You Played for the Moneypenny and Got It

It was a jackpot night, and we had a nice game with four different teams winning rounds. And, there were several round ties.  We had a rarity, where two teams tied in round 1 at the top, and they picked the exact same time for the song.  Fortunately, they were cool about it and split the chips.  We're Playing for the Moneypenny also tied for the top spot on 2 rounds but lost them on the song length tie breaker. A very strong round 3 pushed them out into the lead and they didn't let up. Their play got them the win, and the guaranteed jackpot. Before the Cock Crows Twice, Thou Shalt Gasm Thrice took home the 2nd place prize.  Next week the jackpot starts over, so take your shot.

Holy Shit! They Broke Mutual Masturbation was our randomly chosen team for round two topics and here's what they came up with:
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Archer
The Mother Sauces
Quidditch through the Ages
English Premier League Soccer
Scandinavia and the World (comic)
Classic American Coctails
Knitting Notions
Pre-2007 Tori Amos
WW 2 Aircraft
Emperor Norton
Exalted (2nd Edition RPG White Wolf)
Bars in Castro, San Francisco
Charcuterie

Hit the books and we'll see you next Wednesday.

Guest Hosts Are Always the Best Hosts

We love guest hosts. Not only does it give our brains a week off from coming up with questions, it also gives us a chance to play.  Thanks to Fresnocity for filling our shoes this Wednesday.  Congrats to Alana is Satan on their win  and taking home a stand alone jackpot.

Next week, we'll return to our normal format with Adam and Ed at the front table, testing your knowledge. Remember, there will only be 1 chip in the jackpot bag, so if your team wins the game, you'll win the jackpot.

Don't You Want Me, Riker was randomly selected for Round two topics a week ago, and here's what they think you should study up on:
Famous Jesus Christ quotes
Microbats
High Fidelity (movie)
Famous UFO encounters
Disneyland.com
Pentatonix
Puns
Loni Anderson's Plastic Surgeries
James Bond's villains
Pootie Tang (movie)
Jason Mraz
Dollywood Theme Park
Geography of Scotland
Wild West Outlaws

It looks like we all have our work cut out. Get your study on, and we'll see you next Wednesday at Pub Quiz.

Where Would I Periodically Find That?

This week we had our second alternate night game on a Tuesday.  Thanks to the 12 teams that were able to make it out.  It was a good, close game, and again, there were 4 different round winners.  The team that won the game, It's Boron, Dumbass, didn't even win one of the rounds, but were consistent enough to pull off the victory.  They weren't able to pull that jackpot chip, so in two weeks, they'll have a chance to take it all home.  And so will you.

Wait a minute, two weeks? That's right.  Next week, we return to our Wednesday night game on 4/16, but we'll have a guest host. Fresnocity is stepping up to the head table, and they'll be writing all the questions for the night. As always when we have a guest host, it's a stand alone game. That means no topics and an automatic jackpot.  If your team can outsmart everyone else over four rounds you'll get paid!

Don't You Want Me, Riker? was randomly selected for Round 2 topics for the game on 4/23, and we'll post those next week.  That game will also be a winner take all jackpot, as we'll be down to 1 chip left in the bag.

Thanks again for being flexible players and working with our wacky schedule over these last two weeks.

He Loves Zombies, Zombies Love Your Brains

Going into this week, we were a little worried that we might be the only people that showed up for our Pub Quiz. We didn't know if you would think the change of night was an April Fools joke or what. We didn't know if everyone had their Tuesday nights all filled up.  Fortunately, most of you were still able to make it. We had fourteen teams flexing their mental muscles all over each other.  The game had four different round winners, and every round was won by an 8 or better.  Look at the big brains on you all.  By the end of the night, PS, Adam Hearts the Walking Dead managed to be the brainiest.  However, they were the luckiest, and didn't draw the jackpot chip. Next week, it will be 1 in 3 odds.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Was Commandeered by Barney Stinson was randomly drawn for round two topics, and here's what they chose:

Talladega Nights
Chuck Ragan (musician)
Game of Thrones Season 4 Ep. 1
Rick and Morty (tv show)
Baking Terminology
Moonstruck (movie)
The Fifth Element (movie)
Giant (movie)
Rebel Without A Cause (movie)
The Three Stooges - original
Mormonism
Health Care Associated Infections
Banshee (tv show)
The Americans (tv show)

If you don't know, now you know. Study up.

Remember, next week's Pub Quiz will be on Tuesday again. We will return to our normal Wednesday slot on April 16th.

Heretics Confess and Win

We had a pretty packed house this week at Pub Quiz.  We always love that, and it often brings about a close game with lots of teams in the running.  This week was like that, with a few lead changes, round ties, and a small controversy.  The Heretics professed the right answers early and often, and although they only won one round, they took the game.  However, they didn't win the jackpot, so it starts to roll.

Sometimes we get answers wrong. It's rare because we're so awesome.  but, if we do, don't feel bad challenging a question/answer. We'll check your sources, and our sources, and get back to you.  When we're wrong, we like to try and correct our errors, and provide you all with the best game possible. This week, we didn't accept an answer from two teams in round four.  Upon further review, their answers were correct (Warnog, the officially licensed Star Trek beer would also be an ale, which we originally didn't accept.)  Those two score changes didn't affect the overall game, but it did actually change the round 4 winner.  Originally, we thought the Cheap Beer Princesses won the round, but it turns out that Holy Shit!! Ocelots? won the round.  So, we've got some drink tokens for that team, and they can collect them next week.  Sorry for the error, and we'll keep working hard to not have these sort of issues.

The Cuddle Struggle is Real was our randomly selected team for round two topics, and here is what they chose for you to study:
Food Network Channel
The Office (show)
NBA
Entourage (show)
Coachella 2014
Celebrity Couples
NFL
How I Met Your Mother (show)
Friends (show)
90's Nickelodeon Shows
Famous Arcade Games
That 70's Show (show)
IT/Computers (general)
Beer

REMEMBER, WE HAVE A SCHEDULE CHANGE THESE NEXT TWO WEEKS - PUB QUIZ WILL BE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 1 AND TUESDAY, APRIL 8 THESE NEXT TWO WEEKS. We'll return to our normal schedule on Wednesday, April 16.

Study up, and we'll see you next Tuesday for Pub Quiz.

Does Frank Underwood Gasm?

Strong starts don't always win pub quiz. Strong finishes don't either. Sometimes, the team that is consistent across the rounds wins.  This week, House of Gasms started strong. They lost round one on the song length tie breaker, then came up a little short in round two. But they stayed strong then won rounds three and four. When it came time for the jackpot drawing, their luck was strong, and they won it all.  Congrats on that! That means the jackpot starts fresh next Wednesday.

4 the Mare was randomly chosen for round two topics, and so here is what you should study for next week's round 2:
Original 150 Pokemon
90's Nickelodeon shows
Fresno/Madera Golf Courses
Respitory Diseases
Physics
Math
Tennis Champions
Walking Dead (tv show)
True Detective (tv show)
Workaholics (tv show)
ESPN Announcers/Analysts
Celebrity Couples
Parks and Recreation (tv show)
California Pro Sports Teams

Get fresh, study back back back back back, and we'll see you next week at Pub Quiz.

One final note: due to scheduling issues, we will have Pub Quiz on Tuesday, April 1 and Tuesday, April 8 instead of April 2 & 9. Please plan accordingly.

Satan is a Winner

This week started off with a bang, as Stevenik, Scottnik, Corinenik, Nick, Nick & Kim scored 10s in each of the first two rounds. But Alana is Satan was right behind them. In the end, these two teams were tied at 35 points. Alana is Satan won the tie breaker to be the night's winner, but there didn't pull the jackpot chip. Next week, it'll be 1 in 3 odds.

On the night Arthur Chu lost on Jeopardy, a team named Arthur Chu was chosen for round 2 topics. In an interesting twist, it was their first time playing pub quiz with us. We love that random drawing element.  Anyway, here are the study topics they picked for next week's round 2:
Evolutionary Psychology
Statistics
Cold War
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
California's Gold with Huell Howser
House of Cards
Poker
Yosemite
Geo-politics
NFL
Reddit
Weightlifting
Sexual Fetishes
Breweries

Study up and we'll see you next Wednesday.


As a reminder, we will be switching Pub Quiz off the normal night onto Tuesday April 1st and 8th, and then back to Wednesdays.