Mike Minion returns to action tonight. He starts off at the Taproom Terrace at 7:30, where he has been getting huge crowds. Minion is becoming a fan favorite in Manayunk. Sounds about right. Then he hops on the train and heads back to the big city, where he’ll be hosting at the Westbury at 10:30 p.m. If you have not been to the Westbury in some time, I highly recommend it. Quizzo legend JohnniE is behind the bar and the draft and bottle lists are both very impressive. Alright, I’m hopping on the ferry to Portland. Holler at ya soon! -JGT

As you may have noticed, I’ve already started posting pics of winners. That’s because I’m heading on vacation tomorrow to Maine and I don’t want to spend my vacation uploading photos of you nerds. More details to follow later, but now, just to give you a heads up, Mike Minion will be taking over some of my duties next week on Wednesday and Thursday, and Kristy B. will be taking over on Tuesday. Gonna be a good week of quizzo, so I hope you can make it out. I think it’s important that you play quizzo next week as long as, while you’re playing, you are keeping a mental image of me eating lobster. Because that’s what I am about to do nonstop for the next week. Holla!

But first, we are in action tonight. We kick it off at Ugly American at 8 p.m. We’ve had a lot of fun there lately with some nice crowds, and keep this in mind: the Phils are on TV tonight, and just like always at UA when the Phils play, hot dogs are $1. No, that is not a misprint. No they are not tiny corn dogs. They are good, hearty corn dogs and this may be the best food deal in town.

We move to the Bards, where the specials are none too shabby either. $2.50 Lagers is tough to beat. And what’s even tougher to beat is the fact that I’m giving away Phils tickets tonight at the Bards. Action starts at 10:15. Hope to see you there!

A very interesting quiz this week that I think you’re gonna like. Due to the groundbreaking surgery I had on Monday, I have decided to give the ol’ voice a rest. Therefore, this week’s quiz is full of puzzles, speed, and photos (ok, and one round of old fashioned questions). We kick it off at the Vous at 6:15 p.m., where 16 oz. Beck’s cans are an insanely cheap $2 a pop, and Magic Hat #9 Pints are only $3 a pop. We then move to the Black Sheep at 8 p.m., where hopefully I won’t have to cuss anyone out for shouting out answers. Hope to see ya tonight!

First of all, in case you haven’t heard, I had to undergo fairly major surgery yesterday. However, due to my “pluck” and “toughness” I am going to fight through the pain of wisdom tooth removal and host quizzo tonight, against doctors orders. This is a lot like when TO played in the Super Bowl on a bad ankle. Of course, I will make some concessions to the wisdom tooth, and therefore I would expect many, if not all, questions to be in the picture, music, and crossword/word search variety. Should make for a rather interesting quiz. Will it be enough to unhinge Steak Em Up? We’ll see. Action at Bards starts at 10:15 p.m. and if you can knock off the Steak you win like $60. I don’t even know what it is now. Regardless, it’s ridiculous money if you win. Before that, we get started at O’Neals, home of the $50 gift certificate for the winners. That buys a lot of $3.50 margaritas.

As for other news, it seems that the Summer Invitational was a big hit. Therefore, we may very well make this a seasonal event, and do it again in the fall. I’ll keep ya updated. Also, a heads up: I’ll be hosting a special quizzo at the Franklin Institute on September 10th. Winners will get free passes to see the Cleopatra exhibit. That’s an over $200 prize (assuming you have a team of 8.) And it will be in the planetarium, meaning that you’ll get to see a planetarium-style show as well. And yes, there will be a bar. So mark it down in your calendars. September 10th. People who went to these on past years will tell you that they’re a lot of fun. Finally, if anyone is interested in doing some sports writing for isportacus, shoot me a line.

Yesterday’s big Invitational was a lot of fun.  Despite being prepared to hate the Wild Card round, it turned out to be very interesting and very fair.  Even though we tied for second, there are no sour grapes here. Congrats to Philly’s ONLY true Man of Leisure for hosting such an enjoyable event.

But there is no rest for the wicked.  We keep right on chugging with the Monday night lineup of quizzos.  First stop, the Terrace Taproom in Manayunk.  The train pulls into the station at 7:30 PM.  This is a change from last week, and will be the starting time from here on.  The theme round at the Taproom tonight is 80’s sitcoms.  The beer specials are all Magic Hat bottles for $3 and Troeg’s for the same price.  I am looking forward to a nice bowl of the veggie chili myself.

Last stop on the line is The Westbury at 10:30 PM.  The Westbury was well represented at the Invitational yesterday by The Four C’s, Duane’s World (who tied for second), and Group W (playing with evil alter-ego Steak ‘Em Up and coming in first).   Clearly, you need to bring your A game to the Westbury.  When some other quizzo regulars manage to get up the courage, we’d love to see them show up and  give these three teams a run for their money.  But until someone  has the cojones, we’ll just keep enjoying great beer specials and  playing top-notch quizzo.  The theme round this evening is John Hughes movies and the keg special is Rogue Dead Guy Ale at $4.  I know what I’ll be drinking tonight.

Hope to see ya on the wrong side of the tracks tonight!

Today’s wild card round will be unlike any you have ever played, I can almost guarantee it. It does not favor any particular team. If Steak Em Up is better than everybody else at this, then we are just going to have to concede that they are far superior humans than the rest of us in every aspect. It will revolutionize the game or it will destroy my career. The speed round is going to be interesting as well, and unlike any I have ever done before. One last time, I do know that there are some teams that are in search of a couple of extra teammates, so if you want to play, please hit me up and let me know. (For details, scroll down a little bit). See you guys at 3:30!