Alright, gonna get this stuff over with before I leave. So I’m gonna post pics of this weeks winners (No pic from the Bards Thursday. Sorry gang.) with a question about people celebrating birthdays underneath. One guess per person.

There is only one quiz tonight, and I won’t be there. Nope, I got a private gig out in Villanova. Now I know what you’re thinking: “Goodtimes, you sell out! As soon as someone flashes a little dough on the Main Line, you’re on the next train out of town!” You are correct. That is exactly how it is. But I am leaving you in capable hands. The Sandman is hosting tonight at the Bards. 10 p.m. And yes, it’s the same questions as earlier this week. No, I’m not lazy. I got a trip to pack for, you nitwits. That means that the Sofa Kingdom and the Hurtin Bombs can’t play tonight. So your team has a good chance of winning tonight! Tonight is your night. Make it happen.

I hardly ever get press releases because I’m not very important. But every once in a while I get one. This one looks kind of cool, especially for nerds who drink (This is where you come in.) Four science institutions in Philadelphia have joined forces to get science onto the bar scene. Press release after the jump.

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Alright kids, after losing their first two, the Phils begged me to attend today’s game in the hopes of reversing their fortunes. (They were 2-0 in World Series games I attended last year). So I am heading to the park. Games starts at 3, so I may or may not be a few minutes late to the Vous. Expect us to start at around 6:30 or so. Black Sheep at 8 p.m. See ya tonight!

Tonight the usual. O’Neals at 8 p.m., Bards at 10 p.m. One quiz this week. I got a private gig Thursday, so we’ll have a substitute that night at the Bards. (As you know, no more quizzo at the Good Dog.) May be starting a few minutes late Wednesday. I’m headed to the Phils game.

Also, just a heads up, I’ll be out of town next week. I’m headed to Puerto Rico. Woo-hoo! But there will be a quiz. I’ll let you know who your quizmasters will be soon. When I get back, I’ll start looking into a new quizzo for Thursdays. Hope to have something lined up by the end of the month.

Think some of you guys may enjoy testing your baseball knowledge with a few baseball questions I threw together. And did you know that the Phillies are the only team to win an Opening Day Game due to forfeit? Here are some more forfeit fun facts.

Hey gang, just a quick heads up that I’ve got a new quiz On Demand. This time it’s science, including questions about Mad Scientists. I asked around for your advice, and you said that you should only get 10 seconds for each questions, so that’s what we did. The game definitely moves faster now. And remember, you can win some fabulous prizes, including the Quizzo On Demand Home Version. So check it out and see how you do. Go to On Demand>>>Free Movies>>>Scene It Trivia>>>Science Quizzo.

Gonna post pics of last weeks winners, with questions underneath about people celebrating birthdays today. One guess per person.

The folks you see above? They were the Deep Fat Fryer, the first ever winners at the Good Dog. Who will be our final winner? We’ll find out tonight. Final Quiz at the Good Dog is at 8 p.m. I would suggest getting there early though. Then on to the Bards at 10 p.m. See ya tonight!

Things in the quizzo world are getting more and more corporate, as this article in the New Jersey News shows. Andrew Weilgus (who was our go to guy in Chicago, Baltimore, and several other cities when we did our big city vs. city) has made a big business out of the National Trivia Association.
Today, there are more than 2,500 teams registered through NTA, comparing their records against other competitors spread out across 715 venues in nearly 20 states. More than 40 of these venues offering weekly trivia contests are to be found in New Jersey; other participating venues are from as far away as Hawaii. As the map has expanded, so has NTA’s business model, with revenues projected to top $500,000 in the next year or two.

More power to him, and I wish him the best in his venture (As you may remember, Quizmaster Chris is not such a big fan). But that kind of thing is just not for me. People sometimes ask me why I’ve never franchised. I’ve looked into it a couple of times, and each time decided I had no desire to. It’s just that the thought of going corporate…seems really lame. Half of the fun of quizzo is it’s organic nature, where people in the city who are into quizzo debate who has a better quiz, me or Irish John or (before he moved) Pat Hines, and where the guy who runs the business is the guy who hands you the score sheets and asks the questions. I understand that there is big money to be made in franchising, but to be perfectly honest, I don’t have any desire to take a phone call at midnight from Chauncey in Chicago because his speaker is busted or have to go to a business meeting with Dwight at Buffalo Billiards in Allentown because sales are down. Maybe that makes me lazy. I don’t know. One time I was talking to someone about franchising and they said that the ultimate goal in franchising “is to eventually sell the business to some big chain like Friday’s or something for a million bucks.” If I ever walked by a Friday’s and saw “Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Tonight”, I wouldn’t care how much money I had in the bank. I’d want to blow my freaking brains out.