Art’s Birthday Bash
written by D.L.
Chemical Man and I entered TC Pub to find it looking like a bar in a ghost town. I could almost hear the creak of the saloon doors swinging to a close behind us. An unenthusiastic Benkowski sat at the end of the bar. At first, not a woman in sight. Stix sat at the usual J&B table, guarding his birthday cake (by the way- kudos to Q-Stix very good cake).
J&B represented by Chemical Man, Stix and Lazers.
TC Pub represented by Glasses (fashionably late).
The competition: Bar, Tres Senoritas, and starting the second quarter, RJ
First Half: Celebrity Birth Years/Recent Sports/Entertainment
The “Wonder Years” Kevin Arnold was going to graduate from high school in what year?
NHL player that passed 1500 points recently?
What happened in the last episode of “Perry Mason” that did not happen in any other episode? (Note: question included in the summary due to the answer given by Tres Senoritas: “He got out of his wheelchair”)
Ladies Only- Most Occupied Piercings or Longest Tongue pits Senoritas against the Bar (since J&B was lady-less for this game). Senoritas have the choice and select Piercings. They claim 4 but don’t show all of them. Benkowski lets them know that if the Bar has 4, Senoritas will have to “show it to win.” Fortunately, Senoritas didn’t have to show to win.
Ladies Only- Drink Faster or Act Crazy for 5 Seconds pits Tres Senoritas against the Bar. I think the Senoritas won this one.
Scores at the Half: J&B 1410 Senoritas 860 Bar 820 RJ 720
Second Half: Grammy Awards/News/#1 Chicago Sports & #1 Music
First #1 hit for Huey Lewis and the News?
Two Michael Jackson #1 hits from the 80s that included girl’s name in the title?
Ladies Only- Long Distance Roll or Biggest Tattoo pits Senoritas against the Bar. The Bar calls for Glasses to represent them for a tattoo challenge. Glasses points out that she showed her tattoo at a recent trivia night for the same contest- since Benkowski has already seen it and knows how big it is, she wasn’t going to show it again. Thus, Senoritas win.
Ladies Only- Biggest Tattoo or Dance on the Bar for 10 Seconds pits Senoritas against the Bar. Senoritas to Benkowski: “You are such a pervert.” It becomes a second Biggest Tattoo contest, but this time Glasses agrees to show. Bar wins.
For the 4th quarter, the “throw the ball” trick involved rolling a bowling ball to within 6 inches of the box.
Ladies Only- Act Crazy for 5 Seconds or Long Distance Bowling Ball Roll pits Senoritas against the Bar. Senoritas win the bowling ball roll. The Bar calls for a disqualification for reasons I don’t know. Benkowski: “Jesus Christ, I’ve never seen a team scrounge for a point like you do.”
Ladies Only- Drink Faster or Biggest Tattoo pits Senoritas against the Bar. Glasses was going to refuse to show her tattoo, so the Bar selects the Drink Faster contest. Benkowski gives the usual rules: “First one to place an empty cup in my hand wins.” After he started the contest, the girl representing the Bar places her full cup of soda on the table and grabs an empty cup that was already there. She places that cup in Benkowski’s hand. You know, I have to respect the angle she tried to play. I might have given her the points just for the effort.
An awful lot of “Ladies Only” challenges tonight…
Scores going into final: J&B 2640 Bar 1940 Senoritas 1550 RJ 1220
Final Category: Sports Illustrated and the Globe (the tabloid)
2 of 3 wins wager. All 3 net 3000 bonus points.
J&B briefly contemplates a wager of 0 but ends up betting the classic (1241).
SI swimsuit issue: includes photo(s) of swimsuit models with musicians, including Kenny Chesney, Kanye West, and Panic at the Disco. What other two musicians/acts are included in the photo(s)?
Globe: famous TV actress (better known for a different role) who dropped out of some psychology course to take a role on the show “Everwood”?
Globe: gay rumors involving Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek heated up on the red carpet at the premiere of Hayek’s latest movie when Cruz did what?
Cripes- that wager of 0 would have been looking really good right now…
PART II
Part II
J&B has absolutely no idea for any of the answers and decides to guess: John Mayer and John Legend, Patricia Richardson, Cruz held Hayek’s hand.
First half answers:
1972
Jaromir Jagr
Mason lost a case
Second half answers:
Power of Love
Billie Jean and Dirty Diana
Final:
RJ- 1220- guesses Ludacris and ? (no), Suzanne Somers (no), didn’t quite catch their answer about Cruz, but (no)- wagered 1220- thanks for playing.
Senoritas- 1550- Benkowski gives Senoritas a chance to change their answers if they show the cutest bra- Senoritas refuse and guess Rolling Stones and Beach Boys (no), Ellen Barkin (no- or as Bill said “that’s a man”), Cruz grabbed Hayek’s ass (correct)- wagered 1500- down to 50.
Bar- 1940- Benkowski: “The Bar’s answers are unreadable and include some foreign language”- wagered 1940- thanks for playing.
J&B- 2640- guess John Legend and John Mayer (no), Patricia Richardson (no), Cruz held Hayek’s hand (no)- wagered 1241- down to 1399 and, sadly, victory.
The answers: Aerosmith and Gnarls Barkley, Marcia Cross, and Cruz grabbed Hayek’s ass. I really enjoy that thought: “grabbed Hayek’s ass”…just rolls off the tongue.
That’s three wins in a row for J&B. As Benkowski paid our winnings, he congratulated us on the victory although he pointed out it wasn’t necessarily a well-played game. Might have been a much better game without the barrage of “Ladies Only” challenges.
Next trivia night is March 1st, and the St Bede’s outing looms prior to that.
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