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.

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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.

Black Friday Weekend Sale!

There’s no reason your holiday party has to be an awkward, chaotic gathering in a Zoom room when you’ve got the opportunity to make it the most virtual fun you and your team have ever had instead. Let the Johnny Goodtimes team host your event, and watch the virtual high fives, fist pumps, and trash talk fly. From a basic quiz for 10 people to one with a virtual bartender and customized questions for 300, we can make it work for all budgets and group sizes. And this weekend only, we’re taking $50 off our usual prices.

Want to learn more? Just fill out this short form, and we’ll get back to you within 24 hours with all of your options. Thank you, and hope to see you and your crew soon!

Thanksgiving Food Round

We had a blast at last night’s Thanksgiving Eve quizzo, and we also raised over $400 for the Poor People’s Army (aka PPEHRC)! We’ll put that $ towards heaters.

Congrats to Careless Fister, who won the event in double overtime over Social Distance Warriors. The Very Stable Geniuses also finished with a 94, but fell in the first OT.

We had one of our corniest rounds ever, a Thanksgiving food before and After Round. So in other words if I asked, “What holiday was invented by Shel Silverstein?”, you’d answer “The Thanks-giving Tree.” Answers are after the break. Prepare to roll your eyes when you see them.

It’s the main attraction, isn’t it, A-Aron?
These evergreen dwarf shrubs founded Motown.
Some people like these in a casserole, which they prepare while listening to the 2000 album The Truth.
Others like this in a casserole, which they eat with the former Auburn head coach and Alabama senator.
You’ll find onion, celery and fresh herbs near this region between Rochester and Syracuse.
I recommend gruyere in this dish, which I often make while listening to Jimmy Buffet.
Ingredients include orange juice, cinnamon, marshmallows, motorcycles and pianos.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, oil a sheet pan, cover with foil, and then head out to Europe’s largest seaport.

1. Tur-key and Peele

2. Cran-berry Gordy

3. String Bean-ie Sigel

4. Sweet Pota-tommy Tuberville

5. Stuf-fingerLakes

6. Macaroni and Cheese-burger in Paradise

7. Candied yam-aha

8. Roasted car-rotterdam