O’NEALS

1. S*** Sandwich 96
2. Dork Sided 88
3. Cornbread Mafia 87
4. Carly’s Old, but Mike’s Older 86
5. Close Enough for Government Work 82

BARDS

1. Sofa Kingdom 105
2. Hurtin’ Bombs 96
3. Damn You Everett 82
4. Is That a Dreidel In Your Pants… 76
5. Terracotta Pie 67

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS

1. Satan’s Minions+Steve 99
2. Jager SHots are $2 94
3. See No Eval, Hear No Eval, Speak No Eval (aka Jams) 94
4. Trust Us We Know 93
5. Blame the Newbie 93

BLACK SHEEP

1. This is Not a Bus 95
2. Duane’s World 83
3. Where the Hell Is Our Team 80
4. But My Mom Says I’m Cool 80
5. Fine Young Cannibals 75

GOOD DOG

1. Axis of Evel Knieval 84
2. The Lawn Wranglers 71
3. Have You Tried the Blue Point Imperial 67
4. Gayowulf 63
5. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeley 56

BARDS

1. Sofa Kingdom 106
2. Chin Omelette 104
3. Hurtin Bombs 95
4. Marshadelphia 95
5. ??? sorry, lost the other papers.

Here’s the 411 on the City vs. City Smackdown.

• Who- You, me, the Terrence Brown trio, and the morons that we will crush in Denver, Seattle and Albuquerque. Albuquerque? Yeah, I know. Dicker in Denver wanted to include them. Also, the Denver quizmasters name is Dicker.
• What- The City vs. City Smackdown. We will compete against and destroy quizzo teams in the cities mentioned above. The winner of the Philly quizzo gets $350, 2nd place gets $100, and 3rd place gets $50. In addition, if you defeat the teams in the other cities, you will get another $100.
• When- Monday, December 10th at 7:30 p.m.
• Where- Urban Saloon (21st and Fairmount)
• Why- Because it was there.
• How- You pay your $10 admission. You listen to some great jazz. You partake in some great drink specials. You eat some great food. You crush the morons in the other cities. You drink some more. Life is good.
• Additional info- Max team size is 8, strictly enforced. No, you may not attend and just watch. This is NOT invite only. All teams are welcome to attend. Even if you don’t have a shot at winning, it will be a fun night, and a chance to meet teams that play at other bars. It will be first come, first serve, and I expect a pretty good sized crowd, so I would suggest getting there by 7:00 p.m. Since it is a Monday and we may run a little longer than usual, I’m really gonna try to start on time. Any additional questions? Feel free to contact me.

The results of the last poll were kind of depressing. Only 32 responses? You guys really don’t care when we do Quizzo Bowl? Well, I’m gonna try again, because they’re holding the 15th for me at World Cafe Live until Monday, when I have to pull the trigger. As someone pointed out, that is Presidents day weekend, so we might lose some vacationers. The only other options would be a Sunday night or as Steve O suggested Saturday afternoon, say, 4 or 5ish, followed by a blowout afterparty somewhere afterwards. So vote below and let me know if you wanna do this on Friday the 15th or a yet to be determined Saturday afternoon.

Here is the latest from JGT political correspondent Chip Chantry, an interview he recently had with Dennis Kucinich. Chip will be performing tonight, Friday night, and Saturday night at Helium Comedy Club this weekend. If you missed Chip’s first interview, Mike Huckabee, click here. This is funny stuff. Enjoy.

Think of your favorite band: That really cool indie band that no one knows about but you and the guy with the faded Depeche Mode Tshirt who works at the shady record store in town that smells like weed and vinyl…yeah, that’s the one. This is the greatest band in the world- their music moves you. They have a style that is so unique, that no radio station, television network, or major record label even knows what to do with it. This band is way too f****** cool to ever make it big. And you like it that way. Because it’s your band- no one else’s.

When it comes to U.S. politics, Dennis Kucinich is that band. He’s way too f****** cool to ever be president. And in this reporter’s opinion, he likes it that way.

It took a lot hard work to get some face time with Mr. Kucinich, or “D-Train” as he’s known in his inner-circle of friends and followers. I couldn’t go through the standard channels to find him either. Luckily, I knew a guy who knew a guy who used to play French Horn for the Polyphonic Spree, who had his wife’s cell phone number. But in the end, it was worth every second. I only had about five minutes with D-Train, whom I met around 3 a.m. at a bonfire on the beach behind a condemned amusement park in Santa Monica, CA.

Kucinich could sense that I felt out of place at this bonfire that looked more like a goth-orgy than a campaign rally. So he grabbed me a veggie burrito and red Solo cup full of absinthe and took me for a walk down the beach.
Dennis Kucinich- Do you feel that breeze off the ocean? That’s the earth breathing, man.

Chip Chantry- So why do you want to be president?

DK- (Takes a drag of a hand-rolled cigarette, possibly not tobacco) The p***y, man.

CC- Excuse me?

Continue reading “Chip Chantry Interviews Dennis Kucinich” →

• Good Dog (15th and Locust) at 8 p.m., and if your team has a pulse and at least one of you has a high school degree, you will probably win. By far the easiest quiz to win on the JGT circuit.
• Bards (20th and Walnut) at 10:15 p.m. p.m. Not easy to win, but if you can knock off Philadelphia Weekly dandies the Sofa Kingdom, you will instantly be transformed into a rock star yourself and your chances of getting laid will skyrocket. Oh wait, this is quizzo. Nevermind. Nobody’s getting laid.

They have availability at the World Cafe Live for Friday, February 15th. Before you answer the poll question, keep a few things in mind: It is not easy to find a new venue that contains all of the amenities that the World Cafe live offers (great acoustics for band, beer service, food, seating for 300 people at tables.) And perhaps most importantly, it is a cabride away for most of you. I do not know of a similar facility in Philly unless we look to the suburbs (If you know of any similar facility in the city that meet the requirements of food, booze, great sound, good location, by all means post it in the comments below). The poll will not be my final call on this (I also have to check with my advisers* and have to see if the band is available), but I wanna get a feel for what you guys think about this.

*read: Ginger and Trivia Art.

Answers are after the jump.

1. In what 1999 movie would you find Heather Donahue and Michael C. Williams?
2. HA Rey and his wife Margret are best known for bringing us what series of childrens books?
3. What instrument is Vivaldi’s four seasons written for?
4. What book that you’ve all read takes place in the fictinal town of Maycomb, Alabama?
5. Who played Cowboy Curtis on Pee Wee’s Playhouse?
6. How many representatives are there in the house?
7. Megalodons were over 50 feet long, but are now extinct. What type of animals were they?
8. What is the only word in the English language that has three consecutive pairs of letters and no hyphens? (In other words, balloon has two consecutive pairs of letters. What word has 3?)
9. In what sport will you find daffies, twisters, and helicopters?
10. This artist, born in 1839 (self portrait, above), is known as the father of modern art?

Continue reading “Some questions from last week” →

Got a band lined up for Monday night! The Terrence Brown Trio will be performing at the Urban Saloon on Monday night. Entry fee for the City vs. City Smackdown, in which your team can win $450 plus get to listen to some great jazz, is only $10. There are gonna be some terrific drink specials and this time, it is not an invite only. Any team is welcome to attend. I am expecting a pretty good sized crowd, though, so I would arrive early. Team max size is 8.

To read more about saxophonist Terrence Brown, click here. If you want to hear some of his music, check out his Myspace page. This is gonna be a great night, so get your team together and let’s kick Denver and Seattle’s tail!

D-Mac just did a piece on the Sofa Kingdom, and how unbeatable they are at quizzo. I would like to apologize for the kind words I said about the Kingdom in the article. I know that they are a force of evil, and I should have been more scathing in my words about them. I was in a Christmas shop when I was called for the interview, and was feeling a little too charitable. Also, D-Mac, I prefer to think of myself as a a quizzo mogul, not a quizzo maven. A maven is a charitable guy who passes on his knowledge to others. A mogul is all about the Benjamins. That’s me.

Ok, so City vs. City Smackdown is Monday, December 10th at 7:30 p.m. at the Urban Saloon (2120 Fairmount) Max team size is 8, strictly enforced. Admission is $10 a head. Gonna have some great drink specials ($5 pitchers of Miller Lite and PBR and $3.50 a pint for all other beers, of which they have a great selection). Rumor has it that their food is extremely good and very reasonably priced. Also, gonna have live music. Working on that now. Should have a band for you by manana. Winning team will walk with $350, with 2nd place getting $150. In addition to that, the winning team can also take home an extra $100 if they defeat all the teams in Seattle and Denver. This is gonna be a lot of fun, and it’s important that we knock off Seattle and Denver again, just to show them who’s boss. (We’ll determine city scores by adding up the top five teams scores in each city and then averaging them out.)