Chip Chantry presents: 5 things you didn’t know about Ron Paul

When I announced that I was going to start regularly discussing Ron Paul in the hopes of increasing web traffic, my good friend Chip Chantry quickly got a hold of me and told me what a huge Ron Paul fan he was. He feels like Americans don’t know enough about Ron, so he asked if he could start passing along some facts about him. I said, “Add-solutely.” So here is Chip’s first installment. -jgt

-Ron Paul has a tattoo on each set of knuckles. They say “FIGURE SKATING” and “SMALLPOX”.

-Ron Paul wants to shut down all nuclear power plants. He feels that this nation can subsist on the harnessed hydroelectric power of a children’s waterpark in Duluth, Minnesota.

-There ain’t no party like a Ron Paul party, because, well, quite frankly, a Ron Paul party don’t stop.

-When going incognito, Ron Paul wears a beard of bees.

-No one makes chainsaw ice sculptures in the nude. No one, that is, but Ron Paul.

Draught Horse Quizzo Postponed

With exams starting in a few weeks, followed by a 5 week winter break, it seemed like it might be best to get the quizzo started right when the kids get back from break. So we’re gonna kick it off on January 15th. Word.

In an effort to improve web traffic on this site…

…I will be discussing Ron Paul on a daily basis. I mean, D-Mac posted something this morning making fun of Ron Paul, and within 3 hours he had 48 comments, most of them from Ron Paul fanatics. Therefore we begin our “Ron Paul Fun Facts” today. First fun fact: Ron Paul has scurvy. Please tell any Ron Paul fans you know about our new feature.

Work In progress

As you can see, we are in the process of revamping the website. It is still a work in progress, so please be patient. Any changes you wanna see, stuff you wanna see more of, less of? Post ’em in comments.

Pics of last weeks winners

Gonna post pics of last week’s winners. Questions will be about people celebrating a birthday today. One guess per person.

The Scoreboard

O’NEALS
No Talent Ass Clowns 109
We Didn’t Vote 105
Young Old and Restless 101
Cornbread Mafia 100
Dorksided 96

BARDS (No Bounty Awarded)
Sofa Kingdom: 107
Narcotyzing Dysfunktion: 106
Oprah, Stop Abusing Me! I Paid Tuition! 93
Hurtin Bombs Two: 80
Partially Sober Observer: 77

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS
The Jams 91
Let’s Waterboard Chuck Schumer 81
The Three Amigos 80
ELKS 56
Nicole’s Dirty Little Secret 53

BLACK SHEEP
Duane’s World 94
Team Dirrty 78
But My Mom Says I’m Cool 78
Phily Hardcore 68
Britt Reid’s My B**** in the Pen 64

GOOD DOG
I Want Meat (or Hummus) 75
Johnny Badtimes 57
Daddy 4 and the Whore 57
Try the Pumpkin Cheesecake 53
Pawianation 51

BARDS (Thursday)
Hurtin Bombs 103
SOfa Kingdom 97
Kimmy Gibler 82
Marshadelphia 80
Jagerbombs, Jagerbombs, Jagerbombs 73

Edwin Armstrong

One of the impossible round questions this week was “What did Edwin Armstrong invent in the 1930’s?” Although it was the only multiple choice question this week (sorry Milo), a lot of teams got wrong. This is interesting because Armstrong (above with his wife and his ghetto blaster) was one of the most remarkable inventors of the 20th century. But while everybody knows Marconi, Edison, and many known Farnsworth (partly b/c he had the awesome first name Philo), nobody seems to know Armstrong. Well, he invented FM radio, and as soon as he did, the powers that be (primarily RCA) set out to destroy him. It is a perfect example of how ingenuity can be halted by big money and power (see electric cars), and in the end an exasperated Armstrong committed suicide. But his wife continued the court battle for decades, and in the end finally won. I’m surprised nobody has made a movie about this. It’s pretty captivating stuff.
RELATED: I have no idea how radio waves work despite my Media Studies degree, but I still find this guy fascinating.

The Most Comprehensive article on quizzo written yet

I don’t know how it took me this long to notice it, but one of Denver’s Weeklies did a huge write up on quizzo a few months ago, in the process even talking to Philly quizzo legend Pat Hines. It’s a pretty good article. You’d think the local media would someday cover quizzo, seeing as how it’s now a national phenomenon that got it’s start right here in our fair city. Hmmmm, if only we were good friends with a writer at one of the local weeklies…

Tonight Let’s see what they did at the Good Dog

The Good Dog was closed for renovations last week, and just reopened. Check out what they did tonight and play some quizzo at 8 p.m. At 10 p.m., JGT heads over to the Bards for a little late night quizzo action. Hope to see you tonight. All new questions tonight, so if you played earlier this week, you can play again.

Quizzo News and Notes

-JGT begins quizzo at Temple tonight. His quizzo at the Draught Horse (1431 Cecil B. Moore Avenue) begins at 8 p.m.

–Bounty Bowl at the Bards on Tuesday. The Sofa Kingdom has won 5 straight Tuesday night matchups and must be taken out. $20 cash bonus (on top of $40 gift certificate) to any team that can pull the upset.

-Since the apparent retirements of Satan’s Minions and Yes You Can’t, there has been a power vacuum at the Black Sheep. Though Duane’s World is the strongest team there currently, Philly Hardcore has started to make a name for itself, and any team has a chance.

-The other venue that is wide slam open is Good Dog, back in action this week after taking a week off for renovations. If you have a team that is solid but not immortal and still want the glory and the gift certificate that come with a victory, I would suggest the Dawg.

-Looking to try some new beers? I highly recommend O’Neals, one of the underrated beer spots in the city. Lots of unique beers on draft and over 100 bottles. The competition is tough, but as the Cornbread Mafia proved this past week, anything is possible.