Squids are Grabby

We love it when we are down to 1 chip left in the jackpot bag.  There is always a big crowd.  Teams pull in ringers.  The pressure is on and it may even feel a little tense in the room.  And at the end of the night, someone is going to be very happy.  Pretty sure we had all that in this week's game.

The game was a good, close one.  A few teams jumped out to the lead, and then started to separate themselves from the pack after the second round.  But a bad round three has often been the demise of early leading team, and I Want to Fire Squid All Over Alana's Rabbits fell to that curse.  Another interesting trend is the team that isn't hot fire in round 1, but then puts on a run to grab the win.  We Oppose Using Babies as Anchors to Hold Ships in Dock made that run, but came up short by a point.  So who took it all?  Well, the Fire Squids grabbed round 1, took round 2 on the time tie breaker, and although they didn't win rounds 3 or 4, they were in first place after each and took home the jackpot.  Congrats to the Fire Squids.  We Oppose Using Babies as Anchors was our second place team and took home that mini-jackpot for that honor.

Next week, we start all over.  5 chips in the bag, 4 red, 1 blue.  The pressure is a little less, but the will to win is just as strong.  We hope we'll see you on Wednesday at the Landmark.

Sad Riker

Before last week's game, team Riker members joked with us that they only win like once a year.  Well, this was their once.  FKA Riker came out with ties for the round win in 1 & 2, won round 3, and held on through 4.  They topped the crowd at 31.5 points.  Duggar, I Hardly Know Her! made a valiant run after a poor round1, but came up just short at 30.5 points.

If FKA Riker really only does once a year, that's too bad for them.  They were unable to snatch the winning chip from the bag.  That also means that next week is a GUARANTEED JACKPOT!  Whichever team can rise above the rest will take it all home.

Almost our highest

Maybe we were #tooeasy on you this week.  After all, the winning score was a 37.5, which is tied for our second highest score of all our 5.5 years (38 is the highest).  Or, maybe our winning team was just that badass.  All Bros, No Hoes was pretty dominant on the night. They won 2 rounds, and tied for the round lead in another.  And after it all, they were ahead by 1.5 points.  But, they didn't pull the jackpot chip. That means...next week is 50/50!

We had 112 people this week, and 21 teams this week, so you can expect that next week will be just as busy.  Remember, we start registration around 7:15 and tables are first come, first served. If you show up at 7:45, you're likely to be out of luck on a seat.

Do They Need a Ticket?

What a good game this last week. 91 people played on 19 different teams.  Four different teams won rounds and two of the rounds were tied.  The top five teams were all within 2.5 points. Three teams tied for 2nd place a point back from the lead. 

The team that ended up with the win was Swedish Sluts Get Off at the Slutstation. However, the weren't able to pull the jackpot chip so that will keep growing next week.

Sing A Long

This week at Pub Quiz we'll be getting down to 2 songs from this year, and 2 songs from 2001.