A couple of intriguing options for quizzo goers tonight. If you are looking for some points in the JGTSpI, I would highly suggest playing at the Ugly American. There is no clear cut favorite. Three different winners in the past three weeks. That kicks off at 8 p.m. If you want to play with the big boys, I would suggest going to the Bards. I miscalculated, and put a $35 prize bounty on Steak Em Up even though they’ve only won 2 in a row. No worries, it’s never a bad time to put a bounty on their heads, especially in the last quiz before their big documentary comes out. The bounty stands, and Duane’s World is rumored to be coming to try to take it. If you want to test your mettle against the two hottest teams in quizzo right now, be at the Bards at 10:15 p.m. Hope to see ya tonight!

Mike Minion is hosting an All-Sports quiz at the Ugly American on Friday night. Here are the details.

Calling All Sports Fans!

Sports is all about competition. To quote the opening speech from Patton: “Americans love a winner, and will not tolerate a loser.” Well, to win, you have to play.

The Ugly American is the place for winners to be this Friday night. Why? First and foremost, the Phillies will be on the big screen TVs. If that’s not enough, there’s gonna be an All Sports quiz with plenty of cool prizes to be won. And since the season just got underway, the theme is a tribute to baseball, with an interesting twist.

To be a successful quizzo player, all you have to do is answer questions. But to be successful in the major leagues, a player has to be able to hit, run, field and throw. So the first 4 rounds of questions will be: Hitting, Running, Fielding, and Throwing. The twist is these rounds will be about any sport other than baseball. The 5^th and final round will be 10 challenging questions on baseball (and you can probably count on a few of them being about the Phils).

Now, you might be saying, “I don’t want to answer questions when the Phillies are on – I just wanna watch the game.” Believe me, I understand exactly how you feel. So, all the questions will be asked BETWEEN innings. One round of quizzo = one inning of the game. We’ll start after the first inning is over, and the last question will be asked at the end of the 6^th. The final scores and prizes will be awarded during the 7^th inning stretch.

And what prizes!. In addition to the normal gift certificates, I’ll give away: a Wade Boggs baseball bat, a pair of Everlast training gloves, a Blackburn bicycle pump, a baseball that tells you how fast you throw, a sleeve of golf balls, an amazing Nerf football with fins, and a bunch of baseball caps. The winning team gets a solid (plastic) gold (colored) trophy to take home, too. Best of all, corn dogs will be one dollar during the quiz.

Step up to the plate and prove you know your sports.  Starting time is 8 p.m. See you at the Ugly American.

 

Next week is gonna be like whoa off the charts. More on that in a minute. But first let’s get to tonight. We start at the Vous, where the Jams have been on a hot streak, winning an incredible 6 of their last 7, their only loss coming by one point. Can you knock them off? Action starts at 6:15 p.m. On to the Black Sheep, where Duane’s World has been on fire as of late, winning 4 of the last 5. Action starts at 8. An interesting quiz this week. Fairly easy for 3 rounds, but the 4th seems to be a bit of a doozy. I would highly suggest showing up at both bars early. I expect pretty good crowds tonight.

In other news, a few things to keep in mind. First of all, there are rumors of me hosting a few quizzes at the Kimmel Center later next week. Details coming soon.

Also, remember that the Quizzo documentary is showing on Monday night at the Painted Bride.

This Friday is an all-sports quiz at the Ugly American with Mike Minion. Action starts at 8. More details coming soon.

And tomorrow night (Thursday) remember that there is a $35 bounty on the Steak Em Up. I’d love to see someone beat them in their last quiz before the movie comes out.

I was  born at night, but it wasn’t last night. I’ve been doing this a while, and I spend a considerable amount of times during my quiz looking for cheaters. You may ask, “Why? It’s just a pub quiz.” I understand that, but I take pride in what I do, and I want every team that shows up at one of my quizzes knowing that the game is on the up and up. Those people spend their hard-earned money for a night out to play my quiz, and they deserve to take a fair quizzo where everything is on the level. When you take out your cell phone, plant guys at the next table who have one, or have a teammate make a late round run to the bathroom and return with quite a few answers, you are being disrespectful not only of me, but of every other team and person in the bar. I know that sounds harsh, but I see it as similar to fixing a sporting event. Once people start thinking things aren’t on the up and up, they lose interest. Ask boxing.

I have worked hard over the years to build not only a business, but a community. On that front, I feel like I have been successful. I was excited to start a quiz in University City because I felt like I could build upon that community. And after a few months, on every other level, the quiz at City Tap House is a success. We have a terrific turnout, they have a great staff that I enjoy working with, and I’ve gotten a chance to meet some great new people and new teams, most of whom would never consider cheating. To the people who do: please stop. You’ll gain much more respect in this community by playing hard and for being cool than you ever will for winning, especially if the winning is achieved through nefarious means. Furthermore, if I suspect it again, I will call any teams involved out on the site. And once you get that stigma attached to your team, you might as well start shopping around for another quizzo. I hope it doesn’t have to come to that. Semper vigilius-JGT

*I don’t want this post to call into question the results of last night’s quiz. The team that won last night sat right beside me and absolutely did not cheat.  This is just a recurring problem I have noticed over the past few weeks.

We kick into gear tonight at O’Neals at 8 p.m. and City Tap House at 10:15 p.m. Big upset at O’Neals last week rocketed Mr. Mapother into contention for a Top 10 spot. Can they pull it off again?Meanwhile, things are pretty wide open at the CTH, with 5 different winners in the past 5 weeks.

In other quizzo news:

• There is a $35 bounty on Steak Em Up at the Bards this Thursday night.

• Mike Minion will be hosting an all sports quiz this Friday night at the Ugly American at 8 p.m.

• Also, the quizzo documentary is going to be showing next Monday night as part of Cinefest. Movie is at 6:30, with a post-movie quizzo. More details coming later this week.