The New Year’s Eve Quizzo Spectacular

Just because we can’t go out on New Year’s Eve doesn’t mean we can’t party. So this NYE, let’s put on our formal finest (tuxedo t-shirts welcome…and lots of sequins), get together for some zoom quizzo, and cheers to the good riddance of 2020. We’ll have our virtual bartender Fergie teaching you some champagne cocktails while spinning a few yarns, we’ll have some questions about all things new, and we’ll do it early enough in the evening that all you old heads won’t fall asleep on your keyboards.

Wanna join us for a New Year’s Eve night of merriment and mirth? Tickets are $50 per team, and can be purchased here. 10% of all ticket sales go to Beyond the Bars (we’ll also be doing a 50-50 raffle for them) and each member of the winning team will win a $25 gift card to Shibe Sports. (2nd place will each win a $10 gift card). Hope to see ya New Year’s Eve!

J. Michael’s Movie Club

Excited to start something new this season! Our quizmaster J Michael is a huge movie buff, and so we’re gonna put together a little movie club and see who wants to hang out. Here’s how it will work, we’ll pick a new movie each month, get together at the end of the month, take sort of a mini-quiz about the film, and then have a group discussion. Our first film is gonna be Mank. It’s the story of the making of Citizen Kane. Is it movie geeky? Yes. Are we geeks? That is correct. We’ll be doing a short quiz (got some new trivia tech to test out for it too) about the film and then having a discussion, led by our resident movie geek JMD. It’ll go down on January 31st at 6 PM. If you wanna join us, just sign up here so we can send you the zoom link. Looking forward to it. This is gonna be fun!

Meet the Quizmasters: Mike Major

With Carl and I getting slammed with holiday gigs (book yours now!) and with what we expect to be a big Winter Warz season on the horizon, we thought it would be a good idea to add a new member to the team. So we’re happy to add bar and restaurant vet Mike Major to the squad. Wanna play a quiz with Mike? Sign up here.

What’s your pre-COVID profession?
I worked at the demonstration kitchen COOK.

List three of your favorite places in Philly.
Loaded question but my brain immediately went to food and booze. Bob and Barbara’s, Fountain Porter, and Carribean Feast.

What one album would you want with you on a desert island?
The Score from The Fugees.

What reality show would you be an absolutely terrible contestant on?
The Bachelor/Bachelorette.

What would be your theme music if you were a professional wrestler?
Dreams and Nightmares.

What famous person do people tell you that you look the most like?
Taye Diggs. Is he even famous anymore?

What would be your dream job?
Sports analyst.

What was the worst job you ever had?
Telemarketer. They even got shut down by the FCC.

What show/movie/series should people be watching while quarantined?
The Boys and this show called The Chosen. It’s a quick watch, only one season. Oh and Succession is so good.

What’s your favorite dessert?
Peach cobbler.

PREVIOUSLY:

Week 2 Results

Sofa Kingdom took home the title in Week 2 with an impressive 51. Yacht Rock finished tied for 2nd. The Kingdom and Yacht Rock are now tied atop the leader board with 101 points through two weeks. L. Ron is in 3rd We’ll have standings fully updated after Week 3.

1	Sofa Kingdom	51	0.0036
2	Social Distance Warriors	49	0.0005
3	Yacht Rock	49	0.0005
4	Lambda Lambda Lambda	48	0.0005
5	Duane’s World	47	0.0005
6	L. Ron Hubbard’s Diabetics	47	0.0021
7	Underground Bard	46	0.0015
8	Careless Fister	45	0.0067
9	Au Bon Pandemic	44	0.0005
10	Expired Walmart Meat	44	0.0005
11	There’s No I in Quizzo	43	0.0067
12	The Quarantiners	42	0.0000
13	Mad Princes	41	0.0000
14	Meat Sweats	41	0.0036
15	Very Many Porpoises	40	0.0010
16	Babysitters Fight Club	39	0.0056
17	Deck My Balls	38	0.0000
18	Pop Fit Studio	38	0.0010
19	English Department	37	0.0010
20	Not Last Place	37	0.0082
21	Lamination Station	35	0.0056
22	Drunk Parents	33	0.0097
23	Synchronized Trampoline	32	0.0015
24	Carole’s Husband	32	0.0041
25	Tuesday Night Quarantine Quizzo Club	32	0.0041
26	Together Alone	29	0.0067
27	Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Answers	29	0.0251
28	Brains on Cheese	26	0.0010

The War on Quizmas Spectacular!

Yes, it’s been a rough year, but even with our backs against the wall, we must continue our relentless War on Christmas! But before we kill this vile holiday and erase it from the history books, let’s have some fun celebrating the movies, traditions, and treats it’s given us. Same deal as usual: $35 per team (just buy one ticket for your whole team) and we’ll do a 50/50 raffle. You can purchase your ticket here. This time the recipient will be Beyond the Bars, a program that recently was announced as a finalist for the prestigious Lewis Award.

Quizmaster Blake Releases New Comedy Album!

One of the JGT Quizmasters just released a new album, and it’s hilarious. Pick yourself up a copy on itunes! Or you can listen on spotify, which he’ll probably get like .0000001 cents on. Spotify is trash. Anyways, very funny album.

Sign Ups For This Week

We’ve still got lots of openings for this week, if you’d like to get your team back in the mix (or if you wanna play for the first time and see what the hubbub is all about). Just go here, sign up, and send $35 per team to @jgtquizzo on venmo. And boom, you’re entered. Hope to see ya this week!

Last Week’s Scores

Congratulations to Yacht Rock and Expired Walmart Meat…both scored a perfect 52 last week to rocket to the top of the charts. Yacht Rock comes away with one of the narrowest victories in quizzo history, by 0.02 in OT. If you missed last week, worry not, we’ve still got lots of openings for this week. We’re taking each team’s top 3 scores to determine a December champ, so you’ve still got a shot at the crown if you sign up now!

1	Yacht Rock	52	0.10
2	Expired Walmart Meat	52	0.12
3	L. Ron Hubbard’s Diabetics	50	0.09
4	Sofa Kingdom	50	0.14
5	Synchronized Trampoline	49	0.01
6	Duane’s World	49	0.18
7	Lambda Lambda Lambda	49	0.26
8	Underground Bard	47	0.00
9	Carole’s Husband	46	0.06
10	Very Many Porpoises	45	0.25
11	Hallmark Hot	43	0.16
12	Meat Sweats	42	0.08
13	The Quarantiners	42	0.30
14	There’s No I in Quizzo	41	0.06
15	Quick Question	40	0.14
16	Deck My Balls	40	0.28
17	Au Bon Pandemic	38	0.12
18	Mad Princes	38	0.20
19	Pop Fit Studio	38	0.30
20	Brains on Cheese	37	0.20
21	Drunk Parents	36	0.16
22	Not Last Place	31	0.30
23	Penny Fur Long	30	0.06
24	Tuesday Night Quarantine Quizzo Club	30	0.38
25	Together Alone	26	0.01

Our Toy and Clothing Drive Is Live!

Our annual toy and clothing drive is now underway. The way we do it is simple. Pick a child on this spreadsheet (or more than 1 if you’d like), find a toy they’d like on Amazon, purchase it and have it mailed to the address below. Take about 30 seconds and makes a WORLD of difference to a child who might otherwise not get a toy this Christmas. Thank you everyone for your continued annual support for our annual toy and clothes drive! We couldn’t do it without you! And thank you to the Poor People’s Army, we couldn’t do it without them.

(Child’s first name) c/o PPEHRC Toy Drive
1505 West Allegheny Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19132

December Sign-Ups are Live!

Looking top play a little quizzo during December? Good news, we got ya covered. Just go here and sign up. And here’s the payment breakdown:

It’s $35 a la carte, or $150 for all 5 weeks (a savings of $25)

Just send your money to @jgtquizzo on venmo, fill in the days you wanna play, and have at it.

We’ll keep track of each week’s scores, and monthly averages for any teams that play 3 or more weeks.

NOTE: I’m not open much after week 1 due to corporate jawns. But ~~who cares you jerks all love J. Michael more tha~~ worry not! I will be hosting some special quizzes this month. More info on those soon.