We had a great question at last night’s Space Room quiz — the kind of question you can only get at Hawthorne’s hottest Pub Quiz. What is Sarah Palin’s maiden name? We had a lot of uhhhh… creative answers to that question, none of them I can reveal here. If you want to sample that sweet [...]

On Tuesday at Shanahan’s, we had our own version of temporary Linsanity when a team rolled in and decided not to name themselves “The Jeremy Lin Fan Club.” Instead, they went with the moniker “The Unusually Dumb Asians,” and though I loved every minute of them being there, they lived up to their name. Question: [...]

It was Oscar fever at the Belmont last night, where we had another huge turnout, another great quiz, and a fierce argument about the skills of Meryl Streep — or lack thereof. The fight only proved one thing: If Meryl Streep had been in Field of Dreams, it would still be the worst movie ever [...]

Last night at Space Room, we played the classic Oscars audio clip of Jack Palance winning his award, and saying “Billy Crystal… I shit bigger than him.” Ever wonder what Jack Palance eats for breakfast? I’m betting Grape Nuts. But we had a lot more than Grape Nuts last night — the staff mixes up [...]

All the stars came out to Shanahan’s Theater last night for the 184th annual Academy Quizwards last night, a night of action, excitement, cash, and long acceptance speeches. I hope you weren’t thinking Oscars — no, no, these are better than Oscars. They’re Grouchie Awards! Well, they aren’t really awards, either. Unless you win. Then, [...]

Whoa nelly! A sea change is happening at Portland’s wildest pub quiz. The Thursday Throwdown, dominated by a handful of teams over the past year, saw a new flock of quizzers at the top last night for the first time in ages. It looks like fresh competition has come to The Belmont Inn, and if [...]

Oh we use did have the sing-a-long last night at our LOVE-themed quiz, with the Name That Tune round two that had all the lovely little quizzers ready to belt out the hits. But everyone was careful not to shout out answers, because competition was crazy tight, for everyone wanted to win the American Honey [...]

Wow, we sure did make some sweet quiz love, right from question #1: If you have a Priapism, what can’t you get to go away? You’d think that everyone would know the answer to this, but the funny thing is, one team said hiccups. Hilarity ensued, and on went our night! It was a great [...]

Oh man, I have NEVER seen a Challenge Round like last night at the Belmont. Let me get right to it. A huge crowd of 85 people turned out to the Thursday Throwdown, so the pot was more than $255. On top of that, I buy two pitchers of New Belgium for folks, AND we [...]

It was whisper-quiet in the Space Room on Wednesday for our “I Love the Library” theme. Alright, maybe not that quiet — or quiet at all — but it was a bar full of nerds who love their book learning. Eight teams in all were in the house to battle for the big pot. It [...]