For those of you who MISSED the big event on Monday night, you may wish to enter this into your iPhone calendar: “MARCH 28, 2011 – Quiz Against the Quizmasters – Day of Reckoning“. At least that’s what’s in my calendar after the senseless defeat of the Quizmasters… or is it sensible? Either way, what started out as a twinkle in the eye turned into a three-martini haze as the annual event made it’s way through the evening. Some highlights:
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John Doyle, our host going on three big years now, arrived at 6:30 with the quiz firmly handcuffed to his wrist, to assure everyone that the quiz was totally unknown to anyone but him.
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135 people at $5 a pop = $675 Pot to split!
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Started at about 7:15 pm. J.P. Pullen our Monkey, this Quizmaster’s favorite team name of the night, started the quiz in the lead after the big Bingo round.
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Round two was NAME THAT TUNE, everybody’s fav! Lots of great scorers, though Tom Peterson & the Glory Holes really kicked butt that round, as did Clarification Please and Laird Creeger.
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Teams in the top spots included Laird Creeger, Clarification Please, Spoonful of Whoopass, I Smell a Clambake, and Beige Food. In the end, it was BEIGE FOOD who took home the big $500 prize!
Here are a few photos from the night (more to come):
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- Can you feel it?
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- The Three P’s
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- Queen of Quizzery Goes Fool
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- The Anticipation Gathers
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- Polly, as played by Marcel Marceau
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- Clarification Bunnies
I wanted to point out that Tom Peterson (and Glory Holes Too!) managed to slip into second place somehow at the end of the night. We didn’t do too shabby for a team that’s been playing together for less than a month!
Also, just wanted to say thanks to the QMs for setting up such a great event, to John Doyle for being a great host, and to the quiz graders for doing a great job with a tough task.
They managed to slip in because they’ve got mad Pub Quiz skills! Great job, TP&G!