Quizzo Train Keeps Running with Mike Minion

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Yesterday’s big Invitational was a lot of fun.  Despite being prepared to hate the Wild Card round, it turned out to be very interesting and very fair.  Even though we tied for second, there are no sour grapes here. Congrats to Philly’s ONLY true Man of Leisure for hosting such an enjoyable event.

But there is no rest for the wicked.  We keep right on chugging with the Monday night lineup of quizzos.  First stop, the Terrace Taproom in Manayunk.  The train pulls into the station at 7:30 PM.  This is a change from last week, and will be the starting time from here on.  The theme round at the Taproom tonight is 80’s sitcoms.  The beer specials are all Magic Hat bottles for $3 and Troeg’s for the same price.  I am looking forward to a nice bowl of the veggie chili myself.

Last stop on the line is The Westbury at 10:30 PM.  The Westbury was well represented at the Invitational yesterday by The Four C’s, Duane’s World (who tied for second), and Group W (playing with evil alter-ego Steak ‘Em Up and coming in first).   Clearly, you need to bring your A game to the Westbury.  When some other quizzo regulars manage to get up the courage, we’d love to see them show up and  give these three teams a run for their money.  But until someone  has the cojones, we’ll just keep enjoying great beer specials and  playing top-notch quizzo.  The theme round this evening is John Hughes movies and the keg special is Rogue Dead Guy Ale at $4.  I know what I’ll be drinking tonight.

Hope to see ya on the wrong side of the tracks tonight!

Steak Em Up Wins the First Annual Summer Invitational


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First Place: Steak Em Up 106

IMG_2042T-2nd Place: My Name is Buck 95

IMG_2041T-2nd Place: Duane’s World 95

Despite my best intentions, Steak Em Up was still able to emerge victorious at the JGT Summer Invitational. A wild card round unlike any I had ever hosted, in which teams had to smell and determine spices, did not do the damage I had hoped to the Steak, and they cruised to a 106-95-95 win over Duane’s World and My Name Is Buck. It was an interesting quiz, complete with crossword puzzles, strange smells, and the super smooth stylings of the Crowd Pleasers. And congrats to the Inglorious Barristers, who won the big drawing. All of the scores are below. I’ll have more of the questions and such later in the day Monday or early Tuesday…I have to get my wisdom teeth removed Monday morning, and plan on spending my day Monday in a codeine induced haze. I do have a few spice sniffing photos posted over on facebook. If you got any photos from the event, please post them there! And I had a couple of teams already ask me if we could do this again in the winter, so I think it was a pretty big hit. Here’s the scores.

  1. STEAK EM UP 106
  2. DUANE’S WORLD 95
  3. MY NAME IS BUCK AND I’M HERE TO PARTY 95
  4. UNUSUAL SUSPECTS 89
  5. SHOWING OUR YOUTH 88
  6. TOOTH WIND AND FIRE 86
  7. I SLEEP IN A BIG BED W/ MY WIFE 84
  8. L. RON HUBBARD’S DIABETICS 82
  9. CLAUDIA KISHI FAN CLUB 78
  10. LOOK UP LOOK DOWN 77
  11. MAGNUS VER MAGNUSSON 73
  12. INGLORIOUS BARRISTERS 72
  13. CRAZED SEX POODLES 67
  14. INSERT TOPICAL TEAM NAME 61
  15. JEWS FOR TOM CRUISE 52
  16. PORK FRIED RICE 51
  17. THE FOUR CS 50

The Wildest Wild Card Round Ever

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Today’s wild card round will be unlike any you have ever played, I can almost guarantee it. It does not favor any particular team. If Steak Em Up is better than everybody else at this, then we are just going to have to concede that they are far superior humans than the rest of us in every aspect. It will revolutionize the game or it will destroy my career. The speed round is going to be interesting as well, and unlike any I have ever done before. One last time, I do know that there are some teams that are in search of a couple of extra teammates, so if you want to play, please hit me up and let me know. (For details, scroll down a little bit). See you guys at 3:30!

Updated Standings and Invites

Here’s the updated scoreboard, with teams that have confirmed in Blue and yellow. Green means I still haven’t heard. We are now up to 19 teams confirmed, with Catdog and Why Can’t Us the only Top 20 teams I haven’t heard from. After that, as you can see, there are several teams in Green. If any of them contact me before tomorrow’s event, they are welcome to play. I just got the speed round completed. Going to be very interesting. As for the wild card round, I’m still on the fence as to whether to go totally crazy or not. We’ll see.

If You Are On One of the Following Teams, Please Contact Me ASAP!

Please RSVP and let me know if you can make it on Sunday. If I don’t hear from you by Noon tomorrow, I will assume the answer is no and I’ll have to give your slot away. (And Inglorious Barristers you have a 1 in 10 shot at the drawing). Shoot me an email at johnny@johnnygoodtimes.com. Thanks, and we hope you will take advantage of this fine honor!

CATDOG

WHY CAN’T US

SAME NAME AS LAST WEEK

BANGER IN THE MOUTH

THE FOUR Cs

Here Are our Final Scores and Info for the JGTSI

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Here are our final standings. I have taken out the teams that have declined, so that it’s easier for folks to tell if they made it. Teams in blue are in the Top 10 and have confirmed, teams in yellow are in the Top 25 and have confirmed, and teams in green have not confirmed. If you are in the Top 25 and have not confirmed yet, please contact me asap (either at johnny@johnnygoodtimes.com or on facebook). If I’ve not heard from you by Saturday at noon, I am giving away your spot. Here’s the details:

WHAT: The first annual JGT Summer Invitational. Win this and you are a JGT Quizzo Immortal, not to mention $400 richer.

WHEN: Sunday. Doors open at 3:30, show starts at 4 p.m.

WHERE: Urban Saloon. 21st and Fairmount.

WHO: In addition to questions offered up by Philadelphia’s only true man of leisure, sweet, sweet tunes will be laid down by one of the most legendary jazz groups in Philadelphia, the Crowd Pleasers.

WHY: Why the hell not?

ALSO: If you played in the last 7 weeks, but your teammates cannot play (i.e. Jams, Savage Ear, etc.), you still can. I have a several teams that have fewer than 8 players, and can use a couple extra players. Contact me if that’s the case and I’ll put you on a team.

JGTSI Info Coming Soon

I am currently tallying scores, and will have them up soon. In the meantime, if you think you might be in the Top 25 and haven’t let me know if you’re playing, please do so ASAP (Catdog and Barristers, I’m looking at you). And don’t assume that because you didn’t have your best 7 weeks on the quizzo circuit means you are out of it. Truth be told, it might only take 2 points to qualify, and I may have one final physical challenge. Not sure yet. Details coming soon.