Congrats to the Cool Cats and Kittens, who had our highest score again this week. Updated Top 20 coming out later today. Have to think they’re going to move up from their current #5 spot. Here were all of our team scores from the past week.
After putting all of the numbers of the past few months through our PATENTED Quiztron 2000 computer system, we now have a definitive Top 20 Quizzo list. We’ll see how our teams do in this week’s games and adjust them accordingly next week.
Hey gang, we’re doing sign ups now for Sunday night quizzo. Free to play, and 50% of all tips go to Nourished, a program to get food to front line workers while also helping our friends at local restaurants. Hope to see ya on Sunday!
Last week, Frank Fitzpatrick posted on twitter a news story from 50 years previous about a fight breaking out at a Clyde Beatty Circus.
I had never heard of the Clyde Beatty Circus so I looked it up and soon found myself down a strange wormhole of old circuses. A guy named Dennis Furbush used to take his 16 mm camera to circuses back in the day and had some footage of one that took place in Philly, apparently where the Franklin Mills mall is now. The footage was disorganized but spellbinding…it felt like traveling through time back to 1968. Just so much great behind the scenes footage.
I showed the story to a good buddy of mine, and he sent me a text that summed it up perfectly:
It’s funny, even though I understand and mostly agree with all the very good reasons that circuses–or at least that type of circus–don’t exist any more, I know the images and iconography have always stirred something very deep in me. Something that touches on human beings’ capacity for play and appreciation for the absurd and the strange. Things that have long felt under threat by the encroaching and suffocating same-ness of a mass-produced culture. Add to that the communal aspect of it and how far away that now seems, and it makes me deeply sad for something lost forever. Even if they were really shitty to the animals.
Well sometimes I get a crazy notion in my head and have to create something bizarre, so I decided to make a music video out of it, coupled with music from one of my favorite Philly groups, TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb. I spent way too much damn time on such a crazy project, but I think it came out kind of cool. If you enjoy it, feel free to share.
Quizmistress Erin runs her own quiz on Fridays at 5:30 and I’ve been playing most weeks. It’s a ton of fun, and her third round is always a “Family Feud” round which is kind of hilarious. She’s been using answers she uses online, but she wants to start doing some of her own “polls”, so I thought some of you would get a kick out of being a pollster. It’s kind of hilarious and will take like 3 minutes. Just go to the google form and answer the questions. That easy.
The Synchronized Trampoline (Locust Rendezvous) takes on the Social Distance Warriors (O’Neals) tonight at 8:30, and you’re invited to watch live! And what the hell, why not play along for fun? Here’s a link to a three round scoresheet you can print out and play along. Just go to Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo on Facebook and we should be live at 8:30. In addition to the championship game, we’ll also have Steve O of Lambda playing keyboard between rounds. This has all the makings of an awesome time. Or a total train wreck that you can mock me about for the next month. Either way, YOU WIN!
Folks, we’re headed to one of the biggest weekends in quizzo history, with a championship game Saturday night, two Sunday quizzes, and sign ups for the Quizzo Cup. Here’s the lineup:
Friday Night: JGT Quizzo Hostess Erin hosts her own really fun Friday night quiz every week at 5:30 PM that includes a Family Feud round that my wife DOMINATED last week. See ya there!
Saturday NightChampionship Game: The Synchronized Trampoline (Locust Rendezvous) and the Social Distance Warriors (O’Neals) are going head to head on Saturday night for the Tourney title, and you’re invited to attend. We’re going to be airing it live on the Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Facebook Page at 8:30 on Saturday night (if the technology gods allow). And you’re welcome to play along from home! I’ll have details for how you can sign up for a scoresheet tmrw afternoon on the FB page, and Steve O of Lambda will be playing piano between rounds.
Sunday Night Quiz: We’ve got two chances to play on Zoom on Sunday night. We’re up to 23 teams so far, but do have room for a few more. You can sign up here, for teams of 2-8 players. It’s a fun twist on the regular quiz.
Quizzo Cup: We’re up 31 teams signed up for the Quizzo World Cup so far, and would love to get up to 48. We’re going to have a ton of fun with this thing. Stats, team badges, team logos, team uniforms. Let’s get as ridiculous as possible. Signs ups go until Sunday at 11:59.
Hoooo my goodness, looks like it’s time for our first ever World Cup of Quizzo!
In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve been having a blast exploring the new Virtual Quizzo world with you all, and your feedback has been overwhelmingly uplifting. So, as promised, we’re pleased to roll out our first official Virtual Quizzo “season”, starting Monday, May 4th. The league will be built World Cup-style- you register your team, and you’ll be randomly assigned to a Group with 3 other teams to start the season. Here’s the breakdown:
3-Week Regular Season (single-team format)
Each week your team will play in a single-team session where it’s just you and the host- the same format we’ve been doing every weeknight during this pandemic. You’ll be shooting for a high score as always, but you’ll also be playing “against” another team in your group, trying to rack up a strong win-loss-tie record in the Group Play standings.
Tournament Play (head-to-head format)
Depending on how many teams register, we’ll have at least one tournament bracket with seedings based on win-loss-tie records and total average scores. These games will be played in a head-to-head format using two breakout rooms in Zoom.
In summary, every team will play a minimum of 4 games- 3 regular season, and at least one tournament game. The deeper you go in the tourney, the better your value.
The Price: $160 per team. Yeah it’s slightly more than you’re paying for a quiz now (unless you advance in the tourney), but in return we’re going to add badges for accomplishments such as perfect rounds and high scores, create an overall Top 10 ranking system based on the numbers, and we’ll have some fun prizes and stuff to give away as well. You’ll also get to lock in your time for three weeks in a row instead of one.
(If you don’t wanna join the World Cup, rest assured…we will still be doing a la carte quizzes.)
Team Logo: If you are going to play, we’re going to request that you create a team logo. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be. I find Canva to be super user friendly for stuff like this.
Sign Up: To enter the World Cup, sign up here. To pay and lock in your slot, send $160 to @jgtquizzo on venmo or johnny@johnnygoodtimes.com on Paypal.
We’ll be posting records, stats, and all sorts of team features & highlights throughout the season. And yes, we’ll have prizes for our top teams. Whether you’re competitive or just a casual quizzer, this is sure to be the highlight of your quarantine. Register now!
We’ve been having a lot of fun with the Sunday night quiz! A bit different than our regular quiz during the week, as all the players gather in one room, then when each round ends head off to breakout rooms where they confer with their teammates. We also feature a video round from Chip Chantry each week. We do two on Sunday nights, one with me hosting AT 7 PM and one with Carl at 8:30. We’re bumping up the number of teams each week, and this week will go up to 20 teams deep. It’s totally different questions than the one during the week, so everyone is welcome to sign up and play. Hope to see ya Sunday!
