Don’t know if you saw their tit for tat this past weekend, but it was pretty entertaining. And Geraldo gets a good diss in on Lou Dobbs while he’s at it..
WTF Wins
This Midwest chain, which opened in 1967 by the man it’s named after, is credited with inventing St. Louis style pizza.
Jams Win
The deep dish pizza was invented in 1943 at this Chicago pizzeria.
Young Old and Restless win at O’Neals
What two toppings will you find on a slice of Hawaiian pizza (which, incidentally, isn’t really that popular in Hawaii)?
Pictures of the winners
Alright, I’m gonna post pics of this weeks winners. This week’s questions will be posted under the pics. The topic this week is pizza, in honor of the 2nd Annual JGT Pizza Hunt, which kicks off on Monday. One guess per person, and no cheating.
Happy Birthday Biz Markie!
Today is the 43rd birthday of one of my favorite rappers of all time, the Diabolical Biz Markie. Though best known for the song “Just a Friend” on the album The Biz Never Sleeps, it was his debut album (Goin’ Off)that I consider his masterpiece. With songs such as “Vapors’, “Make the Music”, and “Pickin’ Bugars”, this album cracks my top 10 hip-hop albums of all time. I saw the Biz in Philly a few years ago, and he tore it up, though now he spends more time on the turntables than he does rapping.
Week in Review
We begin on Tuesday at O’Neals, which was the site of a thriller, as four teams finished within a question of the lead. The Young the Old and the Restless held off Badger Tsunami in the end, 99-97. Philly Hardcore finished with 96, and Dork Sided with 94.
Things were a little tight at the Bards as well, as the Sofa Kingdom erased a 7 point deficit going into the final round to edge Narkotizing Dysfunktion, 100-95. The Western Omelette finished 3rd with 92.
No close calls at the Vous on Wednesday, as a Jams team at full strength blew away the competition with an impressive 111. 1022 finished 2nd with 101.
An old favorite pulled off the win at the Black Sheep, as the WTF defeated Trying is the First Step Towards Failure, 97-90. They did so despite only playing with two players, the Big Bopper and Eisenstein. It was a huge win for this team, which won it’s first JGT quizzo match way back in 2003. The Satan’s Minions went down hard in the “1997: The Year in Music” Round and finsihed with an 85.
Bounty time at the Good Dog on Thursday. The Axis of Evil Knieval came before 7 p.m., and couldn’t sit down because the place was already packed. But the Sofa Kingdom made it on time and edged MAGMA, 93-92, to take home the gift certificate and the extra $20.
Good thing for them that Axis wasn’t allowed in the door. Taking out their frustration at the Bards, the Evil Knievals put on a clinic, knocking off Speak Up Johnny 110-104. The Western Omelette finished 3rd with 92.
By totally sucking, Were Phillies Just Promoting New Movie?
Am I the only one who thinks it’s a little more than coincidence that the Phillies unbelievably miserable opening week performance occurred right before the unveiling of “The Curse of William Penn” at the Philadelphia Film Festival, a movie about how miserable Philly sports teams make their fans? Yeah, I had a feeling that Hollywood liberals were behind the 0-3 start.
Tonight We’re Gonna Party Like it’s 1933
Local bars are touting that tommorrow is the anniversary of Prohibition ending, though I think I’m missing something. I thought Roosevelt ended it on March 23. Can somebody fill me in on what I’m missing here?
Anyways, the War on Alcohol seemed to be about as effective as our current War on Drugs. So the question needs to be raised: should we end the Prohibition on illegal narcotics? Sadly, even mentioning this idea is political suicide, and the simple political answer is just to lock up anybody and everybody, despite it’s remarkable ineffectiveness. (And yes, you may freely post your ideas on this topic w/o me getting snippy.)
RELATED: Joe Sixpack discusses Prohibition in Philadelphia. This is fascinating stuff. Best line in the article? In 1931, A’s fans famously booed President Herbert Hoover during a World Series game at Shibe Park, disrupting the game with their chant of “We want beer!”
The Turk
I posted some questions about hoaxes this week. Here’s another one, a chess playing gadget called the Turk . I didn’t exactly break my back finding this (it’s currently on the front page of wikipedia), but it’s pretty interesting.