Month: January 2008

Dr. Sandman to Host at Draught Horse

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Dr. Sandman, recently released from upstate for crimes relating to his “medical qualifications” will be co-hosting at the Draught Horse (1431 Cecil B. Moore) tonight. We will be doing a little co-hosting thing for a little while until his parole officer says that he is allowed to be on his own. He is trying to atone for his past mistakes, and I applaud his efforts. However, I should warn you: the Good Doctor has a vicious temper, so it is best not to rouse him with tomfoolery. Hope to see some of you tonight!

Toughest questions this week

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As I stated before, I think the impossible rounds were exceptionally impossible this week, and the wild cards were no walk in the park either. Here are the questions I think were the toughest this past week, with answers after the jump:

  1. What is the biggest beer drinking day in the United States?
  2. What does the sun of the door of an outhouse indicate?
  3. Released w/in the last 3 years, this was the most expensive film to produce ever, costing over $258 million.
  4. If I were referring to waxing gibbous, what would I be talking about?
  5. In the 1970s, Congressman Leo Ryan was murdered at an airstrip while investigating what?
  6. What classic book begins with the line, “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice I have been turning over in my mind ever since?
  7. This 17th century British philosopher believed that all ideas come from experience and none are innate.
  8. Modern historians do not believe that this philosopher wrote anything that has survived, but for over 2,000 years the 5 Classics were believed to have been written by this man.
  9. When Dan Marino and Joe Montana met in the Super Bowl, it took place on this college’s football field, west of the Mississippi River.
  10. William Daniels provided the voice for this object from 1982-1986.

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Scoreboard, brought to you by River Raid

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O’NEALS

  1. Young Old and Restless 90
  2. I Got Nothin’ 87
  3. Heath Ledger is Dead, WHat Now? 76
  4. Too Lazy For Quizzo 68
  5. Joseph Stalin 55

BARDS

  1. Narcotyzing Dysfunktion 104
  2. Sofa Kingdom 99
  3. Thanks for Taking One Hand… 83
  4. Western Omelette 69

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS

  1. Autopsy Report: Broke Back (aka Champs) 97
  2. The Memoirs of Autobiography 83
  3. They’ve Closed the Ledger on Heath 81
  4. Project Runaway 60
  5. Hoop Hoop 60

BLACK SHEEP

  1. Duane’s Satans 100
  2. Herve Villechaize 87
  3. The Aussie is Down Under 86
  4. Batman Killed Heath Ledger 78
  5. Weapons of Ass Destruction 70

GOOD DOG

  1. Ginger Puts Asses in the Seats 76
  2. The Axis of Evil Knieval 72
  3. Fort Awesome 65
  4. Heavenly Jewish Mother 62
  5. Bring Down the Buzzkills 59

BARDS

  1. Western Omelette 103
  2. We Don’t Like Monday 90
  3. Hurtin Bombs 79
  4. Sofa Kingdom 79
  5. Brain Hammer 77

A weird, wild week on the quizzo circuit, as you see below. No big surprises at O’Neals, but the Bards saw one of our quietest days ever, as only four teams played. Even still, the Kingdom fell to the Funktion. The Champs returned to the Vous, and pulled off an impressive come from behind victory, as the Jams finished third. No big surprises at the Black Sheep, but at the Good Dog, the Axis of Evil Knieval faded in the final round and lost to a team consisting of Steve O. and…well, nobody. Saving the weirdest for last, the Western Omelette only scored 69 points on Tuesday night at the Bards, but on Thursday they scored 55 in the last round to score a blowout victory two days after finishing last. Perennial favorites the Kingdom and the Bombs tied for a distant 3rd. 23 points is considered to be the most the Kingdom has ever lost by. One final note: I think we set a new record on team name topics, as at least 10 teams names had something to do with Heath Ledger.

NY Times Supports Hillary

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The NY Times has thrown its weight behind the one Democratic candidate who can receive, maximum, 51% of the vote come November instead of the one with an unlimited ceiling. They have decided to support the one candidate who will unite a currently fractured Republican Party. And while running against Obama (anti-war from the start, charismatic) would be extremely challenging for the Republicans, the Times thinks the Dems should support the candidate (Hillary, get ready for more flip flops and icy, angry responses to questions she doesn’t like) that the right wing will eat alive. Of course, if she is elected president, we will get a bunch of new ideas. Oh, never mind, we’ll get one of the two trains of thought that have dominated politics for the last 25 years, the Bush’s and the Clinton’s. I’m sure that a duarchy is just what Washington, Jefferson, et al, were hoping for when they put the country together. This is a disgrace.