Seattlest Trivia Tonight: Here There Be Cougars!

Unlike rock gods, athletic heroes, or Warren Beatty, quiz hosts don't get groupies. (Not that we'd do anything with groupies, thoughts of our wife prompt us to add.)

But pub trivia playres? Look out! A probing report from Diane Mapes in the PI opened our eyes to the hot and heavy entanglements going on under our noses whenever we host. "Where do you meet guys in Seattle?" she's asked. Her answer: pub trivia.

Granted, I probably owned underwear older than a couple of the guys I joined forces with, but these outings weren't about pairing off but teaming up, getting to know people and their quirky areas of expertise -- anyone for British beer or bad celebrity bios? -- in the same way you got to know your study partners back in college. (You remember, that place where dating was easy?) It was comfortable, casual, cerebral fun, a Bizarro World bar scene where breast implants and Escalades would only score you points if you happened to know what year they first came on the market.

Now that we know this is going on, if we can help you crazy kids hook up at all, let us know. We've always wanted to play matchmaker.

Otherwise, it's quiz as usual tonight at the Old Pequilar in Ballard. James is hosting. You could win valuable cash, swag, or sexy PI writers on the prowl.

Rules: No more than five people per team, $5 per team to play. The three top scoring teams win cash. Someone else wins swag, and whichever team's in fourth place at halftime wins a pitcher of beer.

The quiz starts at 8:00 sharp. Sign-up starts about 7:45; tables can be hard to get after 7:00, but you never know. Looks like it's prime quiz weather outside.