This morning in a CNN.com story:
Some 200 people took part in a peace vigil in Cincinnati’s Fountain Square. Many carried candles but were told not to light them because of potential harm to the downtown landmark.
Don’t light your candles because you might set a fountain on fire? But aren’t fountains filled…with…water???
Though I thought that Quizzo Bowl I was, overall, a success, there were a number of things that could be improved for the next event.
a) Downtime. Yes, there was too much downtime. That was because I didn’t have enough graders. There will be several more graders. There will also be a few less questions (we’ll be going 12 per round instead of 15), and my answer sheets will be better organized.
b) Ended too late for a Sunday night. I have corrected that by lessening the downtime and moving the starting time up a half an hour.
c) The food situation. Last time, we went with more of a snack menu. This time, a full dinner menu will be offered.
d) Most importantly, THERE WILL BE NO BELLYDANCING. Yes, you may breathe a sigh of relief. The breakdancers will not come into the crowd and try to get you to dance with them on the tables.
The ticket situation is a little convoluted when you go to buy tickets online. Do not pay attention to the seating chart. It is useless. After you click on “Buy Tickets”, just click on “Quick Pick Tickets” on the next page. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. So far, we’ve sold about 50 tickets. Also, I am extending the deadline to get in your bonus points. You must submit your points to me by next Thursday, August 25th.
Wanna remind you once again that there will be no quizzo at the Black Sheep tonight. We return there in full force next week.
Got this email from fellow quizmaster John this morning:
So what do you do when an actual fight breaks out at Quizo? I don’t
think there’s a three-ring binder for that one.
This actually happened at Downey’s tonight. Some a****** who wasn’t
playing was shouting out answers, I asked him to stop like five times,
the bartender asked him to stop, and finally in the middle of Round 2
one of the other players just walked over and took a swing at the guy.
Clocked him right in the side of the head. Bouncers were called, et
al. Stopped the game for a good twenty minutes.
That’s priceless. If the guy who got punched decides to sue, I honestly think that we should raise funds for the attackers defense team.
Johnny Goodtimes is extremely excited to announce that the featured band for the Beat the Champs Spectacular is going to be the Kyle Dunleavy Steel Drum Quartet. Kyle, who is a professional steel drum manufacturer, has been performing professionally for over 10 years. His travels have taken him all over the Northeast, from Maine down to Virginia. He also spent time playing with a number of Caribbean orchestras while on a musical pilgrimage in Trinidad and Tobago. Dunleavy, who graduated from the internationally acclaimed Hartt School of Music, will be joined by three other musicians, a bass player, a percussionist, and a vibraphonist. Johnny will have more details about the band in the near future.
What kind of animal killed an Australian baby named Azaria Chamberlain on August 17th, 1980? Also, check back here at 3 o’clock today, as a big announcement is forthcoming.
It was on this day in 1962 that Pete Best was dumped as drummer for the Beatles, so I’ve been tooling around, trying to find some kool Pete Best sites and interviews. Here’s an interview he did in 1965. Here’s a pretty good story followed by a Q&A from 1995. Here’s a guy writing that Best deserved to get sacked for Ringo. What is Pete up to today? Rockin’ and rollin’.
Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to two of the most influential people of the last 250 years. First, we have Napoloeon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French and King of Italy (remember, he designed their flag). But his death is the casue of more speculation than his birth, as many people think he was poisoned. Here’s an interesting article on that. Also celebrating a birthday today is Ben Affleck, star of the box office sensation Gigli. If anyone out there has seen this movie, please give me a review. Here’s what the critics said when it came out. This is pretty funny.
There will be no quizzo at the Black Sheep this week, as they are closed for a few days. Just letting ya know.
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Hey, here’s an article written by my former radio partner, Nat “The Truth” Jones, about his bitterness surrounding the Trojan War. I think you’ll enjoy it.
So, the Trojan War. Have you heard about this debacle? Do you know anything about this? Man, the Trojans really dropped the ball on that one, didn?t they? I know it was a long time ago and things have changed, but let me just start by saying that if I had bet money on the Trojans to win that war, I would?ve been totally livid with the outcome. Allow me to set the stage:
