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Hong Kong Restaurant (Harvard Square)
1238 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tuesdays: 8:00 PM
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10:40 AM, April 24, 2013


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Looks Like We Picked the Wrong Week to Quit Sniffing Glue	78

Don't Eat Your Mail: it may be laced with Ricin	76

Tequila Mockingbird	72

The Dream Team	59

We Never Really Liked You Anyway, Eric	54

Lev	43

JC	36

It Was National Zucchini Bread Day

Yeah, that's apparently a holiday.

As befits a day designated only by its relationship to baked goods, this Tuesday started out rather quietly. It was rainy. It was windy. We thought we were only going to end up with two teams and Spence. But boy, did things pick up!

Looks Like We Picked the Wrong Week to Give Up Sniffing Glue won first place! Holy shit. I guess it's easy for members of the Crybabies to succeed without Tara and Cuong's dead weight. Also, Looks Like We Picked the Wrong Week to Give Up Sniffing Glue, you won the e-mail bonus. You can collect your prize next week.

Don't Eat Your Mail, It May Be Laced With Ricin came in second! Bradshaw needed a nap, so he wasn't able to play, but Cheryl, Evan, Spence, and Patrick managed to pull off second place in what was a really close contest this Tuesday.

Tequila Mockingbird played rather passionately, shouting out jokes and enforcing a draconian "no phones" rule throughout gameplay. However, the real peak of their efforts came post-quiz, when they determinedly argued that the Ukraine was a country despite being a territory under Russian rule in 1905. (In order for their argument to hold true, they would have had to accept a definition of "country" that made Mississippi its own country, but hey. You make what sacrifices to sanity you must for $15.)

Dream Team had their own kingly corner, where they sat like emperors over Rome, calmly watching the other competitors scrabble in the arena. Check out how majestic they are in the photo gallery.

We Never Really Liked You Anyways, Eric! was displeased. Not surprisingly, since this was a contingent of the Crybabies, but at least they had awesome coasters!

Lev was the Cinderella story of the night, struggling valiantly to get out of last place after Neal tanked the team with a zero-point Round #2. By hook, crook, and some pretty solid guesswork, they did it! Bess, Kathryn, Neal, They dragged themselves out of the mire by two points.

JC showed up to "sort of" play trivia and then owned it. Look at that thumbs up in the photo gallery. That is the thumbs up of a winner.

AND WHERE IN CREATION WERE YOU THIS TUESDAY, O BENEDICT ARNOLDS? I am a jealous god! You shall have no false hosts besides me! If this was a break for Game Over, you let them know that this means Game ON, and I will win.

A big thank you to the non-players who were remarkably and uber-politely quiet during Round #7. You made the quiz so much more enjoyable for everyone who was competing, and it was much appreciated!

Hopefully we'll all be just as pleasant next week!

...

Yeah, I know, I know, not gonna happen. :-)

Hong Kong Restaurant (Harvard Square)
1238 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tuesdays: 8:00 PM
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5:39 PM, April 17, 2013


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Tasteless in Seattle	83

Too Soon for Thatcher Jokes?	76

Keep Calm and Get a Scorpion Bowl	72

Wicked Awesome Team Name	64

Where's Ben?	63

Mixed Berry Fruit and Vegetable Juice	57

There's A Snake In My Boot	50

We're All Gonna Be Okay

To start off: Fuck terrorism. Fuck hatred. Fuck anyone who messes with Boston. And bless BuzzFeed for recognizing how integral our awesome little bar is to this awesome little city.

We're still at quiz, we're still okay, and we're still living in the greatest city on earth.

Now onwards and upwards to the lighthearted stuff:

Patrick was back this week, so we are doubly okay. God, we all missed the guy last Tuesday.

No one more so than the team at the bar. Without his Jeopardy-honed genius on their side, they lost out on the chance for a three-peat and were defeated by two strangers from fat states. But this week, with Patrick and Mecca once again on their roster, Tasteless in Seattle won first place by a whopping NUMBER points.

It wasn't too soon for a victory for Too Soon for Thatcher Jokes? This familiar-looking fraternity took second place!

Katie did NOT win the e-mail bonus. Sally did! They were part of Wicked Awesome Team Name, with whom Sally generously shared the awesome "Bossy" bracelets. You all need to check out how BAMF they all look in the photos.

This week, The Crybabies divvied themselves up into Keep Calm and Get a Scorpion Bowl and There's a Snake in my Boot/Butt.

They also attempted to convince me that last week's EGREGIOUS BREAK IN PROCEDURE was some sort of protest against Patrick's absence. I think it was some sort of protest against playing by the rules, since that is exactly the sort of protest they make at least 7 times during each quiz. ("No, we only have six people! Those other 18 aren't playing!")

Kathryn came to pub quiz (!!!) as a member of There's a Snake in my Boot/Butt, but lazy Bess did not, because lazy Bess is the worst and most inclined to moseying.

Though other teams referenced America's greatest adult beverage, pioneering Prime Ministers, and generation-defining Pixar films, Mixed Berry Fruit and Vegetable Juice definitely had the most moving inspiration for their team name. Watch the photo gallery to see what it was.

Where's Ben?/Ben's Here found their missing teammate, but they didn't quite find their groove. They were still a great time and participated super actively, so we hope to see them again soon!

Love you all, and thank you for coming out. I'll see you next Tuesday!

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11:34 AM, April 10, 2013


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Steve Holt!	94

Just What We Needed: 6.25% on Your Scholarship. Thanks, Deval.	81

Glen Coco	77

Roid Rage Ferret Brigade	75

Weird Symbols Greg	69

The Fe (Iron) Lady	66

Sass Monkeys	64

Her Name is Margaret Thatchurro! Her Name is Margaret Thatchurro!	61

Ironed-Out Lady	59

Fantastic	49

Team Thames	42

* & £^¥)(ƒ¬‡§

Tuesday was a night of symbols.

Amassing the most points* and the most death threats in Kong history, STEVE HOLT! got first place with a whopping 94 points. They did so by dint of qualities that usually serve as an impediment to American accomplishments: being from South Dakota and Texas.

To add insult to injury, they made Tom drink tequila! And they were Democrats!

Needless to say, Tom and Let's Leave It Blank For Now were not pleased with having to settle for second place. Without the Jeopardy-honed expertise of Patrick, they broke their winning streak and ended the possibility of a three-peat.

Of course, they had plenty to say about that.

"Who's the winning team? I'll stab them!"

"I call shenanigans on that!"

"MARYKATE! MARYKATE TAKE ME THROUGH THE POINTS YOU ARE LYING"

The record stands, but it stands contested.

Unlike the team in second, Glen Coco took defeat with grace and dignity, simply asking to look at the scoresheet and see how they'd done in a few rounds. "Well, if that's the high score, we're pretty proud to come in third!" How pleasant! That's why you get four candy canes.

AND NONE FOR Let's Leave It Blank For Now.

Ironed-Out Lady and Fantastic were having a great time in the corner by the bar. Because I read too many comics, the alliance of those two forces makes me imagine weird alt-history storylines where the Fantastic Four team up to help Margaret Thatcher privatize a space program. Because Reed Richards would definitely do that.

Fe Lady combined the symbol of a British epoch with the symbol for a chemical element to create a punny team name.

'Roid Rage Ferret, in characteristic fashion, was sad and complaining. Tonight, though, I understood their sorrow. They were really sad to discover that Patrick wasn't working Tuesday night. Of course we missed him!

Natalie, our bartender for the night, was simply lovely, though!

And then 'Roid Rage Ferret LEFT WITHOUT TAKING A TEAM PHOTO. Death.

Sass Monkeys had a phenomenal time and acheived triple 7's in the first three rounds. Well done! Hope we'll see you back at the Kong!

Weird Symbols Greg had an obnoxious team name. No one was surprised. Satan and his servants are known to write in unspeakable tongues (and drink sangria in large mugs).

Team Thames traveled thousands of miles to experience the wonder of Kong quiz, and they were not disappointed...because there was a round entirely on Britishisms! And they were British! Delighted to find that, despite knowing nothing about U.S. geography for Round #3, they managed to come in 10th place out of 11 teams, their only response was, "Somebody in here must be really thick!"*

*British for stupid.

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