Mark Twain tried his hand at trivia, and in the end he turned out a game that is interesting, but not near as fun as quizzo. Nonetheless, it’s a decent game called “Mark Twain’s Memory Builder” which might be more fun if you did it with sports. Basically, you name a year, and pick out an important event from that year. For example, if Player one picks the number 76, he can then say Declaration of Independence signed or Legionnaire’s tragedy in Philadelphia. Different types of events are worth different points. You go through the numbers, with players taking turns. Sounds like it could be kind of fun. I guess. Maybe.

Played the quiz last Monday at Westbury. My squad ate it in the final round. Thinking about playing UA quiz tonight. Holler at me if you’re interested in playing. Here’s a few thoughts from Mike Minion.

Last Monday was a Tale of Two Bars. The UA was a little slow, so there was no quiz.  More on that later.  The story at The Westbury was quite the opposite, to say the least . A lively crowd and spirited competition made for an interesting evening.  Group W (a subsidiary of Steak ‘Em Up) came from behind with an impressve final round to win for the second week in a row.  JGT’s team imploded in the last round, and finished out of the money.  Big surprise.  This week, I’d like to see some new team step up and keep Group W from completing the hat trick.

Last week also marked the start of a new feature.  I let the team with the lowest score for the night pick the theme for this week’s wild card round.  They choose “Science”. Lest this scare you off, have no fears.  In my book, asking who recorded the song, “She Blinded Me With Science” counts as a science question.  The 2nd round should be amusing as well.

Re the UA quiz: The UA regulars (L. Ron, Lambda) have been conspicuously absent from Monday nights.  Maybe they only want to play when they know the topics are slanted in their favor.  Or perhaps the idea of facing The Champs is a little intimidating.  Just thinking out loud.

Beer specials at both venues. Dollar off all drafts at Ugly American, and Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter is on tap for $3 at Westbury, as well as a dollar off all Dogfish Head beers. Gonna be a fun quiz. Hope to see you tonight, and start studying your Thomas Dolby songs!

Quite an interesting music round last night, as you had to name 1980s hits…as played by ragtime piano player Scott Bradlee. See how many 80s hits you can recognize in the above song. Furterhmore, I highly encourage you to buy it off itunes. It’s all one medley, so the whole thing only costs 99 cents.

After a successful run at last night’s quizzo, Sonny Crockett is expected to reappear again tonight, despite the fact that he slept very little last night as he rode around in his Chris Craft Stinger 390 on the Schuylkill River last night while listening to No Jacket Required and trying to figure out his feelings for his Sheena Easton. Why does love have to be so complicated for a Vice cop?

Anyways, Sonny will be at Ugly American at 8 p.m. and the Bards at 10:15 p.m. All new all 1980s questions tonight, and rumors of a very interesting music round. Hope to see ya tonight!

Yeah, I’ve got a regular facebook page, but I wanted to start one that focused strictly on the quizzo. So feel free to join and post trivia questions, wild card suggestions, and quizzo photos to your heart’s content. Sweet!

Yeah, it really was this cheesy awesome. Greatest intro in TV history. I used to watch religiously, and I remember taking a picture of Don Johnson to my barber and asking him to do that cut for me. Seriously. It didn’t work. My hair isn’t like that. There are rumors of Sonny Crockett guest hosting quizzo again tonight. I’ll keep you updated.

The last place team at the Rendezvous won one of the hottest 45s on the market today: the Magnum PI theme song. It’s a pretty sweet one.