A new set-up at the Lock and Keel last night: to add to excitement I now have to dodge and weave flying ninja style pool cues while simultaneously reading quiz questions. Unsurprisingly, the crowd loved it. We had some new players at the Lock and Keel last night (still whittling away at those fishermen types [...]

Here’s what I learned about the “Indiana Jones” franchise this week: Everybody hates “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” Every time a question came up regarding that film during the new 5 for 5 round — the teams booed. Loudly. “Nobody saw that,” one team hollered. “We hate that movie!” Never the [...]

Short round was good for, if nothing else, good material for Family Guy. Fun night at the Thirsty Lion, though we did have a band doing their pre-show sound check during part of the quiz, as well as a guy who REALLY loves Bret Favre (“Hey 50 people, who was the best quarterback of all [...]

That is a true fact. Ultimately it doesn’t have any particular relevance to Tuesday night’s Pub Quiz at Biddy McGraw’s, but I thought I’d nevertheless assert my position on the slithery serpents for the record. In doing a bit of hack-blogging research, I happened upon an interesting little tidbit that I thought I’d share. Take [...]

Alright, so that didn’t come out quite as clever as I’d hoped, but that’s fine.  News!  First, welcome back We Heart Brains!  And congrats on being done with whatever kind of exam you have to study for 8 week for – that’s like, what happens in the 11th circle of hell.  Neverending exam cramming.  I [...]

It started a bit shaky. With 8 full teams vying for the glory at 21st ave bar and grill on Thursday night, the first round didn’t provide a lot of separation. Even well into round 2, The Game of Arrogance, it was knotted up at the top, with 5 teams all within striking distance of [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w&feature=artist Four or five years removed from the summer I heard this song absolutely non-stop, I’ve finally gotten to the point that I, once again, enjoy it. Which is nice, since it is a catchy little ditty. (Assuming you listen to it once every now and again, as opposed to, say, four or five times [...]

In honor of crazy week, a triumvirate of trivia nuts calling themselves the Crazies took home this week’s top spot — and pot o’ cash. Though I forgot to snap a photo of them, they’d have looked at lot like the dude to the left, only with fewer hats and more dollar bills! The Bingo [...]

Well you guys were there, you know.  So here’s how the drunk-guy water thing went down:  I parked around the corner (left side) from the Thirsty Lion entrance.  There were a group of drunks hanging around over there, like there always are.  There’s also this puddle of perpetual water there, because the drain is plugged [...]

Last night, september 22nd, was a day that will live on in the hearts of those who witnessed the start of something truly stunning. Seventeen lucky souls gathered at the grand hall of the Lock and Keel on Ballard Avenue to partake in their first of (what i hope will be) many feasts of knowledge [...]