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.

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

The top three teams this week all finished within three points of each other this week, with Expecto Patronizing Remarks one point ahead of Los Pervertibles De La Noche.  However, Expecto didn't pull the jackpot chip, and so next week there will only be two chips in the bag.

Fresnocity came on strong in round 4, winning that round and picked these topics for next week's round 2:
Mary Poppins (movie)
The Justice League (comic books)
The films of John Hughes
Les Miserables (the musical)
Beatles song lyrics
Doonesbury characters
California Politics
Physics
Sara Benincasa
Rides and Attractions at Disneyland
Jesus Christ Superstar lyrics
Miss Mona's No-No Rules
Downtown Fresno
NFHS basketball rules

Thanks again to everyone that played.  We appreciate that you make Pub Quiz a regular part of your week.

Evil Dwelt, won

It was a dominant win for I Made Evil, Dwelt: Lewd, Live Ed Am I this week.  They were a song tie-breaker away from winning all four rounds.  They ended up with 35 points after winning rounds 1, 2, and 4 with Los Pervertibles de la Noche taking down round 3.  As dominant as I Made Evil, Dwelt: Lewd, Live Ed Am I were on the night, they still didn't pull the jackpot, so next week there is a 1 in 3 chance.

Here are the topics picked by I Made Evil, Dwelt: Lewd, Live Ed Am I for next week's round 2:
Ginny Weasley
Sirins Black
Neville Longbottom
Moaning Myrtle
Severus Snape
Nymphadora Tonks
Mad Eye Moody
Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
Oliver Wood
The Grey Lady
Bellatrix Lestrange
Victor Krum
Gellert Grindelwald
Minerva mcGonagall

Yep, those are all Harry Potter characters, so get your muggle on.

Commander Rikurry and Rice Tastes Success

Another week, another good time at Pub Quiz.  When it was all said and done, the top 3 teams were all within 2 points of each of, and the next 4 were only another 1 or 2 points off of that.  And even though it was so close, one team actually managed to win rounds 1, 3, and 4.  That team, Commander Rikurry & Rice.  They ate up the competition but were not able to pull the jackpot chip from the full bag.  So, next week the jackpot starts to build.

Since they won round 4, as is custom, they chose topics for next week's round 2.  Here's what you should study:
Plate Tectonics
Diseases You Can Die From
South Lake Tahoe Nightclubs
Mormonism
Las Vegas, Nv.
Futurama
They Might Be Giants
Friar's Club
Palindromes
Giant Garter Snakes
1920's Burlesque
Foods Outlawed in California
Armenian Food
Hermaphrodites We Know and Love, Again!

There you have it.  Study up and enjoy.  We'll see you next Wednesday at Pub Quiz.