A Couple of Things You Might Not Have Known About JFK and RFK

The 50/50 round at the JGTAI was JFK or RFK. Sunday was Bobby’s birthday, which inspired the round. There a few kind of random questions in the round I thought I’d throw out a bit more info on, just for fun.

One of the questions was “Which brother regularly took steroids?” The answer was JFK. He was also the answer to “Who got so sick he was given last rites in 1947?” JFK spent most of his adult life in extreme pain and illness. He suffered from colitis, and took more steroids than Mark McGwire. Back then, the side effects were unknown, so steroids were seen as a cure all to be doled out liberally. His Addison’s disease made him so ill in 1947 that he was expected to die within the year, and he was given last rites while on a cruise ship. This from the Atlantic:

The following year, while in England, Kennedy became ill again. He ended up in a hospital in London, where a doctor for the first time diagnosed the Addison’s disease…The doctor told Pamela Churchill, Winston Churchill’s daughter-in-law and a friend of Kennedy’s, “That young American friend of yours, he hasn’t got a year to live.” On his way home to the United States, on the Queen Mary, Kennedy became so sick that upon arrival a priest was brought aboard to give him last rites before he was carried off the ship on a stretcher. In 1948, when bad weather made a plane trip “iffy,” he told his friend Ted Reardon, “It’s okay for someone with my life expectancy.”

Another question was, “Which brother played on the football team at Harvard?” The answer was Bobby. His football career was shortlived. This from the book Robert Kennedy, Brother Protector: Robert returned to Harvard for the 1946 fall semester. For the next two years, he centered his attentions on football, paying scant attention to his studies…Even with several bigger and faster athletes at his position, Robert Kennedy started at left end when Harvard took the field for its 1947 season opener against Western Maryland. He caught a short touchdown pass in the blowout victory, but then injured his leg in practice and did not play again until the Yale game, when a sympathetic coach briefly put him in the game to insure Robert’s varsity letter.

Steak Em Up Won the JGTAI, So Let’s Focus on Their Collapse Last Tuesday

Yeah, so Steak Em Up was unstoppable at the JGTAI and answered every question in the final two rounds correctly yadda, yadda, yadda. Oh sure, the band was phenomenal and City Tap House hooked us up with some great specials, but let’s face it, Steak Em Up winning another quizzo event is hardly sexy enough to garner any impassioned rhetoric.  But Steak Em Up collapsing is. So before I post everybody’s scores from Sunday below, let’s revisit the worst part of the Steak’s week, when they collapsed last Tuesday.

They went into the final round at City Tap House Tuesday night up 15, and I was convinced that the only drama was going to surround who finished 2nd. They had missed one question all night, and sure enough they got the first 6 right in round 4. And then the meltdown began. They missed a question on where the calcaneus bone is located. Then they missed one on the NFL’s leading rusher. It became obvious that metallurgy wasn’t a strong suit for the Steak (note to self: remember to write a lot of metallurgy questions at Quizzo Bowl), nor was Chad Vader. And while they were collapsing on the final four questions, the Slutty Muggles were coming on strong. When the dust settled, the Muggles had pulled off a shocking 104-99 victory, and all the world rejoiced. The world would of course be silenced on Sunday, as the damn Steak won again.

In all seriousness, though, thank you to each and every person who came out on Sunday. We had a great time, got to listen to some great music, and got to try a few of the City Tap House’s dozens of excellent beers. I hope you guys enjoyed it, and I look forward to doing it again soon. The next invite will be in the Spring (The Quizzo Bowl is sort of the de facto Winter Invite) but we’ll have some more fun events going on this winter. Details on some of them coming soon. Scores from Sunday are listed below.

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Bards Quiz on Wednesday This Week

Due to the holiday, we’re going to slightly tweak things this week. Nothing drastic,  just moving Bards quizzo up to Wednesday night, while we’re taking a week off at the Ugly. Here’s the schedule:

TUESDAY

  • O’NEALS 8 P.M.
  • CITY TAP HOUSE 10:15 P.M.

WEDNESDAY

  • LOCUST RENDEZVOUS 6:15 P.M.
  • BLACK SHEEP 8 P.M.
  • BARDS 10:15 P.M.

Hope to see ya this week! And yes, there will be a Thanksgiving themed round, though the whole quiz will not be about Turkey Day.

Great Prizes, Food and Drink Specials at Quizzo Tonight

No nights off for this quizmaster. A mere 24 hours after the JGTAI, he’s back in action again. How does he do it?  2 quizzes in 24 hours? Does the man sleep? Is he some sort of machine? Yes, and a well oiled one, at that. Action starts at 7 p.m. at North Star. Half-off of homeade hummus and mussels, and $3 Kenzinger drafts. Plus we’ve got no frontrunning teams. Things there are still wide open. And if you’re coming from Center City and beyond, no worries…the North Star has free parking. Hope to see ya tonight!

Lineup for Autumn Invitational (Updated on Saturday)

Here’s how it stacks up for Sunday’s Invitational. This is what I believe is the final roster. If your team earned an invite and is playing and isn’t listed below, give me a heads up. (johnny@johnnygoodtimes.com) The event is going down this Sunday at City Tap House at 5 p.m., is $10 a pop, and will feature performances from the incredible Blackbird Society Orchestra. (I know we have a few smaller teams, so if you’ve got 5 or less, just be prepared to add a couple of teammates. All of these teams are pretty good, so it should only make your team better.)

  • Ruby Tuesday
  • Steak Em Up
  • What’s Good for the Puma
  • L. Ron Hubbard’s Diabetics
  • Popesack
  • Mysterous Mr. Mapother
  • The Champs
  • Slutty Muggles
  • Some Douche Stole My Bike
  • Madame Butterface
  • Why Can’t Us
  • Philliez Nutz
  • Missing Heads
  • Specific Jawns
  • Do It Live
  • Mister Lippers
  • Honey Badgers
  • Upside Down Smile