International Week Wraps Up Tonight

If you haven’t played this quiz yet this week you really should. Tonight’s is a really interesting one (and if you have any British friends, you absolutely, positively should bring them to quizzo tonight), with two handout rounds, just to mix things up a bit. We start at Industry. If you are looking for a win to earn yourself some points for the JGTSpI (which, incidentally will be held outdoors, weather permitting, on May 19th at the City Tap House. Working on a securing a band now) you’re best chance of the week will come tonight at Industry, where we’ve had four different winners over the first four weeks of the quiz. Things are wide open there right now. Action starts at 6:30. Great Happy hour specials go until 7, and the food is great, so get there a little early. It’s a great spot, if you haven’t checked it out yet, be sure to come by. Usually plenty of parking nearby as well.

On to the Bards at 9 p.m. Yeah, Steak Em Up recently changed their names to Jesters of Tortuga, but nonetheless if you beat them you instantly become a nerd legend, so give it a shot. I think one of the handout rounds could really throw them for a loop tonight. (Again, bring someone from the UK or Ireland and you will be in GREAT shape.) Hope to see ya tonight! (Video above well worth a watch, btw.)

International Week Starts Tonight


Alright, we’re kicking off International Week at quizzo this week. All questions will be coming from outside the United States. Expect some foreign language questions, a little geography, a little Downton Abbey, and maybe even a soccer question or two. Action starts tonight at North Star at 7 p.m. Half off mussels and hummus, $3 Kenzingers, and a great shot to get a win. On to the Sidecar at 9 p.m., where yes the NCAA championship will be on TV. Dollar off bitter beers. See ya tonight

(Above video was from Citizen’s Bank Park on Sunday.)

Bracket-tacular Breakdown

Ok, so we’re down to the Final Four, and we’ve got several different people who can win this thing. Let’s check out our leaders, and our possible scenarios (If you want to check scenarios for yourself go to the link above and click on scenario generator). Long story short…if anyone but Louisville wins the championship, Aaron Hertzog wins the title. No-one in our bracket had Syracuse, Michigan, or Wichita State winning it all. However, if Louisville beats Syracuse, then Jon Billet will win. And if Louisville beats Michigan, Nate from Steak Em Up will win. Needless to say, no-one wants to see the latter happen.

50th place is a little more wide open. Pretty much any way it shakes down is gonna result in a tie between two or more teams, so it will then come down to total points in the championship game.

As for last, I’m disappointed to say, I am doomed to 82nd out of 89, no matter what happens. You’d have thought it would have been tough to do worse than a guy who had THREE Final Four teams lose in the first round of the tourney. But no. Hyper CVAd somehow only picked one of the Final 8, and gets a hard earned last place finish.


Quizzo News and Notes


First of all, is this the future of quizzo? It seems kind of awesome. I really want to go to England and check it out. Hmmmm, we may have a “Send JGT to his Ancestral Homeland to Learn About Technological Quizzo Advances” fundraiser at some point soon. I really, really want to see this thing in action.

There is a new physical challenge on the facebook page if you are trying to earn points in the JGTSpI. More details on the big event coming soon.

Baseball quiz this Sunday! If you love baseball, don’t miss it!

Lord of the Rings quiz coming on April 21st at the Trestle Inn! More details coming next week.

If you missed it earlier, be sure to check out this interview I did with Kenn Kweder last weekend. Really a remarkable Philadelphian.

Just so we’re all on the same page here…the Nationals post earlier this week was an April Fool’s Day prank! I just want to make sure that’s clear. I hope Stephen Strasberg gets run over by a drunk Senator.

Looking for a win next week? Your best shots right now are probably North Star and Industry. And can someone please come to Black Sheep and knock off Duane’s World? This is getting ridiculous.

Congrats to Underground Bards for the best performance this past week. 39 out of 40 correct at City Tap House. Well Done!