The cuisine at 21^st Avenue can be sinful! Them Tachos…man! They have to be full of fat cuz they taste so very yummy!!

It was kinda quiet tonight at the bar. We had a couple teams ready to go, though. Both teams brought out the big guns by having dieticians on their teams! We didn’t have a Bingo win, though, so we went by the scores that the teams got. Yahtzee was in the lead by a mere 3 points over Zephyrs.

Name That Tune was fun for most. These teams knew their food songs! Zephyrs decided to breeze on ahead of Yahtzee and had the lead by 3 points.

The teams did very well on the Spellements handout; Yahtzee even got a 100% on this one! On the Calories Count handout, we learned how really calorific McDonald’s foods are. The teams didn’t do so well on this one, though. After the smoke was cleared out, Yahtzee was, once again, in the lead.

I collected the teams’ wagers and, after Yahtzee picked the category, I asked the question. Everyone turned in their answers. Yahtzee was the only team to figure out the grams of fat in a serving of lean ground beef! They took the win and the mula. Maybe now they’ll buy something oh so bad for them to consume.

It was a great night for a quiz!!

Thank you, 21^st Avenue Bar and Grill!!

French fried taters

The 2^nd Quarter standings:

33 points: Yahtzee!

19 points: Zyphyrs (Team No Show)

14 points: To Be Determined

10 points: Questionable Meth-Heads

8 points: Team Awesome (Burke Majority)

4 points: Bringing Up the Rear

3 points: E=McHammer, Royal Kraken

1 point: NKOTB, The Girls, The Lewsers, BobaSteph

Wendy =)

Last night was serendipitous!  I announced that the Thirsty Lion was giving away (to first place) two tickets to see 311 play in September at the beginning of the quiz.  After round one was over, a member of Mustache Flavored Kisses asked me for details, and admitted he’s a huge 311 fan.

So, it’s fitting that he is on the right of the winner’s photo.  Congratulations to the winners, Mustache Flavored Kisses:

They waded through a field of over 50 quizzers to take first place!  Yes, he is trying to eat the flyer for 311 tickets.  I made him stop, since it had to be filled out and turned in for him to receive said tickets.  Glad they went to a 311 fan!

In second place, team Yahtzee!  With third place going to The Not Real Doctors??

Special thanks go to Cattle Prodigy for providing a new pencil sharpener!  My old one is fixable, but until I figure it out, the new one is working amazingly well.  Huuuuuge thanks from me, as well as every other person who sharpens their pencil at my quizzes, to “The Moo”.

Mooooooooo.

Until next week peeps!  Here it is, your Thirsty Lion Standing for the Month of May:

Point earnings:

- 1 point for showing;
- 2 points for making the final round;
- 3 points for making the money but not taking 1st;
- 4 points for taking 1st place.

8 Points – The Bullet Aunts
6 Points – The Human Ducketts
6 Points – Anagram This!
6 Points – Not Real Doctors??
6 Points – Mustache Flavored Kisses
5 Points – Buzzkill
4 Points – Cattle Prodigy
4 Points – Discovery Channel
4 Points – Yahtzee!
2 Points – Hangin’ Brain
1 Point   – Team Cinco
1 Point   – The Generous Pours
1 Point   – CalAZ
1 Point   – The Fembots
1 Point   – Seattle’s Best R&B Party
1 Point   – The Iron Manatees
1 Point   – 50 Shades of Awesome
1 Point   – Banana Pants

Aye Chihuahua! Well, we didn’t ask about this little guy at Pub Quiz last night, but we did have a Taco Bell question for the trivia-hungry masses.

And I do mean masses: We had a great night at Space Room, as always. Round One saw some great questions about The Simpsons, potentially gay presidents, M&Ms and Butterfingers. The A-Z Round two also packed in some great puzzlers as well. The Hawthorne faithful really focussed hard on their handouts, because only three teams were going to make it into the Challenge Round, and it was a close night, so everyone had a chance.

In the end, though, Thistle Und Shamrock had all the right answers (and the best wager in the Challenge Round) and took home all the fried chicken. Actually, we give away money, but you get the picture.

Uh, hopefully not the picture above. I wouldn’t want anyone to come down with a case of THAT.

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Each season, on the Solstices and the Equinoxes, Quizmaster JPP’s venues (Shanahan’s Pub and Grill in Vancouver, The Space Room Lounge on Hawthorne, and at The Belmont Inn on Belmont) break into their own in-house competitions, augmenting the weekly Pub Quiz fare with quarterly standings competitions to prove who is the best of the bunch.

The spoils are a mix of gift certificates, treats, and an entire season of tributes paid to you by your peers. The rules are quite simple, and can be found here.

The trash talking is a bit more complex, and can be found here.

And the updated standings, which can be viewed in detail here, are below.

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So, without further ado, here are the current Top Tens:

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The current Space Room Saucer Champs — "Tourette's O'Saurus Rex," HEAR THEM ROAR!

THE CURRENT SAUCER STANDINGS:

1 Schadenfreude 22
2 Thistle Und Shamrock 18
3 Tourette’s O’Saurus Rex 17
4 House of No Future 15
5 The Cupcakes 12
6 Groupo Incognito 6
7 Boba Steff 5
8 Captain is Parking 4
9 The Shitty Beetles 2
10 Come on Barbie, Let’s Go Party 2
11 Illegal Leopards 2

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The only way to win is to quiz it up at The Space Room on Hawthorne! And to catch up with me outside that intergalactic outpost, hit me up at my FACEBOOK PAGE.

In the meantime, be well, play hard and try to remember everything you can!

The topic was bad food this week at the Big Time Brewing Company in Seattle, not that the fine establishment that hosts us each week would know anything about it. But for the sake of the quiz, we pretended it did, giving bonus points for every order of fries, nachos and pizza.

And teams, which were comprised of all regular groups this week, including some former regulars who made a triumphant return, knew a fair amount about good food too. It was actually a super close quiz this week, with three teams tied for third after the first round and just three points separating second place from fourth.

We also had another rare occurence this week, a tie for second, which meant we had to use the not-chosen final question as a means of determining second place. Lucikly for this quiz master, only one team got the correct answer that question, otherwise we might have had to keep going all night. Here’s the winning team enjoying their victory:

And here are the standings so far:

Never Nudes: 22
Old Fashioneds: 14
Golden Snitch: 10
Swansons Rangers: 5

The Hood River Pub Quiz is back outside!

Well it was last night, who knows what the weather will be like next week.

The Horse & Hound’s fried food was certainly more tempting with subtle wafts of oil and salt from the front door to the outside rather than it swirling about your head when you sit inside- and very dubious that the night’s bonus point opportunity was getting snacks! So everyone dug in to their chicken strips, burgers, fries, tequila shots and tacos while I nursed a beer and tried to resist. (Thanks for the belated birthday drinks! I wouldn’t have minded running on my birthday, but I may have ended up smashed if that were the case.)

Bingo, A to Z, and fast food handouts- Sandbar Devs had another strong night of steamrolling questions and shots up to the final round- and since there were only four teams everyone got a shot at the challenge question. Everyone correctly answered what cheese went into ‘pirate booty’, but At least we’re not last let it ride and bet it all, deep-frying a golden 1st place 624 points and Sandbar Developers maintaining second with 408 points.

Congratulations, At least we’re not last!

Now how about them standings? We’re almost done with Quarter 2 of the Trivia Derby!

Symbi-1
Grumplestiltskin-1
Dick Cheney stole my heart-1
Willie Nillies-2
Team Work-2
The Beginners-3
George/Flower Children-3
WTF-5
Totes amazeballs-5
Yoko Onno’s evil bandkilling dirty black jockstrap-6
At least we’re not last-16
Sandbar Developers-22
Pros not hos-22
My Precious-26

Hope to see you next week!

So, I love food. Especially food that is straight up bad for me. right now, as I type this, I have just

Deep Fried Oreo....yes.

consumed a deep fried oreo a la the awesome cooks at Biddys, and I am seriously using all my self restraint to not track down a taco bell and consume everything on the menu. And I appreciate Shit Sabbatical for providing yours truly with enough twinkies to sink into a delightful sugar coma, then wake up feeling equal parts wonderful and awful. I also maintain that Biddy’s has got to be the best kept food secret in portland, or. If you have had the immense pleasure and joy of eating there, then you’d know exactly what I’m talking about. At one point, they had on their menu stuffed burgers. STUFFED BURGERS. My personal favorite was the burger that was stuffed with a philly cheesesteak. Meat inside meat. can’t get much better than that…that’s what she said.

Way to come out and hang with me guys! I knew I could count on you to support me, even with a

my secret, shameful desire....

janked up neck and bank. Because you are all so awesome, I felt completely comfortable taking a vicadin along with my cider. also, you all said that no harm can come of it….see how I implicitly trust you guys?! I am admitting to you all right here and now, that in certain instances, I am surprisingly gullible. So there. Suck it.

BINGO was pretty awesome, with Kitty Glitter very triumphantly winning the bonus bingo points. I love how Brian ran up shouting “BINGO!” without bringing the form…he was THAT excited. Six Degrees of Separation, or round two, was awesome, but it also confused the heck out of me. I, much like you, my players, have been conditioned by quizlinks to think that there are catches…traps…so me actually be able to give you the connecting phrases, confused me and made me wary….veeerrryyyy wary. But, I got over my consternation and proceeded with the round. Also…please don’t judge me too harshly for my butchering of the russian language….z’s, m’s, and c’s all right next to eachother make for a muddy tongue with me.

It boiled down to three teams, kitty glitter, shit sabbatical, and bobasteph….and boy was it neck

YES!

and neck. But, KITTY GLITTER FINALLY WON!!!! They earned their right to the jamir-I CAN! hat! Yay!

Huge thanks to Biddys and all who came out to play!

I have one thing to say about Nathan Fillion after looking at this picture: That man is CLEARLY canadian. I mean, look at those FLAGS on his ROLLERBLADES! He definitely plays on the other side of the border.

But if you were thinking that he was gay (not that there’s anything wrong with that — in fact, even the POTUS is cool what that) just because he was wearing rollerblades, a fanny pack, and cut-off jean shorts, you must’ve blacked out on too many Zimas in the 90s yourself (or just not been to Orlando recently). This man is living in the moment… a moment in the past.

Speaking of pasts, last night was a blast from the past. We talked Junk Food to the extreme, with 80s commercial jingles of oreos, Big Macs, and everything else we could stuff in our gut. We also stuffed the most ever quizzers we’ve fit into Shanahan’s — SEVENTY OF YOU NERDS! With all these new friends, we’ll have to roll up the back door soon. But be sure to get there early people — once the tables are full, you’re out of luck.

Last night’s victors, That’s What She Said were IN luck, since they scored a nice table, and the top prize of the night. Well played! You must love your junk food.

Well, see you all next week, and as Nathan Fillion says in Firefly: May the Force be with you, and prosper!

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Each season, on the Solstices and the Equinoxes, Quizmaster JPP’s venues (Shanahan’s Pub and Grill in Vancouver, The Space Room Lounge on Hawthorne, and at The Belmont Inn on Belmont) break into their own in-house competitions, augmenting the weekly Pub Quiz fare with quarterly standings competitions to prove who is the best of the bunch.

The spoils are a mix of gift certificates, treats, and an entire season of tributes paid to you by your peers. The rules are quite simple, and can be found here.

The trash talking is a bit more complex, and can be found here.

And the updated standings, which can be viewed in detail here, are below.

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So, without further ado, here are the current Top Tens:

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THE CURRENT HARP STANDINGS:

1 Stumbling Drunks 26
2 That’s what she said 21
3 Team Cosmo 18
4 Off nightly 15
5 Lollipop Guild 10
6 Shanahans 9
7 Team Mike Leach 8
8 It’s a Trap 8
9 The Wesley Crushers 8
10 Last Place Sucks 7

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The only way to win is to quiz it up at Shanahan’s Pub and Grill in Vancouver! And to catch up with me outside the ‘Couve, hit me up at my FACEBOOK PAGE.

In the meantime, be well, play hard and try to remember everything you can!

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The food choices were full of calories and sodium, but oh were they delicous. The sweet smells of food always waft through the back of Billy’s Bar, but tonight we paid homage to the burgers, mac and cheese and pizza with a fantastic quiz.

After all of the teams ordered their delicious meals, we got right down to business with Bingo. Hangover & A Pineapple and I’m Kind of a Big Deal took the early lead thanks to their knowledge and good “bad” food choices. We tried something new in Round 2 with Six Degrees of Separation and it was a big hit. The teams took a little time to get into the groove, but two perfect scores showed that this is a game that will stick around. Electric Sex Pants maneuvered into the lead with a perfect score.

The handouts kept the game close, as teams relished the chance to Pass On 3 and really shined in recognizing fast food slogans, showing the ver present power of marketing. ESP, H&P and Big Deal advanced on to the Challenge Round.

Looking for the amount of sodium in a standard Big Mac, the guesses were all over the board. H&P went low, ESP went high, and Big Deal was just right, coming within 60 miligrams to claim the points and their first win!

Top of the Mountain Standings

Where have you gone, Weird Al? Years ago you brought us some of the best parodies of music that man has ever known. You even were in the comedy classic UHF with Michael Richards, who even back then was not funny. But, you, Weird Al, you were comic gold with the Fat parody of Michael Jackson’s Bad. Now a whole generation of  kids doesn’t even have a clue of the great lyrics you came up with like-

If you see me comin’ your way
Better give me plenty space
If I tell you that I’m hungry
Then won’t you feed my face

or

If I have one more pie a la mode
I’m gonna need my own zip code

Classic. So, was tonight’s trivia bonanza at the Brit. Four teams came in Hungry Like the Wolf, but it was Food, Glorious Food that had an appetite for destruction. They were challenged during this contest by Fortious and Couch Potatoes, two teams with an insatiable appetite for trivia and beer, lots of beer. It was like a Nathan’s Great Hot Dog contest at the Brit, with everyone chowing down on bar food, with the word “food” used very loosely, to gain extra bonus points. I mean these people will eat anything for some bonus points, which shows fortitude and the American spirit that no amount of cholesterol, grease, or mystery meat will ever make them waver from a goal. Take that World. America likes to eat and you are just jealous.

With brain food in their corner and the other teams blitzed from Heineken’s, Our Official Sponsor, the health conscious ladies of Food Glorious Food had the know with all to bet little and gain big as they take home the Brit Belt for a third time in their trivia tenure. Congrats to the Ladies!!!!

Screw Eating, We Are On A All Liquid Diet

Have you heard of Iron Sky? This is a sci-fi movie that posits “what if the Nazis had escaped to the dark side of the moon, and came back to re-invade Earth in the present day?” Well, it seems they aren’t the only folks who crack wise with the Third Reich. There’s also the Hitler Kitties meme, and now there’s my Wednesday quizzers, with teams ranting from Schadenfreude to Thistle UND Shamrock. And we found out during a particularly German-leaning handout this week that these German nationals have proclaimed Hitler jokes as fair game.

So to answer the “too soon?” question — apparently not.

It was overdue for the Cupcakes however. They weren’t joking when they snuck in and defeated the rest of the crews at Hawthorne’s hottest bar trivia by serving up some hellatious trivia know-how. They took home a winner-take-all pot, and celebrated with some shots, to boot. Good on ya, Cupcakes. Or, should I say Gut aug ihnen!

Tschuss… until the next episode!

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Each season, on the Solstices and the Equinoxes, Quizmaster JPP’s venues (Shanahan’s Pub and Grill in Vancouver, The Space Room Lounge on Hawthorne, and at The Belmont Inn on Belmont) break into their own in-house competitions, augmenting the weekly Pub Quiz fare with quarterly standings competitions to prove who is the best of the bunch.

The spoils are a mix of gift certificates, treats, and an entire season of tributes paid to you by your peers. The rules are quite simple, and can be found here.

The trash talking is a bit more complex, and can be found here.

And the updated standings, which can be viewed in detail here, are below.

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So, without further ado, here are the current Top Tens:

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The current Space Room Saucer Champs — "Tourette's O'Saurus Rex," HEAR THEM ROAR!

THE CURRENT SAUCER STANDINGS:

1 Schadenfreude 21
2 Tourette’s O’Saurus Rex 16
3 Thistle Und Shamrock 14
4 House of No Future 14
5 The Cupcakes 12
6 Captain is Parking 4
7 Groupo Incognito 3
8 Boba Steff 3
9 The Shitty Beetles 2
10 Come on Barbie, Let’s Go Party 2

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The only way to win is to quiz it up at The Space Room on Hawthorne! And to catch up with me outside that intergalactic outpost, hit me up at my FACEBOOK PAGE.

In the meantime, be well, play hard and try to remember everything you can!