Week 3 Season 1 2009

This week we can all thank the trivia Gods that Drew and Grill were back. Trivia was fun again.

Drew and Grill actually know what trivia is; not random songs from someone who hates mainstream's Ipod.

Members in Attendance: Cindy, Steve-know, Travis, and Trivia-Kari
Additional Support: Pancho, Buchan, Mike, Owen (sp?, sorry)

Round 1

Meh, Travis did ok. We knew some stuff, and I made up other things.

Ok, we knew what a neat drink was, but I know that he knows better.

Apparently elephants know how to step around landmines now. Good for them. I still am glad that Dumbo's mom ate it in Chapter 1. I would have done it if I was there. Here's how it would have gone down:











I don't care, if I catch PHDTS cheating, and every one of them has their mom hugging them, I think we know what's going to happen. Who let a redkneck write this thing anyways?

Now we're off topic, I was talking about elephants.

Keeping with the animal theme, apparently grizzly bears can run the same speed as horses. Now I don't know if every horse is a quarter horse, but just to be sure I found this.

Also, there was a question about what small asteroids are called. The answer given was meteorites. We knew that meteorites are bits of matter that have fallen to the earth from outer space. And we were wrong. Oh wait......
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/meteorite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorites
http://www.answers.com/topic/meteorite

Ok, apparently we don't know what asteroids are:

http://www.answers.com/topic/asteroids
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/asteroid

Asteroid:
Astronomy
Any of numerous small celestial bodies that revolve around the sun, with orbits lying chiefly between Mars and Jupiter and characteristic diameters between a few and several hundred kilometers. Also called minor planet, planetoid.

But apparently a small asteroid is a meteorite:

Meteorite
n.

A stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space.

So is an asteroid not small until it falls to the earth?

Sorry to be a dick, but this seemed wrong to the physicists at the table (a.k.a. me and the other Steve).

The correct answer is that small asteroids are made fun of in the shower in all team sports until they grow old enough to get away from their parents who made them play the sports in the first place. Then they start serial killing.


Round 2.

A 10.
I mean to say that we got a 10, because we knew all of the answers.

We got a 9.5, as did our honourable brethren the Bi-Polar Bears.

It was a tie for first, BSB got 10, and so did Push Her Down the Stairs! Well holy shit! Cell phone check!!!! Even though they claim the angry Hobbit is not on their team anymore I still feel like their team is forever scarred, and if they want to be respected they should change their name to something like: "We Haven't Been Caught Cheating a Shit Load of Times", or "We're Worthy of a Slight Nod From Teams That Don't Cheat".

Round 3

(drunken joke that was here before, but made no sense is now removed)

Anyways, we were all delighted to find out the Shakespeare, Henry VIII, Lucille Ball, and Winston Churchill all had red hair. In the case of Churchill that's like asking what color Michael Rosenbaum's hair is.

Also, apparently women's brains shrink when they are prego. And by "apparently" I mean "oh fuck" ( which is not to imply that trivia Cindy needs to be pushed down the stairs) (Fuck I hate giving them a shout out; they cheat).

Round 4

Awesome! It's songs from when we were kids!!!!!

We enjoyed this tons. However, you missed some goodies:

Thundercats (fuck yeah)
My Secret Identity
Suntops and the Smoggies (shitty)
He-man
Hercules
Rocket RobinHood

Just saying............


Round 5

Things happened.

Round 6

The number one thing that I learned this round was that Alexis knows about this blog. Hmmmmm. If I had something shitty to say to her, I would say it. And I'm not kissing ass, I just don't really have anything bad to say. I mean, her team sucks, and it always will, but I feel like I need more. I don't know...... ok here's one: Are you even studying here? What are you getting a degree in? Are you doing the advanced program where you skip a bachelor's and go straight to a P.H.D? How many of my beer dollars have gone into paying for you to attend Communist Fan Club meetings in Cuba?

Anyways, here's the totals. I wasn't as crusty tonight, 'cause trivia didn't suck, so things might not be quite as "ranty" as some of you may have liked.

#1 94 points PHDTS (Forever marked as cheaters even without there shitty little hobbit)
#2 89 points hmmmmm I'm so drunk I don't know who this is. Maybe Wes?????
#3 88 points Travis
#4 88? The Bi-Polar Bears

Ok so these aren't set in stone, I'm pissed (drunk, not mad, as compared to last week where I was both).

Anyone who reads this and doesn't laugh is a fuckin commie.......There, I said it.

I wish I had more time, but it's 3:02 and I have shit to do (that rhymes, deal with it).

Week 2 2009 Season 1

Attendance: Travis, Trivia James, Craig, Cindy, Steve-know

Start Time 10:00
End Time: 12:30, (but round 6 took about 10 seconds)

Whoa. Even though we knew that Drew and Grill weren't going to be here, we weren't prepared for the... well shall I say.....okay, let me put it this way....... trivia was not as good tonight.

Round 1

This was a pretty good round. The questions were not obscure, thus being "trivia".
We learned that Hibernia is in fact the Roman name for Ireland.

We also learned that the Czech Republic drinks the most beer per capita in the world. in fact, Budweiser (the name) was stolen from them by Anheuser Busch, and they called it Budweiser (very creative). Everyone guessed that Germany drank the most beer in the world. Those Germans never try hard enough.

Anyways, we got 9 points and won the round.

And then things took a turn for the worse.

Round 2

Tonights presenters had a choice:
























They chose the left path.

The songs were pretty obscure and shitty. We were pretty sure that the problem was that a guy who wears scarves indoors was picking the music.

It turns out it was another guy, bizarro Drew Carey, who was picking the tunes. He told us that this round was revenge for all the time's that Broad Street Brawlers lost the music round.

Oops, swing and a miss BSB got 2/10. We got 5/10. And even Push her Down the Stairs' cell phone only knew 7 of the tunes!! The end result was PHDTS won the round. Sigh.... I miss Drew and Grill.

Round 3

Ok, now I really miss Drew and Grill, you guys can pat yourselves on the back, even though you make the odd mistake, you don't suck.

To sum up how these guys treat trivia, click the following link and view the .gif. But first, keep in mind that:

the fans= the fans of The Owl Trivia
Sony= tonight's presenters
here's the link.

The end result was a three way tie breaker in which the question was: What is 7 + 12? Holy shit! Even this guy knows that!!!! What's worse, I bet they used a calculator. Push Her Down the Stairs definitely checked this on their cellphones/PDPs.

Round 4

Now we have cover songs!!! Yay!! But not good covers, no we have shitty ones by random SKA bands. Travis (the person) was pissed when he knew the answers because he knew that no one should know that shit!!

These guys put the "fun" in "nonrefundable".

All I can draw from this is that looking like Drew Carey, but with tattoos and a ball cap, does not make you fun.

Travis (the person) had had enough at this point. Cindy had to go too.

Travis (the person) was pissed at the quality of music tonight.

Round 5

And then the hobbit came.

Craig, Travis and Steve-know, the three remaining members, were called bald and old. Cindy must be telling these guys stuff to say about me?

Anyways, regarding the round, PHDTS got a bonus point from scarf man for having a funny tag line: "This round was harder than Michael Jackson in a preschool." If you're going to give handouts, empty your bank account into one of the Santa's at the mall during the holidays!!! Horseshit...

Man I miss Drew and Grill.

Round 6

Oh you know the round is going to go well when Bizarro Drew Carey starts it with an apology.

In place of Alexis' (sp?) usual smack talk, we had an apology!!

Sigh....Drew and Grill,,,,,,,,

The music was crap. There, I said it. Moving on.

Also, it's a good thing that Travis (the person) wasn't here, he would have boiled over at the pace we went at. Sigh......


Overall

I asked for quotes from the crew:

Craig: "If there was a round 7, I would have drank the purple kool-aid"

James: "If there was a round 7, I would have hung myself with that scarf."

Steve-Know: "[EXPLETIVE-DELETED] "

Scores for the night:

37.5 The Sexies
36 Travis
36 Push Her Down the Stairs
32.5 Two Tall Broads
22 Broad Street Brawlers

Damn I don't have the Bi-Polar Bears' score. We shall have to wait for standings.

Week 1 2009 Season 1

Start time: 9:59 p.m.
End Time: 12:50 'ish (a.m.)
Core Attendance: Cindy, Trivia Kari, Travis, Craig, Steve-Know.

Alright, this is my first posting of our trivia blog. There's a new sheriff in town (at least for one week). If you are easily offended, might I offer an appetizer www.maddox.xmission.com

Now that you are probably aghast, and know how to spot a pedophile from 20 paces, I will begin my story of tonight's trivia.

Round 1
Didn't go so great for team Travis, the actual score is lost to history, however we knew that distance under the sea is measured in fathoms, and that alone proves our awesomeness.

Also, Trivia Steve, A.K.A. Steve-Know (A.K.A. me), thought that a coelacanth was the same as a sea horse, it turns out I was wrong. Drew and Grill can pat themselves on the back....for now.

Round 2
Alleluia, Craig and Travis are here! We did ok, but we didn't win the music round. The mandatory drug testing policy I requested for trivia teams obviously didn't fly. Alcohol is the only safe drug.







Steve Know-2005- A texas mickey of rye and 4 friends.








Round 3
Okay so virtually everyone got 9 points. Whoopdeefuckindoo (sp?). Broad Street Brawlers won with 9.5 (see my mandatory drug testing policy mentioned above). They also hit Cindy in the head with ice (probably thrown at me for implying Grill started his engineering degree in 1982).

Also, there was a question like: "If you were ordering a Black Velvet in a bar, what type of drink would you be ordering". The answer given by our enginerring lords (who have yet to submit their urine tests I might add) was "some type of champagne". Oops.

Drew and Grill, I expect your pee in a cup on Monday. Here's my address:

Coalition for Gun Control
Toronto
P.O Box 90062, 1488 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON M6K 3K3
Fax: (416) 604-0209

Craig T. Nelson and Steve-Know who are drunks, but pass the piss test, knew what the answer was (apparently Newfies use the casing as piggie banks).

But I digest.....

Round 4 The Music Theme Round!!!!

We were certain that we had nailed this round, then our engineering overlords gave away the answer to #10.

We were certain that #1 was from Bambi, where they are on the ice . It turns out that the song was from Fantasia oops, I thought that said fantasy.
Trivia-Cindy and Kari were pretty stellar in this round, but some other teams must have taken performance enhancing drugs to beat us.

Round 5 Tie

We tied some team who will remain unnamed because they are probably insignificant. (also, I have no idea what their name was). Craig battled them in a best of three rock paper scissors contest.

The end result had five ties in a row in it, which should only happen 1 in 243 games. In the end Craig decided that we had had enough to drink and played paper even though he knew that their representative was going to play scissors.

Craig was wrong. You can never have enough to drink (see above). However, he did let some team enjoy success, and perhaps this will spread the joy of trivia around the U of R.

Round 6

Finally our brilliance shone through. Travis scored a typical 10 points claiming the round. Heralds heralded and I probably said something, I bet Craig did too. Travis (the person) answered a lot of questions.

Some additional comments:

Craig caught shit tonight from the microphone. He should use his size (and possible superpowers) to destroy those who would make fun of Newfoundland. That or at least smother someone to death with the orange toque.

Speaking of our toques, the Bi-Polar Bears got their own uniforms! They cleverly chose baby blue shirts, baby blue being a gang colour in Regina. I may have dropped a note to my friend (who's a cop) that there has been an increase in gang activity around the university on Wednesday nights.

Anyways the final scores for the night, and for the season thus far are:

1st place 2 Tall Broads and Push Her Down the Stairs (tie) (who needs performance enhancing drugs when you can cheat with your cell phone?) 45 points.

2nd place WES (The Marijuana?) (Sorry I'm trying to read Cindy's writing) 44 points.

3rd place Travis 43.5

4th Bi-Polar Bears (gang) 42.5

5th Broad Street Brawlers 41

And as a final note, I propose that we keep track of points that we deserved this semester but were denied:

Denied: 1 (black-velvet)