Alright, so here's the deal:

• I'm going to keep this blog short and sweet.  If I catch enough flak from you guys I'll switch it over to the statistcal analysis/essay you're used to.
• Ken Jennings read a round for you.  Buy his book Maphead, now available in paperback!
• Our Superteam Sorry MCA ...AKA Your License to Ill Expired took first place again.
• Duck, Duck, [Insert Random Animal] won second place.
• I had to beg most of you for email address but Claire gave me hers willingly and because of that she won a free beer.
• Joe was celebrating his birthday and he won our Heads/Tails game by giving my a faulty nickel to flip.  Heads EVERY time?  Cheating or not he won a birthday beer.
• Miranda won an inflatable tentacle arm from our email bonus prize box.  She also won the same thing a month ago.  Now she doesn't look weird using them because we all know one inflatable arm is ridiculous looking but two are completely normal.
• In case you missed it, I'm making a bulleted list.
• This is another bullet.
• Does anyone want to invade Canada with me?  It's really a personal vendetta and I'll give you the details later but let's just say they're hiding weapons of mass destruction up there.  That's all I need to say for an authorized invasion, right?
• Scroll through the old blogs for links to the spotify playlist, and stuff.  And I guess links to my facebook and twitter accounts too *cough* Claire *cough*
• Back to the Canada thing, I'm serious.  Who's in?
• In case you forgot that I'm using bullets, here's another one.
• Come back every week, but especially these next 6 - 8 weeks, and bring all of your friends with you.  You guys are my solace from the bullshit I deal with at work and that shit is going to suck for the next two months or so.  I would give you the details but then you would tell me to grow up, play nice, and stop throwing a pity party.  I don't want to hear that, I want to be angry and bitter then use you guys to build me back up every week so let's do that.  The more the merrier!
• Remember, if I didn't have you crazy idiots I would spend every Wednesday night beating off constantly instead of encouraging you to beat Off Constantly.  Where the hell have they been, anyway?
• I skipped a bullet
• Also, this polar bear can dance better than you.

I have lots of friends who are gay and/or black.  They all have HIV/AIDS.

WTF Just Happened Here?
We came, we quizzed, we conquered.  Did I miss anything?

Quiz Recap
Round 1 – Mystery Round
Average Score: 3.97; Aced by Wolf Moon Waxing and …AKA Break Glass To Lose
Maybe it’s because I’m not a chick or maybe it’s because I don’t stalk (most) dead people but I’m surprised at how many of you knew Stratford-Upon-Avon as quickly as you did.

Round 2 – AUDIO Xtreme Covers (16 points)
Average Score: 7.41; Aced and Jokered by PBR Please
I may have to add some of these to the playlist just to torture you guys.

Round 3 – I’ll Earn When I’m Dead
Average Score: 3.33; High score of 6 by Theta Terror
Even after all these years Albert Einstein still makes more in a single year than you’ll make in your life.  Remember, he’s dead.  How does that make you feel?

Round 4 – Recently in Stuff: Around the World Edition
Average Score: 5.78; Aced by 6 different teams
Although Kazakhstan glorious country, it have a problem, too.  That problem is a foreign minister who can’t just shut up and enjoy the financial boost that comes with satire.

Round 5 – VISUAL Don’t Adjust Your TV
Average Score: 7.12; Aced by 11 different teams
35 teams and an average over 7 points on a 8 point round?  If you scored less than 5 you’re clearly an idiot.

Round 6 – I Love My Dead Gay Round
Average Score: 3.54; High score of 6 by 4 different teams
Seriously guys, Jeff Dunham is not the only guy with a skeleton puppet.

Round 7 – VIDEO Rube Goldberg Devices
Average Score: 4.05; High score of 7 by Shake That Bear
The one from Mad Money was obviously the best.

Round 8 - Random Knowledge (16 points)
Average Score: 6.47; High score of 10 by Wolf Moon Waxing and Lumber Line (NEE #9)
If you ever find yourself in the desert remember that the odds of you dying from thirst are pretty low.  Whatever you do, keep your head above water.

*Average scores listed above are raw, PRE-joker scores.

Shoutouts
I think it’s funny how First Place… in Reverse finished almost dead center of the pack.

Remember the first thing you should do when you enter Tavern the Square is Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.

Scores and Prizes
69 points!  35 teams and you guys couldn’t even break 70.

PBR, Please won first place and a $30 gift card.

Wolf Moon Waxing took second place and a $20 gift card after winning the tie breaker.

The Dream Team of …AKA Break Glass To Lose fell down to third place this week when they lost the tie breaker.  Can you guys keep them down next week?

Matt won a Geeks Who Drink pint glass from my magical prize box.  David and Patrick also won prizes ranging from Geeks Who Drink bumper stickers to free beer for giving me their email addresses. 

Free Beer!
Score 86 or higher and I’ll buy you TWO rounds.

Music
My playlist is on Spotify.  Get rid of the crap, add some good stuff, and keep it clean.

Shameless Plugs
Sign up for the email list so you can take bonus prizes home for yourself and get sneak previews of what our rounds will be about each week. 

For other hints, stats, and information check out Geeks Who Drink on Facebook.  Twitter too.

And if you want you can follow me on Twitter or Facebook.

Our website (oh look at that, you’re already here!) has all sorts of fun tools and things such as:

• Become a Quizmaster
• Suggest a Round
• The Error-rogenous Zone for trying to tell us we’re wrong (which we’re not)
• Quiz For a Cause
• Private Events
• Our weekly Geek in Review
• And I guess we like to brag a little, too.  BEST IN BOSTON, 2012!

The Big Finish
Thanks again to everyone who voted on the Boston Phoenix Best of Boston awards to help us win BEST TRIVIA NIGHT IN BOSTON 2012!  We like being the best so we always welcome feedback via Facebook, Twitter, or comments here on the blog.

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...title brought to you courtesy of Sara during Round 2.

WTF Just Happened Here?
Jon and Jim joined forces with Paul and the rest of AKA and we now have pub quiz dream team.  I guarantee they will place in the top 5 every single week from now on so I DARE you to take them down.

Other than that we had a quiz made just for Allston!  There was 4/20, Hipsters, Starbucks, and Zooey Deschanel.  She was actually AT THE QUIZ.  Her voice was, anyway.

Quiz Recap
Round 1 – A Round on 4/20 You Don’t Have to Be High to Ace
Average Score: 4.77; Aced by Penguin: 1 ... AKA Newt: 0
Hitler was so hip he went underground for his 56th birthday and never came back.

Round 2 – AUDIO Put Your Lips Together and Blow (16 points)
Average Score: 6.53; High score of 14 by Get It
Yes, it was about whistling, but subliminally it’s about more than that.  Don’t Worry Be Happy?  Obviously I’m happy when you put your lips together and blow.  Tighten Up and Good Life?  Those are self explanatory.  The Stranger?  Mass SL,UTs know all about that.  Don’t Stop?  Obviously.  La La Love You?  If it was as good as it sounds I might utter those words to keep it going.  Me & Julio Down By the School Yard?  Paul Simon is a dirty, dirty man.

Round 3 – My Hometown is Pretty Obscure, You’ve Probably Never Heard of It
Average Score: 4.89; High score of 7 by Penguin: 1 ... AKA Newt: 0
London, England is not in America.  San Juan, Puerto Rico is.

Round 4 – Stars, Bucks, and Starbucks
Average Score: 4.18; High score of 7 by Shake That Bear
The NBA’s buck$ call New York home, but the NBA’s Bucks call Milwaukee home.

Round 5 – VISUAL Empires That Won’t be Striking Back Any Time Soon
Average Score: 5.41; High score of 7 by Penguin: 1 ... AKA Newt: 0, Rooster Cogburn, La Biblioteca, Get It, Taco Bell Poop Mas, Whale Oil be Fookd, and It’s My Birthday Bitches!
The Ottoman Empire was a very relaxed, leisurely bunch.

Round 6 – Eight Short Questions on Short Stories
Average Score: 3.65; Aced and Jokered by La Biblioteca
Yes, I know how to pronounce Magi.  I like to keep you guys on your toes.  When I explicitly say “I’m mispronouncing this on purpose” you might want to cover your ears.  Josh and Eric can tell you all about the time I pulled that trick with Don Quixote.  Sometimes I like to pretend English is my second language to see who is paying attention and clearly you all were.

Round 7 – AUDIO Bein’ Quirky With Zooey Deschanel
Average Score: 2.73; High score of 6 by Penguin: 1 ... AKA Newt: 0 and Aquatic Pugilist
Fun fact: The first time the Deschanel sisters appeared together on screen was Zooey’s guest appearance on Bones.

Round 8 - Random Knowledge (16 points)
Average Score: 7.67; High score of 12 by Rooster Cogburn
Always full of incorrect but amusing answers, Dennis and Kyle guessed Bjorn Knappskog was the 2009 world champion of masturbating.  Last I checked that wasn’t a Parker Brothers game, guys.  At least Robyn knew the answer was Monopoly.

*Average scores listed above are raw, PRE-joker scores.

Shoutouts
I have lifted the ban on any and all team names.  Just keep in mind that anything you write can and will be used against you in a court of blog.  Just ask My Couch Pulls Out but... about some of the liberties I took with their team name.

To answer your question We’re Fucked / Can We Put Swears on This? see above.  Write whatever you want and I’ll mock (and possibly swear, depending on if there are kids and/or grandparents present) accordingly.

Completely surprising yet somehow inevitable… trips to the bathroom after eating Taco Bell.  Taco Bell Poop Mas.

Welcome back Rooster Cogburn, it’s been a while (nearly two months!).  Let’s make this pub quiz a regular occurrence again.

Julie was celebrating her birthday with us.  Happy Birthday Julie! (She’s the lovely one on the right in the white dress)

Scores and Prizes
Even the dream team could only get 72 points, and most of you couldn’t even crack 65.  There is a lot of pointing and laughing going on as I type this.

Penguin: 1 ... AKA Newt: 0 won first place and a $30 gift card.

Rooster Cogburn took second place and a $20 gift card.  Every time I look at the scores they were one point behind the dream team.  So close, Travis and the gang.

La Biblioteca finished in third place and just out of the money, a solid 7 points behind second place.

Somebody from Taco Bell Poop Mas won an inflatable tentacle arm from the email bonus prize box.  They did not release their name because they’re in witness protection, so I’m just going to post their picture here instead.

Free Beer!
Score 86 or higher and I’ll buy you TWO rounds.

Music
My playlist is on Spotify.  Get rid of the crap, add some good stuff, and keep it clean.

Shameless Plugs
Sign up for the email list so you can take bonus prizes home for yourself and get sneak previews of what our rounds will be about each week. 

For other hints, stats, and information check out Geeks Who Drink on Facebook.  Twitter too.

And if you want you can follow me on Twitter or Facebook.

Like Tavern in the Square - Allston on Facebook while you’re at it.

Our website (oh look at that, you’re already here!) has all sorts of fun tools and things such as:

• Become a Quizmaster
• Suggest a Round
• The Error-rogenous Zone for trying to tell us we’re wrong (which we’re not)
• Quiz For a Cause
• Private Events
• Our weekly Geek in Review
• And I guess we like to brag a little, too.  BEST IN BOSTON, 2012!

The Big Finish
Thanks again to everyone who voted on the Boston Phoenix Best of Boston awards to help us win BEST TRIVIA NIGHT IN BOSTON 2012!  We like being the best so we always welcome feedback via Facebook, Twitter, or comments here on the blog.

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