Sunday, October 29, 2006
The first powerpoint pub quiz was presented this past Wednesday. Unfortunately, some tech troubles prevented projection of full scoresheet onto the TV for halftime--this should be fixed by next quiz. Response of the crowd to the new medium seemed quite positive. Any comments, suggestions for improvements...?
Thursday, October 19, 2006
DNR hosted last night's quiz. Previously, this team did a quiz inspired by "red states" - all questions related to the color red in one form or another. Last night, they again offered a themed quiz - on Scotland. Rather than the fez, all answers were put in a tam o' shanter.
I wish that they had negotiated a marketing tie-in with the bar so that scotch whiskey was offered at a discount. Or maybe haggis could have been a special item on the menu (or maybe not). All in all, it was a fun evening. One thing for sure - everyone learned some things about Scotland.
The main inspiration for team names this week was the Hawaii earthquake. One team was Hawaii 6.0 and another was Hawaii 7.0.
The quizmasters for next week are Lance and Gordon (http://www.obrienspubquiz.com/lancegordon.html) with a special Halloween quiz.
I wish that they had negotiated a marketing tie-in with the bar so that scotch whiskey was offered at a discount. Or maybe haggis could have been a special item on the menu (or maybe not). All in all, it was a fun evening. One thing for sure - everyone learned some things about Scotland.
The main inspiration for team names this week was the Hawaii earthquake. One team was Hawaii 6.0 and another was Hawaii 7.0.
The quizmasters for next week are Lance and Gordon (http://www.obrienspubquiz.com/lancegordon.html) with a special Halloween quiz.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Thanks to Beth for a fun quiz last night. We were subjected to such questions as "What is the largest country (in terms of area) that starts with an 'H'?" and "What common English word changes from plural to singular, and masculine to feminine, when an 'S' is added to the end?" Her handout was of the "Dingbats" variety -- what I call rebuses. For example,
i.e. purpose
corresponds to "That is beside the point", and
preist
was "Clerical error", though I still think our answer of "Sprite Remix" was pretty darn good.
As for team names, there were some good ones. The winning team went with "Welcome to the Jong-il", and there was also "License to Kim Jong-il", "How to Dismantle an Atomic Treaty" and "I Voted for Gore and All I Got Was 650,000 Dead Iraqis". Well done, everyone!
Join us this coming week for DNR's quiz.
corresponds to "That is beside the point", and
was "Clerical error", though I still think our answer of "Sprite Remix" was pretty darn good.
As for team names, there were some good ones. The winning team went with "Welcome to the Jong-il", and there was also "License to Kim Jong-il", "How to Dismantle an Atomic Treaty" and "I Voted for Gore and All I Got Was 650,000 Dead Iraqis". Well done, everyone!
Join us this coming week for DNR's quiz.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
I hosted the quiz last night with a full house of 11 teams. For the first time, I wrote a quiz with a theme - food. Except for the sports questions, all questions and the handouts were related to, inspired by or had some connection with food. Examples - What military weapon derives its name from the word 'pomegranate'? What fast food chain is operated by a Connecticut company named Doctor's Associates? In August, 2006 what company changed its stock ticker symbol to HOG?
People seemed to enjoy it. I also gave away a copy of the 2006 Zagat restaurant guide for LA as a prize.
A note about the team names - with this crowd, no subject is off limits when it comes to inspiration for team names. Mark Foley is deserving of scorn and ridicule and he certainly received it. We had 1-900-GOP-PAGE; "Page Me," Foley; Le Cage Aux Foley; and There's Nothing Funny About Sexual Predators. The murders in the Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, PA this past week informed the team In No Condition to Churn Butter. I think the winning team Badlands of Ohio was thinking of this event too. They just mis-located the Amish community in which the murders occurred.
People seemed to enjoy it. I also gave away a copy of the 2006 Zagat restaurant guide for LA as a prize.
A note about the team names - with this crowd, no subject is off limits when it comes to inspiration for team names. Mark Foley is deserving of scorn and ridicule and he certainly received it. We had 1-900-GOP-PAGE; "Page Me," Foley; Le Cage Aux Foley; and There's Nothing Funny About Sexual Predators. The murders in the Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, PA this past week informed the team In No Condition to Churn Butter. I think the winning team Badlands of Ohio was thinking of this event too. They just mis-located the Amish community in which the murders occurred.
