Month: April 2010

JGT Power Rankings

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  1. Steak Em Up. Sort of weird week for them, as they played under three different names, but at least two members of what is now a glorified posse were in each win (including one at Westbury), so we’ll give them the benfit of the doubt. Three wins in a week propels them to #1. Last week: #3
  2. L. Ron Hubbard. Another week, another win, but perhaps they need to double up another one of these weeks like they did last week to get back in the top spot. Last week: #1
  3. Lambda. A two man win at the Vous, followed by a one man 2nd place finish at the UA. Yeah, Steve-O is an 80s freak, but still, mighty impressive. Last week: #5
  4. Duane’s World. A second place finish at the Westbury and a 3rd place finish at the Black Sheep (and Eschaton’s 3rd at UA) drop the World two notches. Last week: #4
  5. The Savage Ear. Get a week off due to the Flyers game. A bye week helps them nurse their injuries and return stronger than ever. Last week #4
  6. The Narcotyzing Dysfunktion. A 110 would have won at any quiz last week…except Tuesday night at the Bards, where they lost to the Plastic Paddies by one. Last week #8
  7. The Jams. A second place finish at the competitive Vous is enough to maintain the #7 ranking. Last week: #7
  8. The Plastic Paddies. This team is at a crossroads. They can either declare themselves an autonomous entity free of Steak Em Up influence and become a major player in the game, or they continue to be sort of an offshoot republic still under the power of the Steak (in which case they won’t be back on the power rankings). There is some serious realpolitik going on here. It will be interesting to see how it turns out. Last week: NR 
  9. Supple Cowbell of Maury Buford. An incredible performance at Black Sheep this past Wednesday rockets Buford onto the top 10. The very rare one man win begs the question: what could they achieve with teammates? Last week: NR
  10. Catdog. Good news: they’re back in the top 10 w/ a 2nd place finish at Black Sheep. The bad news: they lost to a one man team. Last week: NR

Others receiving votes: Tooth Wind and Fire; Inglorious Barristers; The Champs; Magnus ver Magnusson; The Four Cs

Tonight’s Quizzes, Hosted by Mike Minion


mikePlayed the quiz last Monday at Westbury. My squad ate it in the final round. Thinking about playing UA quiz tonight. Holler at me if you’re interested in playing. Here’s a few thoughts from Mike Minion.

Last Monday was a Tale of Two Bars. The UA was a little slow, so there was no quiz.  More on that later.  The story at The Westbury was quite the opposite, to say the least . A lively crowd and spirited competition made for an interesting evening.  Group W (a subsidiary of Steak ‘Em Up) came from behind with an impressve final round to win for the second week in a row.  JGT’s team imploded in the last round, and finished out of the money.  Big surprise.  This week, I’d like to see some new team step up and keep Group W from completing the hat trick.

Last week also marked the start of a new feature.  I let the team with the lowest score for the night pick the theme for this week’s wild card round.  They choose “Science”. Lest this scare you off, have no fears.  In my book, asking who recorded the song, “She Blinded Me With Science” counts as a science question.  The 2nd round should be amusing as well.

Re the UA quiz: The UA regulars (L. Ron, Lambda) have been conspicuously absent from Monday nights.  Maybe they only want to play when they know the topics are slanted in their favor.  Or perhaps the idea of facing The Champs is a little intimidating.  Just thinking out loud.

Beer specials at both venues. Dollar off all drafts at Ugly American, and Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter is on tap for $3 at Westbury, as well as a dollar off all Dogfish Head beers. Gonna be a fun quiz. Hope to see you tonight, and start studying your Thomas Dolby songs!

Sonny Crockett Hosting Quizzo Tonight!

crockett2After a successful run at last night’s quizzo, Sonny Crockett is expected to reappear again tonight, despite the fact that he slept very little last night as he rode around in his Chris Craft Stinger 390 on the Schuylkill River last night while listening to No Jacket Required and trying to figure out his feelings for his Sheena Easton. Why does love have to be so complicated for a Vice cop?

Anyways, Sonny will be at Ugly American at 8 p.m. and the Bards at 10:15 p.m. All new all 1980s questions tonight, and rumors of a very interesting music round. Hope to see ya tonight!

Miami Vice


Yeah, it really was this cheesy awesome. Greatest intro in TV history. I used to watch religiously, and I remember taking a picture of Don Johnson to my barber and asking him to do that cut for me. Seriously. It didn’t work. My hair isn’t like that. There are rumors of Sonny Crockett guest hosting quizzo again tonight. I’ll keep you updated.

80s Quizzo Tonight!

Last night was kind of weird. No quizzo at O’Neals due to the Flyers game, then we moved to Bards. Decent crowd, not huge, but we had a lot of fun. The 80s questions were a huge hit, as was the last place prize. The Vous has been rocking lately, but the Black Sheep was pretty quiet last week. Really want to rebound strongly this week. In other words, get your butts down to the Black Sheep. It’ll be fun. Promise. Locust Rendezvous at 6:15 p.m., Black Sheep at 8 p.m. Hope to see ya tonight!