QUIZ RECAP

Another Tuesday, another round of trivia at Slater's 50/50! And tonight saw the return of Atari Kobayashi after an extended absence! Welcome back, you two!

The night got off to a fairly even start in Round 1, but Concentration Breathing's inability to distinguish a duck from a goose cost them a Double or Nothing in Round 2 and set them back, from which they would not recover...

After a quick Wikipedia/Google sesh to verify that the Rockies are, indeed, the longest mountain range within the US (even without its Canadian extension), most teams were quick to figure out that Raven-Symone could be the only child actress from The Cosby Show that would make sense, and so they all walked off with 8 points in Round 4!

The following rounds saw a sponsorship and a reminder from our Disneyland-themed night coming up on Sunday (hosted by yours truly!) and confusion between German and Austrian desserts, but it all came down to Matt Damon...much to Jimmy Kimmel's dismay. This was a grab bag of answers that saw some learns in the form of both Ocean's Thirteen and The Bourne Identity not making as much money as the rest of their respective franchises.

But in the end, Mike Tyson's Speech School walked away with the grand prize once again! Newcomers to Slater's, The Mutants over at Table 9 made a comeback with a Double or Nothing in Round 5 (thanks, Disney!) to clinch second place with The Implication rounding out our Top 3 after debating whether or not Matt Damon was in Interstellar (he was).

Great job tonight, teams! And just remember, between Saving Private Ryan, The Martian, and Interstellar (all answers in Round 7, btw), the United States has spent billions of dollars rescuing Matt Damon.

See you next time!

QUIZ RECAP

On such a low-scoring night, we're usually rife with excellently hilarious answers for the amusement of all...and tonight was no exception! Though Mike Tyson's Speech School walked away the winners and Double Shot had to do the walk of shame with no gift card, there were plenty of laughs to be had this evening. Below are some of my favorite answers from the night.

• The wife of one of the Beatles: Beyonc? (Double Shot)
• DVD box cover art for TV shows: four guesses for "The Sopranos"...none of which were right (Baby Cheeses)
• The Implication tragically changed their correct answer of "Better Call Saul" to "Breaking Bad"...so close...
• Best Picture guess: Wild Wild West (Double Shot)
• Who could forget Shakespeare's most famous play? No, not Hamlet or Romeo & Juliet...I'm speaking of 4 Score & Seven Nights! This recently unearthed play was brought to you by The Implication.

And then we all had fun creating connections between acids and the leaders of North Korea...which I'm guessing you can figure out on your own...

Thanks for a fun night, all! See you next week!

QUIZ RECAP

Four teams. Three gift cards. One walk of shame...the stakes were high going into tonight's game of trivia and all four of our teams tonight had some great moments!

Baby Cheeses: A strong game until a bungled Double or Nothing in Round 6 where George was incorrectly identified as Princess Aurora's father (pst...his name was Stefan). But after that, they came up with some of the best Britney Spears songs, because who could forget hits like "I Drink Alcohol" and "Lip Gloss"? Definitely Billboard Top 100-worthy.

People in Sleeping Bags: I knew this returning team was going to have a fun night when they labeled the C3PO pencil topper as "Robot Charlie Brown". But they avoided the trap that the prior team fell into and gained enough points in Round 6 to secure a third place finish.

Mike Tyson's Speech School: Our house champions had a bit of a rough night after losing out on a Double or Nothing in our "Switched" theme round and waiting a couple clues to figure out the location of Round 4 was Disney World. And even though they knew who Namor the Sub-Mariner was (everyone's favorite Marvel character!) and that they pieced together the theme of Round 5 after they figured out Frasier's theme song...it wasn't quite enough to pull out the win tonight. They also requested that I perform song karaoke by singing the answers to Round 7...and I obliged where I could to what I can only describe as thunderous applause.

Only in ToonTown: To be fair, these Disneyland Cast Members had a slightly unfair advantage with two entire rounds being dedicated to Disney-themed trivia...methinks we're pretty excited about our Disneyland-themed night coming up at King Trivia. They doubled down on two separate rounds, including the aforementioned Disney Dads. They also taught me that "Werk Bitch" is an actual Britney Spears song (I thought they just made it up!) featuring Queen Ru herself. Our first timers pulled out the win and got the golden ticket gift card...after assuring me they would absolutely be back for the Disneyland night in a few weeks.

Great job to my four teams! I will see you all next week!