MAN, ITS SO LOUD IN HERE. WHAT? YEAH, I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME. WHAT? YEAH, I'D LOVE TO PLAY A QUIZ. HUH?
This week at Fado the quiz crew had the opportunity to play the quiz in close quarters, instead of our usual wide expanse of inside and outside patio. It was the first week that quizzers stood for the length of the quiz, when they could not find a seat. That is an awesome display of dedication! One half the crowd was asking me to turn up the volume over the sound of the crowd, the other half begging me to turn it down. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? This week was very difficult, with our high score 15 points lower than it has been in past weeks.
Congrats to the Disgruntled Splinter Group for their first ever win!!! Hilary Clinton's Pantsuit in second!!! And Pyrrhic Failure in third!!!
Monkey w/ A Machine Gun held the lead for most of the game, but the song selections from the 40s and 50s swapped some of the highest teams and some of the lower teams positions on the scoreboard. Really, you don't have Johnny Mathis' full collection in your Itunes?
SCORES:
disgruntled splinter group 67 hillary clinton's pantsuit 63 pyrrhic failure 62 tony danza jumps the shark week 61 quizillionaires 61 anal herscheiser 59 and the priest was r2d2 58 business socks 56 warewolf barmitzvah 55 partially derivative (mostly) 53 monkey w/ a machine gun 52 someone's got a case of the wrong answers 48 the confedercy of dunces 44 sgt. Peppers lonely hearts club fans 40 mr. jones fucked up my parking 40 obama bought my car 39 part-time person 39 big girls don’t cry 28 drunkasurous rex 27 the hairy shins 18 maverick 8 sit on my facebook 3
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If scores are going to be kept, posted and used to award prizes, then accuracy is a valid goal. If people want to play a "Who cares about rules, its just for fun anyway..." game, then they shouldn't bother keeping score. "..Austin's most prestigious quiz" would be more enjoyable if greater concern for scoring accuracy was evident.
You should keep track of your answers and double check your score update vs. what the quizmaster has down for you.
The score for the Tony Danza team has been screwed up on numerous occasions, but 9 outta 10 times, if we bring up the problem to Ted or Pat, they'll double check our answers fix the score for the next round.
Be vigilant about checking your own score. Obviously, quizmasters don't want or try to make any mistakes, but we are human.
It sucks when mistakes happen, but that's not a frequent problem from what I've observed in the 30 weeks I've been there. Usually, if something happens, QMs can recheck the team's answer sheet and correct. A round 8 problem is especially unfortunate but rare.
I stand by my belief Fado has one of the strongest quizzes in Austin. As far as Geeks Who Drink goes, it may be one of the most competitive locations in the country.