More importantly, trivia last week was awesome. Mostly because not only were both James and I there at the same time (hoorah for Michelle!) but the Craiggers was there in full trivia uniform. Almost at full strength (miss you, Cindy), Team Travis was unstoppable.
Mad props to our sister team, the BPBs, for a) their play-by-play live blogging (yes, that's a BPB PBP), and b) for defending our honour in said blog.
Here is a poor excuse for a recap.
Round 1 -- Starts with a bang with something involving pi. Thank God for Steve-know.
Round 2 -- Billboard hits on Sept. 23 through the ages. Now there's an obscure category for ya. We enjoyed default beer -- the second-sweetest beer -- because the Great Western team actually won that round. Oh, and now we know it's them we can thank for the team name with the most disturbing visual.
I wrote down "Grill's Craig impression brought the house down," but I can't for the life of me remember what he did. Well done, anyway.
Round 3 -- Our favouritest round ever, the theme trivia round. We celebrated a little hard when we figured out the Michael Jackson song link, which led to the brilliant mind of Craig figuring out Billie Jean King, and James pulling the Black and White Minstrel Show out of nowhere. (How's that blackface for a disturbing visual?)
We got everything but "lambeg," which led us to think we would have 9.5 points, but I think we were awarded 10. Take that, everyone else! Ooooh, faced. Scratch moded.
Round 4 -- Wha? I was distracted by pizza. And the Kikoman wishbone. Oh, lounge songs. Thank God for Travis.
At this point in the evening, we began what would prove to be an extensive discussion on the benefits, mechanics, and drawbacks of beating off into a stolen latex glove on your way home from your factory job. This discussion would somehow manage to make it all the way through to the end of the night, eliciting a couple of good'ers:
"Wouldn't it be a better scam if he just did it on the clock?" -- Travis
"I would never get home. I'd be pulling over ever five minutes." -- Buchan
Round 5 -- James pulling out the X-treme geek knowledge with the names of the actors who played C3PO and R2D2. That's my man, ladies. Hands off.
Round 6 -- the pressure is on because we have the almighty "Stop!" privileges. We did our best not to give the bar more than 2 seconds of a song, and pissed everyone off in the process. Sometimes it feels so good to be a jerk. Thankfully we were surpassed by 2TB on this round, so we can rest easy next week.
I wrote down "Famous movie scenes! Star Wars toys! GI Joe aircraft carrier!" Do with that what you will.
So that was a four-pitcher night, three of which we drank. Good on us.
This round of trivia resulted in a bit of homework for the team. Sorry to post your assignment so late. You'd better get on the following:
1. Looking up John Ratzenberger in Star Wars. Cliff Clayvin. In actual Star Wars. And he's not schilling (sp?) for Boston Pizza.
2. Finding the flashing extra in Teen Wolf. Real wang, on screen!
Lessons learned this week/Quotable quotes:
1. Both Stephen Hawking and Craig are unable to estimate the mass of the universe, but at least Craig can raise his hand to stop the song.
2. Be warned that if Buchan is about to orgasm, you should stand well back. Just in case that ever comes up (haw) in your everyday life.
3. "And what's-her-name on the front of the boat? It's not even cool. It doesn't feel like you're flying. It feels like you're standing on a boat." -Craig
4. Don't bother putting tag lines on the round 6 sheets because by that point in the evening, Drew can't read anymore.
5. "The other night I woke up thinking I was having a heart attack and it ended in a 30-second-long burp." -Name witheld to protect the innocent eater of a mondo burrito
6. No need to worry about us cheating because we have "an imaginary god that tells us we can't."
So the standings for the night:
1. Travis - 51
2. PHDTS - 44.5
3. Cream? - 43.5
4. BPB - 41.5
5. 2TB - 41
And the running tally:
1. Travis 138.5
2. PHDTS 122
3. BPB 116.5
4. BSB 113.5
5. RNR 111
Go team.
3 comments:
We are good at trivs.
Indeed we are good at trivia. Kari is doing a nice job with the blog I might add. It will be difficult for her to do it every week when she switches off with Jim. I think the best solution is to get old grey-haired ladies from the church to babysit every week and that way you both can come. Abuse that power Jim.
That's good recappin'. G.I. Joe aircraft carrier came up during a discussion of urban legends or something, then the conversation turned to Sears. I don't actually remember discussion any downsides to beating off in a stolen latex glove while driving. I mean, you didn't pay for the glove, so where's the downside?
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