The Deets On Taking Your Free Luxury Cab Ride to Your Yacht

So part of the deal for Quizzo Bowl is that you’re gonna get a free ride to the event from Uber (for all people using it the first time, and for up to $20.). Here’s how it works…sign up for their app on your smartphone (or you can use their mobile site m.uber.com) It’s incredibly user friendly.

Fill out your info, and a few minutes before you want to leave on Saturday, when it asks for a promo code, enter QUIZZOBOWL. That’s all caps, one word. They’ll send you a towncar within a few minutes. I used it for the first time a few weeks ago, and quite honestly, I don’t know if I’ll ever use a regular cab again. It is first class. The cars are brand new and totally sweet, the drivers are friendly, the whole experience is great. If you haven’t used it before, you’re gonna be blown away.

Come On. Quizzo Bowl Can’t Be THAT Awesome. Right?

Right.

Everything You Need to Know About Quizzo Bowl X

BUY TICKETS HERE.

WHO: You, me, and various other nerds traveling from as far away as Austin and Denver.

WHAT: Quizzo Bowl X, the most prestigious quizzo event in the country.

WHEN: February 22, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. Yep, it’s an afternoon quiz. Be at the boat at 2:30 for boarding…hoping to get the quiz started a little after 3, so we don’t have a lot of time to dilly dally. The quiz will run until 6 p.m., when we will disembark. We will then have an afterparty at Winterfest, a 10-minute walk down the waterfront from the boat.

WHERE: The Spirit of Philadelphia, a luxury liner that will be plying the mighty Delaware River. It boards at 401 South Christopher Columbus Blvd.

WHY: Because we can.

WHY NOT WORLD CAFE LIVE? I love the World Cafe Live. I can’t wait to do it there again. But this being the tenth one, I thought we had to do something a little crazy. This is a little crazy.

PRICE: The price for the Quizzo Bowl this year is $50. The price includes:

A cab ride to the event courtesy of Uber (up to a $20 ride for first time users. Odds are somebody on your team hasn’t used Uber yet…have them sign up and then you guys can ride free).
Admission to the afterparty.
Lunch which will be served on board. There will be drink specials on board.
An amazing oppotunity to see the Philadelphia skyline from the river. Or, if you get bad seats, Camden. (I’m kidding, the boat will obviously go both ways so you’ll see both sides.)

I know $50 isn’t cheap, so I am packing as much action and fun into those $50 as is humanly possible. Two incredible bands, a few surprise performers at the afterparty, tons of prizes to give away, free food, free cab ride to the event, $3 beers on board the boat, and a ride up and down the Delaware River? $50 is a pretty damn good deal for all of that.

THAT’S A LOT OF MONEY. I BETTER BE GETTING SOME FASTBALL BOB WITH THAT MONEY. You will be getting all of the Fastball Bob that you can handle. And then a lot, lot more.
PRIZES: As usual, tons of giveaways to local bars and restaraunts, and a purse for the top three teams that’s valued at almost $1500.

WHAT IS THE MAX TEAM SIZE? MINIMUM TEAM SIZE? The most players you can have on a team is 8. If you have less than 5 players, I will probably try to team you up with some other players. Let me know if it’s only a couple of you, I can do some mix and matching…last year a team that was a mix of three different teams finished 2nd.

ENTERTAINMENT: TJ Kong will be teaming up with a smooth yacht rock-style band to play on the boat. At the afterparty, Kong will be teaming up with his normal backup band, the Atomic Bomb, to rock your freaking faces off. They will be one of the best rock bands you ever see. Seriously, the music is going to absolutely kick ass.

DID YOU SAY AFTERPARTY? Yes, since this is our 10th Quizzo Bowl, it’s gonna be an all day event. After the boat ride, we’re gonna head down the waterfront to the Lodge at Winterfest, where we will be enjoying food and drink specials, live music, trivia face-offs for prizes, and a few surprises as well. Afterparty is included in admission to the event.

WHERE CAN I GET TICKETS? I will have tickets on me at the various quizzes on the circuit. You can also purchase them online at Brown Paper Tickets.

IS THIS GOING TO BE AWESOME? Were you at any of the first nine Quizzo Bowls*? Hell yeah! I have teams that love this event so much they fly in from Denver and Austin for it. I have teams that have done this every year for the past 7, 8, 9 years. It is an event unlike anything else on earth. And oh, did I mention, WE’RE GOING TO BE RIDING ON A FREAKING BOAT! What are you waiting for? Buy your tickets now!

ANY QUESTIONS? Leave ’em in the comments below.

*Well, besides maybe “Quzzo” Bowl VI. That one was weird. But the other 8 were all freaking awesome.

Quizzo Bowl Featured on Uwishunu, Philly Weekly, the Inquirer, and (sort of) Philebrity

Quite a bit of buzz surrounding the most prestigious quizzo event on earth.

Here’s a write-up about it on uwishunu.

You can check out a short interview I did with Philly Weekly about Quizzo Bowl (scroll down to February 22nd.)

Dan Rubin did a write up about in the Inky.

And I gotta admit, the Leisure Suit Larry line on Philebrity is halfway decent.

It’s also currently on the front page of the Philly Fun Guide. This is big time people. Get on the boat!

UPDATED: Great write-up now up on Foobooz!

All Domestic Beers on Board the Boat Will be $3

The Spirit is hooking us up with a pretty awesome beer special on Saturday. All domestic American beers will be $3. That in addition to free lunch (there is such a thing!) and a free cab ride. So what are ya waiting for? Get on the boat!

Quizzo Tonight

We kick it off at O’Neals at 8 p.m., then onto City Tap House at 10:15. Pretty interesting music round. And yes, I will have Quizzo Bowl tickets for sale on me. Hope to see ya tonight!

Yachtin’ Weather

As you look out on yet another bleak, snowy winter day today, and you think of all of those recent weekends that have been ruined by bad weather, keep this in mind: you can either keep your string of cabin fever weekends going this Saturday, or you can get on a yacht, listen to a terrific band, drink a few cold ones, and play a little quizzo. After that you can walk down the waterfront on a practically balmy day to the afterparty, where you can see a legendary comedian, win prizes, and listen to one of the best rock bands you will ever see in your life. Get on the boat!

A Quick Note on the Price of Quizzo Bowl

A few people who have attended the past several Quizzo Bowls at the World Cafe Live have been complaining that the ticket price to the event is too high this year. Assuming you spent $10 on a cab to get to World Cafe Live (cab ride will be free to this event*) and $15 on a meal at WCL (meal will be free on board the ship**), the cost of this year’s event is the exact same ($50 each). The major differences will be that the World Cafe Live did not float up and down the Delaware River and that there was no live music and comedy at previous afterparties. This is, quite simply, a better deal than I offered last year.

*courtesy of UBER. I will post the promo code to get your free ride here on the site later this week.

**food will include cheesesteaks, wings, pretzel bites, and ziti.

GET ON THE BOAT!

Question of the Week

The question of the week is found at the end of the video above. Oh, quit yer whinin’. The video is less than a minute long.

DJ Starr to Take Photos for the 7th Straight Quizzo Bowl

I am excited to announce that the incredibly talented DJ Starr, who has documented every Quizzo Bowl since Quizzo Bowl IV in pictures, will be taking photographs again this year on board the boat. Someday, thanks to the great work by DJ, our kids are going to look at these insane photos us and wonder what the hell was wrong with us. Here are his photos from each previous Quizzo Bowl. If you’ve never been, these will give you a pretty good idea of what kind of insanity you’re in for. If you have been, you’ll probably find yourself in one of these pics.