A Sweet Finish to Thursday Night Trivia!

Thursday’s game of Pour House Trivia featured 113 teams across 16 venues, one of which featured a three-way tie for first place after the final question!

FIRST ROUND:

Our opening round questions were fairly easy on Thursday night, but in what would become a running theme, one bonus question in each round prevented many teams from notching a perfect score.  In the first stanza, we looked at the advertising taglines of the U.S. Marines, celebrities with the surname of Oliver, and the courtship of Barack and Michelle Obama.  The final bonus question of the round asked our teams to name the recent film which depicted the early days of that relationship.  Only seven teams gave us this correct response:

As a result, only two teams ran the table in the first round: Lowered Expectations (Quincy’s) and Washington Foreskins (Bunker Sports Cafe).

SECOND ROUND:

Thursday’s audio question featured three music groups whose names include those of baseball teams, specifically Thompson Twins (“Hold Me Now”), Damn Yankees (“High Enough”), and They Might Be Giants (“Birdhouse in Your Soul”).  The second round also included questions regarding the newest “Jurassic Park” sequel, the E3 Convention, and the NFL playoffs, but once again, a single bonus question proved to be the only roadblock for most teams.  We asked our teams to name the two most populous U.S. cities whose names contain the letter ‘Q’.  While virtually every team remembered that Albuquerque was at the top of the list, only seven teams earned bonus points by remembering that suburb of Dallas:

Once again, only two teams earned perfect scores in the second round: Just Good Enough (Champion Billiards) and PC Principals (Fish Market).

HALFTIME:

A floral arrangement highlighted Thursday’s halftime page, which saw an average score of 16.7 points, while 11 teams showed off their horticultural skills with perfect scores.  Here is Thursday’s halftime leaderboard:

• Just Good Enough (Champion Billiards):  90
• PC Principals (Fish Market):  90
• Your Mom (Bunker Sports Cafe):  88
• Momentary Lapse of Reason (Beef O’ Brady’s):  87
• Tuna Noodle Casserole (Guido’s):  87
• Sack of Marbles (Cushwa Brewing):  87
• The Bends (Cushwa Brewing):  87

THIRD ROUND:

Thursday’s second half began with a question on European geography before moving into the subject of the Olympics.  Many of our players were surprised to hear that three-on-three (or half court) basketball will be included in the next Summer Olympics in Tokyo:

After a Three Clues question on “The Sopranos”, we asked the most difficult wagering question of the night:

–> As the counterpart of Ceres, who is the Greek goddess of agriculture and the harvest?

Only 21% of our teams responded correctly with Demeter.  Once again, only two teams earned perfect scores in the third round: Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market) and PC Principals (Fish Market).

FOURTH ROUND:

The final stanza opened with a three-part question on candy statistics, including a reference to the largest Toblerone bar available on Amazon.com:

After continuing with questions on camels and the band Hoobastank, we closed the final round by asking our teams to name any two of the three wishes put forth by the title character in the animated Disney film “Aladdin”.  Only 12% of our teams earned bonus points with the three correct answers of become a prince, be saved from drowning, and free the Genie.  The final round did not yield any perfect scores.  Here is Thursday’s overall leaderboard after four rounds of play:

• PC Principals (Fish Market):  164
• Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market):  159
• Lowered Expectations (Quincy’s):  155
• Tuna Noodle Casserole (Guido’s):  153
• Uranus Fly Trap (​Smoketown Brewing):  153

THURSDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (65.2% success rate):

–> At a state dinner held in 1972, Richard Nixon held a toast for which infant, correctly predicting that that he would eventually become a world leader?

Nearly two-thirds of the field responded correctly with Justin Trudeau.  Only two teams earned the Perfect 21 tonight with correct answers on all wagering questions: PC Principals (Fish Market) and Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market), but the accomplishment of the latter is the only “official” one, as PC Principals played tonight’s game with nine team members.  Here is your final leaderboard for Thursday night:

• Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market):  165
• Lowered Expectations (Quincy’s):  162
• Clever Team Name (Quincy’s):  161
• Unatheltico Madrid (Guido’s):  161
• Breadsticks (Quincy’s):  160
• North Country (Quincy’s):  160
• I Dont Care, You Do (Right Around the Corner):  159
• 50 Shades of Grey Matter (Dawg House):  158
• Vitrifiers (Champion Billiards):  158
• Power Vacuum (Champion Billiards):  157

PC Principals (Fish Market) recorded the highest score of the night with 172 points, but only receives an honorable mention thanks to its oversized team.

THURSDAY’S WINNERS:

The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg, MD:  King’s Bitches  (Next week’s first category: Triple 50/50 – Marvel or DC Comics?)

Black Walnut Brewery in Leesburg, VA:  My Name is Judge  (Next week’s first category: Famous Dogs)

Dawg House in Waynesboro, PA:  50 Shades of Grey Matter  (Next week’s first category: “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”)