TEAM NAME: Count Fuckula
ATTENDANCE: Nate, Boris, Ashley, Chris, Gabe, John, Jess
PRIZE: $10 bar tab for second place, chips for funny team name
FIRST ROUND STATUS: 1.5 points back (or 3.5, I couldn’t really hear)
MARGIN OF LOSS: 2 points (I think)
MUSIC ROUND THEME: One hit wonders
NUMBER OF CHEATING TEAMS THAT GOT FUCK-YOU-LA’D: 1
POST-TRIVIA: Milkshakes
TEAM NAME: Je M’appelle Drunk
ATTENDANCE: Gabe, John, Chris, Katie, Jess, Grace Park, Trivia Slut #3, Trivia Slut #4
PRIZE: El Zilcho
FIRST ROUND STATUS: Tied for 1st, “somehow”
MARGIN OF LOSS: I have no idea
MUSIC ROUND THEME: Songs from commercials
POST-TRIVIA: Ink on our arms, some of which I can still see despite a 20 minute shower and a lot of soap.
TEAM NAME: Derek Zoolander’s Team for Kids Who Can’t Team Good
ATTENDANCE: Nate, Boris, Chris, Gabe, John, Ashley
PRIZE: Salt and Vinegar chips for halftime first place + Dipsy Doodles for funny team name
MARGIN OF VICTORY: One point (39 to 38)
MUSIC ROUND THEME: Locations (a.k.a. the band name theme game Gabe and John have played since freshman year)
TEAM NAME:If they counted Michigan and Florida, we’d be in first
ATTENDANCE: Boris, Chris, Nate
PRIZE: BBQ Chips, for some combination of funny team name and funny wrong answer (Christopher Reeves for some superhero sidekick thing who has no legs… it got groans from like the whole bar, and another team had the exact same thing)
1st ROUND STATUS: 12 points (it was hard!), 12 teams ahead of us, 20.5 points for first place, second at 17.
FINAL STATUS:25.5, 25.5, 26.5, 27.5, 28, 28, 28.5, 33, 35, 36.5, 38 … ugh
MUSIC ROUND THEME: Songs Weird Al covered. We got this after the first song (Ridin’ Dirty), but everyone got it by the second song (Gangsta’s Paradise)
THEME ROUND: Movie Quotes
TEAM NAME: We’d do better if “The Other Guy” were here
ATTENDANCE: Boris, Ashley, Nate, Eric (Moose, Squirrel, and friends), and Chris, who had nothing better to do on a Tuesday night and wishes JKP comes next week.
PRIZE: Cool Ranch Doritos (first place in the first half) and 6 mini donuts (funny answer to who said they would go to Canada if John McCain won the election… CINDY MCCAIN!)
MARGIN OF LOSS: 6.5 points. Dropped from a lead with 23 points in the first round to tying for fifth in the second round. Mike said we “really tanked”
MUSIC ROUND THEME: songs from movies Quintin Tarentino was involved with.
POST-TRIVIA: Wings, nachos, more beer at Lion’s Head… short walks or hour-long subway rides home.
TEAM NAME: There’s Something About Hans Grüber
ATTENDANCE: John Painting, John Marshall, Gabe
PRIZE: Swedish fish for funny team name, Mike & Ikes for funny answer (in the theme round of pseudonyms, they were looking for the stage name of “Farrokh Bulsara” Our answer: Barack Obama…two people booed when we won our candy).
MARGIN OF LOSS: 5.5 points
TEAMS FINISHING WORSE THAN US: 2
MUSIC ROUND THEME: All of the artists have had reality shows at some point [for the first time ever, we did not get the theme]
POST-TRIVIA: Nothing
TEAM NAME: At Least We Won Last Week
ATTENDANCE: John (Painting and Marshall), Gabe, Boris
PRIZE: (Disgusting) Bubble Gum for funny answer (Q: The male carries and delivers the baby in which marine animal? A: Reverse dolphins). NOTE: There’s a dance we created here too…yeah…
MARGIN OF LOSS: Enough
MUSIC ROUND THEME: War
POST-TRIVIA: Nothing interesting, for the first time in a while
TEAM NAME: Robo-Bitches and the Disco Pope
ATTENDANCE: Casey, Chris, Gabe, John (Painting and Marshall), Joe, and Boris
PRIZE: A big ol’ bag of Cheese Doodles for the halftime lead plus the $20 bar tab for the victory
MARGIN OF VICTORY: I’m not positive, but it was actually a blowout margin of about 4-6 points.
MUSIC ROUND THEME: Covers [this was given]
POST-TRIVIA: Debauchery
TEAM NAME: Gabe’s Thesis
ATTENDANCE: Chris, Gabe, Joe, Casey, and John
PRIZE: El Zilcho
MARGIN OF LOSS: We left before the final results…a lot?
MUSIC ROUND THEME: Water
POST-TRIVIA: Also water…as in, getting caught in a sudden downpour on the walk back
