Satan Wins Again

Pub Quiz can be a cruel mistress.  You can win two rounds, feel on top of the world, and almost have it snatched away from you. You can win two rounds, but still not end up in the top two at the end of the night.  You can not win any rounds, but play solid and end up losing in a tie breaker at the end.  All of those things happened this week at Pub Quiz.  When it was all said and done, Alana is Satan prevailed.  They've been on quite a streak lately, with several first place finishes.  However, they didn't pull the winning chip, so next week it's 50/50 odds.

Will you be on the team to win the jackpot?  To have a good shot, you had better study on these topics, provided by Multiple Sarcasms, our round four winner:
The Office (US version)
The Mindy Project (tv show)
The Land Before Time (movie)
The Beatles
The Definite Article (The)
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (book)
The United States Constitution
The Guardians of the Galaxy (comic book/movie)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (book)
The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd album)
The Dark Side of the Moon (The Dark Side of the Moon)
The Meaning of Life (Monty Python movie)
The Hague
The The (band)


There you go, folks.  Study up, and we'll see you next Wednesday

V for Victory?

Riker, Almost a Palindrome, Almost had what some may call a bookend game.  They won round 1, hung on to first place through rounds 2 and 3, and then won round 4.  Pretty impressive stuff, worthy of our congratulations.  But, do you know what they didn't win? The jackpot.  Sadface for that.  But that means next week there will be 3 chips in the bag - 2 red & 1 blue.  Will your team cast aside Riker like a bad number one?  Will your team be a jackpot winner?  Or will Riker return engage for another victory?

Riker hopes you don't study these topics, but we think you should:
Volcanoes
Vulcans
Vulcanizing
Vocalists on Broadway
Vidal Sassoon
Vegetables
Villains from Disney
Vidal, Gore
Visalia
Venezuela
Venture Brothers Cartoon
Versailles (in France)
Voluptuous Vixens
V for Vendetta, the movie

Hopefully you don't vivisect your brain as you study up, and we'll see you next Wednesday at Pub Quiz.

One final note, you can hear an interview with your Pub Quiz hosts on Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. on KFSR, 90.7.   We'll be on The Art of the No.

And it Collins For the Win! Yes!

Collins B. Ballin' dunked all over the competition this week.  They won two rounds, and were a part of a round 4 tie that helped them jump over everyone else for the win.  It was the first week for the jackpot, and unfortunately for Collins B. Ballin', their luck didn't hold through the jackpot draw, so next week there will be four chips in the draw.

Round 4 was won on a tie breaker was by a team called whose name we've chosen not to publish.  On a serious note, we don't mind outrageous names, but we also don't want to drive people away.  Please keep that in mind when you're coming up with your creative names.  Here are the topics chosen for next week's round 2:
The RH Factor (band)
Brushy One String
Anaheim Ducks
Bob's Burger's (tv show)
Weeds (tv show)
Kentucky Derby
Hot Shots Part Deux
Duke Silver
90's Alternative Rock Bands
Beerfest (movie)
Boondock Saints (movie)
Las Vegas Strip Casinos
Disc Golf Discs
Archer (tv show)

Study up and see if your team can be the big winner.

Deal with the Devil?

Alana is Satan is on quite a roll right now. They won three weeks ago and took down a big jackpot, guest hosted last week, and won this week on a tie breaker. Not only did they win, but they pulled the jackpot again!

Alana is Satan was able to pull off the win by taking down two rounds - including round four. Here are the topics they chose for next week:

The Simpsons

Alcohol

GNU/Linux

Thermodynamics

Poker

Probability and Statistics

San Joaquin River restoration

Beat literature

Thailand

European football

1980 Oakland A's

Mystery Men (film)

Monty Python

Tom Waits

Study up and we'll see you Wednesday!

Satan Was Your Host

Guest hosts are great for us - we get to rest our question writing brains and play from the other side of the table.  So, this week we'd like to thank Alana is Satan for serving as guest hosts and letting us enjoy the game as participants.  As we always do with guest hosts, it was a stand alone, winner take all game, and Los Pervertibles de la Noche won it.

Two weeks ago, round 4 was won by How to Properly Scream and they chose these topics for next week's round 2:

Starcraft 2 - Wings of Liberty and Heart of the Swarm
Star Trek Voyager
Bravest Warriors (cartoon)
Justified (tv show)
Beer Home Brewing
Lexx (tv show)
Derek (UK tv show)
Ruby (programming language)
Bioshock Infinite
German Board Games
Karl Pilkington
90's Dance Music
Linguistics
Indian Cuisine

We hope you enjoyed the guest hosts, but we also hope you'll be glad to see us back behind the head table at Pub Quiz.

The Devil is in the Details

There was only one chip and that meant a big jackpot was going to be doled out.  That also meant the winners were really going to have to earn their victory.  The game stayed close, there were lead changes each round and at the end of it all the top five teams were all within two and a half points.  Alana is Satan worked their devilish minds and conjured up the victory and took home the jackpot, so congratulations go out to them.

Round 4 was won by How to Properly Scream, and they came up with some good topics to study.  However, next week (4/17) we'll have a guest host, so How to Properly Scream's topics will be used in round 2 on 4/24.  Check back next week for their topics.

Next week we continue our tradition of sharing our job every few months with one of our player teams.  Alana is Satan, who had a heck of a night this week, will be running the show.  Show up and see if you can outwit them.

Kings Crowned

It seems we specialize in close games, and this week didn't disappoint.  Once again, only a few points separated the top teams, and The Seattle Kings reigned victorious.  There were only two chips left in the jackpot, and unfortunately for them, they pulled the losing chip.  But that's great news for you all of you - next week is a guaranteed jackpot win.  Will the Seattle Kings be crowned champions and jackpot winner, or will another team usurp their throne?

The Irish Wrist Watchers clocked a 9 point round 4, and these are the topics they choose for next week's round 2:
Tap Dance Terminology
80's Action movies
New Testament
The Walking Dead (tv show)
Led Zepplin
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Will Ferrell Movies
Austin Powers
Vampire Diaries
Cardiology
90's Cartoons
British Invasion
1990's WWF wrestlers
Secondary Twilight Characters

Be ready for a full house and a great night of Fresno Pub Quiz next Wednesday.  And if you want to warm up, check out Sequoia North Pub Quiz on Monday.