Tuesdays at Biddy’s are getting crowded.

Rowdy.

Downright competitive.

And high stakes.

Weekly Pub Quiz regulars Clarification Please came away the big winners this week, drawing from a total pot of well over $100.  The evening was notable, though, in the amount of new teams  – and return teams.

The most crowded evening since QuizMaster Kevin began some weeks ago, nine different teams were within 4 right answers worth of points – every team staring at the money – right up until the very end.

Clarification Please

In fact, Clarification Please was near the bottom of the pack at the end of the 1st round, and they had a lot of ground to make up. Their strong 2nd round push landed them a spot in the Final Challenge round, though, and sometimes that’s all it takes.

Betting ‘69′ just to be cheeky, though?

Well, hard to argue, as it’s worked for them twice now…

Last night we had some young’uns visit us from the mighty Michigan, and stop by CC Slaughter’s on their tour of Portland.  Why trivia on Monday night at CC Slaughter’s you ask? Well that my friends would be becasue the great Chuck Palahniuk mentions CC Slaughter’s in his book titled “Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland” Isn’t that exciting?  To think that we learned that not from someone in Portland, but from some fresh new faces from Michigan.  Michigan people.  I’ve been there, it’s not pretty.  Well, parts of the U.P are pretty, but mostly, it’s kinda stinky around detroit.  Not to you know, say shit about Michigan, which does have some redeeming qualities.  Like Ann Arbor.  And that bridge.

We had the bar team make a stunning ship in a bottle last night, pics coming soon-check back for uploaded images of TJ’s artful masterpiece.  (Think carved cork and vodka bottle)

Last night’s big winners with our rollover pot was I Quiz on your grave.  They took home an Oscar last week at Bridgeport, and this week they tumbled into the Sea to come out a winner yet again.  The Streeps played a tough game and ended just 8 points behind them, while Angel’s Ladies, winners from two weeks ago, took a slight fall from grace.  They still stayed ahead of the Bar Team and Dirty Glove our Michigan team.

Now, on to the good stuff:  TEAM POLLY!  Keep that in mind my friends at CC Slaughter’s.  I can’t wait to see how you represent! and this year, when I win at Quiz against the Quizmasters on March 29th, that portion of the pot that belongs to me will be rolling over to my devoted teams and the people playing at CC’s.  Mark my word, cause it’s our year to steal that stinking glory right out from under your noses.  Follow me on Twitter for more insight and updateswww.twitter.com/QMPolly

This week’s theme feels like Pirate’s round 2, what with all the nautical terms!  I wonder if there will be a question about the bloop?

Last night was good stuff, with 6 teams duking it out over $40 in Old Chicago bucks, as well as a slew of prizes from hats to t-shirts to key chain bottle openers that looked like snowboards.  I kinda wanted one of those, but they went fast!

In first place was a team called Portland Beer Guzzlers.  I swear having an awesome name with “Beer” in it helps people win:

In second place was team Ramrod, which makes me want to see Super Troopers right now.  I think there’s a rule about not seeing that movie before noon, like there is with drinking.  (I’m freaking out, man!)

Hard to beat free trivia with gift certificate prizes and more – see you all next week!

Me of course, cuz I get the wonderful opportunity to host the most laidback quiz in the PDX metro. Truth be told, I couldn’t have done it without our greenest QM in training, Carlson. Be sure to check him out as he’s sure to bring Pub Quiz joy to all loyal quizzers.

The Big Apple edged out Team Bogey’s and humbly sauntered  away, almost expecting to have bragging rights as experts of Oscar Trivia. Big A

Great job to all quizzers who came out. The only reason this pic is not shown in Full Color is b/c Big A apparently has ties to the Mafia and does not wish to be seen. Yes, Gambino’s quiz among us. Good Luck with that!

Had a slew of fun home-made Oscars at Parkway Station last night.  I’ll update this post with pictures, as I want to do a little editing for lighting.  More on that later!

For now though, congratulations to The Dynamic Duo:

They took 2nd place last week, and first place this week with only two people.  That’s some impressive stuff, right there.

In second place came And The Winner Is… The Beer Whores!  They just beat out The Sheep Shaggers for a share of the pot, and did it in style – they brought in the most Oscars, and might I say, th most creative and disturbing Oscars.  I don’t know where they come up with this stuff, but it’s awesome.  Crysie is like an arts & crafts evil genius.

Update: My memory card wasn’t in my camera for all the pictures I took (finally realized it in time for that picture of the winners above), but I think Crysie can send me the picture she took of all the Oscars people made.  I’ll try to get that here tonight, because they were ridiculous, offensive, and pretty much awesome.

Wow, what a topsy-turvey Oscar-themed quiz we had at the Belmont last night. First off, we had just enough people to make the 5-team final round, THEN, we had some old friends return for their first quiz in years, and finally, we had some great handouts right before the Challenge Round that totally upended the results.

After taking last week off to recharge and do whatever the hell else you all do when you’re not at Pub Quiz, the Wildcatters came back and took first place for the evening. Just look at how pumped they were after winning!

The Wildcatters beat out a pretty heady set of competitors: second place belonged to “The Inglourous Monkeys,” third place was all “Panda-monium” (which I will point out was comprised of some of the original No Mouth Monkeys!), fourth was “Sexual Nepalm” (who hadn’t been to the Belmont in over a year, so they said) and fifth was “And the Oscar for Beige Food goes to”…

We had some great Oscars on hand, as well. Check out these highlights:

Above: Panda-Monium’s puppy-oscar

Above: Beige Food’s Oscar collection. (Note: I took three points away from them for using a Yankee player. I hate you Oscar Gamble.)

Above: Can You Smell the Stank? enlisted an impressive robo-Oscar army.

Above: Stank’s PBRscar… up close and with impressive detail.

Above: Two statues that the Monkeys grabbed on their way out the door and managed to get some points for though they didn’t deserve them…

Above: PUCK! Posing alongside a forgotten Oscar at the end of the night.

And now for the BELMONT STEAK STANDINGS where only TWO WEEKS REMAIN!

1 Beige Food 24
- No Mouth Monkeys 24
3 The Wildcatters 18
4 Team YMBP 14
5 This was no boating accident 13
- Can You Smell the Stank… ? 13
7 We’re goin to win NEXT week 6
8 Sirens of titan 5
- Silver Snakes 5
- We’re Awesome! 5

Look at that, it’s a two-dog fight, but beware the Wildcatters who proved last night that they can still come from behind and make it interesting.

That’s it for this week. Stay tuned to QUIZMASTER JPP’S FACEBOOK PAGE because we’ve got some great things in the works at the Belmont! Until next week, be well, play hard, and try to remember everything you can!

4 teams.  1 Champion.  Winner take all.  (And no sappy acceptance speeches, either!)

That’s how it went Thursday night at Hal’s Tavern. Amidst a few rounds on the best shuffleboard table in the city, teams battled for all the marbles, and when it came down to it: no guts, no glory.  Gold Member had a small lead early on, riding their bonus points from their Oscar statuettes.  Panic! at Hal’s,  $3 Donation, and Bad at Math were never far behind, though, and stayed within striking distance throughout. And when there’s four teams and one pot to be won, well, everyone’s got a shot!

In the end, though, it was just Gold Member’s day – finally edging out Bad at Math in the Final Challenge Round by 1 little point, 291-290.

Gold Member(s)

To the victor go the spoils!

… NO FUTURE! And yes, the balloting is still open, and yes, it’s official, but look at that! That’s a GOLDEN TROLL RIDING A GOLDEN MY LITTLE PONY. My iPhone camera was unable to capture the rainbow that the pony was farting out as well. Incredible!

Speaking of incredible — Sparging the Mash had an incredible night, fighting their way into the Challenge Round and then fending off a herd of hungry quizzers, many of whom are fighting for the Space Room Saucer, which has just TWO WEEKS LEFT in the season. But first, let’s have give the Spargers their moment of glory:

I’ll post the rest of the awesome Oscars up on QUIZMASTER JPP’S FACEBOOK PAGE later this week!

But for now, here’s what you really want — the SPACE ROOM SAUCER STANDINGS:

1 Spoonful of … 30
2 Clarification Please 26
3 No Future 22
4 Sparging the Mash 17
5 House of Ill Repute 15
6 Cattle Prodigy 9
7 Team Cupcake 8
8 Argyle Mafia 7
9 Laird Creiger 6
10 Gum and Nuts, Together at Last 6

It’s looking like a two-horse race for the finish. But as Sparging proved last night, every week, it’s anyone’s game. Come to Space Room next week and see if it’s your turn to win!

It was great to see some familiar faces and new players at the Thirsty Lion last night. Lot’s of excitement for our fantastic VIDEO quiz, and we had oodles of prizes to give away throughout the course of the evening.

We started our terrifically fun WIDMER FIST OF KNOWLEDGE standings all over again for the month of March. The prize? A $100 gift certificate good for fun, food and games at Grand Central Bowl, plus your pub quiz team name engraved on the Fist of Knowledge trophy, and a reserved table for the whole month of April. To add to the fun, the Thirsty Lion now has its own BAR TEAM, who are planning to play every week and run interference for all the other teams. They won’t be able to win any money,  so should their team win any given week, the money pot will ROLL OVER to the next week, making the cash pot just that much more sweet.

Folks, I’ve never seen a REAL Emmy in my life, but tonight a guy brought in the real deal as his “fake” Oscar for bonus points. I was blown away! It was the coolest thing ever! Just wish I had the instinct to grab the camera, or you’d see a big fat real picture of an Emmy. But in lieu of what I really saw, here’s a facsimile:

With a pot of just over $130, we began the night as we usually do with BINGO.  Great questions, as usual, with some related to the theme and others not. For example, “Edith Head has been nominated for an Oscar 38 times, more than any other woman in history. What category was she nominated for?” (Best Costumes), and “The Suez Canal connects what two bodies of water?” (the Mediterranean and Red seas). As a big hint to the question about what movie Meryl Streep was first nominated for, I popped a big picture of a deer in the sight of a gun.  Figure it out?

Round two, I have to say, was a work of art! I plan to post the video for the Round 2 shortly. The 100% video round consisted of questions from past Academy Award shows, along with clips from Academy Award-winning movies.  You will LOVE it!

After round two, we presented the Thirsty Lion BONUS question, a question with a numerical value. The team closest to the correct answer without going over wins a BOTTLE OF CHAMPAIGN. The question:  If you were to drive from the Thirsty Lion to the Kodak Theater in L.A., how many miles would you drive? The answer: 958 miles. The SQUIRT LOCKER won! Next week, we’ll have another question and give away another bottle of champaign, so come on down and try your luck. This bonus question is totally outside of the main game, so ANYONE can play!

Another twist to the night: the question that is not chosen by the top three teams is now being put out on the floor for ALL teams to answer. The winners of this question get to spin the BIG wheel of prizes! Unfortunately we didn’t have a winner for our bonus question, but that doesn’t mean that next week will have the same result. Prizes on the big wheel include free food, gift certificates, and bonus pub quiz bucks, good for another week of quizzing. How fun!

In the end, a big KUDOS to the winning team, Last Monkey in Paris! They make it to the top of the big board for the first week of the Widmer Fist of Knowledge standings. And the funny thing is, they were originally a team of two and another team of two joined them, for the brain power. What a great way to work together and meet new friends!

Until next time…. keep on quizzing!

Pork Chop Express ^                                                                       Cattle Prodigy  ^

Sharky  ^                                                                           Cattle Prodigy

As you can see we had some impressive redesigns going on Wednesday night at the Sellwood Public House.  I liked the sparkly aluminum covered Oscars created by team Sharky (now with matching team shirts!)  And the impressive clay work in the Priness Natiri and Oscar the Grouch are not to be overlooked.   Please note the attention to detail and that the penis Oscar came in being worn around the neck of a Sharky team member.  Sadly, the balls were a little loose and the penis was quite limp and unable to prop up the metal Oscar, but still, an impressive member (HA!) for the team.

It was team Sharky with their new team t-shirts (I’ll get a pic of that when you win!) that dominated the game from the start, staying at least two points ahead of second place team Cattle Prodigy last night, no one scored a bingo, thus the scores stayed close throughout.  CP didn’t fare well on the hand outs, or not as well as Sharky, thus they fell back 15 points by the final question.   Sadly for Sharky and the new team shirts looking for glory, the final question and the wager did them in, and it was third place team New Quiz on the Block that hopped up to first place with a conservative wager, thus, skyrocketing them into the winning cash and all the glory that is winning at Pub Quiz.

Winning team:  New Quiz on the block  ^

Now, if you’d like to see more pictures from this week of Pub Quizzing, and all the great Oscars, as well as get CLUES to next week’s games, join me on twitter: @QMPolly or on my FB page. I’m looking for friend #300 to round out the weekend, and whomever claims that righteous spot will claim a prize from me personally next week.  Who’s it going to be?

ALSO : Don’t let Quizmaster Jpp win our bet about the “Best Oscar” this week, be sure to log in and vote here on the blog for your favorite Oscar, and mention the team’s redesign you like best, as well as ME when you do it.  There may be a special something in it for the winning Oscar.  Good Luck!