I know how good you nerds are at answering questions. Let’s see how good you are at writing them. Here’s how it works: Send me a message on facebook or by sending me an email (johnny@johnnygoodtimes.com) with 1-3 trivia questions in it. I will take the best 10 questions I receive (no more than one per team) to make up the wild card round tomorrow night. They can be on any topic. Just send me a message with the questions and your team name. Let’s see what you got.
Right Now in Sports
Things are rocking over at Phillysportshistory.com, where this piece I did on the eerie similarities between the 2011 Eagles and the 2007 Eagles was discussed by Cuz and Glenn on WIP on Friday and then posted on the 700 Level yesterday.
We’re also asking for your suggestions…who are the most underrated athletes in Philly sports history?
In the “In case you missed it” file, here are 5 insanely awesome Dr. J photos.
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And who predicted a Broncos win over the Steelers? This guy.
Quizzo Tonight at North Star
Yes, I’m in town. Yes, I’m healthy. Yes, I’m looking forward to being back in the house at the North Star tonight. Action starts at 7 p.m. Speed round is a tough one, and the picture above is a bit of a hint about tonight’s wild card round. $3 Kenzingers and half off hummus and mussels. Hope to see you tonight! (Question of the week can be found here.)
Beer Goggles Win 2nd of the Week
First Place: Beer Goggles 89
2nd Place: Philliez Nutz 84
3rd Place: Misspellers 61
Inglorious Barristers Light It Up at Vous
First Place: Inglorious Barristers 115*
2nd Place: The Jams 107
3rd Place: Magnus ver Magnusson 104
*Highest score of the week
Beer Goggles Win at City Tap
First Place: Beer Goggles 85
2nd Place: Touch Me Squeeze Me Please Me 81
3rd Place: Second Mile 66
Nouveau Mr. Mapother Perfect in Final Round at O’Neals
First Place: Nouveau Mr. Mapother 107
2nd Place: The Savage Ear 96
3rd Place: Where’s My Michael Bolton Cassette? 90
Some Douche Stole My Bike Wins at North Star
First Place: Some Douche Stole My Bike 109
2nd Place: Mental Health Associates 83
3rd Place: Eggamemnon 81
Quizzo Tonight
What a strange week. I thought we’d be dead all week, but after a slow Tuesday, both bars were packed last night. Always hard to predict these things, but I hope we get a few folks out tonight as well. Gonna be an all new quiz, so if your New Year’s Resolution was to play more quizzo, then you can play again tonight. Why not? We start at Ugly American at 8 p.m. $2 beers and $3 fries. On to the Bards. $2.50 brews and $3 fries. Tough to beat. Speaking of tough to beat, there seems to have been a power shift, with Steak Em Up attending more often at Ugly American. That has left somewhat of a power vacuum at Bards. Can your team fill it and start the year with ungodly quizzo power?
Everything You Need to Know About Kim Jong-Il and North Korea
Last week, we had our Kim Jong-il and Kim Kardashian Round. Well, there is nothing interesting about Kim Kardashian, but there is plenty that’s interesting about Jong-il and his country. Here are a few of my favorites.
- Kim Jong-il looking at things. A blog that is exactly what it claims to be…pictures of the Supreme Leader looking at everything from circular saws to toilet paper.
- As for that question about Hennessee last week? Here’s a quick piece about how they aren’t all that upset to lose Kim Jong’s business.
- The Vice Guide to North Korea is a pretty fascinating look at just how weird traveling to North Korea is. Interesting documentary.
- Those of you who have followed this blog for a few years know that I have a special place in my heart for the Hotel Ryugyong, which was supposed to show off North Korea’s pride. But after the shell was built North Korea ran out of money, so they just had this building taller than the Comcast Center standing empty. This led to the strange looking building lurking over the city of Pyongyang like a vulture, what Esquire called the “Hotel of Doom”. But a few years ago, an Egyptian company bought it and started improvements and now it is supposed to be opening April.
- James Dresnock was an American soldier who defected to North Korea in 1962. Here he tells his story to 60 Minutes. Fascinating.
- Here is an article about Kim Jong-il’s golfing accomplishments. It also makes note of the fact that his favorite film was Caddyshack…undoubtedly a great film. You see, our similarities are so much more powerful than our differences.