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.......

Seattlest has heard good things about the All-Star Pop Culture quiz at Jillian's ever since it started up. We still haven't had a chance to check it out—Tuesday's our regular trivia night, even when we're not hosting. But since the spring season kicks off tonight, we did the next best thing: interviewed Trevor Trifiro, the brains behind the quiz. Assume I've never played pub trivia before. What should I expect when I come to All-Star......

Tonight is the fifth in the Do-or-Die/Must-Win primary series that will hopefully be over by the Olympics. Texas and Ohio are the only states to care about, mainly because Vermont and Rhode Island haven't carried any clout since they both went for John Adams. So if you're not heading down to the Old Pequilar for Quiz Night, or over to Neumos for British Sea Power, why not turn on the TV and watch as......

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.......

Blame NAMBLA. Not that NAMBLA. Or even the North American Marlon Brando Look Alikes. Nope, blame Seattlest trivia regulars NAMBLA, who always come up with the most twisted (and often the funniest) team name of the night. Fast Times at NAMBLA Elementary's fourth-place finish last week meant they got to pick the theme of a round this week. Their chosen theme: Famous Pedophiles. If you're reading this at work, you're probably too late to......

A good rule of thumb for playing trivia: When in doubt, go with your first answer. It saves arguing and cuts right through potentially endless cycles of self-doubt. Unfortunately, Tuesday night at the Hopvine, that rule of thumb failed us. Twice. And left our team, I Am Anna Nicole's Babydaddy, in second place. "What philosopher is associated with deconstructionism?" Our gut answered quickly: Baudrillard. Wait a second, said our brain, I think it's Derrida. Our......

What was the big news of the last week? Crazy lady astronaut stalker, no contest -- three teams riffed on NASA's PR nightmare for their names. NASA, a.k.a. Need Another Screening Application, took first prize after winning the tiebreaker question, narrowly edging out Isaac Asimazel-tov. NASA won last week, under a different name, so may be shooting for a Hüsker Don't-style domination of Old Pequliar quiz night. Last Ones to Know won third place outright,......

25 teams! Free ashtrays for the taking! Controversy about whether or not Bangor is a "city" or just part of Bremerton! And a geeky white boy dance-off to close the evening! Yes, last night's Seattlest trivia at the Old Pequilar was, again, a madhouse -- the fun and exciting kind of madhouse. Our friend Brannon fulfilled a lifelong dream of writing a trivia quiz and making his friend read all the questions -- and a......

"The bums will always lose!" They can blow up our car, but they cannot stop trivia. "They" = "the fates." Last week's fourth-place team, Faust, requested a round on The Big Lebowski. That's the prize for fourth place: round topic of your choice. Faust chose the Dude. (They also said they were going to email us with some info about Lebowski Fest, but they didn't, so Metblogs got that scoop. That's Faust for you --......

Unless a sudden, savage blizzard strikes in the next couple of hours -- unlikely -- Seattlest trivia will proceed as planned tonight at Ballard's Old Pequliar pub. Expect the usual: a geography round, a movie round, and two picture rounds. And Vas Deferens De Gama, who came in fourth two weeks ago, requested a round on beer, so expect that as well. James hosts. Seth and David continue to watch local high school basketball. Signup......

A reader asks: I think you may be the Seattlest member who does trivia at the old peculiar. I'm just trying to plan my week ahead. Will you be doing trivia this holiday week. -Daranee Yes, Daranee, there is a quiz tonight. It exists certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world......

As we promised last week, Seattlest played the quiz at Kate's Pub last night. Our team, Eclectic Boogaloo, ended up winning the pot, although it took a tiebreaker round to get there. (Sorry, Ozzy's Outcasts. Good game.) Where & when: Kate's Pub in Wallingford, at 45th and Latona. Officially the quiz time is 8:00, but rumor has it that it usually starts later. Last night, it got started at about 9:00 and finished about 10:20.......

Answers will be forthcoming this afternoon, along with final standings and any other information we feel like we can cram into a post. In the meantime, entertain yourself with the questions from last night's quiz at the Old Pequliar: Round 1: Geography 1) What is the busiest airport in Europe, measured by passenger traffic? 2) What glacier created Lake Washington, Puget Sound, and Green Lake? 3) What country is home to the tallest skyscraper in......

Want to flaunt your cerebellum? Head to the Old Pequliar in Ballard tonight. Seattlest's trivia night starts at 8:00 sharp, with Seattlest James hosting. You can have up to 5 people on your team, and it costs just $5/team to play. Winner takes home the bulk of the pot -- $100 for the last few weeks, with second and third place teams taking home less money, and last place taking home swag. Want to......

Game show contestants get tons of ass. In fact, it's a scientific fact that if you appear on any game show you will get laid within 48 hours. Now, before you head off to L.A. to get in on this sweet, sweet action, you should hone your skills at Seattlest's Quiz Night. (Oh, sorry, we mean game show-playing skills.) 8pm at the Old Pequliar in Ballard. It’s five dollars per team to play, there are......

Tuesday night, Seattlest decided to ratchet up the difficulty level on the quiz at the Old Pequilar. And we think that worked well. We heard bitching, but it was good, brain-smacking bitching, not lynch-the-quiz-host bitching. A record 14 teams signed up to play, which meant nice, large prizes: first place took home $100, second $25, and third $15. Round 8, our "identify the picture book by its cover" round, brought out some of the most......

This has got to change: the most comprehensive information on quiz nights in this town is a four-and-a-half-year-old article from the PI. We know it's outdated--it mentions that the "team to beat" at the George & Dragon isn't Elvis, or even Spear Britney, but some team named Spiny Norman we've never heard of even though we've been playing there for three years. Although we're regulars at the George & Dragon (Tuesdays at 8 -- our......