And for answering one trivia question ahead of time, your team could win a free pitcher of beer: What Seattle-based company can be added to this list, and more importantly, why? Enron, Worldcom, 7-Eleven, McDonald’s, and Olive Garden Email james at seattlest.com with your answer. One team that gets it right will win the bar credit, but every team that gets it right will be emailed one of the super-secret round topics to help with......

First things first: Yesterday's pre-quiz trivia question, worth $50 in bar credit. What city fills in this blank, and why? Seattle, Hong Kong, ________, Bangkok, San Francisco A couple of people guessed that they were the cities Bruce Lee had lived in, but they gave different answers for the blank. Great thought, but wrong. The correct answer: Sydney. Why? They're the floors in the parking garage at Pacific Place. Congrats to two members of team......

Yes, it's the second Tuesday of the month, but it's Seattlest Trivia night nonetheless. And for answering one trivia question, your team could be the proud consumers of $50 bar credit. That question: What city fills in this blank, and why? Seattle, Hong Kong, ________, Bangkok, San Francisco Email james at seattlest.com with your answer. After several months of relatively easy (i.e., Googleable) questions, this one's harder. One team that gets it right will win......

Seattlest Trivia draws Seattle's sharpest teams, but we're still sometimes dazzled by the breadth of your knowledge. On July 1, teams averaged over 6 points on 7 of 8 rounds (brush up on Fictional Plants), including a very strong performance (6.94 points!) on Britney Spears. In the end, Reichert Did It squeaked out a half-point victory over Steve Pool Party in My Pants (70 to 69.5), thanks in part to a misremembered Die Hard title.......

Photo courtesy of Seattlest Flickr pool contributor Sprizee.Why? For one thing, you could win a free pitcher of beer--cool, refreshing beer--if you come in fourth place at half time. (Such a useful brain!) Or if you can answer this trivia question: Which Batman villain is a Seattle native? Email your response to james at seattlest.com. If you're right, you might win beer--I'll randomly select among everyone who submits the correct answer. You do have to......

First things first: Much to our own surprise, the [edit: second] most populous city in Eastern Washington (which is everything east of the Cascades, people; it's in Wikipedia, so it must be true) is Spokane Valley. We know. We thought it was Yakima, too. Turns out that when we triple-checked it, all the sources we had cited the 2000 census—but Spokane Valley incorporated in 2003, after the census. We stumbled into a trick question, but......

Wanna win a free pitcher of beer tonight at the Old Pequliar? You could make sure your team is in fourth place at halftime. Or you could answer this question: What's the second-most-populous city in Eastern Washington, after Spokane? Email your response to james at seattlest.com. If more than one team answers correctly, I'll pick the winner at random. Of course, you also have to show up at the Old Pequliar tonight to play pub......

It's the first Tuesday of the month, which means it's time to slip your brain into first gear and head to the Old Pequliar for Seattlest Trivia. You'll win cash if your team takes first, second, or third place, or you'll get swag if you win the battle for the bottom. You know what else? You can win a free pitcher of beer plus a copy of local trivia king L.M. Boyd's Boyd's Curiosity......

First things first: You can win a free pitcher of beer. All you have to do: be the first person to email us (james at seattlest dot com) with the correct answer to this question: Who was defeated by Jean Godden in 2003 and by Ken Jennings in 2004? Oh, you also have to show up tonight at the Old Pequliar. And while you're there, you might as well play the quiz. Details: Trivia starts......

Tonight's the night: The smartest trivia players in Seattle gather at the Old Pequliar for eighty questions. At stake: cash -- all the entry fees, doubled by the bar. Seattlest James is hosting, because it's the first Tuesday of the month. (It's also Super Tuesday, so he'll be glancing at the bar's television sets to see if "yes we can" translates into "yes we did.") Want a free pitcher of beer? Be the first......

Brand new year, same familiar venue: Seattlest Trivia returns to the Old Pequliar tonight, with Seattlest James hosting. If you're reading this, you probably know the drill: 5 players per team at most, $5 per team to play, the OP doubles the pot and first place wins a bunch of cash. Signup starts at 7:45, but the real mystery is when tables run out -- claim your spot early! We think this month's quiz is......

We have it on good authority -- namely, the UnSpun list of Best Pub Quizzes in Seattle, which we created last week and which has been voted on by a whopping 4 people -- that the quiz at the Old Pequliar is the 9th best trivia quiz in Seattle. Imagine how much better it will be this week, when we're not hosting! Instead regular player Kevin hosts. He's part of a team that regularly squashes......

Observation: Seattlest James hosts trivia at the Old Pequliar on the first Tuesday of the month. Observation: Tomorrow night is the first Tuesday of December. Conclusion: Seattlest James is hosting trivia tomorrow night at the Old Pequliar. What does this mean for you? A chance to pickle your brain while having your brain picked. A chance at fabulous prizes, including cash, cash, cash, beer, or t-shirts. A chance to hang out with your friends......

Look out, Kate's: Mulleady's is a new contender for Seattlest's favorite Monday trivia quiz. And since we only came in second place, you know we actually like it. The host kicked off trivia with theme music, and we were immediately jealous. If we can figure out how to play Darth Vader's entrance theme next time we host at the Old Pequliar, we're totally ripping off that idea. The questions were a potpourri -- some......

Last night the Old Pequliar was out of cider for the second week in a row. And we were sad, because we don't drink beer (sorry Geoff) and had to get through the quiz powered solely by a cheeseburger, criss-cut fries, and Diet Coke. Then the bartender revealed a cruel truth: All the pubs in Seattle are out of cider on tap, at least until the 17th. "There was a bad shipment," he said. One......

Seventeen teams showed up at the Old Pequliar last night to see if our voice would give out. We managed to get through the evening without having a Peter Brady moment, but we're grateful to those of you who were willing to step up to the mic at a moment's notice. We thought we'd produced a slightly more difficult quiz than usual, but we were proven wrong -- every team got 40 or more......

Here's the thing: we're hosting trivia tonight. And, in a refreshing change, our voice is less Gilligan yodeling for the Skipper and more Will Arnett narrating the Grindhouse trailer for Don't. That comes at a price, though, since it's due to a friendly virus brought home by our toddler. Our voice may give out entirely, or we may just not be able to amp it up to our usual volume. We'll be there for you,......

All of Seattlest will be struggling to remember that Sunday is the day we turn our clocks back one hour. We hope you remember too. Kim is so much of a puppy-lover, that she’s donating her Saturday to the folks at Pasado Safe Haven. She’ll spend Saturday night helping her mandolin player and his girlfriend celebrate their new wood floors. Sunday is dedicated solely to NaNoWriMo. The Cinerama is showing the super-extra-ultra-final cut of Blade......

What can we say about Seattlest Trivia that we haven't said before? You already know you can win US dollars. Sure, they may be worth a little less than they were a few weeks ago, but you can still exchange them for goods and services. You already know you can play on a team of up to 5 people, and it's just $5 for the whole team. The Old Pequliar doubles the pot, so......

And thank god for that. Eighteen teams turned out for Seattlest trivia at the Old Pequliar last night. And in a refreshing change from the last time we hosted (when we're pretty sure someone scored in negative numbers), scores ranged from a high of 70 to a low of 49 -- a tight race. Congratulations to first-place winners For the 17th Time, It's a Vagina, Not a Clown Car, who took home $110. Congratulations to......

Blah blah blah trivia tonight blah blah blah Old Pequilar blah blah blah James hosting. More details? We're hosting the pub quiz tonight at the Old Pequliar in Ballard. It is our sincere hope and belief that this week's quiz is easier than the last time we hosted, but we could always be rudely surprised, we hope. Regardless of actual difficulty level, someone's winning prizes, and it might just be you and your motley......

"It's easy to hate you!" said one player last night at the Old Pequliar. We're sure it was. Last night's quiz turned out to be unreasonably difficult, and we felt bad about it even as the nightmare was unfolding in front of our eyes. Average score in round 1, Geography? 3.3 out of 10. Average score in round 2, A Fine Romance? Better! But only by half a point -- 3.85 out of 10.......

Three short weeks ago, it was Seattlest trivia night. Tonight, we're back, hosting the pub quiz at the Old Pequliar in Ballard. Assemble a team of up to five brainiacs and let us ask you questions. You can win valuable cash, and also prizes (well, swag). Rules: No more than five people per team, $5 per team to play. The three top scoring teams at the end of 80 questions win cash. Someone else wins......

If it's Tuesday at some random interval after the last time we hosted, it must be Seattlest Trivia night at the Old Pequliar pub in Ballard. What's that mean for you? You can assemble a team of up to five and come let us pick your brain. You know it's more fun than the survey we asked you to fill out -- and you can win money, to boot. Rules: No more than five......

"I hate 'guessing' trivia," a friend of ours said yesterday. "I don't care if we don't know the answer. But there has to be at least a nonzero chance that some applied consideration will get the team within spitting distance of it." He was speaking about another quiz he'd been to, but by the end of the quiz at Fremont's George & Dragon pub we were chuckling wryly at his foresight. Applied consideration left......

Seattlest James took a time-out from showering the Nickels administration with Gwen Stefani tickets and El Gaucho gift certificates to host the quiz last night at the Old Pequliar. Nine teams took refuge from the sunshine and warm weather to sit in a dimly -- excuse us, atmospherically -- lit bar and answer 80 questions in an attempt to win money. It was an intimate turnout. The winners? Freshly renamed The Origin of Spensor......

And we're back. After several weeks of very capable -- but inescapably non-Seattlest -- hosts, Seattlest James returns to the Old Pequliar's hosting chair for the first time since April. He has cracked his knuckles, burned out on Wikipedia, and is ready to serve as a pale imitation of Alex Trebek. (But a ruddier imitation of Peter Tomarken.) Regular topics: movies, geography, and picture rounds. Secret topics: secret. Teams are capped at 6 players,......

The quick answer: there is still Seattlest Trivia at the Old Pequliar. But now it only comes around every five weeks or so. After Seattlests Seth and David hung up their quiz caps, a number of people signed up to join the quiz-hosting rotation at the Old Pequliar. (So for now, no slots are open.) Regular players NAMBLA debuted as hosts this past Tuesday with an excellent quiz, and they'll be doing it again.......

Last night it was the Fucking A's turn to drink from the shot glass of victory. They were the big winners at Seattlest Trivia, and took home...a large amount of money. The Lushy McLushertons and The Gasface slushed around for a second place tie, which was won by the former Laser Rocket Arms. Seattlest David would like to point out to all those in attendance, that even without the six Mirror Pounds, he still would......

Apparently Seattlest David’s round of 'Racial Stereotypes That Are True' angered a few people, and tonight will be his last night hosting Seattlest trivia at the Old Pequliar in Ballard. If that’s not enough reason to be there, David’s got a bunch of bar credit to drink his way through and microphone, so something will definitely go horribly wrong. The questions start flying at 8pm, it's $6 per team to play, and you can have......