It was a boat load of fun last night at the Bridgeport Brewery and thankfully, no mutiny as the teams were in good spirits even after the  top team shuffle up in our final  due to our handout about shark identificaiton.  A whole page full of beautiful, colorful shark. A few teams knew ALL the sharks, thus upsetting our standings and putting several new teams into the top 5.  We had scores ranging from 50 to 120 points in that final handout, thus creating a time-space continuum/gap for some teams to slide right into the top 5.  All those slippery seamen and well oiled poop decks had me a little flustered, and it  did get slippery in the final round with all the talk of poop decks and seamen and sperm, but in the end, we found our winner, who, sadly, had nothing disgusting in their name.  It was Capt’n Nemo who took home $102 for first place last night.  They rose up from fourth place and GUESSED at our final challenge question ‘How many people died in the first Jaws film, not including the dog?” They rallied the troops and made a guess, coming out on top ‘o the game.

1st place winning team Capt’n Nemo ^                                         2nd place team: Little Mermaid’s clam ^

Other great team names from last night worth a mention:

The Poop Deck; Poop deck full of seamen; The slippery seamen; Scooby’s Red Tide; Wombats on a boat!

See my confusion? In our wagers for the final round, two teams wrote wagers that said “Poop deck”  So I had to clairfy WHICH Poop deck we were referring to, the one with the Seamen, or the plain ol’ poop deck.  Either way, it was slippery with all those seamen and poop decks last night.  Not to mention all those “Ships” in a bottle.  Paper ships in baby bottles. Vodka bottles with the word “Ship” written on a piece of paper and shoved inside. And, finally, this: The lamest “Ship in a bottle” via Scooby’s Red Tide last night.  And being lamest attempt of course, I awarded points and had to share. This is Erin.  This is NOT Erin holding up an actual ship IN a bottle, it’s Erin holding up a bottle in front of a picture of a ship on her t-shirt.  What’s not to love?

Find me and lots of the Pub Quiz gang over on FB for some pre and post game fun.  I’m on FB HERE or on twitter here! Join the fun, create a page, talk the smack.  I’d love to see you there.  I”m looking for fan #300 on FB.  Sure to be a prize in that winning number…so, if it’s you, join soon, I’ve got 4 spots left till we hit the magic number…

Finally, last night was your chance to meet new Quizmaster Carlson Muss, he will be running the quiz at Bogey’s in Gresham, and shall be deemed a fine addition to our Pub Quiz team.  Carlson made it through all my bad, tasteless jokes in stride, and grades like a seasoned pro, thus, he earned my stamp of approval.  Good Luck to Carlson out at Bogey’s.  They’ll break him in good there, I’m sure.  Nice and gentle on the poop deck maybe?  (Trust me, I’m rolling my own eyes. I just can’t help myself)