A Bonanza of Tuesday Trivia!

With the start of spring quickly approaching, Tuesday’s game welcomed 123 teams across 20 venues:

FIRST ROUND:

Monday’s game kicked off with a Three Clues question regarding this mythological beast:

After a discussion of the Blarney Stone and the TV sitcom”30 Rock”, the first round yielded ten perfect scores.

SECOND ROUND:

The film work of Matthew McConaughey was the focus of Tuesday’s audio question, as our teams were asked to identify clips from “A Time to Kill”, “The Wedding Planner”, and “Dallas Buyers Club”.  We continued with questions concerning the Leonard Cohen song “Hallelujah”, the Harlem Globetrotters, and this charitable organization:

Seven teams ran the table with a perfect second round score.

HALFTIME:

Tuesday’s halftime page looked at film remakes and world capitals.  The overall average reached 15.9 points, as eight teams earned a perfect score of 20 points.  Here is Tuesday’s halftime leaderboard:

• Gouda ‘Nuff For Me (Cheesetique):  92
• Cobra Kai (Brass Tap):  92
• Boy, That Escalated Quickly (Charlie’s):  90
• Cell Phony Baloney (Charlie’s):  89
• Stink Floyd (Monkey La La):  88

THIRD ROUND:

Tuesday’s second half began with a three-part question about words which include the letters “DIO”.  We also discussed the term “designated survivor”, the colors of the U.N. peacekeeping forces, and this Broadway musical:

After a trio of difficult bonus questions, Gouda ‘Nuff For Me (Cheesetique) posted the only perfect score of the third round.

FOURTH ROUND:

We traveled back to ancient Greece to begin Tuesday’s final round, before moving on to topics such as the recent film “Alita: Battle Angel”, the ten gallon hat, and these two tennis champions:

Four teams earned 36 points in the final round: Crusty Broads (Cuginis), Happy Little Trees (Charlie’s), Three Fingers Worth (Shuckin’ Shack), and Gouda ‘Nuff For Me (Cheesetique), the latter of which posted its fourth perfect round of the night.  Here is your Tuesday leaderboard heading into the final question:

• Gouda ‘Nuff For Me (Cheesetique):  170
• Cobra Kai (Brass Tap):  166
• Cell Phony Baloney (Charlie’s):  163
• Boy, That Escalated Quickly (Charlie’s):  161
• Gotta Have ‘Em (Cuginis):  161

TUESDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (65.8% success rate):

–> The 1859 discovery of the Comstock Lode, the first major silver deposit discovery in the United States, took place in a Nevada city that shares its name with which U.S. state located more than 2,000 miles away?

Nearly two-thirds of our teams responded correctly by remembering that Virginia City is located just outside of Carson City, Nevada.  Though seven teams earned the Perfect 21 on Tuesday night by answering every wagering question correctly, a special congratulations goes out to Gouda ‘Nuff For Me (Cheesetique), who also answered all 12 bonus questions correctly en route to a perfect game!  This is the seventh perfect game in PHT history and the first of Season XIX.  Here is your final Tuesday leaderboard:

• Gouda ‘Nuff For Me (Cheesetique):  182
• Cell Phony Baloney (Charlie’s):  175
• Boy, That Escalated Quickly (Charlie’s):  173
• Happy Little Trees (Charlie’s):  172
• Cobra Kai (Brass Tap):  171
• Pearls of Wisdom (Shuckin’ Shack):  168
• Adam’s Family (Charlie’s):  167
• Three Fingers Worth (Shuckin’ Shack):  167
• Fan Club (Senor Tequila’s):  166
• Comfortably Dum (Champion Billiards):  166

TUESDAY’S WINNERS:

Pop-Up Trivia in Hagerstown, MD:  Irish Beer Mafia   (Next week’s first category at Bulls & Bears: Charles Dickens Novels)

Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD:  Comfortably Dum   (Next week’s first category: “The Prisoner”)

Cuginis in Poolesville, MD:  Gotta Have ‘Em   (Next week’s first category: “Napoleon Dynamite”)

Senor Tequila’s in Germantown, MD:  Fan Club   (Next week’s first category: 1950s Films)

Shuckin’ Shack in Frederick, MD:  Pearls of Wisdom   (Next week’s first category: Tool – band)

Topgolf in Ashburn, VA:  Bonesaw   (Next week’s first category: Watergate)

The Block in Annandale, VA:  Five Dollar Vasectomy   (Next week’s first category: “The Goonies”)

Greene Growlers in Gaithersburg, MD:  ON HIATUS   (NEXT GAME TBD – First category: “Mean” Gene Okerlund)

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

Olney Winery in Olney, MD:   Hoyas   (Next week’s first category: Stars in the Orion Constellation)

Buffalo Wild Wings in Urbana, MD:  Half Nelsons   (Next week’s first category: Jonathan Taylor Thomas)

Cheesetique in Fairfax, VA:  Gouda ‘Nuff For Me   (Next week’s first category: D-Day)

Charlie’s On the Avenue in Alexandria, VA:  Cell Phony Baloney   (Next week’s first category: “Married… with Children”)

Vola’s Dockside Grill in Alexandria, VA:  Missouri Compromise   (Next week’s first category: Washington Nationals)

Funkstown Tavern in Funkstown, MD:  Tobey   (Next week’s first category: Shakespeare’s Tragedies)

Fat Daddy’s in Mansfield, TX:  NO GAME THIS WEEK   (Next week’s first category: Texas Geography)

Monkey La La in Frederick, MD:  Stink Floyd   (Next week’s first category: Estonia)

Quincy’s South in Rockville, MD:  Balls Out   (Next week’s first category: 1930s Films)

Casa Tequila in Lovettsville, VA:  Shadynasty   (Next week’s first category: “Rick and Morty”)

Brass Tap in Annapolis, MD:  Cobra Kai   (Next week’s first category: “The Good Place”)

Outta the Way Cafe in Derwood, MD:  Nasty Neutrons   (Next week’s first category: Wikipedia)

Miller’s Ale House in St. Petersburg, FL:  Magnificent Seven   (Next week’s first category: Ohio State University)