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Another Speedy Post

Very tight game last week with 4 teams scoring over 30 points. But in the end Team #8 Bagger Off won the overall score and a nice jackpot by the.5 points that they gained over the nearest team in round 4. Here are their categories for next week's round 3:

• Riptide
• Real Ultimate Power
• Richard Bach
• Penguins
• Darts
• Sabermetrics
• The Cold War
• B Movies
• Food Network
• Rockpile
• Stax Records
• Santa Barbara Restaurants

Results:
Bagger Off - 34.5
Jessica Has A Doube Agent Inside Her Sleeper Cell - 34
Slim Jim Shortage - 32
Crothgrabbers Anonymous - 31
Who's Gonna Keep and Eye on Russia Now - 29

There's Gonna Be Fireworks...

Since I actually have the day off today, I can't rationalize any procrastinating vis a vis the Pub Quiz blog. Last week's performances we're pretty good on the whole, but one team really did some damage - Team #7 They Say Celebrities Die in Threes, But Billy Mays Threw One In For Free won the overall score and round 4 and while they didn't win the big jackpot, they have provided these categories for next week's round 3:

• You Can't Win by Jack Black
• Connecticut
• Devo
• Renaissance Paintings
• Offfensive Linemen
• Cake (The Band)
• Gilmore Girls
• Mammals @ The SB Zoo
• Mafia Wars
• Tool (The Band)
• Nebraska Cornhuskers
• Thunderstorms
• Rock Band
• Cheaters (TV Show)
• Famous Nonagenarians
• BASEketball
• Harry Potter
• Princess Bride
• Arnold Movie Lines or Political Quotes

Results:
They Say Celebrities Die in Threes, But Billy Mays Threw One In For Free - 32.5
Looks Like It's Time To Buy Some More Purple Body Bags - 31
A Night of Erotic Bliss With Ben Stein - 29.5
Weekend at MJ's 2: Stiff for Little Boys - 29.5
Suck it Trebek - 29
Legend Wait for It Dairy - 28.5

Summer Nights

For the second week in a row a relatively new team, or at least a team with some new players combined with more seasoned veterans, emerged from Pub Quiz with a victory. Team #3 5.5 Vaginas prevailed in a 3-Way tiebreaker and pulled the correct token to win the big jackpot. Snap! It looks like there are a few new forces to be reckoned with and it remains to be seen if the veteran teams can pick up their games to match.

In other news of the night Team #4 Twitter Jake & Chris won round 4 and have provided these categories for round 3 of next week:

• Liverpool Football Club
• Doctor Who
• Arthurian Legend
• Computer Security
• James Joyce
• Fraggle Rock
• The Music Man
• Sewing Terms
• Irish Language
• Koi
• Firefly
• David Bowie
• HTML Tags
• Neal Stephenson
• The Big Lebowski

Results:
5.5 Vaginas - 27
Jameson For Breakfast - 27
The Purple and the Bagless - 27
Twitter Jake & Chris - 26.5
Thanks Tim, Your Money is on the Dresser - 24.5

Not to interrupt, but...

Last week there was a bit of Pub Quiz played at the OKR and it was a tight race for the most part. We had some thrills and spills and in the end a Team with members that haven't played before or seldom play did what they had to do to win the overall score for the week. So kudos to you Team #6 Donald Ducking: A No-Pants Quiz Night Party, even if you failed to win the big jackpot.

Also showing off their big brains was Team #8 Celebrate Creatively Not Destructively, who won round 4 in a tie-breaker and have given us these categories for round 3 of next week:

• FC Barcelona
• Deadliest Catch
• Jane Austen
• Jon & Kate Plus 8
• West Wing
• Medical Billing
• Chick Hearn
• Women's Colleges
• iPhones
• Twitter
• Communications Theories
• Santa Barbara Restaurants
• Old School Hip-Hop
• The Last Waltz
• The Huxtables

Results:
Donald Ducking: A No-Pants Quiz Night Party - 28.5
Jabba's Floating Palace of Love - 28
Celebrate Creatively Not Destructively - 27.5
Damn Clever - 26.5
Every Round We Win We Get Free Drinks - 26.5
Bagger Than Ezra 26.5

There's a Summer Place

Last week's Pub Quiz was a tale of two quizzes. Most teams had one round of brilliance. They also had at least one round of awfulness. The key to success was to have than one round of brilliance and only one round of awfulness. The Team that managed that feat was Team # 11 Purple is as Purple Does which held off the field despite scoring a 3 in the final round. They also failed to win the big jackpot which will roll over.

Also of note was the round 4 performance of  Team #7 This is My Brother Bader and This is My Other Brother Bader who won that round in a narrow tie-breaker and provided these categories for our use in Round 3 of next week:

• Omaha, NE
• Seinfeld
• Arrested Development
• Basketball
• Medieval History
• US Counties
• College Football
• Burn Notice
• Caddy Shack
• Malt Liquor
• Physics
• The Enlightenment
• Journey
• Cell Biology
• Gnostic Christianity
• Early (Catholic) Church
• History
• Science Fiction

Results:
Purple is as Purple Does - 31.5
It's Sad We Never Got to See David Carradine's Final Film - Hangkok Dangerous - 30
This is My Brother Bader and This is My Other Brother Bader - 29
The Real Housewives of Goleta - 27.5
The Pregnant Man Had Twins - One Looks Like Jake & The Other Like Chris - 27
We Heart Lunch Boxes - 26.5

Early June Gloom

It took a few weeks, but maybe the lack of sunshine brought us back to relatively normal attendance at Pub Quiz since the first time since the Jesusita Fire broke out. And, yes, I'm still working on T-Shirts.

Last week team #17 Jeff's GM Stock eked out a close victory over Team #11 Wendy's Big Purple Sausage Party by .5 points - they did not however win the jackpot. Team #1 Hot For Cougars won round4 and have presented these categories for use in next week's round 3:

• Purple Rain
• Human Anatomy
• Billy Joel
• Gossip Girl
• Greek Mythology
• Caribou
• Trance Music
• U2
• Big 10 Football
• Mad Men
• Neo-Soul
• Reptiles
• 90210 (Original Series)
• Hitchcock Films
• UCLA Basketball
• Detroit Red Wings
• Schutzhund
• Eminem

Results:
Jeff's GM Stock - 32.5
Wendy's Big Purple Sausage Party - 32
We're Thinking With Our Dipsticks - 29.5
Hot For Cougars - 29
The Real Housewives of Goleta - 28.5
Drag Jake & Chris Back To Hell - 27.5
John Quincy Asskickers - 27

All Brand New

In a small and intimate version of Pub Quiz last week Team #1 My Investment Pays of In Crotch Dividends dominated the last two rounds to win the overall score but not the jackpot. They have provided the following categories for round 4 of this coming week:

• Boobs
• 1970's NFL
• Physical Chemistry
• Body Hair
• Jessica the Hippo
• Firefox (movie)
• Flight of the Conchords
• Some Hawaiian Bullshit
• John Cusack
• Strange Brew
• British Comedies
• Teacher/Student Scandals
• Virginia
• Epidemics

Results:

My Investment Pays of In Crotch Dividends - 29.5
Jake & Chris Ceremony Moved to Iowa - 29
Carrie & the Horny Toads - 27.5
Baggers & Mash - 27
My Mom Wanted to Name Me Oh God! Oh God! - 25

Quick Update

Later today, my wife and I are having a baby. But for now some info:

Last Week Team #8 A City Built on Rock & Roll Would Be Structurally Unsound won the overall score in a tight tie-breaker and then won a decently sized jackpot. Their reward does not come without a price - they are being tasked with being Substitute Quizmasters this week in a winner take all special installment of Pub Quiz. Be nice to them, I might just wander by to make sure everyone is on their best behavior.

In other news, Team #6 T-Shirt With Wolves On It managed to win round 4 and have provided these categories to be used for round three for the Pub Quiz on May 27th:

Vaginas
"That Piece of Trash" Lincoln
Mid-Century Modern Furniture/Design
Journalism
Hawaii
Rum Trough
Salt Water Aquariums
The Blues Brothers
Strange Brew
The Simpsons
Whisk(e)y
Beer
Mountain Biking
Porn Stars
Department Stores Formerly) Based in CA
Star Trek
Santa Barbara Street Names
Flight of the Conchords
Arlen Specter
American Cars

Results:
A City Built on Rock & Roll Would Be Structurally Unsound - 31.5
Purple Baggus Interuptus -31.5
Manny's Gynecologist - 29.5
We Have 1/2 the Team Members But the Same Number of Drinks - 29.5
Calling Out Adam For Always Being Late - 29
Team #6 T-Shirt With Wolves On It - 28

Ready...Aim...

Last week's Pub Quiz was curtailed due to flames and smoke and such, although nothing really happened until the next evening. In any event, see the post below for the categories to Wednesday's round 3. The jackpot is getting big.

Swine Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Last week's Pub Quiz was damnably exciting with close calls, tragic flaws, and new arrivals to glory. In the end it may have seemed that the status quo continued to remain, but I sense a groundswell of change approaching just as the jackpot is reaching a sizable sum.

When it was all said and done last week, Team #10 Purple, Bagger, Scissors, Lizard, Spock won a narrow victory over Team #12 Maybe Jews & Muslims Were Right About the Pig Thing, but failed to win the mega-jackpot. Team #14 Insert Requisite "Bad Swine Flu" Joke Here decided to be competitive for two weeks in a row and won round 4 to win the privilege of providing these categories for round 3 of next week:

• Hollister Brew Co. Beer
• Seinfeld (Episodes)
• Radiohead
• Survivor
• Color Wheel
• Harry Potter/Twilight
• Dave Matthews Band
• Nobel Laureates at UCSB
• theKicksReggae
• Binary
• Chain Restaurants
• Yoga
• Top Chef
• Filipino Folk Dance

Results:
Purple, Bagger, Scissors, Lizard, Spock - 32.5
Maybe Jews & Muslims Were Right About the Pig Thing - 32
Insert Requisite "Bad Swine Flu" Joke Here - 31
How Much White-Black Music Can We Endure - 30
Crouching Woman, Hidden Cucumber - 29