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Common Ground
83 Harvard Avenue
Allston, MA 02134
Tuesdays: 8:00 PM
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9:26 AM, June 12, 2013
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Dikembe Mutombo 86
Chicken Too Tasty 80
Hodor 78
Theon's Favorite Toy 77
Darth Meow 75
Black Magic 69
Our Waiter Doesn't Know We're Gay 69
The Squires of SomethingShire 69
Hot Adult Contemporary 66
Clever Girl on Girl 60
Lousy Lovers 53
Wikipedia Ron 52
ABC 6
Does last night's quiz ring a cloche? Of course it does, unless your closhe is plate or clock shaped, then it doesn't
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 		Adriana (Missus H)

It’s been one week since you quizzed with me, threw your arms in the air and said “we’re coming back next week.”  Which I know you did again last night, right? Right! Sweet.

 

You know last night despite ALL of the rain, none of you got washed away and I saw so many familiar faces. Hodor, Dikembe Mutombo, Clever Girl on Girl, The Squires of SomethingShire, Lousy Lovers, and Wikipedia (Blank) returned to duke it out for the glory (and perhaps a gift certificate and/or free beer or two).

 

Did you know that the Rock was half Black and half American Samoan? Yeah, y’all did, so much for imparting new knowledge to you in Round 1. Round 3 was a super-mega-challenge round that had you scratching your noggins to figure out which actors who played different characters in different movies were in the same movie together and naming that movie. It was challenging, I know, but you all were troopers and even though I doubted those of you who turned it in sooner rather than later, all of those teams scored at least 8 points. Damn!  Everyone else did alright/really sucked there weren’t really any in-betweens.

 

I’ve also got a little tip for you on how you could have scored more points (which really matter in close rounds like these, less than 10 points separated 8th place from 4th place): if a question asks you about the teams not in the NBA finals, look up at the TV playing the NBA finals and pick any team that’s not on the TV, you’re more likely to get it right than if you picked one of the two teams playing.

 

Although, maybe I shouldn’t be so cranky about last night, especially with you guys because you sure as hell know your assault rifles. Holy crap! I had to go back and recheck all of the answer sheets because every single team got 8 out of 8 parts of an AK. I promise I like y’all and will be nicer next week.

 

While Tyler Perry might usually present us with bullshit, he’s doesn’t actually come right out and say it, although I really did have to double take that answer because initially I thought to myself, “that sounds about right.” Alas, no point for you.

 

All in all, you guys had a really good quiz, and most teams, saw an improvement from last week to this week. Shoutout to Hot Adult Contemporary who still managed to stay competitive while playing solo. I leave you all with a song to get you through the week (you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbXvaE39wM).

 

PS. Love y'all's doodles.

Common Ground
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9:42 PM, June 05, 2013
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Wikipedia Brown 82
Ours is the Fury 77
Clever Girl on Girl 70
Random Acts of Flyness 70
The Spockers 69
Dikembe Mutombo 68
Hodor 65
The Squires of Somethingshire 59
The Gingerbeardmen 57
Lousy Lovers 54
Horse Zone 50
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 		Adriana (Missus H)

Oh thank God! Round 1 happened just in the nic of time (see what I did there?), and overall you guys performed quite well. You guys averaged just over 6 points in the round with most teams getting 7 out of 8 questions correct. I totally get it, with a name like Nice N’ Easy you would think it was made exclusively for sluts, it was an easy one to misconstrue.

 

Round 2 took us on a musical tour of Europe, which is always nice. For the most part you seemed to get what I was going for, although a couple of you could benefit from a geography lesson because last I checked the White House wasn’t in Europe nor does there appear to be a place called Silk Dresses. But hey, it’s been a while since I’ve been to Europe so maybe a lot has changed.

 

10,000 Facebook fans can’t be wrong but nearly half of all your answers in Round 3 were. As a number lover I just have to break this down for y’all and point out that Wilt Chamberlain probably exaggerated the number of sexual partners he had. I mean think about it, 20,000 partners is one lucky gal (or dude- thanks Spockers for keeping me from jumping to conclusions) a day for nearly 55 years straight, even if they were all threesomes he would have had to have one threesome a day for 27 years, just saying. 

 

The picture round last night had y’all naming characters based on what they looked like when they were young and you guys did not disappoint! Half of the teams got a perfect score! And every team but one was able to name at least 7 of the characters. Not only did you guys name the characters, but you gave me first names, last names and nicknames for most of the characters.

 

Rounds 6 and 7 owned you all, with most teams averaging just over 3 points and 4 points, respectively. And though most of you sucked in those rounds, I learned how much more Drink you are than Geek. Questions about binge drinking you owned, questions about videogaming owned you. Hodor and Ours is the Fury repped their Thrones pride and were 2 of the 3 teams that were able to get the only Game of Thrones question correct (see you at the GoT quiz?). Maybe if you spent 10,000 hours quizzing, you all would become quiz masters (not to be confused with a Quizmaster).

 

Round 8 was better than 6 and 7, but not really by too much. All I can say is that sports are not your thing. Although, they are awesome Simba and Nala were not Detroit Lions, nor was Wayne Gretsky.  Wikipedia Brown clearly won first place, with Ours is the Fury holding a solidly to second place. From there things get so close with 3rd through 7th places being within 5 points of each other, close one you guys. Thanks for playing and keeping it interesting!

 

Oh, and in case you were wondering how many quizzes it takes to master quizzing- one quiz every day for 13.5 years. Better get started now.

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10:01 PM, May 28, 2013
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Chaos is a ladder, only the ladder is real 82
Hodor 76
Wikipedia Brown 73
Shuttlecock 69
Weisenborn 64
PBR 63
Clever Girl on Girl 57
Risotto 15
Despite the Familiy Approved Ratings, 2 Broke Girls Sounds Like a Horrible Porno
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Common Ground (Allston) Tuesdays @ 8 		Corey Heady (C-Hedz)

WARNING: The following is top secret. It will most certainly stay that way, as nobody is ever going to read it.

I know everything there is to know about me. Nobody knows more about me than I do, and most likely nobody ever will. If I were a pub quiz, you would fail.

I am a recovering midwesterner on my ninth step (seeking apologies from everyone who was responsible for my being in the midwest as long as i was). I'll soon be moving on to the tenth step, where I take inventory of how my own actions made such a thing possible.

I am a (mostly) proud BU Terrier (I say mostly because though our hockey team is good, I'd never say I'm proud of them) with a degree in business (the highest of the classical sciences). Though Quizmaster is what I would consider my "day job" I'm also a CPA in my free time. I know what you're thinking, and NO... I DON'T do taxes. Not all CPAs do taxes. I am one of those who does not.

I do not like eating animal. Nothing against the animals. And nothing for the animals. I just don't do it. Don't ask. Or do. I don't give a shit (see Nick Swardson, All Day, for proper accenting of that last sentence).

I am a fan of penguins, owls, sheep, and dragons. This is because I can draw them at a 3rd grade level. All of my other drawing skills are closer to the Pre-K level.

I am a gamer at heart. Talk to me about Final Fantasy or Zelda. Don't talk to me about Halo, COD, or any other FPS disasters. I'm a classic JRPG lover and will defend the genre to the end of the earth. May the various gods help you when you try to argue it with me. "But I can't see people's heads blow up when I kill them!" "You're an idiot. I win."

I am about 5' 10". I am VERY Caucasian (read pale... not my fault). I am a musician. I am well read in Sci-Fi. I am scrawny. I am mostly happy. I am the warrior. I am not your father's oldsmobile.

But mostly, I am. (I think.)

So it looked like everyone loved their long weekend. Loved it so much they kinda forgot how to rock the quiz. That's fine, just fine. Prioritize fun over knowledge... I see how it is.

Anyway, in the end the standings turned out not so horrible. Our reigning champs, soon to be singled out with a bounty methinks, adopted a new name this week opting for the moniker Chaos is a ladder, only the ladder is real (of course, a reference to Littlefinger's quote in S3e06). If you knew that last tidbit, think about joining the GoT quiz coming up... www.geekswhodrink.com/198/

I have to say our 2nd place team, a newcomer to Common Ground (transplanted from Pizzeria Regina right down the street) surprised me with their showing today, and promptly chose the name Hodor when I informed them our reigning champs used GoT themed names. Special shout out to Jillian, a friend from college who just came back from Vietnam! Awesome to see you, even though Weisenborn kinda sucked!

Despite those two teams doing alright, we had a dismal showing in round 1 for an average of 5.4... this is supposed to be the easy round guys! Randy! How hard is that!? Shuttlecock ended up finishing middle of the pack despite a 12 point round 2 (jokered) and a 13 point round 5.

Oh well, we quickly moved past the abject failure into round 2, an audio round asking for the original songs parodied for commercial purposes. Here we had a couple 14s, both jokered to put Wikipedia Brown and PBR up top. I must say, I don't quite see how "Crumbelievable" makes sense for Kraft, and though I get the "You Got What I Need" for Radio Shack, it still seemed a little bit... i don't know... off?

Round 3 asked you to name any 8 of the top 10 TV shows, to which you all promptly scribbled out "The Office" and "How I Met Your Mother." You were actually close with HIMYM... it was the 11th highest Neilsen rated show, only like .01 behind the 10th. So I guess that's an understandable issue. But very few had ever even heard of "The Following" (Fox show about FBI shit) or "Revolution" (post-apocalyptic NBC show produced by J.J. Abrams' production company?... I might have to look into that). But I want you all to promise me that you'll put down Grey's Anatomy and Two and a Half Men. Haven't we given them enough!?!

I heard many substantial requests for more Star Trek themed questions from certain teams. Here's an idea: Why don't you write questions yourself... and then try to answer them!? It's a win win! Nobody else has to answer your crappy Star Trek Questions, and you get to have all the fun! I'm not saying Star Trek sucks (it doesn't) I'm just saying Star Trek themed quiz questions are like... way overdone and esoteric (they are). Just be happy you got the theme (Prime Directives). And no, I still can't think of the song on the episode where the planet spins real fast and they have to break the Prime Directive. Also, please everyone: Read I, Robot (AWESOME collection of the best short stories ever... don't see the movie unless you just want good action) and Hitchhiker's Guid to the Galaxy (the 5 book trilogy. I know. So does Douglas Adams. It doesn't make sense on purpose).

You guys know your hippies. 'nuf said. [insert additional visual round stuff]

Another Before and After round for 6; I love these things. Best mashups here? Fast and Furious Six(teen Candles) and White House Downton Abbey. I question what "Pumping Iron Man 3" is all about... sounds like some newfangled homoerotica... anyone care to report back for me? Chaos did very well here, scoring a perfect 8.

Second audio round was a bit tricky, coming in with sound effects from game shows. I told you to bring your grandmas... we saw a couple 6s this round, but I'm pretty disappointed nobody could name Cash Cab. I watched that shit like every day in college when I got home at 2:30 and had nothing to do but watch a Discovery Channel marathon of a guy sitting in a cab asking easy as shit trivia questions that I totally could have fucking answered but never had a chance and what the fuck!?! You should have gotten it!! (Serenity now!)

Random knowledge is always just that... better luck next time everyone who sucked! Nobody broke 10 points this round, so I was a bit disappointed, though Clever Girl on Girl did come up with all 3 magnetic metals... no small feat. And I'm happy you all learned something about my [kinda] home state of MN. Yes we raise turkeys. We were 12th to allow gay marriage. Minne means "water" (Minnesota = cloudy water, Minnehaha = laughing water [i.e. waterfall], Minnetonka = Moccasins [not really, it means great water, but you might get the joke]).

That's enough of me for one week. You guys entertain yourselves for a while. Always so needy! Hopefully I'll see you next week at Common Ground! Same bat time, same bat channel! Or something like that.

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