Good afternoon everybody.  Hope you managed to stay dry last night.  Last night was a pretty fun quiz.  Seems as though the string of harder quizzes has continued.  We did have two teams over 70 points but there was an additional 16 point round plus round 3 was a Sooner or Later round so there was a ton of scoring chances last night.  We had a nice number of teams with 11 but I still think we can real that magic number of 20.  I swear we only have to reach that goal once and I'll never bring it up again ;-)  So get out there and tell your friends about the greatest Quiz Night in all the land.  And remember the free pitcher if you bring a brand new team of 3 or more people offer still stands.

On to the quiz itself.  Last night we had a really fun back and forth battle.  It was nice with so many different possibilities for high scoring rounds we had a lot of variation in when people used their joker.  I know you guys don't get to see the scores as they come in but it was fun for me to watch the standings change pretty much every round instead of just one team dominating all game.  We had Bert's Pregnant!!! start off the game with a nice 20 point round two(one of only 2 teams to score in double digits in the round) to take the early lead.  They were able to hold it until round 7 when New York Sports Teams: Choking Like David Carradine and Nothing Says "Hello Sailor" Like Ruby Red Lipstick and an STD turned in 20 point rounds of their own to take the lead.  This would be short lived however as Sly and the Family Stallone had the highest scoring round of the night with their 26 point round 8 to steal the win.  So nice job all around.  As you know I like pointing out peoples poor choices in which rounds to joker.  This game most people either made the right choice or it wouldn't have mattered anyway.  With the exception of National Pubic Radio.  Had they jokered their 11 point effort in round 7(the highest overall score in the round) instead of their 9 point effort in round 8 they would have slipped into a tied for 2nd place.  3rd is still pretty damn good though.  My rule of thumb was always that if I felt my team socred in the double digits on a round we always jokered it and didn't take our chances with round 8.  Before we go I want to give an extra congratulations to our winning team Sly and the Family Stallone for getting their first victory since their move from a 5 person team to a 3 person team.  Good job guys!!!

Ok that's it for me this week.  As always I hope you guys have as much fun playing as I do hosting.  See you next week.  Same geek time, same geek channel!!!

-C

Good morning everyone.  Sorry about the random thread title but Wrath of Khan happens to be on and that scene played right as I opened my laptop to do the blog.  Well I guess it's not completely random since the new Star Trek movie opened last night.  Annnnd maybe even less random since our 2nd place team's name was Cumberbitches Be Crazy.  Since the movie opened at midnight last night I guess that mystery has probably been solved but I haven't read any spoilers yet so I have no idea if the rumor was true or not.  As I'm watching this, have any of you ever noticed how much Khan's number 2 looks like Cilian Murphy?  Seriously, it's creeping me out.  Also I gotta say, I think Wrath of Khan is better than any of the Star Wars movies.  Star Wars is the better universe and story but Khan is the best overall story.  Not at all a trekie but you gotta give credit where credit is due.  Ok onto the quiz.

So we had another nice turnout which was nice.  14 teams in total.  Granted 3 of those teams left over the course of the game but I'll take it.  Hoping you guys tell all your friends and we can keep up the good numbers up through the summer after school gets out.  Pretty competative game last night but we still had another wire to wire winner.  My Chemical Butt Romance started the game off with a perfect round 1 score, 28 points in round 2, and then held off some late charges with 11 points in the final round.  We won't talk about their 3 point effort in round 3.  Oops.  Hot on their tail for the whole game was Cumberbitches Be Crazy.  They put up some nice scores but where never able to make up ground on the initial lead that Butt Romance had after the first two rounds.  Rounding out the top three were two teams that made some poor decisions and finished 1 point back of second place.  Condoms & Rattlesnakes: 2 Things I Don't Fuck With and Billie Jeans Lovers played a good game and finished with an overall score of 70 which is pretty damn good.  But both teams made big mistakes with their jokers that cost them in the end.  Condoms & Rattlesnakes jokered a 9 point 8th round instead of their 13 point 2nd round and Billie Jean jokered an 11 point 8th round instead of a 12 point 2nd round.  Had either one trusted in their musical skills they would have easily finished in 2nd place.  Oh well.  Live and Learn.

Ok that's it for me this week.  As always I hope you guys have as much fun playing as I do hosting.  See you next week, same geek time, same geek channel.

-C

-C

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