Archive for March, 2011

Wednesday Trivia Wrapup: Sneaking Up On Helen Keller

First, may I say that was an amazing night last night. Lots of energy, the heckling was creative, a lot of though going into the team names, which is something I always enjoy, and everyone firing on all cylinders. The five-point Kilimanjaro Question this week (How many albums, studio, live or greatest-hits, has Celine Dion [...]

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Tuesday’s Current Events Questions

Look, just because we were pre-empted for an evening doesn’t mean the march of time don’t still moveth forward, and things don’t continue to happen out.. …there. If this in fact had been an actual Slainte Fast 50 trivia night, these would have been the first six questions of the evening. How many of them [...]

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

On This Day In History 3/29 – Confederate Kicks With Coke

** Reminder: Tuesday Fast 50 Trivia is pre-empted tonight for a wrap party at Slainte, but we’ll be back next week, and tomorrow’s Drunken Smartass Olympics at Dempsey’s is still in full effect. ** The very first batch of what we now know as Coca-Cola was brewed by Dr. John Pemberton in his backyard in [...]

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

On This Day In History 3/28 – In Conclusion, Go Communards

It’s no surprise that proto-hipsters Frederick Pabst and Augie Busch The First share a birthday. Between them, they make a beer.

Monday, March 28th, 2011

A Reminder: Tuesday Fast 50 Trivia Is Pre-Empted Tomorrow

If you hadn’t heard yet, just want to make sure you know that tomorrow’s Fast 50 Trivia is pre-empted. Apparently, some movie studio is taking over the place, and there’ll be a lot of people who, ah, aren’t going to be real big readers there. From here, it kind of feels like holding a Dungeons [...]

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Wednesday Trivia Wrapup: Steal Your Face

Considering the evening delivered on its threat of the worst sleet storm left in what was once called “winter” in these parts, and the temperatures dropped from, oh, “Weekend At Bernie’s” down to “Dr. Zhivago” in the space of a few hours, I was happy that as many people came as did. It’s a testament [...]

Thursday, March 24th, 2011