Another year, another sell out, as almost 300 people packed the New Golden Palace in their quest to be named Philly’s smartest team (and see a kickass Hall and Oats cover band). In the end, it was the defending champs, Lambda Lambda Lambda, emerging with a slim victory. The Lambdas got a scare from called Sold Our Soul Train (a horned team that included Trivia Art, Smackdown, and D-Mac) but in the end retained their enormous trophy for at least another year with the narrowest win in Quizzo Bowl history, 124-121.

Quizzo Bowl V, held at the New Golden Palace at 8th and Washington, was about more than mere questions however. The show opened with a preview of an upcoming quizzo documentary, contained three rockin’ sets from Haulin’ Oats, and also featured a Chinese Lion Troupe performing at half-time.

It started as a high scroring affair, with 8 teams recording perfect round ones and 29 of the 36 scoring 10 or more points (Out of a possible 13). The 50/50 round (Before or After 1967, the year Hall and Oates met) was a bit tougher. At the end of two, perennial Bards stronghorse the Hurtin Bombs had taken the lead. I had given a hint as to what the 3rd Round was going to be in an interview on NBCPhiladelphia, and some teams decided to study. It paid off, as the round was indeed “China”, though with a few wrinkles. (I’ll post questions soon.) Lambda and the Kingdom were tied for the lead after three, and it looked like a two team race. But Sell Your Soul Train was not to be discounted, as they went on a tear in the final round, and missed out on immortality by a single year in a question about life expectancy. Lambda escaped with a narrow but impressive 124-121 victory (they only missed four questions out of 48) and headed for the afterparty with their enormous trophy in tow. Got any fond favorite memories of the night? Leave ’em below.

Here ya go. This will tell you how you were doing after each round, and what your final ranking was. If you see any mistakes let me know.

First of all, I expect to be sold out by the end of the day. I have about 25 tickets left. If you have not already bought tickets, please do so ASAP. You can try to walk up tomorrow in case someone cancels, but it’s gonna be highly unlikely. Here’s the details. If anyone has any questions, email me today.

TIME: Doors open at 5 p.m. Show starts at 6 p.m. sharp. I expect to be done by 9 p.m.
LOCATION: New Golden Palace. Corner of 8th and Washington.
ENTERTAINMENT: Hall and Oates cover band, as well a Chinese Lion Troupe. Also, a trailer of the Quizzo Documentary done last year to kick off the festivities.
VIP: Teams that dress up will get the VIP treatment. You will get the closest tables, and if at all possible I will try to deliver beer to your table at some point during the evening. You will also get a team photo from our professional photographer. (If more than 15 teams dress up, it’s gonna be the first 15 who get the first three rows.)
QUESTIONS: Questions will be a little tougher than usual, but not too brutal. There will be some multiple choice questions to even out the playing field. (Deal with it, nerds). 12 questions per round. You will not get sheets back after each round, so if you want to doublecheck your scores, you might want to keep a copy of your answers.
FOOD AND DRINK: Beer and wine will be provided free of charge, though I do expect you to take good care of your bartenders Corey and Liz. (No-one under 21 y/o will be admitted to the show. No exceptions!) Food will be available for an additional charge.
PARKING: Street parking. I don’t think it’s gonna be too bad on Washington at that time of day. If you are going to drink then by all means take a cab.
AFTERPARTY: The afterparty will be upstairs at Downey’s on Front and South Street Street starting at 9:30 p.m. There will be live music there too (No, not Hall and Oates tunes. Three sets of that should be plenty). It’s gonna be free admission, but please bring a few bones to tip the band! Lagers will be $2.50 a pop.
HOW MUCH RAPPING WILL THERE BE AT THIS EVENT? None.

First of all, just a heads up. We will be starting at precisely 6 p.m. on Saturday, not the normal Johnny Goodtimes schedule. Doors open at 5 p.m., but be in your seat by six, because that’s when the trailer to the Quizzo Bowl Documentary will begin. Also, I need one more person to help with scoring, preferably someone with a little Microsoft Excel knowledge. If you aren’t playing but wanna see the show and are good at grading papers, let me know. I will have tickets on me tonight at quizzo, or you can purchase them online. It’s gonna be a hell of a show folks. Where else will you see a Hall and Oates cover band, a Lion Troupe, and have a chance to win $800 this weekend?

Got our halftime entertainment, gang. A Lion Troupe, like the ones you see on Chinese New Year, will be entertaining us for halftime (which we are gonna move back to the end of the third round). This is gonna be off the hook. As far as ticket sales, we just crossed the 125 sold mark, and I am holding another 50 for people. That leaves 100 unclaimed tickets left total. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL SATURDAY TO BUY YOUR TICKETS. I am fairly certain they will be sold out by then. I will have them on me tonight at quizzo, or you can buy them online.

There’s a lot going on today. We’ve lined up a Quizzo Bowl sponsor (Sly Fox) and an afterparty (Downey’s.) We also got a little love from our good friends over at NBCPhiladelphia, who did a little write up on our event. You should probably check out the article. It contains a pretty big hint about what one of the rounds is going to be. If you wanna buy tickets now, you can purchase them here, or you can see me this week at quizzo. Halftime act will be announced tomorrow. For more info on the event, click here.

For the 2nd straight year, the good folks at Sly Fox Brewery are gonna help us party at Quizzo Bowl. Sly Fox is generously donating several kegs to the cause. Beer will be free at Quizzo Bowl.

I searched far and wide for the perfect afterparty venue and I found it. Don’t know if you’ve seen the upstairs at Downey’s lately, but it extremely awesome and we get to use the upstairs balcony which has a great view of the River. I hadn’t been upstairs in a while and was blown away by how good it looks. This place is gonna be perfect for the afterparty. Oh, and Lagers are on sale for $2.50. Boo-ya.

We’re heading down the home stretch gang. If you want to buy tickets, you’ve got two choices. You can either buy them from me this week at quizzo or you can buy them online by clicking here. I’m up to about 75 sold, with another 100 or so that I am holding for teams that are certainly gonna buy. That leaves about 100 tickets left. Don’t wait until the last minute! This could sell out before the day of (Plus it costs $5 extra bucks the day of.) For more info on QBV, click here. If you have a smaller group, that’s cool. Just let me know and I’ll team you up with somebody.