Thursday Night Trivia Pointed You in the Right Direction!
Thursday night’s game of Pour House Trivia welcomed 113 teams across 15 venues:
ROUND 1:
Thursday’s opening round covered topics such as Central America, Hollandaise sauce, and this former HBO series:
ROUND 2:
Thursday’s audio question featured fruity songs such as “Blueberry Hill” by Fats Domino, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye, and “Cherry Pie” by Warrant. Later topics included the 2018 NBA playoffs, moths, and this film released 25 years ago:
With few surprises in the second round, we saw a whopping 18 teams churn out perfect scores.
HALFTIME:
Thursday’s halftime page featured outdated sports logos and words that contain “MAY”. Falling on the more difficult side, the overall average came in at just 13.8 points. Though we saw several teams topping out at 19 points, there were no perfect scores during Thursday’s halftime round. These were your top scores after the first half:
- Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market): 91
- Carpal Tunnel of Love (Guido’s): 87
- Faking Bad (Lake Linganore): 86
- Sloppy Seconds (Lake Linganore): 86
- PC Principals (Fish Market): 86
- Lowered Expectations (Quincy’s): 86
- Dire Wolves (Belly Love Brewing): 86
ROUND 3:
Thursday’s third round proved to be a series of land mines, as most of the field struggled to come up with two or three correct answers. We began with this relatively straightforward query on The Periodic Table:
–> Among the chemical elements with single-letter symbols, which one has the highest atomic number?
Only 22% of the field answered correctly with Uranium (and its atomic number 92). We continued with a three-part question on advertising slogans of publications such as The Washington Post and Esquire. The third round concluded with a look at this multi-talented alumnae of “American Idol”:
“Scorpion” star Katharine McPhee can also be seen in the current Broadway musical “Waitress”. The third round yielded one perfect scores, as PC Principals (Fish Market) ran the table with 36 points.
ROUND 4:
We began Thursday’s final round by explaining to our teams that this used to be an actual national flag:
- Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market): 163
- PC Principals (Fish Market): 157
- Castle Greyskull (Quincy’s): 154
- Dire Wolves (Belly Love Brewing): 152
- FOUR TEAMS TIED WITH 151 POINTS
FINAL QUESTION (76.1% success rate):
–> In many hotels around the world, you may find a Qibla pointer, which is essentially a sticker in the shape of an arrow. For your wager, to which city does this arrow point?
Just over three-quarters of our teams responded correctly with Mecca. For the second week in a row, Brother of Menelaus was the only team to record the Perfect 21 on Thursday with correct answers on all wagering questions. Here are your top overall scores:
- Brother of Menelaus (Fish Market): 170
- PC Principals (Fish Market): 169
- Castle Greyskull (Quincy’s): 166
- Lowered Expectations (Quincy’s): 163
- Breadsticks (Quincy’s): 162
- Carpal Tunnel of Love (Guido’s): 161
- Faking Bad (Lake Linganore): 157
- Dangerous Business (Smoketown Brewing): 157
- Sloppy Seconds (Lake Linganore): 156
- Uranus Fly Trap (Smoketown Brewing): 156
- Scoobies (Smoketown Brewing): 155
- Punslingers (Beef O’ Brady’s): 155
TONIGHT’S WINNERS:
Quincy’s Bar and Grille in Gaithersburg, MD: Castle Greyskull (Next week’s first category: “So I Married an Axe Murderer”)
Champion Billiards in Frederick, MD: Power Vacuum (NO GAME NEXT WEEK – First category on May 24: Picasso)
Bunker Sports Cafe in Leesburg, VA: Your Mom (Next week’s first category: “Tecmo Super Bowl”)
Lake Linganore Association in New Market, MD: Faking Bad (Next week’s first category: Trigonometry)
Smoketown Brewing Station in Brunswick, MD: Dangerous Business (Next week’s first category: Paul Simon Songs)
Beef O’ Brady’s in Frederick, MD: Punslingers (Next week’s first category: “Battlestar Galactica” – 2000s version)
Belly Love Brewing in Purcellville, VA: Dire Wolves (Next week’s first category: Beyonce Songs)
Cushwa Brewing in Williamsport, MD: Quiz in My Pants (Next week’s first category: Disney Channel Original Movies)
Olde Mother Brewing in Frederick, MD: Rum Ham (Next week’s first category: Internet Memes)
The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg, MD: Replacements (Next week’s first category: Duran Duran)
Black Walnut Brewery in Leesburg, VA: My Name is Judge (Next week’s first category: Breakfast Cereals)
Right Around the Corner in St. Petersburg, FL: Better Red Than Dead (Next week’s first category: “Con Air”)
Dawg House in Waynesboro, PA: 50 Shades of Grey Matter (Next week’s first category: Project Mercury)
Fish Market Restaurant in Alexandria, VA: Brother of Menelaus (Next week’s first category: English Composers)
Guido’s in Frederick, MD: Carpal Tunnel of Love (Next week’s first category: British TV Shows)