This is quizmaster Colin taking over the blogosphere normally home to Quizmaster Brendan. Only just last night I also took over your quiz as a special guest quizmaster during Brendan’s absence. I am not completely sure what took him away from quiz, but if I had to guess I would say it is camping with Jeff. Could be a lucky guess or just something I heard from the rumor mill. It was a lot of fun hosting at Rock Bottom and I can’t wait to visit again, perhaps as a quizzer. Now that is taken care of let us move on to quiz!

The highlight of the quiz for many was the shake weight challenge which saw the contestants trying to get the shake weight counter as high as possible in 30 seconds. Once everyone was raw and spent we finally had a winner. A big congrats to Tim who had the highest count with a solid 178 shake count. Give yourself a pat on the back if you can still move your arms. Of course this wouldn’t be a post quiz wrap up if we didn’t discuss just how Tim was able to put up such solid numbers. For more lets go to the screen shots from his remarkable performance.

As you can see he has the stance of a champion. Arms in front and his hands firmly gripping the center. His short, but still effective strokes adding to the count and using limited energy. Tim you said it was your first time, but I have to say you seemed like a natural. Congrats my friend. If there was a trophy I think it is safe to say you earned it. Sadly, instead of a trophy you had to live with the free beer. Hopefully it tasted like victory because that is what brought it to you.

While Tim was the one to walk away from the shake weight with a win others were also great sports and tried their luck. Pictures of their struggle can be found in the pictures in the upper left corner of this very blog post. Find yourself and see what you could do next time to get that number up and free beer in your hand.

Sure the shake weight was fun, but what was equally fantastic was the actual pub quiz! Early rounds proved to be a breeze for most teams with the trouble starting up in the third round where people proved they don't spend as much time on reddit as many would believe. So for those who didn’t do well on the round give yourself a break. Unless you have reddit open on your computer right now in which case you need to study more. Followed by round three there was also a noticeably struggle with round 7. Looks like you all need to practice celebrity ID by voice never know when it might come in handy.

Finally after the dust settled and a shake weight tie breaker for third place we had our top three. They are this week’s champions of quiz and for a whole week are basically better than the seven original sins. Because as we all know the best way to win at quiz is to sell your soul to the devil. Or is that how you become a quizmaster?  

1. Thank God the Ginger and Jew Aren't Here!
2. We are the 1% and we're being audited by Obama
3. Hanging Hippo

We should also mention some great teams who didn't make the top three. those teams are of course the following. 

• I was told to cum at 830, but it's 9 and my wrist hurts
• Angelina Jolie loses Breast Actress Nomination

Tune in next week at Rock Bottom to find out when Brendan and Jeff return from the woods with what is likely to be a weird story where they end up sharing a sleeping bag with a wandering snake. Till next time this Quizmaster Colin saying, hey why not? As promised I will end the blog with a kitten. 

Kitten packing heat!

Today at the day job I was in a meeting with my manager and our team's vice president. It was a relatively serious meeting / working session on a PowerPoint presentation for a meeting we have on Friday. I was driving, and at one point my vp said to make it more visual so I put a sticky note on a slide that said "I like pictures." It was a mental note for me to come back and add pictures in later.

I was asked why I wrote it that way, and all that came to my mind was "I like turtles." So I said it. How the hell do I have a job? I think I just demonstrated to the people responsible for my continued employment that my brain works the same as a young kid in zombie facepaint. Bless 'em, both my manager and vp laughed and I wound up introducing them to the video.

On the plus side, should they ever stop finding my act cute, I've got this gig to fall back on. I can pay rent in free beers, right? Hopefully all of tonight's winners aren't concerned with paying rent, but in the event one or more of you was, after tonight you've got more free beers to barter with. Congratulations to the lucky victors:

• 1st place, $50 to Rock Bottom: Mark Sanford's finally back from "hiking the Appalachian Trail"
• 2nd place, $25 to Rock Bottom: The 1%
• 3rd place, $10 to Rock Bottom: The Velvet Commando

And as usual, there were some team names I liked:

• Syria + Iran = Sarin
• Dopplegangbangers
• Too soon? It's been over a decade!
• Stem cell teeth: Time to stop brushing

That's it for this week, but you all know the drill... Come on back next week! 

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Some nights I take some things for granted. Like the fact that we have this weekly adventure in an establishment where you have to be 21+ to play quiz, or that a lot of you have a sense of humor as sick and twisted as mine. Sometimes I forget that not everybody sees things that way. Tonight was nearly one of those nights. By all rights, it probably should have been.

Let's recap! We had team names jesting at newly-out NBA star Jason Collins. We had a sooner or later round on musicals that was decidedly fabulous. We even had a round entirely on buttsex. We had penis signs uplifted alongside "Jeff's Brendan's Mom" signs. The night was rife with offcolor jest, and it wasn't until the end of the night that someone informed me that a top boss was in attendance. Whoops.

Good thing that he has a good sense of humor. And that I have a purty mouth.

We wrapped with two tiebreakers for the first/second place teams and the third/fourth place teams. At the end of the night it was My Dad Went to the Carnival and All I Got Was Rasta-Banana! edging out There's Always Money in the Banana Stand for 1st place and $50 to Rock Bottom. Those Arrested Development fans still nabbed $25 for second. We also had a quiz off for 3rd and $10, with Who Says Size Doesn't Matter? beating out Fuck these Anarchists I'm Going to Trivia.

That's all from me this week. Don't forget to Like us on Facebook and subscribe to our Spotify playlist!

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