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Walking through the emptied Coaches at 1pm last night I had a smile across my face. "I packed this place," I said to myself. Sure, credit goes just as much to the Geeks' writing team as it does to me, but I felt proud of that accomplishment. Three and a half years, at a sports bar no less, and it was a milestone and an accomplishment.
As prideful as I felt, I also couldn't have done it without all my quiz masses. You guys. The quizzers. The people coming in week after week. You dealt with plenty of shit. Starting late (repeatedly). Asshats who felt that their sporting event was far more important than the sixty other people there for the quiz. And me. Lord, how much I respect all of you for putting up with me. I'm an asshole. I read questions wrong. I cannot fucking pronounce French words correctly even with a gun to my head. I've insulted Carl far more than any normal human being should have throughout his lifetime (luckily Carl is as abnormal as they come). I've made you listen to Chacarron Macarron more times than Bing Crosby at Wal Mart at Christmastime. Oh! And putting up with some of those incredibly shitty prizes. Hops flavored chapstick, anyone?
And you guys have dealt with all of that crap for three and a half years just because you've had your little hearts set on playing a quiz show for 2 hours a week. It's sad that Coaches is closing. How much longer would quiz have gone on there? Another 2 years? 5 years? Indefinitely? Who knows.
But, as sad as it is that I'm not going to be quizzing at Coaches, I'd like a moment to address all the staff at Coaches through the years that made quiz awesome and did their best to keep us with little sobriety and full bellies. Mario, Steph, Lynette, Dianna, Steve, and everyone whose names I can't remember - thank you guys. Thanks for putting up with me, my players, and the non players who hated you for allowing us to quiz. And special thanks to "Other" Eric for scoring for me last night so I can get inebriated without ruining all your scores.
I'd like to encourage you all to show up to Coaches on their final day of operation on November 25th. No, there won't be any quiz, but there will be food fun, and laughter. And, if you can't get enough of your favorite Jewish Viking, then come see me on Monday nights at O'Niell's on Juan Tabo and Wednesday nights at O'Niell's in Nob Hill.
Thanks guys. It's been awesome. You rock.
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Yes, the rumors are true. Coaches will be closing at the end of the month and our last quiz will be next week. But let's ignore that until then! Why? A) Because last night was awesome and B) because I'm really tired and have to drive to Denver in a few minutes. Why was last night so awesome? I'd like to think it was just my magical personality and the steady flow of alcohol into myself, but I'm pretty sure it was probably our great quiz.
We started with Steins, Sterns, & Stones, and then went into Gypsies, Tramps, & Thieves. I'm still in awe that one team missed Cher's Gypsies, Tramps, & Thieves... like... wow, man. Also, I loved trolling you with the Oliver Stone question. That was pretty great.
Our third round was a round on chemical elements and then we moved onto our Catholic round. That Biden 2017 joke was great, wasn't it? Topical political humor for the zing!
After a visual round on quicker fecal picker uppers, we moved into Poo, Pooh, and PuPu, which I suppose was appropriate. Why shit up one round when you can have two, y'know? Has anyone ever actually read The Tao of Pooh. Sometimes I think I'd like it. Other times I'd probably prefer The Little Book of Calm.
After a video round on strong, powerful, women who don't need no man, we came to round 8. It was as random as ever and included just about every topic - and in the end, it decided the winners of quiz.
Thanks for another great night. Now tell everyone to show up because next week is our final quiz at Coaches. Don't be sad - let's celebrate over three and a half years of quiz at Coaches the best way I know how - by drinking so much we won't notice how many words I mispronounce. See you next week!

Second Place
Hobopocalypse 27: Ol' Barb StabYouQuick

First Place
Sad Pandas
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Man, what a great quiz last night. At 8:30, I walked into an empty bar and almost wanted to cry in Mario's arms (and his drinks). But, by the time 9pm rolled along we had packed house waiting for quiz. And I gave you what you wanted.
The night started with an American History round. I'm trying to tie any of it into a joke aside from mentioning Jesus H. Christ again, but I'm at a loss. Anyone have a good Andrew Johnson or James K. Polk joke? I'm fresh out.
Our music round was all about song parodies. Not just any song parodies - parodies about football. Know how your team has the shittiest fans around? They make a parody a Nickelback song to support your team. Horrible.
Then came our sooner or later round on how people died. Yeah, it was a little depressing that gunshots came up 3 times (technically all the suicides were gunshots) and plane crash came up twice. In other news, I'm terrified of everything now.
Then came our recently in stuff and our visual round. First - 1 game in the world series? Do you not know how baseball works at like all? Really? Also - don't bitch about Disney buying Lucasfilm. As someone who lived next to Disneyland for a number of years, Disney and Star Wars have always gone hand in hand. And it's not like it could possibly get worse. You did see the same Jar Jar Binks I did, right? C'mon - Disney milking something is exactly the same as Lucas milking something - or did you not see the most recent re-re-re-rerelease of the films - the now in 3D ones.
We had some chapels and a video round on karaoke and then finally came to our final random round. It was pretty easy for a lot of you - there were a lot of decent scores on it, but between video games, easy French phrases, Adam Sandler movies and Juggalos mixed in with things like presidents, senators, and minor parties, it only took just a few extra points to find our winners:

Second Place
Everyone's Hungover From Halloween
(this was true)

First Place
Hobopocalypse 26: A Very Hobo Halloween