Who was the last Emperor of China, losing almost all of his power in 1911 at age 5?
Bowlizzo Party on Saturday
The people have spoken. Let’s do this. Bowlizzo party on Saturday night at St. Monica’s (16th and Shunk, 3 blocks from Oregon stop on Orange Line). Here’s how it will work. Up to 12 teams, 6 players per team (You can have 8, but only 6 can bowl). $20 a head. Winner walks with $200, 2nd place gets $100. I’ll get a couple of kegs and some pretzels. Any extra money will go to my Little League at the Marian Anderson Rec Center. I will sell tickets at quizzo this week. First come, first serve on tickets. After 12 teams, I’m done (there are 12 lanes). I will have tickets for sale at all quizzos this week, so you can buy them off me there. It will go down on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., probably wrap up around 11 p.m. or so, or maybe 2 a.m. Who knows? Here’s how the scoring will work: bowling scores for each team will be averaged after every couple of rounds. They will then be added to quizzo score. So two frames, then Round One, two frames then Round Two, two frames, then Round Three, two frames then Round four, then it will all come down to the last two frames. I think this is going to be pretty wild.
‘Sup?
Hey y’all. Still kicking it down in VA. Decided to hang around another night, so I’m gonna cruise back up tomorrow. Had a great Thanksgiving with the fam. Played in the alumni B-ball game on Friday night, did fairly well, then hung out with a few friends from elementary school (above). Hope you guys had a good holiday too. I’ll have scores and pics up tomorrow (I accidentally left my scoresheets and my camera in Philly.) Also, announcement about bowling party coming in a few minutes.
Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!
Have a safe and wonderful holiday.
Heading on Home
Getting ready to hit the road to head down to the Eastern Shore. Above is a tourism video that will give you a bit of a taste of it. And yes, I will be dining at least once at the Exmore Diner. If you ever take Route 13 South, you have to eat at the Diner! For breakfast, get the SOS, and for lunch either get the Chicken n’ Dumplings or the Ronnie Burger, still the best burger I’ve ever had.
Black Sheep Quizzo Cancelled!
Upon further review, we decided to cancel Black Sheep quizzo tonight, since the night before Thanksgiving is probably going to be a zoo there. As of right now, we are still having it at Locust Rendezvous at 6:15, hosted by the Sandman, so if you were gonna play at the Sheep, just head on down to the Vous instead. If anything changes I’ll let you know.
Sad News
I hate to be the bearer of bad news right before the holidays, but the quizzo community lost a dear friend this past week. Trevor Pierson (above, right) of We Got Nothin’, a regular team at O’Neals, passed away this week. Trevor was known for being the Kingpin of a 2-3 man team that often knocked off teams of 8, and was almost always in the running. He also would growl down the bar when he thought my questions weren’t asked in a clear enough fashion, and he was quick to commiserate when Uncle Chollie would make a questionable decision that got my blood pressure up. Here is a remembrance of Trev from a couple of guys that hung out with him at O’Neals: In addition to being a great friend, Trevor intelligence’s never failed to impress. He’d regularly finish the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle in less than an hour. He could single-handedly compete against teams of six or eight people in Quizzo. Trevor knew something about everything. He could tell you that Catfish Hunter was the last Major League pitcher to have 30 or more complete games in a season or that James Madison was the President historians called the Father of the Constitution. Trevor was the quintessential Renaissance man. (Click below to continue)
Anybody wanna do a bowling/quizzo event?
Hey gang, I was going to do a fundraiser for my Little League at the St. Monica’s bowling alley on Saturday the 6th of December, but we decided to move it back to January. But I still have dibs on the 6th, unless I decide to give it up. I’ve heard some people clamoring for a Winter quizzo event, and this could be possible. I know it’s kind of last minute, but hey, this is me we’re talking about. Anyways, my thought would be this: 12 or so teams, like 6 people per team. Bowl a few frames, ask a few questions, bowl, quizzo, bowl, quizzo until we’re done with four rounds and ten frames. Then we add scores from your bowling to your quizzo scores to come up with a winner. A couple hundred bucks and a trophy for the winner, we get a couple of kegs, we have a big old time. But I gotta make sure people are interested, because it costs $600 to rent the room. So I’d probably charge about $15-20 a head, and that would include all you can drink and any money left over I’ll throw at my League. Let me know if that sounds interesting.
We Need More Mysteries
Our first two short mysteries have been major successes, if by major success you mean we’ve wasted a lot of time doing stupid s***. But we are on the lookout for our third mystery/adventure. Perhaps a Christmas mystery of some sort? Anyways, we need ideas. If you have any mysteries, post them below. And if you haven’t seen the first two, I highly recommend them.
Turkey-Tacular
Here’s the deal for this week. I am hosting tonight at O’Neals (8 p.m.) and at Bards (10 p.m.). Same bat time, same bat channel. Then the Sandman is hosting tomorrow at Locust Rendezvpous (6:15 p.m.) and Black Sheep (8:30 p.m.). The questions will have a general Thanksgivingy theme to them, but pretty loosely based.