So far this year, the quizzo train has been packed with people at Vous and Black Sheep. We’ve been standing room only at both bars for the past month, and in fact a couple of teams got turned away last week at the Locust Rendezvous. Therefore, I would highly encourage you to make reservations at the Vous tonight. A small price to pay for $2 Buds and $3 Magic Hat Howls. 215-985-1163.

On to the Black Sheep, and like I said, it’s been rocking lately. I would highly encourage you to try to get there no later than 7:30, or you probably won’t get a table. Action starts at 8 p.m. Good quiz this week.

One more note: we’ve had a couple of amateur teams trying to get away with using their iphones the last few weeks. Don’t worry. I see them, I tell them once to stop, and after that I just knock 30 points of their scores. Why? Because teams that cheat never have the nerve to complain about their scores. Bottom line: don’t cheat at my quiz.

And of course, I’ll have Quizzo Bowl tickets for sale tonight. Keep in mind, this has sold out the past 6 years, so don’t wait too late to buy yours. This is going to be the best Quizzo Bowl ever. Guaranteed.

Geek Bowl 2010 Trailer from Jim Hickox on Vimeo.

Yes, it will be a spectacle. Yes, we are going to win. I will be tweeting from Denver the whole weekend, including on game night, if anybody wants to follow Philadelphia’s finest on our quest for Geek Bowl Glory.

We’ve been playing to sold out crowds at the Vous and Black Sheep. Good luck finding a table at the Bards, and the Ugly American was rocking this past weekend. Best place to find a seat? Well, right now it happens to be at the two places that offer up the best prizes, O’Neals and City Tap House. At O’Neals the winner walks with a $50 gift certificate, and at City Tap House it is an outrageous $100 GC for first. Furthermore, I only let Steak Em Up play once or twice a month at City Tap House, making sure that we’ll have some parity there, so in addition to having the best prize it also provides one of your best chances of winning. O’Neals at 8 pm, CTH at 10:1 5 pm. Hope to see ya tonight!

…is going to be very interesting.

Time to get your French Fry on. Last night was so hectic that some teams couldn’t get into the Rendezvous, and several teams played standing up at the Black Sheep. Tonight your best shot at getting a table is also your best shot at winning. The Ugly American quiz is tonight at 8 p.m., and between $1 corn dogs, $2 Lagers, and the potential for free french fries, it’s a tough deal to beat. We move to the Bards at 10:15. Assuming, of course, I don’t blow another tire. $2.50 bottles of Lager, and free passes to give away to Jack Frost Big Boulder. Things have been rocking at Bards lately. Let’s keep it going tonight!

The last few weeks at Locust Rendezvous and Black Sheep have been off the chain, and it’s been a hell of a lot of fun. Let’s keep the party going tonight. Locust Rendezvous quiz starts at 6:15 p.m. and Black Sheep at 8 p.m. A very different than normal Speed Round and a Weekly double in Round Four that has served as a great equalizer should make for a couple of very close contests at the always contentious Sheep and Vous.

The Face Off Round, meanwhile, caused a lot of embarrassment last night, as what should have been a very simple topic turned into a nightmare at O’Neals, with me needing to look up more questions because the two contestants missed so many. Hopefully tonight’s contestants did a little better in Middle School Geography.

A schedule change at the Westbury. Start time has been moved up to 9 p.m., starting tonight. Here’s Mike Minion with a few words about tonight’s quiz, and about a special Uber Geek quiz coming up in February:

I Have a Dream…

of someone beating Group W at The Westbury.  To help make that dream come true, I’m adding up to $40 to the prize pool tonight.  Here’s the deal: Beat Group W for first place and get an extra $20, beat them for second and get an extra $10.   Also, since we had a tie in The Challenge Round last week, the prize pool will start with 25 “points”.  Well, if anyone other than Group W win the Challenge Round, I’ll give them the points, AND $10 for the effort.

Come celebrate MLK Day at The Westbury and strike a blow for quizzo equality.  As a bonus, tonight’s Keg special will be Fullers ESB (from London) at half price.  That’s a great deal.

Remember, the new starting time is 9 PM, so all of you guys who turn into pumpkins at midnight have NO EXCUSE!!  We’ll be finished long before then.  And what better way to get a peaceful night’s sleep than with some of Mike Minon’s money in your pocket? Hope to see you there!

In other news, The Westbury has also agreed to host the next theme quiz, our All “Star”Event.   To the delight of nerds everywhere, the topics for special 5 round quiz will be Star Wars and Star Trek (with a few question on stars and astronomy for good measure).  We are working out the details, but it’s looking like Sunday evening, February 13 is the date.  Think of it as a warm up for Quizzo Bowl. We’ll have more info by the end of the week. So get out your light sabers and sharpen your pointed ears; this one’s gonna be FUN!

Quizzo Bowl VII Promo from Johnny Goodtimes on Vimeo.

Sex Drugs and Rock n Roll week was as wild as it sounded. Well almost. We had three first time winners, the most scandalous picture round ever, and a quiz at Bards that didn’t start until 11:30 thanks to a flat tire. First off, thanks to everyone who stuck around at Bards last night. Greatly appreciated it. And thanks to the members of L. Ron Hubbard’s Diabetics who helped me get the tire fixed. Yeah, I know how to fix a tire, folks, but we were having some jack problems. No, seriously, I know how to fix a tire. Why don’t you believe me?

Anyways, big news on the quizzo front this week, as we found out from our good friend Fastball Bob that Quizzo Bowl VII will be on February 19th at the World Cafe Live, and will feature the return of Haulin Oates, doing not just Hall and Oates songs, but all of your favorite 80s jams. My goal is to make this the greatest Quizzo Bowl ever, and whereas in the past I have started putting together the questions the week before the event, this year I am already at work trying to figure out a way to incorporate music, comedy, and video into the quiz, if possible, to take it to the next level.

Quick starting time note for next week: Mike Minion’s quiz at the Westbury is being moved up to a 9 p.m. on Monday night.

And finally, I haven’t really been talking much trash to Denver this year as we prepare to head there for Geek Bowl at the end of the month. Don’t worry, I’ll make it up to you on Monday. Promise. The battle rap is almost done. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

All new sex, drugs, and rock n roll questions tonight at quizzo. We start at Ugly American at 8 p.m., where all Lagers are a ridiculously cheap $2 and where L. Ron Hubbard’s Diabetics have a 3 game winning streak going. I suspect they know a bit about drugs and rock n roll, but their sexual knowledge is probably lacking, so this is probably a good week to catch them off guard.

On to the Bards at 10:15 p.m. $3 Lagers and a chance to knock off the best local sports team other than the Phillies, Steak Em Up. And of course, chances to win fries at both places and a chance to win at Face Off. Hope to see ya tonight!

UPDATE: A music round the most scandalous picture round in JGT history in tonight’s quiz!

A weird night last night in the snow. The quiz may have been a little too hard at O’Neals (winning score was an 86) so I lightened it up a little at City Tap House. But thanks to the snow, most of the teams there were young Penn students, and if there is any one group who doesn’t think that the world existed before the day they were born struggles with questions about things that happened before the late 1980s, it’s young Penn students. So our scores were a little higher, but not a lot. So I’m gonna retool a little bit and find a happy medium for tonight.

We start at the Rendezvous at 6:15 p.m. $3 St. Pauli Girl Bottles and $2 Coors Original pints. That’s tough to beat. On to the Black Sheep at 8 p.m., where we had a raucous crowd last week and a big win for Catdog. And who knows, I may even give away a beer or two in Face Off. Alright, well I’m off to play in the snow. See ya tonight!