Ok, Quizzo Bowl stuff is kind of all over the site right now, so I figured I would consolidate. Here ya go:
Phillies Party Sunday!
Hey kids, we’re gonna have a iSportacus par-tay this Sunday for the Phillies opening night game. We are gonna kick it off at 6 p.m., watching the final four innings of last year’s Phillies-Rays Game 5. We’re gonna do some giveaways, and Lagers are gonna be $2. To find out where it’s going down, click here. Here’s a few more things going down on iSportacus.
- According to Eskin, the Eagles are very close to signing Anquan Boldin.
- The Phil-o-Meter is running at a hot 78 degrees.
- Four people still have a shot at big money in the iSportacus Bracket-tacular.
- How Nova got hosed the last time they played Carolina.
- And finally, it’s a new month in Streak for the Cash, so everything sets back to zero. Get signed up, start picking your games, and we’ll have more gift certificates for the longest win streak and most wins this month. Just go here and join the group iSportacus.com.
Official Quizzo Bowl Photos!
Big ups to my main man DJ Starr (yeah, it’s his real name). After he took great photos of last year’s Quizzo Bowl, I had to get him back this year. And this years pics are every bit as good. I was so excited when I got the photos I decided to make a little video of them (above.) But the video doesn’t really do justice to how good these pics are, as they lose some of their quality on Youtube, and there were some I had to delete for time considerations. Be sure to go here to check them all out.
Opening Rap + Haulin’ Oats “Kiss on My List”
Big thanks to my man Steve for shooting some video of Saturday night’s show. Here is my opening rap plus a classic Haulin’ Oats tune (give the video a few seconds to get started). Plus you can watch Smackdown and Maryanne try to convince Gabe to dance with them in the foreground (unsuccesfully).
Hurtin’ Bombs Win at Bards
On April 1, 1957, the BBC reported that this was growing on trees in Switzerland.
Jams Win
One of the great hoaxes of all time was this man’s reading of the War of the Worlds over the air in 1938, which caused a massive panic.
Sofa Kingdom Wins at Bards
What company claimed to have purchased the Liberty Bell in a full page ad in the New York Times in 1996?
American Violet Wins at O’Neals
In 1983 the German magazine Der Stern claimed it had found whose journal, and only after paying $6 million for it did they find out it was a hoax?
Pics of last weeks winners
Gonna post pics of last weeks winners (Official Quizzo Bowl Pics are coming soon…and they are awesome.) ALright, since it is April Fool’s Day, all questions below will be about famous hoaxes. One guess per person.
Quizzo News and Notes
Yo gang, we are back in action tonight. O’Neals at 8 p.m., Bards at 10 p.m. I have been fishing for ideas for wild card rounds on facebook, so if you’ve got any good ideas, let me have them. Also, I was inspired by the bit of smack talk we got going with Denver yesterday in the comments section of the documentary piece. I think it’s almost time for a little city vs city action. You guys think we should do some sort of bash against those clowns this summer? I’d really like to do something outdoors at the Jamaican Jerk Hut. Let me talk to them sometime soon.
Also, final quizzo ever at the Good Dog this Thursday! When I started there, like 6 years ago, they wanted to use quizzo to help get people used to hanging out upstairs. While I don’t want to take too much credit for the resulting success upstairs (I think it had more to do with what a kickass bar the Good Dog is), it finally got to a point where quizzo was no longer really necessary. (And, truth be told, the Good Dog quizzo crowd evolved from a rowdy bunch of partiers to more cerebral types who were more likely to drink water than booze. Higher scores lately, but lower bar bills. And I don’t get paid for high scores.) On the one hand, it is a little sad to move on. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Dave, Heather, Lisa, Erin, and the whole gang, and really enjoyed the intimacy of the room. That being said, however, I am kind of excited to try something new. I have had the same routine for years now, and I’m kind of excited to break out of it and find a new spot, which I don’t think will be exceedingly difficult to do. I’m going on vacation on April 11-17, and after I get back I’ll start looking for a new place to quiz. I’ve got a few spots in mind. Let me know if you’ve got any thoughts on places to look at.