July 19, 2011

Tonight is a regular 4 players: Mike, Owen, Steve & Myself.  We have a couple of new Hosts for tonights game.  This is Michael & Charity

They started hosting last week while I was enjoying a vacation out west.  We have 11 teams playing tonight. 

In the very first round was the hard question of "What does a Ornithologist study"  I had no idea, however the guys on the team thought it out and we went with Birds.  Here is the definition for those of you who want to know:  Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

Now you all know why I'm so proud of these guys!  Not to mention, they are some cool friends to hang out with. :)

We breezed on through getting all 10 points at half time and doing pretty good in the Rapid rounds. But alas, when it came down to the FINAL question, we bet it all and Lost.  It sure didn't stop us from having a great night and enjoying a lot of laughs. 

The winners for 1st place tonight was:  Baby Monkey's 

I'ld love to tell you who was in 2nd and 3rd place, however my notes don't contain it and so I'm at a loss.  So that completes this weeks blog and now I must move on to the next weeks events. 

Answer to July's trivia poll

In mythology, on which Greek Island did Sappho write poems for her female admirers?

Answer: Sappho's poetry centers on passion and love for various personages and both genders. The word lesbian derives from the name of the island of her birth, Lesbos.

I think for the August poll I'm going to change it around some.  To see how it works, I'm going to post a trial one for this week. 

July 5, 2011

Well it's 4am and I'm not sure I should be allowed to write at the moment.  However, I'm awake so I might as well get a few things done. 

14 teams playing.  On our team tonight is:  Mike, Owen, Steve and myself. 

We started out with knowing the song, but I couldn't remember who it was done by.  So here it is: Give Me Everything ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack, Nayer  http://youtu.be/EPo5wWmKEaI  (Caution to those who don't like rap) 

By half time we were only up to 24 points having blown round 3 totally.  So tonight was not shaping up at all like we wanted.  On a good note, the drinks were half gone and everyone was having a good time.

We gained some points by knowing this Classic Cartoon: 

Then took on rapid round 5 with a perfect score! In the Final Question, we decided to bet it all and dropped out of the winning.  Your winners are:

3rd:  Fearsom foursom

2nd:  Baby Monkey

1st:  Wild Stalion

The next week no one played, as it was a trip to Vegas, Grand Canyon, Area 51 and the Hoover Dam.  (Pictures to be posted on Google+ for that event)

June 30, 2011

A few of us all got together for a movie and then decided to go play trivia at Las Trojas.  Zack is our host and there are 10 teams playing.  Our team tonight is made up of Mike, Steve, myself and Amanda. 
We started out only getting the 6 point questions correct on the first 2 rounds and were thinking we was really in a slump. However, that started to turn around in the 3rd round and we started pulling back into the game some.  At half time we were all the way down in 6th place and not feeling good about a win.  We were still having fun and the company was great, so we continued on.  Rapid round 4 proved to be our best pull yet of the night, scoring a full set of points.  This boosted our pride a bit, who knew we could know so much about the theme Japan!  Now we are on to the last rapid round where the theme was 50/50.  We did pretty good here and had moved into 4th place for the final question.  The category was Art and the question proved to be a win for us.  We bid the max and waited for the final scores....while we finished up our drinks.

Owen couldn't be here tonight, as he is team leader over at Rugby's bar on Thursday's.  His team there is known as "Gump's Geeks" and a powerful team they are from my hearing of the 3 straight wins in 1st place!  Way to go over there.  You are missed here when we play on Thursdays, but we understand :)

Now back to the winners, We pulled off a 3rd place win tonight!  With "The Pacer's" taking 2nd and the 1st Place team was "The Clemson Tigers".  After the game, we met the Pacer's and learned about how they came up with there name. 

That's it for now folks, glad you took the time to read and since we NEVER get any Star Trek trivia, I'm going to leave you with a joke.

An oldie, but goodie as they say:

What does a Romulan frog use for camouflage?

-A croaking device.

June's Trivia

 Here was the question for June, Did you get it right?

On May 7, 1915, What British passenger ship was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland?

 Find your answer here