Yes, Bill Cosby.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Quiz for a Cause last night. We raised some good money for the folks over at Alternatives to Violence and gave half of that as a prize to our winning team, EDWARD JAMES OLMOS FAMOUS.

Our first round “Brought to You By the Number Three” really did bring on the pain. Mental pain, not physical. The last thing I needed at a quiz benefit for a non-profit was injuries. Or references to “ass-to-mouth” which I couldn’t avoid with our second round “Human Centipede’s Revenge”. A couple of teams rocked it with scores in the 12-13 point range but nobody wanted to pull the joker trigger just yet. With all of that cash on the line, it was definitely a tough call.

Round 3’s Board Games Say When format kept things close with most teams rocking a 6-8 point spread on it but then Round 4 “The End Is the Beginning” came along and had to screw everything up. There were some big point differences on that one. Most everyone rocked Round 5 - “Draw Something” with 7 and 8 point scores all around. I guess a couple of teams wanted to test my vision and write the answers in those tiny squares on the sheet. Gah! You evil bastards.

From the first break to the final question team EDWARD JAMES held onto the lead and kept it there. Congrats! Teams NEWT GINGRICH PREMATURELY ANNOUNCES HIS PULL OUT and WOLF KNIFE LASER TORCH rounded out our other winning teams for the evening.

I will see you kids next week for another eight rounds of quizzing! Keep your hands to yourself! Byeeeee!

NEXT WEEK!

If you were hoping for another charming story of how a drunk Rockies fan threw his vehicle into the hotel pool I’m sad to say there was nothing of the sort this week. During quiz I was hoping someone would bust through the door and shout, “Holy crap there’s a fight in the lobby!” or, “Hey, free hamburgers for everyone!” or “A circus train full of monkeys crashed in the parking lot!”

Speaking of trainwrecks, how about Round 6: An Idiot at the Art Museum? This is perhaps one of the few times art majors get to flex their mental muscle based on idiot-perspective descriptions of famous art pieces. There have been art rounds before but they haven’t bombed as badly as this. Yeah right. They’ve all bombed, which is a shame because that was a fun round to read.

Nevertheless I invite each of you to check out the Geek in Review for Eric the Jewish Viking’s updates and special recaps on what the hell happened across the GWD Nation every week. And if celebrities die/politicians fuck up/something newsworthy happens you can see all of the horrible, sadistic, evil (i.e. hilarious) teams names based on those events.

So I will see you Geeky faithful in seven days for another glorious edition of quizzing! Congrats to our third place winners DAMN CRANKEYS for winning the two-question tiebreaker battle. Who would have predicted both teams guessing the same answer on the first question? Awesome. That's why I love quiz.

I got 99 problems but a Land Rover ain’t one.

I would say it’s a fair bet that the majority of our quizzers live in the NoCo area, close to this venue. But maybe you have some family in town of the “in-law” variety and need a place to dispose of them. Our Crossroads Best Western is a good place to start your search. Friendly staff, clean rooms, and a great location! Also the bar kicks ass!

So before last night you may or may not know that there is a pool here at the hotel. While it’s a bit early in the season to start jumping in, one individual took it upon himself to evade the police and begin his summer early by planting a Land Rover in the pool out back. I can only imagine the desire to not only hide your vehicle, skirt a DUI, but also give it a good deep cleaning at the same time.

Our wonderful bartender Shannon clarified a few points: contrary to the video he did not enter the bar for a cigarette. That’s a shame. He was completely soaked from the waist down. When asked by the police how he got wet, he said it was from the sprinklers. Honestly I would have just said I pissed myself.

Quiz last night was equally righteous, maybe not in the “eluding-police-while-drunk-and-dumping-my-car-into-a-pool” way but badass nonetheless. Songs about the Titanic (what a great set list that was), SNL hosts, and Periodic Table Dances.

Congrats to all of our winning teams, as well an honorable mention for team SHAZA who stuck around to draw cool things on their quiz sheets and provide hilarious Just-Not-Right™ answers for me to spout.

Peace out, see you kids in seven! Remember the pool is off limits, NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY.

Quiz For a Cause two weeks from now!

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