Listen- I just want to be where there is white sand, turquoise water, and a handsome cabana person supplying me with unlimited beverages. And apparently- such a place exists. and it is owned by carnival. Good lord. I think my “happy center” just exploded. Sometimes I think themes are chosen just to torment me with [...]

Or chicken pizza, if you like. Great night at Schmizza Pub n Grub last night!  Not only did we have two cash-money winning teams, as per usual, but Schmizza was awesome and gave away $10 in gift certificates to the last place and 2nd to last place teams!  Those teams might have pulled a puppy [...]

And no I did not just win the Super Bowl, but with World Class vacations serving as this weeks theme I like to think that I am. We had a very boisterous crowd last night. I was sure glad to see some old regulars return. Lots of quizzers brought in there post cards from far [...]

I am very tardy for posting my blog….so much to be done in my prep for Burning Man! We had a great crowd in attendance for last night’s quiz! We even had 3 new teams and 2 veteran teams (new to this venue) show up to play. Bingo was bloody fun with  Hangin Brain taking [...]

Little known secret: Each week at the Belmont Inn’s quiz, the team that comes in last place has to strip down, “Full Monty” style. I never really talked about it before now because, well, it was kind of “our secret.” But since it’s topical, I figured I’d let the cat out of the bag. Thank [...]

I know what all you quizzers are thinking — JPP, how is it that you know all the answers to all of the questions!? Well, I know that I sometimes say it’s because they actually give me the answers in advance, but that’s a boldface lie. I actually know everything because I’m smart. Well, I [...]

I could litter this blog post with all sorts of British slang — but I won’t. I could talk about the Sex Pistols — but lord knows that I won’t go there! Instead I’ll talk about the kickass night of quiz we had in that familiar-yet-foreign faraway land we call Vancouver, Washington. (They drive on [...]

Great movie and if you had seen it you probably would have done very good at last nights pub quiz at Thirsty Lion Washington Square. We had a fairly good showing of folks last night. Mostly regulars a few first timers. Who again showed their wit and smoked the regulars. Thanks to all the teams [...]

” ‘…that with it thou mayest blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.’ ” The “in thy mercy” part makes me laugh every time It was a beautiful evening to take trivia to the British Isles and back!  The hot Summer days have turned into absolutely gorgeous nights lately, and it’s reminding me [...]

London Calling! Last night’s British Invasion Pub Quiz saw an explosion in attendance. Bonus points or no, I hope even more new faces come by next week! Thanks to everyone who stuck around to the end, lots of teams makes for a lot of handouts to grade! Pulling a hat trick this week (One of [...]