It was a nice day, the sun was out, but due to the heavy snows the night before, the road out to Hood River (via I-84) from Portland really S-U-C-K-E-D. It just so happened I had to be on Mt. Hood around 2pm that day. After 3 hours in the car, and after watching at least three vehicles slide into the ditch or just plain block the highway, I finally made it to my destination. Fortunately for Jeremy, since it was already 3pm and I was nearby Hood River, I gave J-man the night off, and headed over to the Horse & Hound to serve up some delicious pub quiz. After all, I wouldn’t be the Queen of Quizzery if I couldn’t just stop and have a pub quiz at any given moment in time, right?

Although I came prepared to quiz, I did not happen to have a PA system with me (though often I do!). I had to use my big theater voice all night to project into the crowd… extremely coincidental, if not ironic, for a curtain call (theater)-themed quiz! I could tell after seeing all the Playbills that folks were really geared up for a fun night.

And fun it was, mostly for the Turds in Hell team though. They commanded a HUGE lead from the get-go, scoring huge in ALL the rounds, from winning the Bingo to acing the Broadway Characters handout. The Friends of Soundheim team really did a great job at catching up to them, but the challenge round question (about the original language that Beckett wrote Waiting for Godot) couldn’t stop the Turds. Friends of Soundheim ultimately lost by 1 little point. Ugh I HATE it when that happens!

As I bid farewell, the crowd erupted with calls of, “what was the other question” and “Jeremy always reads the other question. You want to be cool like Jeremy, right?” Well, of course I do! Jeremy is cool. So I read the question about the fictional setting (the state) where the film Waiting for Guffman was set. As it turns out, that indeed would have upset the balance had the Turds only picked that option. Doh! Oh well. Here’s a cool picture of Jeremy to cheer them up.

Jeremy the Cool Pirate

In the end, it was a great night and fun was had by all. A big CHEERS to all for the end of 2009 will come tomorrow…. so I leave you with a big o’ Shakespeare. (Why I memorized a man’s part, I just don’t know):

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5, 19-28

Happy New Year Everybody!