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!