This Week in Worthless Knowledge: The DB Cooper Episode

On this date in 1971, a man named Dan Cooper skyjacked a plane in Oregon (due to an AP reporter getting some misinfo, he was identified as DB in the next day’s paper. The name DB stuck.) He got away with $200,000 in small unmarked bills. After parachuting out the back of the plane, he was never seen again, and only a small portion of the money was found. So what happened? We discuss on this week’s edition of This Week in Worthless Knowledge. You can listen here on itunes or if you don’t have itunes you can listen here.

We also need to know: does Johnny look more like Jim Thome or does Nat look more like Ashton Kutcher. Let us know on our Facebook page.

Question of the Week

There are some who argue that the real “first Thanksgiving” was celebrated on September 8th, 1565, by the Spaniards and the Timucuans, in what city?

Details on the JGTAI

WHO: Teams that earned an invite, your humble quizmaster, and the Jon Train Band.

WHAT: The 6th Annual Autumn Invitational.

WHEN: Sunday, November 22nd at 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: City Tap House, 39th and Walnut.

MAX TEAM SIZE? 8 players per team max.

WHY: Why not?

PRIZES? Yes, $250 worth of prizes for the winners, $100 worth for 2nd, $50 for 3rd. And what the heck, why not throw in a $25 gift cert 7th place prize as well?

FOOD AND DRINK SPECIALS: Sure. $4 crafts and a special menu for the event.

FUN? Well, the previous 20 or so of these invitationals have been fun, so I’d say the odds are with us. (Or are we “due” for a terrible time? There’s only one way to find out!)

FINAL HEADCOUNT:

Ukraine in the Membrane
Imaginary Pablo
Jitney Spears
Jesters of Tortuga
Synchronized Trampoline
The Turds
Shades of Death
Pope Floats
First at 2, Worst at 4
Duane’s World
Jerk and a Squirt
Popesack
There’s No I in Quizzo
Pope Jawn
CGA
In the Lead
21 to Drink

See you weirdos on Sunday! Looking forward to it!

A Quizzo Answer in This Week’s Podcast?

Yep. There is an impossible round question for tonight found in there somewhere. You can listen here in itunes or if you’re not on that you can listen to it online here.

So far we’ve had over 600 downloads of our podcast. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to give a listen. And it seems to be growing each week, to the point where we’re starting to think of ourselves as “podcast famous”. Which is a thing I just made up. So if you’re a fan of worthless knowledge, ridiculous hypotheticals, and listening to a couple of guys who are podcast famous, you’re going to enjoy the podcast.

Question of the Week

William Tell was forced to shoot an apple off his son’s head because the Vogt (or overlord) of the canton of Altdorf demanded that he do so after Tell refused to bow to his hat. Who was this big time jerk?

What would be the odds of shooting an apple off a loved one’s head? Nat and I got into a heated debate about it on this week’s podcast. We also discussed which was the bigger choke, the Incas vs. the Spaniards or Oilers against the Bills?

Final Scores of JGTAI

Here they are. Teams in yellow made the cut, teams in blue are on the bubble, and teams in red still have hope: next week is Wild Card week, where any team that wins earns an automatic invite. As for bubble teams, if any teams that made the cut elect not to play, you’ll earn their spot. We typically have a few teams that can’t make it, so there’s still hope. Invites will start going out this afternoon.

This Week’s Scores

SIDECAR

In the Lead 113
Ryan Gosling 105
First at 2 93

O’NEALS

Pope Jawn 112
Dunkin Deez Nuts 92
Moob Swings 91

CITY TAP HOUSE

Ukraine in the Membrane 109
H to the Quizzo 96
Smashtastic 95

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS

Hispanic at the Disco 108
Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem 104
Superfluity 102

FOUNDING FATHERS

21 to Drink, 6 Figures to Sleep Over 101
Who’s On Turd 99
Jitney Spears 94

INDUSTRY

Orphans of Northstar (aka INkspot) 111
Keep on Scratchin 104
Imaginary Pablo 104

BARDS

Jesters of Tortuga 111
CGA 105
FDR’s Legs 91

JGTAI Scores With Less Than a Week To Go!

Well here we go. Our scores with less than a week left to play (these do not include last night at Sidecar). 7 quizzes left to earn yourself an invite. If you’re in the blue, you need to get your team together this week and make it happen. As of right now, some illustrious teams such as Popesack, Encyclopedophiles, and #1 Government Team Competitor are on the outside looking in. It’s also worth noting that the staff team at Industry, with that win last week, is within striking distance of an upset appearance.

So, in addition to quizzes this week, you can also earn points on facebook. Just post a picture of yourself in the midst of some fall foliage. You can also earn your team an extra 5 points by leaving a positive review on itunes for our podcast (the more reviews we get, the better our search results.) Just shoot me a line and let me know that the reviewer was you when you’re done.

And of course you can earn points by finishing first, second or third this week. Your best bet to score a win? Probably Industry, though City Tap House is also up for grabs plenty of times.

Then there is the last gasp effort, which is wild card week next week. Any team that finishes first earns an automatic invite. But if you don’t want to leave it to chance, I would get some physical challenges done and get your team out to quizzo this week. The Big Event takes place on November 22nd at the City Tap House and will feature live music from the John Train band (who are awesome).