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Crossroads Irish Pub (Boston)
495 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215
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11:23 AM, April 10, 2013
Scores
Dikembe Mutombo 88
The Final Countdown 88
Newman Let All the Dinos Out 80
Dead Socialist Society 79
Margaret Thacher Naked on a Cold Day 75
Wikipedia Brown 73
There Are Kids in the Bar 73
The A Game 70
Skull and Crossroads 69
Was it All But Sex or all Butt Sex? 68
Gangsta Wrap 52
Under the Button 51
Crossroads Will Never Die 39
Trust Me I'm a Doctor (But Not That Kind) 36
Better Taint than Never 11
The End of the 'Roads
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Every Tuesday night at 8:00 at Crossroads Irish Pub 		Andrew (Agent Michael Scarn)

In addition to being a drinker with an occasional geeking problem, Andrew is a communications consultant and author of his forthcoming unauthorized autobiography. While he's clearly hosting a kegger in the back, he's also the co-founder of a successful technology start-up in the front. He loves dolphins, fondue, and lying to strangers.

All good things must come to an end. In the immortal words of that ancient mononymous philosopher (we forget who -- Plato, maybe), “Life is just a party and parties weren't meant to last.” It was with that bittersweet resignation in mind that we proudly hosted Crossroads' final trivia night last night -- the bar closes its doors next week after keeping the corner of Mass Ave and Beacon real for a good three decades.

Word clearly had gotten out. It was standing-room only at the bar last night as more than a dozen teams turned out to send us off. Thanks to all -- we appreciate all your support. Now on to the quiz.

We kicked it off last night with a round of mean-spirited celebrity anagrams, cuz there ain't nothing we love more than dissing Ryan Seacrest with a sophomoric word puzzle. “We want examples! We want examples!” you chant? Wish granted. We wanted to know which busty pop star was “a perky try,” which ex-boy band heartthrob might implore, “I'm a jerk, but listen,” and the Jersey rock god whose ill-fitting jeans might give him a “bursting presence.” What's that? You will forever regret your decision to stay home and watch the premier of ABC's new cesspool of hormones and off-camera alcoholism, “Ready for Love”... because you have a soul and you know all the answers? Well, whose fault is that, we say. That, and: Yes, we were looking for Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, and Bruce Springsteen.

In Round Three, we gave you three cities and your job, intrepid triviateers, was to name the state. Here's the catch: It was vaguely Simpsons themed, for the first city we gave was always Springfield. This was tough. Very few of you knew that Medford and Astoria put you in the actual home state of America's most beloved inkblots, Oregon. Or that Jackson and Murfreesboro put you not in Mississippi, but in Tennessee. The bonus question took the proverbial cake, however. We wanted to know which state boasts being home to no fewer than five Springfields. It is also home to my parents' alma mater. But that probably doesn't help. The answer was Wisconsin.

As would be befitting for a last hurrah, it was a fight to the finish last night, with The Final Countdown edging out Dikembe Mutombo in overtime. Congratulations to last night’s winners, and thanks again to the staff at Crossroads and to all of you who have made the past six months so enjoyable. I’ll let you know via the Geeks Who Drink Facebook page where I end up. Until then, let’s wrap this up much the way we started: with some immortal words of wisdom, this time from those masters of introspection and wit, Bone Thugz N Harmony: “Bone, bone, bone, bone. [Etc. Fast forward.] I’ll see you at the crossroads (crossroads) / So you won't be lonely (lonely) / And I'm gonna miss everybody. Yeah, I’m a-gonna miss everybody.”

Crossroads Irish Pub (Boston)
495 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215
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10:29 AM, April 03, 2013
Scores
Wikipedia Brown 77
Dikembe Mutombo 75
Beiber's Monkeys 66
There Are Kids in the Bar 60
Dead Socialists Society 54
The 38th Parallel 34
Johnson 27
We'll Have the French Toast in the Age of Enlightenment
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Every Tuesday night at 8:00 at Crossroads Irish Pub 		Andrew (Agent Michael Scarn)

In addition to being a drinker with an occasional geeking problem, Andrew is a communications consultant and author of his forthcoming unauthorized autobiography. While he's clearly hosting a kegger in the back, he's also the co-founder of a successful technology start-up in the front. He loves dolphins, fondue, and lying to strangers.

As a skinny Jon Favreau once remarked to an impossibly young-looking Vince Vaughn, "We're not in Kansas anymore." (We can say "anymore" because we were there last summer, and, contrary to what we'd been led to believe, we found it to be full of multi-story buildings and national retailers and reasonable speed limits and scores of attractive and articulate people. What the what?! It's enough to make one wonder if all those New Yorkers we read in our youth weren't quite as impartial as they repeatedly insisted they were. But we digress.)

We bring all this up because Round One last night was all about Oz, which didn't require us to parse minutiae to be plenty tough. For example, we wanted to know the names of Dorothy's aunt and uncle, and while we're at it, Dorothy's last name, too. On the more psychedelic side of the house, we also wanted to know when one should hit "play" on Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" to cue up your very own multimedia magical mystery tour. If you knew that Auntie Em said "I do" to Uncle Henry, then you probably went to a NESCAC school and therefore also knew that you'd better be done with that spliff the third time the MGM lion roars.

If Kansas and Kansans aren't your thing, perhaps you'd have fared better in Round Six, which was all about Charlie, Charlie, and the Chocolate Factory. That's right -- a whole round on Willy Wonka and the NVA! Those of you with sweet teeth and long memories recalled that Dweebs were the short-lived, larger, chewier cousins of the Wonka candy, Nerds. But did you also know which 1982 action flick about a displaced Vietnam vet was reportedly one of Kim Jong Ill's favorites? Of course you did. Because "Rambo: First Blood" is all of our favorites.

Speaking of blood-baths, it was a fight to the finish last night, with Wikipedia Brown managing to box out Dikembe Mutombo to take the top spot. Special shout out to the 38th Parallel, who, against seemingly insurmountable odds, stuck it out to the finish to claim sixth place and their rightful place in Crossroads pub quiz lore. Thanks to everybody for coming out last night and we'll see you again next Tuesday!

Crossroads Irish Pub (Boston)
495 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215
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10:43 AM, March 27, 2013
Scores
Intro to Congress 88
Dikembe Mutombo 83
End of the Roads 80
Dead Socialist Society 77
Captain McThunderstruck 73
Wikipedia Brown 68
Smartypants 42
Cindi hates Eamonn 20
Why It's Rollie Fingers Himself!
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Every Tuesday night at 8:00 at Crossroads Irish Pub 		Andrew (Agent Michael Scarn)

In addition to being a drinker with an occasional geeking problem, Andrew is a communications consultant and author of his forthcoming unauthorized autobiography. While he's clearly hosting a kegger in the back, he's also the co-founder of a successful technology start-up in the front. He loves dolphins, fondue, and lying to strangers.

A colleague of ours has a big poster in his office that reads, "Be a verb, not a noun." We were never entirely sure what it meant, and always assumed it was some kind of vaguely inspirational but ultimately empty platitude, perhaps cooked up by the "Yes, we can" people. Round One last night, however, helped us to understand that empty platitude in a whole new light. In it, we were looking for the names of celebrities that also happened to form sentences. (Cast your mind back to 9th grade grammar and you may recall the lynchpin upon which sentences depend: verbs.) Anyway, to get your grammarian juices flowing we offered up such tantalizing hints as: The boss on "The Office" steers ships, a PBS journalist got up from bed to do an interview, and -- the highly alliterative -- "Piece of Me" pop star pierced a perch with a long, sharp stick. If you deduced we were looking for Ed Helms, Charlie Rose, and the world-renowned outdoorswoman Britney Spears, you're batting 1.000. Take the rest of the day off, chief.

Round Three was timely, particularly if you completed and handed in your bracket on time. We did not. It was also timed: We gave you two and a half minutes to come up with any eight of the 11 NCAA Men's D-1 schools that have won the b-ball tourney at least twice since before you were born (i.e., 1970). If Syracuse or UNLV or Maryland made your list, you should have quit while you were ahead. They were, and are: UConn, Duke, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, UNC, NC State, and UCLA. It's an embarrassment of riches down there in North Caro-line-ee.

For the second time in the past few weeks, Team "Intro to Congress" bested future Hall of Famers Dikembe Mutombo and Wikipedia Brown. It feels a little reminiscent of the great Tampa Bay Rays emergence of the late aughts, breaking the decades old New York-Boston duopoly on the AL East. Or something. And that, friends, will probably be the last we write about baseball this year. Congrats to our winners and thanks to everybody for coming out last night. We'll see you again next Tuesday!

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