Scarlett Johansson’s SweaterWritten by DL
The 2007 trivia season has seen a rowdy, packed house fill TC Pub every other Thursday night. Last night was more of the same, as the bar was crowded enough to push J&B to the back table for the second trivia battle in a row.
The competition: The Bar, Save the Chief (again featuring the Asian gal), Tres Senoritas, Kevin’s Still Out, Alice, and Polacks.
TC Pub represented by: Glasses
J&B represented by: Chemical Man, Stix, Peppys, Hilts, Dragon, Gf and Lazers
J&B also was represented by two publications: an NFC Championship Game program, which of course was not referenced, and fortunately was not noticed; and the November 2006 issue of Allure magazine, featuring a cover story on Scarlett Johansson accompanied by one of the hottest photos of a woman I’ve ever seen. Early on it was recognized that photo of Scarlett would be either the inspiration for or distraction from victory.
First Half: News/Fun Music/Bears of the 80s-90s-00s
Led Bears with 10 interceptions in 1990?
Led Bears in receptions in 1993- clue: white player?
Within 2, year of birth of Gwen Stefani?
Ladies Only- Biggest Tattoo contest pits J&B against the Bar. Glasses easily defeats the tattooless Gf.
Ladies Only- Longest Hair contest pits J&B against the Bar: Glasses again defeats Gf.
Scores at the half: Bar had well over 1000, Chief over 1000, Kevin 370, J&B 320, Polacks?, Alice 90, Senoritas 50
Second Half: Music/Entertainment/Bears Players (between 1985-2006)
Best Actor in a TV Comedy: 87-88-89?
By the second half, not only was J&B verbally feuding with the Bar and Chief, but the Polacks seemed to have turned against us, also. While their proximity to the Bar and Chief may have played a role, I’m sure the larger motivation was Hilts’s frequent yells of “Jackson Pollack” towards them.
Ladies Only- Drink Faster contest pits Tres Senoritas against Kevin’s Still Out. Both ladies down their drinks and pound their respective cups into Benkowski’s hands. After a dramatic pause, Benkowski declares the contest a tie that will be settled with a Long Distance Throw contest. Tres Senoritas wins the throw and the points. Benkowski: “The greatest moment in Tres Senoritas history.”
J&B felt it didn’t even need to be there for the second half. The few times a question came to us, we would either get it wrong or get it correct only to find the next question was a “lose your turn” pitfall (not even “free but lose your turn”). I think it was Chemical Man who summed up the evening through this point as “the darkest night in J&B history.”
With only a handful of questions remaining, controversy erupted. The Bar was faced with a question looking for the only Bear lineman (from 85-06) whose last name ended in “ski.” The Bar selects Hangman, but after a few correct letter guesses, they lose control of the Hangman to J&B. J&B uses their remaining “throw the ball” trick to gain the points. After Benkowski puts the points on the board and gives the answer, the Bar notices that there was some mix-up on the Hangman board (involving the first letter of the player’s last name). I didn’t quite catch what was askew, but the Bar was given another Bear question. They used their reinstituted Hangman option to guess the team the Bears defeated the very game after Ditka’s famous quote about them not being able to win a game the rest of the season. Despite getting the first and last letter of the team name, the Bar gets it wrong. Control moves to J&B, who guesses correctly. I have no idea how many points J&B ended up gaining via the Hangman fiasco, but they made our score a little more respectable going into the final question.
The second half ends with a Ladies Only- Drink Faster contest pitting J&B against Tres Senoritas. The Senoritas win.
Scores into Final Question: Bar 2090 Chief 1720 J&B 1200 Tres Senoritas 1160
Kevin 970 Polacks 400 Alice- doesn’t live here anymore- long gone.
Final Category: Music of the 60s-70s-80s-90s
J&B wagers 1130 (enough to beat Senoritas by 10 should they double).
3 of 4 wins wager- All 4 wins 3500 bonus points.
Final Question: for each of the decades listed above, the Billboard Charts top rock acts (based upon hit songs and sales). Clues: 1 is a group, and 1 is a woman.
Gentlemen?
The 2007 trivia season has seen a rowdy, packed house fill TC Pub every other Thursday night. Last night was more of the same, as the bar was crowded enough to push J&B to the back table for the second trivia battle in a row.
The competition: The Bar, Save the Chief (again featuring the Asian gal), Tres Senoritas, Kevin’s Still Out, Alice, and Polacks.
TC Pub represented by: Glasses
J&B represented by: Chemical Man, Stix, Peppys, Hilts, Dragon, Gf and Lazers
J&B also was represented by two publications: an NFC Championship Game program, which of course was not referenced, and fortunately was not noticed; and the November 2006 issue of Allure magazine, featuring a cover story on Scarlett Johansson accompanied by one of the hottest photos of a woman I’ve ever seen. Early on it was recognized that photo of Scarlett would be either the inspiration for or distraction from victory.
First Half: News/Fun Music/Bears of the 80s-90s-00s
Led Bears with 10 interceptions in 1990?
Led Bears in receptions in 1993- clue: white player?
Within 2, year of birth of Gwen Stefani?
Ladies Only- Biggest Tattoo contest pits J&B against the Bar. Glasses easily defeats the tattooless Gf.
Ladies Only- Longest Hair contest pits J&B against the Bar: Glasses again defeats Gf.
Scores at the half: Bar had well over 1000, Chief over 1000, Kevin 370, J&B 320, Polacks?, Alice 90, Senoritas 50
Second Half: Music/Entertainment/Bears Players (between 1985-2006)
Best Actor in a TV Comedy: 87-88-89?
By the second half, not only was J&B verbally feuding with the Bar and Chief, but the Polacks seemed to have turned against us, also. While their proximity to the Bar and Chief may have played a role, I’m sure the larger motivation was Hilts’s frequent yells of “Jackson Pollack” towards them.
Ladies Only- Drink Faster contest pits Tres Senoritas against Kevin’s Still Out. Both ladies down their drinks and pound their respective cups into Benkowski’s hands. After a dramatic pause, Benkowski declares the contest a tie that will be settled with a Long Distance Throw contest. Tres Senoritas wins the throw and the points. Benkowski: “The greatest moment in Tres Senoritas history.”
J&B felt it didn’t even need to be there for the second half. The few times a question came to us, we would either get it wrong or get it correct only to find the next question was a “lose your turn” pitfall (not even “free but lose your turn”). I think it was Chemical Man who summed up the evening through this point as “the darkest night in J&B history.”
With only a handful of questions remaining, controversy erupted. The Bar was faced with a question looking for the only Bear lineman (from 85-06) whose last name ended in “ski.” The Bar selects Hangman, but after a few correct letter guesses, they lose control of the Hangman to J&B. J&B uses their remaining “throw the ball” trick to gain the points. After Benkowski puts the points on the board and gives the answer, the Bar notices that there was some mix-up on the Hangman board (involving the first letter of the player’s last name). I didn’t quite catch what was askew, but the Bar was given another Bear question. They used their reinstituted Hangman option to guess the team the Bears defeated the very game after Ditka’s famous quote about them not being able to win a game the rest of the season. Despite getting the first and last letter of the team name, the Bar gets it wrong. Control moves to J&B, who guesses correctly. I have no idea how many points J&B ended up gaining via the Hangman fiasco, but they made our score a little more respectable going into the final question.
The second half ends with a Ladies Only- Drink Faster contest pitting J&B against Tres Senoritas. The Senoritas win.
Scores into Final Question: Bar 2090 Chief 1720 J&B 1200 Tres Senoritas 1160
Kevin 970 Polacks 400 Alice- doesn’t live here anymore- long gone.
Final Category: Music of the 60s-70s-80s-90s
J&B wagers 1130 (enough to beat Senoritas by 10 should they double).
3 of 4 wins wager- All 4 wins 3500 bonus points.
Final Question: for each of the decades listed above, the Billboard Charts top rock acts (based upon hit songs and sales). Clues: 1 is a group, and 1 is a woman.
Gentlemen?
Second half follows
Part II
Oddly, when Benkowski gave the final category, Stix began to brainstorm by listing the top performer for each of those decades. J&B even joked about handing in those answers prior to hearing the actual question. When the question was read, there was no way any of Stix’s initial notations were going to be changed:
60s- The Beatles
70s- Elton John
80s- Michael Jackson
90s- Mariah Carey
First Half answers:
Mark Carrier
Tom Waddle
1969
Second Half answers:
Michael J Fox
John Wojciechowski
Pittsburgh Steelers
Final Question:
Polacks- 400- guess Beatles (yes), Bee Gees (no), Madonna (no), U2 (no)- wagered 400- thanks for playing.
Kevin’s Still Out- 970- guesses Beatles (yes), Elton John (yes), Michael Jackson (yes), Madonna (no)- wagered 970- up to 1940.
Tres Senoritas- 1160- guess Beatles (yes), Bee Gees (no), Michael Jackson (yes), Madonna (no)- wagered 1189- down to (29) thanks to wagering more than they had.
J&B- 1200- guess Beatles (yes), Elton John (yes), Michael Jackson (yes), Mariah Carey (yes)- all 4 correct wins wager and bonus- up to 5830.
Chief- 1720- guesses Beatles (yes), Elton John (yes), Michael Jackson (yes), Madonna (no)- wagered around 1600- up to over 3300.
Bar- 2090- for dramatic purposes, Benkowski did not read their answers in chronological order- Mariah Carey (yes), Beatles (yes), Michael Jackson (yes), Rod Stewart (no)- wagered 1351- up to 3441.
And a sweet, come-from-behind victory for J&B!
Hilts erupted louder than usual, taunting the Bar and Chief. When the Chief left, they took the long way around the bar just so they wouldn’t have to pass the J&B table. hilts was grabbing the telephone behind us and yelling that it was Rod Stewart on the line.
Art: “I think we’ve hit a new high and new low tonight.”
Trophy (to Hilts): “The only thing better than you coming here is you leaving, asshole.”
One of the Tres Senoritas gals again comes to visit and pay her respects, happy that we defeated the Bar.
More Stix: “It’s my turn to fondle Gf.”
During a discussion on breast size-
Gf: “Wait until you see my daughter.”
Stix: “So it skipped a generation?”
BAM!
Next TC Pub trivia night: February 15th- for Stix’s Birthday Trivia!
…and now I’m off to the internet to find that picture of Scarlett…
6 comments:
It's the Packers' colors that make it so hot.
gonna kick yr green bay ass, fucker
...and massive kudos to Pat for finding that link so quickly!
Nice … very nice.
Holy crap.
Easy to be a Monday morning quarterback but I did have 3 of the four music answers. Missed Elton John. Also knew Mark carrier and Michael J. Fox. Still tentative for St. Rene’s due to schedule conflict. Let me know if you need a definite answer or if you are approaching you maximum number.
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