Jan. 9 Seattlest Trivia Results
Apparently there's a reason we don't usually start the quiz fuelled by a shot of Jack Daniel's -- we give away answers. Sharp-eared teams -- which was most of them -- noticed that we gave away the answer to a Wizard of Oz question when talking about Hugh Rockoff's interpretation of the book as a parable about the gold standard. We didn't realize it until we were reading the answers, and suddenly understood why Brazilian Mietze had wagged their fingers at us.
Lesson learned: we should shut up more frequently, or at least use a script for our extemporaneous remarks.
The Old Pequliar was packed to the gills last night, with 22 teams competing for a total of $220 in US currency. The Meddling Kids, tied with NAMBLA at halftime, edged away with the win in the second half of the competition. To Surge, With Love won the final tiebreaker to take home third place, while Vas Deferens De Gama had to settle with picking the topic of a round next week.
Vas Deferens' round of choice next week: Beer. Everyone head over to the Wikipedia page and start cramming.
Congratulations to Burning Sensation, who beat The Rise and Fall of Spine-Tingling Toast to win the coveted last-place collection of swag. Wear it proudly.
Finally, congratulations are also due to the Old Pequliar, who recently revamped their menu. Decent mac & cheese, guys!
1) The Meddling Kids, 66 -- $150!
2) NAMBLA Will Have the Foot-Long Sausage with Tots on the Side, 62 -- $50!
3) tie: To Surge, With Love and Vas Deferens De Gama, 60 -- $20 to Surge, topic pick to Deferens
5) Hot Albuquerque Nights, 58
6) Albert Crush those Nuts, 57
7) The Roses, 53
8) tie: The Cowboys and the Sad Sad Song, The Perfect Score, and Uncle Bobo Is Dead, 51
11) tie: Paint the Town Brown, The Raging Alcoholics, Team Kevin, and Vertical Bacon Sandwich, 48
15) Check Out Britney Spears' Meat Curtains, 46
16) tie: Parking Chairs and The Purple Puffins, 44
18) The Ballard Bastards, 41
19) tie: Brazilian Mietze and The Comfort Mongers, 39
21) tie: Burning Sensation and The Rise and Fall of Spine-Tingling Toast, 38 -- Burning takes home the swag!
We already posted the quiz to QuizNight.net and don't feel like formatting it twice in one day, so here's a link to all the Qs and As. Next Tuesday, Seth hosts but David writes the questions. Confused? No more so than we are.
