfect score during last weekend’s third round.

FOURTH ROUND:

Final round topics from last weekend included the new wave band Devo, the York Peppermint Patty, and the acting accolades of Dennis Franz.  In a bit of a coincidence, both of our weekend games closed their fourth round with a Bible question.  On Friday, our teams were asked to name the books of the Bible which are found first or last on an alphabetical list (Acts and Zephaniah), while our Saturday teams were asked about the geographical information concerning Noah’s Ark.  Uncle Jack (Belles’) posted the only perfect score during last weekend’s final round.  Here is your weekend leaderboard after four rounds of play:

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

–> The first known use of this word was in the 2nd century book “Liber Medicinalis”, in which it was prescribed that malaria could be cured by wearing an amulet inscribed with this word.  For your wager, name this word derived from an Aramaic phrase meaning ‘create as I say’.

SATURDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (50.0% success rate):

–> Prior to 2016, name the most recent year in which the Republican Party won a Presidential election without someone named Bush or Nixon on the winning ticket.

Your correct answers from last weekend included Abracadabra and 1928 (Herbert Hoover and Al Smith).  None of our teams posted a Perfect 21 last weekend, as every team missed at least one wagering question.  These were your highest scoring teams at the close of the weekend games:

LAST WEEKEND’S WINNERS:

Springfield Manor Winery in Thurmont, MD:  Weasigators   (Next week’s first category: The Films of Troy McClure)

Black Walnut at P.B. Dye in Ijamsville, MD:  NO GAME THIS WEEK   (Next week’s first category: New York Jets)

Vanish Brewery in Leesburg, VA:  NO GAME THIS WEEK   (Next week’s first category: The Three Stooges)

Waynesboro Country Club in Waynesboro, PA:  NO GAME THIS WEEK   (NEXT GAME ON JULY 12 – First category: Golf Terms)

868 Estate Vineyards in Hillsboro, VA:  Buckskin Bullets   (NEXT GAME ON JULY 27 – First category: 1980s Films)

Belles’ Sports Bar in Frederick, MD:  Uncle Jack   (Next week’s first category: House Stark)

Pretzel & Pizza Creations in Hagerstown, MD:  Cultured Heathens   (Next week’s first category: “A League of Their Own”)

Some Mediterranean Flavor at Thursday Trivia!

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Thursday’s game of Pour House Trivia welcomed 110 teams across 15 venues.  Don’t forget that with the exception of Solace Brewing, all Thursday venues will be off next week.

FIRST ROUND:

There were few surprises in Thursday’s opening round, as the field breezed through topics such as the “Junior Mint” episode of “Seinfeld”, U.S. counties, the Enron financial scandal, and the ghosts of the Harry Potter universe.  Most of our venues featured at least one team who ran the table in the first round, as about one-fifth of the entire field notched a perfect first round score of 36 points.

SECOND ROUND:

Thursday’s audio question featured the songs “Go Your Own Way” by Fleetwood Mac, “Are You Gonna Go My Way?” by Lenny Kravitz, and “The Way You Move” by Outkast.  The most difficult wagering question of the first half was asked during the middle of the second round:

–> Under federal law, if the President or the Vice-President resigns from office, they must tender their resignation letter to the person holding which government post?

Though we were given a wide array of answers, the most popular wrong answer was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.  Only 17% of the field answered correctly with the Secretary of State.  After that setback, the field rebounded nicely with questions regarding NFL kicker Adam Vinatieri and the Prairie Provinces of Canada.  Seven teams recorded a perfect second round score.

HALFTIME:

Items bearing the initials “R. R.’ were depicted on Thursday’s halftime page, while the bottom half featured a 50/50 round, asking our teams whether or not each of nine items was ever included as a token in the standard American version of the board game Monopoly.  Though the average score reached a relatively normal 16.4 points, none of our teams notched a perfect score, with four teams topping out at 19 points.  Here is Thursday’s halftime leaderboard:

THIRD ROUND:

Thursday’s second half began with a one-two punch that floored nearly all of our teams.  The first question asked our teams to name either one of the two Belgian women who have won a Grand Slam tennis singles title.  Only 14% of our teams earned wagering points with either Kim Clijsters or Justine Henin.  Since these two champions are often mentioned in the same breath, most of the teams that earned their wager also tacked on two bonus points with both correct answers.  Next, an equally diabolical question concerning mathematical symbols:

–> Found near the end of the alphabet, which Greek letter is used to denote the golden ratio?

Though this was slightly easier question, only 17% of the field picked up points with the correct answer of phi.  The rest of the round progressed quite smoothly, as a majority of our teams earned points on questions concerning authors with three-letter last names, the Italian weapons company Beretta, and the current Amazon Video series “Good Omens”.  Six teams avoided the early speed bumps and scored 36 third round points.

FOURTH ROUND:

After visiting Poland in the 6-4-2 question, the final round began with a rather difficult bonus question.  After most of our teams recognized the work of 1990 R&B group En Vogue, only 13% of the field tacked on two bonus points by knowing that the group was credited as a featured artist on the hit song “Whatta Man” from Salt-N-Pepa.  Thursday’s fourth round also included a pair of questions on notable Renaissance men, as we discussed the work of Isaac Newton and Sandro Botticelli.  We closed with our nightly Three Clues question, which began with the following:

CLUE 1: This word is found in the nickname of the Central Criminal Court building in London.

CLUE 2: It is the surname of a title comic strip character created by Mort Walker.

After a slew of wicked questions, more than one-third of the field picked up two bonus points by going in early with the correct answer of Bailey.  Four teams swept the final round: F. U. Darts (Mark’s Pub), Bueller…, Bueller… (Belly Love Brewing), Dave Martinez School of Management (Flower Hill), and Oily Beau Hunks (Jockey).  These were your highest scoring Thursday teams after four rounds of play:

THURSDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (67.4% success rate):

–> A 45-pound statuette became one of the most expensive pieces of movie memorabilia when it sold at auction for $4.1 million in 2013.  For your wager, in what film of the 1940s was this statuette used?

Just over two-thirds of our teams responded correctly with “The Maltese Falcon”.  Three teams earned the Perfect 21 on Thursday night after answering every wagering question  correctly: Dave Martinez School of Management (Flower Hill), Bueller…, Bueller… (Belly Love):  162, and Fat Kids Are Hard to Kidnap (Jockey).  Here is your final Thursday leaderboard:

THURSDAY’S WINNERS:

** SOLACE BREWING IS THE ONLY PHT VENUE HOSTING A GAME NEXT THURSDAY.  ALL OTHER THURSDAY VENUES ARE OFF FOR JULY 4TH. **

Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD:  North Country   (First category on July 11: Imagine Dragons – AUDIO)

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  Vitrifiers   (First category on July 11: Cedar Point)

Loudoun Kitchen and Bar in Leesburg, VA:  Your Mom   (First category on July 11: 1996 New York Yankees)

Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD:  Uranus Fly Trap   (First category on July 11: Humphrey Bogart Films)

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD:  Trivia Newton John   (First category on July 11: Dictators)

Olde Mother Brewing in Frederick, MD:  Rum Ham   (First category on July 11: “Community”)

Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA:  Bueller…, Bueller…   (First category on July 11: “Parks and Recreation”)

Cushwa Brewing in Williamsport, MD:  Slapsgiving   (First category on July 11: Triple 50 / 50 – “Wedding Crashers” Quote or “Old School” Quote?)

The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg, MD:  Dave Martinez School of Management   (First category on July 11: Swiss Tennis Players)

The Derby in New Market, MD:  Wrecking Ball   (First category on July 11: Debates)

Solace Brewing in Sterling, VA:  Hokie Dogs   (Next week’s first category: Triple 50 / 50 AUDIO – 1970s Rock Music)

Jockey Bar and Grill in Boonsboro, MD:  Shakeweight   (First category on July 11: Thermodynamics)

Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA:  Waiting on One More Team   (First category on July 11: Maine)

Mark’s Pub in Falls Church, VA:  Cream Team   (First category on July 11: “Star Wars” Spacecrafts)

Guido’s in Frederick, MD:  Tuna Noodle Casserole   (First category on July 11: Jon Sings Led Zeppelin)