Ah, summer!  The greatest time of the year.  No more getting up early to go to work.  The kids are out of school.  The water is warm, the days are long, and the traffic is light.  Hockey is in Playoff season, and as usual, the Red Wings are winning.  If only summer could last forever.

The only issue with summer is that I worry that the crowd at the Dub will dry up when school is out.  Not the case!  You guys continue to kick ass every Wednesday.  I love and appreciate every single one of you.  Well, except for two of you. 

Hey, my one year anniversary at the Dub is coming up in late June.  More on that later.  Plan on being there.

So, what did we learn last night?

-          Rush Limbaugh no longer writes about idiotic neocon gibberish.  Now he’s writing about Dante’s Inferno.

-          Survivor had other songs besides ‘Eye Of The Tiger’.  Who knew?

-          Montpelier, Vermont is not world renowned for its train system.

-          Jokering a round in which you did not get any questions correct is not the best strategy.  I don’t know how much math you took in school, but twice zero is still zero.

-          Apparently, “Sergei” was a major historical figure, known for marrying 6 different women with English names.

-          Changing the spelling of answers to fit the round theme does not work.  (The Young And The Reistless, Beiwatch, etc.)

-          Knowing your parts of a suit of armor isn’t just for Renaissance Fairs anymore.

-          Wile E. Coyote does not qualify as a ‘legendary desert creature’.

-          A chupacabra sounds scary enough.  I never want to get chupacrabas.

-          “Moist Molly” became a heroine of the Revolutionary War by bringing…water…to the soldiers.

-          “Boogie Nights” did not contain the line “Respect the pee-pee!”

-          Angela,  Eddie, and Shenequa were the children the Huxtables don’t talk about.

-          Xzibit played one of the kids in “Stand By Me”.

Well, it’s been a blast.  Until next time we see each other, keep geeking and drinking, and hang out at www.geekswhodrink.com and www.facebook.com/GeeksWhoDrinkPubQuizAtAuldDublinerTucson.  Cheers!

School is out, yet we still got twenty teams last night.  Even better, the bros must have all gone home for the summer, because we could actually hear Round 7!  (Actually, they apparently all went to visit Julio last night.  Read his blog.  It’s quite something.)    I was a little worried, actually.  I got there early and the place was deserted.  I had never been there that early before, so it was a little disconcerting.  I almost expected zombies to come out of the kitchen.  I sat at the bar and ate with a regular at my other venue who decided to come by the Dub to see what it was all about.  Mitch was without his team, so he spent the time between questions writing some poetry.  Without further ado, I give you his magnum opus, “A Quizzer Without A Team”.

It was Wednesday night, I thought I’d go out

And see what the Quiz at the Dub was about

After a few drinks, I oft searched around

But none of my cohorts were there to be found.

Alone with my thoughts, I started off strong

But the toll of the alcohol took hold before long.

The warped TV screen began hurting my head

As I stared and saw Memphis winning again.

I know scant of basketball or televised sports.

The only rhyming word I can think of is ‘warts’.

Now, Wart was the bad guy in Mario 2

Or ‘Doki Doki Panic’ whichever you choose.

I do know a few things of video games

But I don’t know much else, which makes my score lame.

I guess I will turn this in after Round Four

Or however long it takes McElhaney to score.

It’s okay Tom, I’m joshing, I mean no harm.

Have a [CENSORED TIME-SENSITIVE INFORMATION THAT CANNOT BE CONTRACTUALLY DISCLOSED] and I hope you get laid.

That is the only acceptable spelling.

Good luck and we await good story telling.

I look back at the title, I completely forgot

That this poem was to be filled with ire and rot.

But Quiz is for fun, hate I cannot pretend

I am plum out of paper so this prose must end

Our talk was enjoyable, a healthy occasion

Just don’t ask me to help on differential equations.

That is exactly what he wrote.  Wow.

We had a 'real or shit' round last night.  It cracks me up that some teams refuse to write 'shit'.  I got 'real' or 'not real', 'true' or 'false', and even 'real' or 's--t'.  I didn't realize that Quiz at the Dub doubled as a church youth group meeting.  I did enjoy the one team that added to it and wrote 'real' or 'bullshit'.

We had a new team show up last night.  They were skankin’ to the ska music I played, so I had to make sure they came back in the future.  Turned out that they were Troy’s Bucket fans and had seen us play a bunch of times.  It makes me want to hurry up and get a new guitarist and drummer.  Anyone know anyone?

So, what did we learn last night?

-          Philadelphia is Greek for ‘lover of dolphins’.

-          Or Philadelphia might be Greek for ‘cream cheese falafel’.

-          Walt Disney was a famous classical composer.

-          ‘Barnes And Noble’ is French for ‘borders’.

-          The most famous crossing point in the Berlin Wall was named for Homer Simpson.

-          A Gameboy was an extremely cheap toy.  About as cheap as pogs.

-          Mr. Smith Goes To Washington was a musical about making a deal with the devil.

-          Hitler sold his soul to the devil.  (Incidentally, I got 2 separate teams who drew cartoon Hitlers.)

-          Perry Mason, Atticus Finch, and Johnny Cochran were all fictional lawyers from the 1800s who defended soul-sellers against the devil.

-          ‘LOL’ is never the correct answer, no matter how many times you use it.

-          Robert E. Lee was actually a British actor who spoke with an American accent.

-          In the Indiana Jones movies, British actor Denholm Elliot played the roles of both Shia LeBeauf and Johnny Depp.

OK, that is that.  One more week until I am on summer vacation and will have nothing better to do than get these blogs done in a timely fashion for you guys.  In the meantime, go hang out at www.geekswhodrink.com and www.facebook.com/GeeksWhoDrinkPubQuizAtAuldDublinerTucson and do what people do there.  See you next week.  Cheers!

Having a college bar as a Quiz venue has its plusses and minuses.  On the positive side, we get a pretty rowdy crowd that’s a lot of fun.  Being right next to campus means we get a lot of people every week, and everyone is ready to party.  On the other hand, all the non-Quizzers show up about 15 minutes before the end of Quiz every week.  The other bad thing, one that I hadn’t thought of before, is that Quizzers who have been with me since the beginning are graduating and leaving town. 

The Sherlock Homies have been one of the stalwart teams ever since I took over at the Dubliner last summer.  I just found out that all my girls on that team are leaving me.  Hope is moving to Alaska.  Yes, Alaska.  Trading in swimming pools for polar bears.  Chelsea is going into the Peace Corps.  I’ll never forget the night Chelsea finished her thesis and decided to celebrate at Quiz.  What a mess!  Hannah is moving to Flagstaff.  How can I not be devastated by losing the girl who dressed up as Princess Leia for the Halloween Quiz to match my Luke Skywalker costume?  Hopefully, she’ll end up as our first Flagstaff Quizmaster, and I’ll get to go up there to train her.  Thanks and good luck to all of you.

Now, when the non-Quizzer bro-dudes show up toward Rounds 7 and 8 in the future, I’m definitely not saying anyone should stab anyone who won’t stay quiet during the audio round.  I am saying that I’m really not very tall, and I can’t always see what goes on over there…

So, what did we learn this week?

-          X-Men nemesis Magneto is morbidly obese.

-          Al Franken wrote the book “Americans Is A Big Fat Idiot.”

-          Pocahontas is alive and well and recording pop songs.

-          ‘Baltic’ is not a country.

-          Physicist Carl Sagan was also the Prime Minister of Israel.

-          The Louisiana Purchase was not technically a war.

-          ‘Yassir Arafat’ does not rhyme very well with ‘Ronald Reagan’. 

-          Being a Palestinian terrorist leader, Arafat was also not likely to be the Prime Minister of Israel.

-          ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ was about a mission to the moon that almost ended in disaster, as well as the man whose case led to the ruling that police must read you your Miranda rights when they arrest you.

-          ‘Night Of The Living Dead’ was a true story.

-          Just because President Taft was really fat does not mean that jelly bean companies keep portraits of him in their factories.

-          The Roman goddess of love was named ‘The Clap.’

Well, summer is pretty much here.  I hope most of you stick with me and keep coming to the Dubliner over the summer.  Until next week, go hang out at www.geekswhodrink.com and www.facebook.com/GeeksWhoDrinkPubQuizAtAuldDublinerTucson.  See you next week.  Cheers!

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