July 2012 Trivia

July 3, 2012

Tonight's team: Steve, Owen, Mike and myself.  

We were all geared up for the celebration tomorrow that we started enjoying the drinks a bit to early.  We started off missing the Fireworks question.  Continued on the downward spiral of missing some of the easy questions.  However the laughter was in full swing at the table and we were having a good time.  By the Final question, we were only at 39 points (we like to have at least 34 by half time)  So needless to say we bet it all on the Final question and as luck would have it, We lost that too...LOL  Our all time lowest score since we started the team!  After trivia we all went over to see Robbie at the WEG (as we call it) and had a few more drinks there.  BTW...Bad Idea took 1st place tonight.  

July 10, 2012

Players are: Andrea, Amanda, Steve, Owen, Justin, Amoreena, Tru and Myself.

Tonight we are playing against 16 teams!  Talk about some tough competition people, everyone came here to win tonight!  We only missed 1 question in the first 3 rounds of play and only lost 2 points during the half time round.  That was really good considering it was today's music hits.

We only missed 1 question in the next 2 rapid rounds, so we were looking good for the Final Question, feeling that we had the correct answer for sure, we bid the max.  The question was:  What was the best seller before 1936?  Anyone care to take a guess without google helping you out?  I'll get back to this in a few, just in case you are still thinking on it.  This is Andrea's first time playing with us, she is the young lady on the right.  She came out to visit me before her wedding (in 2 weeks), glad she could join us.  

*Look for the answer to the question at the bottom of this post

July 24, 2012

I'm not sure who was on our team tonight, for some reason, I skipped that part of the writing in my notes.  I'm guessing it was our core team.  I'm sure I thought I would blog before 6 months passed and I couldn't remember any more!

The questions were a bit tough, as we took 2nd place with a grand total of only 52 points. 3rd place winner was at 32 points and the 1st place team only had 59 points.

Well that complete's the month of July 2012 and brings me to the oversight of the June 12th game.

June 12, 2012

We joined Owen and played on the "Gump's Geeks" team at the 3rd Base Grill over on South Parkway.

This game was a little different, yet I had a great time playing.  On our team was: Owen, Jim, Steve and Myself.  There are only 4 rounds here with 5 questions per round.  They give a prize at the end of each round and being the new team, Owen had to "show em what we got"  He did a good dance and the game is very relaxed here.  I wish I could remember the winning teams, however I know we won a couple prizes, the guys loved the beer win!  I wouldn't mind playing here sometime again. The only draw back is it's a smoking bar and I'm not a smoker.  I don't think anyone on our team tonight was either.  No matter, it was fun and we were out of there before the chain smoking started.  If you are reading this and think that I'm down on you for smoking, I'm NOT, I just don't want to be subjected to it in close quarters is all.  To each their own.

Now for that little matter of the *question that needs an answer.  How many of you looked it up?  Did anyone really bother to think about it?  Maybe you already know the answer?  If so, leave me a commit and I'll write the correct answer in the commit section over the weekend and YES, honest I will or Steve will do it for me..right Steve?

Ok, I've enjoyed writing and have to go now.  It's girls night out for D2 and I get to host.  Have fun everyone and get out of that little circle you are in and meet some new people, try some new foods and live your lives to the fullest.

Has it really been that long??

Hello Everyone,

I had no idea I had left this blog for so long.  I knew I was working to much and trying to get so many things done.  Gosh, how to even start on catching you up to date.

I was having some health issues and did have surgery back in June 2012.  Of course I can't say that it made me not write, because I attended DeepSouthCon for the whole weekend.  I will admit I was not my normal energetic self at all, yet I had so much fun.

So here we go, going to give you the run down as best I can pull it together.

May 10th, 2012
Steve, Bill, Herman and myself all played trivia.  There were 7 teams and we ended up in 4th place with the team DoubleDoors taking 1st place.

May 15th, 2012
Again there were 7 teams.  Playing tonight was:  Mike, Owen, Steve, Nicole and myself.  We started off doing so good and held our own all the way until the Final Question of the night.  We came in 2nd place and if we had bid 0, we would have held on to 1st place.  You have to love the hindsight of it all.  Taking the first place win tonight was: Bad Idea with only 3 points more than us.

May 17th, 2012  Tonight Steve and I went over to Tommy's Pizza to support Mallory as she hosted the trivia in a new location.

  Owen and Mike weren't up for the challenge tonight.  We didn't place tonight, yet we did have a lot of fun with some of the answers.  May I present your 1st place team:








May 22nd, 2012
We played at Las Trojas tonight.  Steve, Owen, Mike, and myself.  Venton Blandin also joined us for the game.  We played good and there was a packed out house tonight.  We bid the max on the Final round and didn't place at all.  We did have fun and that was what really matters to me.






May 29th, 2012
Tonight we had Steve, Mike and myself playing.  Mark has now joined the team, so everyone meet Mark
Glad to have you join us.






June 19th, 2012

Tonight I met Summer

 & Steve, the new hosts at Las Trojas on hwy 53. They did a great job at hosting.

 Owen, Steve (our Steve, not the host) and myself played against 9 other teams.  We took 1st place with a total of 93 points!  Felt GREAT to win.  I had us some shirts made, we will all be wearing them soon!



 June 26th, 2012
Our team tonight was Steve, Owen and Myself.
I didn't keep the best notes tonight as I can see.  I do know that Clemson Tigers took 1st place with 93 points and in 3rd place was Baker's Dozen.  From our scored, I can tell you we were behind going into the Final round and we bid the max and missed it.  So the only treasure we took home tonight was this napkin where we debated the Final Answer!

This brings us all the way up to July 2012 and I will start there either tomorrow or over the weekend and try to bring us all the way into this New Year!

So now I'm going to leave you with this look at our team shirts.  Thanks for reading and I will try not to let work take over my life.  Until next time...............

Trivial Knowledge OR Knowledge of Triva

Playing Brainblast trivia makes for a very good time. It gets you out of the house for a couple of hours to socialize with friends and if you have the right team mates, win some cool prizes.
For about an hour and a half, you are cut off from your cell phone so you don't have to worry about texts, incoming calls, and voice mails. Where we normally play, Las Trojas in Rocket City USA, known to many as Huntsville Alabama, we can enjoy a fine dinner and awesome drinks while we deliver the red a$$ to the opposing teams.
Our team has morphed over the last year or so we have been playing to include some awesome vessels of useless facts. Useless except when you are kicking butt at a Brainblast event that is.
If you are still working on building your team you should consider these simple tips.
First of all, it may seem like a great idea to have a bus load of people on your team. We have tried this a few times, and it does expand your knowledge base somewhat. Unfortunately though, it also makes for more distractions as people way down on the other end of the table can't hear what is being said on the other end. Obviously while debating the answer you need to whisper or talk in a low tone as to not help out the opposition.
There is also the problem of trying to divide up the winnings.
Our team captain. Sandy. came up with a good and fair way to do this, but it makes it much more difficult on large teams.
While we welcome anyone who would like to join us at anytime, we have pretty much decided that a mega size team isn't the best way to go.
What you need among your team mates is a couple of nerd fanboys. They seem to know trivia on movies and television shows pretty well.
Someone like Sandy, who I just mentioned, is a retired daycare provider and seems to have  a good knowledge of children shows and music from her years in that (what would have to be, Hellish) job. She is now a private investigator and brings in a vast array of info from that field.
We have a couple of engineers that play regularly with us, and of course that helps. They both are quite the history buffs and that is a tremendous asset.
One of our occasional team players, Bill, is very knowledgeable on musicals. Both Broadway and big screen. As disturbing as this fact was for all of us to find out, it has paid off on more than one occasion.
I am one of the fanboys I mentioned above. While I myself can not offer to much, their has been a time or two that a movie quote or Star Trek fact or something that only I knew the answer to was asked, and I was able to  contribute to a number one victory.
We have lucked out by having one team member who is truly the anchor of our team. Our teams Michael Jordan or Cam Newton. His trivial knowledge, er, knowledge of trivia is outstanding and he is always fun to hang with, win or lose. He knows who he is.
All of teams players are perfect for what we need. It makes for a great team experience.
The key to a winning team is diversity. You can never really pin down which direction Brainblast may be going that week, so your information sources should be from many fields.
Remember, the main thing is to have fun, and while losing is obviously not as much fun as winning, it is better than not playing at all.
Next time you find yourself in North Huntsville on a Tuesday night, drop by Las Trojas. Chances are we will be there. Go against us if you dare, or join us for the evening. It will be a blast.

April 24, 2012

We are all back at Las Trojas again tonight.  We have most of our crew all together, except our anchor Mr. Owen.  So for the record, we have: Steve, Mike, Justin, Amoreena, Tru and myself.  There are only 9 teams playing, which is very odd for a Tuesday night. 
Round 1 was a perfect score, however it was for all the other teams as well.  We moved into Round 2 and were getting them all correct until we reached the sports question.  Justin seemed to know all about the guy, yet couldn't come up with his name in time for the answer to be turned in.  Bobby Valentine was the answer to the Red Sox question.  I'm sure you all know who he is and his job title.
Round 3 would have been the perfect score again, yet we mixed up our North and South on the answer, so as you all know, it doesn't count if you know it and don't write it down correctly. 
The Half Time question was a really cool one and I'm so happy to see them branching out.  It was on Vampires!  We only missed one of these and we had so much fun with all of us getting the different era.  I have to say, this half time question was one of the best ones yet!  I can't wait until they do one on Star Trek or Space Movies...etc.
Ok, back to the game,  Rapid round 4 is a perfect score with Mike having read "Kite Runner"
then in Rapid Round 5 we were so sure of the correct answer for Presidents that we bid the highest on it, of course we didn't get that correct and it was a bit of a set back.  Having heard the question again, we knew how we messed up.  Now that puts us in a close place with the other teams.  We know that for the Final Question of History, we are going to have to out bid the other teams.  With the question read, the guys know the answer and take it up right away.  This giving us the lead to pull off a win tonight.  At the end of the game, we are pleased with our progress and waiting on the other teams. 
3rd place goes to "The Hard rollers" with 72 points
2nd place to "Jump the Shark" with 75 points
and as you all know by now, we owned the game tonight with a total of 82 points and the 1st Place prize....ROMERO'S REJECTS!

That's it for now.  We are thinking of playing tonight out at Tommy's again.  That would be if I can get off work in time.  Getting there at 6:00 makes it a bit difficult for me.  I'm hoping soon it will be at least 6:30.  Well, I best get going and say Hi to all my FB friends who have been missing me.  I need to get this pool open for the summer season.  Have fun everyone and enjoy the sunshine.

April 19, 2012  Tommy's Pizza

Tonight our team is Steve, Billy and myself.  We decided to help raise some awareness for the newest trivia location in Huntsville.  This is cool being close to home for me :)  We arrived early to find the good seats.  We found the sun was a factor in where we wanted to sit for the evening.  The Pizza was amazingly good and there were 5 teams present to play.  This is pretty good for starting up and I'm sure next week there will be more teams.  OK, on to the game!

Round 1 we started off with the State Capital of North Dakota, having spent a week there with the Army National Guard for 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It was a blast and that's what made me remember the answer as Bismarck. 

Round 2 was fun with the music question from AC/DC releasing which album in July 1980 that would be the "Back in Black" album!

Round 3 cost us a 4 point answer because we thought we knew the President answer that we clearly did NOT know.  However after having the answer read, we committed it to memory.

Now the half time question was about the 5 top oil producing States. I'll give you the top 3 and you figure out the last 2 on your own.  Alaska, Texas and North Dakota and that leaves?______________ and ________________.

We are now in 1st place with 32 points

Rapid Round 4 and 5 did us NO good at all.  For the first time in the history of Trivia, we all drew a blank, even on answers that should have been common sense.  So in just 2 rounds, we went from first place to not even in the running.  However we did have lots of fun and the pizza was a nice change from our normal meals.  I must say that I'm looking forward to playing here again soon.  We also were able to hang out with Tommy (the owner) for a little bit.  He was telling us all about his plans for the patio garden.  Now that is going to really make me want to be here playing trivia.  Next all we need is beer specials like they have at Las Trojas and it's a date!  I know what you are thinking, she doesn't drink beer...No I don't, however my buddies all do and they swear nothing goes with pizza like a good cold beer.  So we shall see what becomes of it all.

Oh, I should get back to the winners of tonights game.  From the scores just before the final question, we know that only the Dumbledore's Army was certain of their answer.  Either that or they are a go for broke theory team.  Since this is our first time to play any of these teams, we will have to learn how they function in order to use it for the Final Question bidding. 

in 3rd place with 54 points was the Fighting Mongooses

2nd Place with 63 points "Maximum Velocity Brotherhoods"

Tonights 1st place team was, as you already know from this blog, "Bumbledore's Army" with 81 points!  A BIG win for them tonight. 

That brings us to the end of this game and now only one more before I am completely caught up on this blog.  See you all again soon.