The Final Quiz of 2012

It’s tonight! The final quiz of the year. If one of your New Year’s Resolutions was to play at least one JGT Quizzo in 2012, this is your last chance to achieve your goals. Goals are so important. You really need to do this for your own peace of mind. Furthermore, I’m giving away free french fries. Ugly American at 8 p.m. Bards at 10:15 p.m.

It’s an interesting quiz. The first round is a picture round, then a great 50/50 round, and I’ll tell you right now that the wild card round is a 2012 Year in Review round. And I know that Duane’s World won last night only because one guy on the team (Anthony) studied and it got him an answer they wouldn’t otherwise have gotten. Just throwing that out there. Oh, and no question of the week this week. Hope to see you tonight!

Christmas Christ-Mystery Round

Here’s a really good one I did last week. The questions aren’t all Christmas related, but at least one word in each answer ties in with all of the other answers, and the theme for what they all have in common is Christmas. See if you can figure out what it is. Answers are after the jump.

1. In what state will you find the town of Santa Claus?

2. What president died in office in August of 1923?

3. In what year did Michael Jackson unveil the moonwalk, Return of the Jedi was released, and Kate Bosworth was born?

4. What kind of sauce used in Chinese restaurants is usually made from apricots, sugar, vinegar, chilies, and ginger?

5. This teen sitcom aired on FOX from 1990 to 1993 and starred Corin Nemec.

6. This man , whose last name is Couture, is widely credited with bringing UFC into the mainstream. What’s his first name?

7. In what sport will you find practices known as “Two-a-days”?

8. Formerly Bic’s slogan, it’s also the name of their website.

9. One of the most notorious stagecoach robbers of the 19th century, it’s also the nickname of a pirate and the name of a pro wrestler.

10. If you mix sugar, butter, milk, and chocolate to the soft ball stage at 240 degrees, what do you get?

Bonus. What does at least one word in each answer have in common with all of the others?

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French Fry Thursday!

We kick it off at the Ugly American, where it’s anybody’s ballgame. Great chance to get a win and move up the rankings. $2 Lagers, $3 fries. On to Bards at 10:15 p.m. $2.50 Lager Lights and $3 fries. AND YES I AM WRITING A NEW QUIZ FOR TONIGHT SO IF YOU ALREADY PLAYED THIS WEEK BUT WANT TO PLAY AGAIN FEEL FREE. Hope to see you tonight!

IN SPORTS: Been looking at some of the worst Eagles teams of all time.

Did a piece on the 1968 team, the year they booed Santa.

Here’s one on the 1998 team, the infamous Bobby Hoying year.

And here’s one on what was without question the worst of them all.

JGT Top 20 Power Rankings

These do not include last night’s quizzes. A lot of movement in the standings, with several upsets last week.

1. Steak Em Up. They win on Tuesday at CTH, but not on Thursday. With confidence lagging, they add Carl and Sandman for Sunday’s City vs. City event. Cowards. They did win, but didn’t have the high score in the country. Last week: #1

2. Duane’s World. A tough Wednesday-Thursday quiz last week, and Duane’s World won a defensive battle to move up a spot in the rankings. Last week: #3

3. The Jams. Finish out of the top 3 last week, but they’ve won 10 out of the past 13 weeks, so they only drop a notch. Last week: #2

4. 5-Finger Assprint. Back to back wins at the Sidecar launch 5-Finger Assprint into the top 5 for the first time ever. Last week: #7

5. Savage Ear. Finish 2nd at O’Neals, but don’t drop in standings. Why not? They still scored 111 in the loss. Last week: #5

6. Happy Birthday to the Ground. While their status as “Most Obnoxious” team has long been acknowledged, it’s now time to acknowledge that they’re pretty smart too. They’ve won 3 out of the past 4 weeks at North Star. Last week: #11

7. Interim Team Name. WHOA! 118 points? Where in the hell did that come from? Last week: NR

8. Hooter and Chuff. A third place finish at O’Neals drops them a few notches. Last week. #4

9. Underground Bard. Another week, another 2nd place finish to Steak Em Up. Actually, two second place finishes. They also finished 2nd Sunday night. Last week: #14

10. Mr. September. Huge win for September at Vous on Wednesday. Last week: NR

11. TalkSmackers. Huge upset over Steak Em Up (ok, so it was only Kenney. Still.) on Thursday. Last week: NR

12. Bears are Scared of Jazz Hands. Been a while since they got a win, but they locked it down on Thursday at UA. Last week: NR.

Rest of the Top 20.

13. Mysterious Mr. Mapother
14. Snapjack
15. Sidecardigans.
16. Why Can’t Us.
17. Clown Question Bro.
18. Andy Reiding Railroad.
19. Blazing Sea Nuggets
20. Puppy Puppets