A Trivia Wedding: Chemical Man and S. O’N.

Written by D.L.

It was a night on which TC Pub initially was dead. It was a night on which the biggest feuding for once did not involve J&B. It was a night on which J&B recognized that one of Stix’s roles on the team is to pick our categories when we are in control of the board. It was a night on which Pat solicited Benkowski as a reference on his resume. And it was a night that was sponsored by Bats By Buck.

J&B represented by: Chemical Man, Hilts, Peppys, Gf and Nixon

The competition: Bar and Undecided. Circumstances would create a fourth team by the end of the night.

TC Pub represented by: cute waitress, no nickname and making an effort to learn our regular order.

First Half: White Sox/80s & 90s TV/News- May 2007

Year in which Luis Aparacio won his last Gold Glove as a White Sox player?
1990-Sandra Bullock starred in short-lived sitcom based upon Melanie Griffith movie?
1985- Fisk tags out two Yankees at home plate on one play- name the two Yankees tagged out and the Yankee who had hit the ball?

Michelle Obama recently resigned from ____ _____ Foods?
(brought up only because of the Bars’ great joke guess of Moo and Oink…a guess that elicited much applause from J&B)

Upon returning from the restroom, Chemical Man to Hilts: “You’d be amazed at how your voice carries.”

Scores at the half: Bar 2200 J&B 1040 Undecided 570

Second Half: Sports/Mixed Up/Southside Oriented Fast Food Places

By the start of the second half, Benkowski notes that Undecided has grown up to 15 members. He makes them split into two teams. The Senoritas faction is split off into “Quattro Senoritas.” Undecided then complains about the number of people who sit at the bar and (allegedly) play for the Bar. Benkowski: “Not all of them are playing. That guy is reading stock reports. That guy is thinking about the weights he’s not lifting.”

First AL pitcher to 14 saves this season?
The 2 Yankees currently top two in the AL in hitting (as of yesterday)?

Tampa Bay Devil Rays’ announcer and former chick magnet Dave Wills is in the house.

Bill, of all people, brings up Ric Flair tonight.

Scores into Final: Bar 3320 J&B 2740 Undecided 1160 Senoritas 220

Choice of Final Category: Chicago Streets or Mid-90s TV

All teams select the TV category. Benkowski: “Streets was easier.”

J&B wagers 419- enough to beat Undecided if they double, and figuring we need the Bar to get the question incorrect anyway.

I’m pretty certain Benkowski said 4 of 5 wins wager; in actuality, I think he allowed 3 of 5 to win the wager.

Final Question: ABC-TV (Channel 7) Tuesday night lineup from 7:00-10:00 (CST) in Fall 1994…5 shows total: 4 sitcoms and 1 non-sitcom.

Pick up your #2 pencil and get to work….



Part The Second

Part II

J&B guesses Roseanne, Grace Under Fire, Home Improvement, Spin City and NYPD Blue

Just after Benkowski came around to gather the last answer sheet (J&B was the straggler), the Bar tries to retrieve their answers in order to change one. Benkowski denies the request.

First Half answers:
1970
Working Girl
Dale Berra and Bobby Meacham tagged out; Rickey Henderson was the batter
Tree House

Second Half answers:
Todd Jones (Detroit)
Jorge Posada and Derek Jeter

Final:

Senoritas- 220- guess Home Improvement (yes), Roseanne (no), Perfect Strangers (no), Family Matters (no), NYPD Blue (yes)- wagered 0- left with 220.

Undecided- 1160- guesses Empty Nest (no), Jake & The Fatman (no), Matlock (no), Murder She Wrote (no), and everybody was laughing so hard at their answers that I didn’t catch their last one (no)- wagered 1100- down to 60.

J&B- 2740- guesses Roseanne (no), Grace Under Fire (yes), Home Improvement (yes), Spin City (no), NYPD Blue (yes)- wagered 419- Benkowski gives the points- up to 3159.

Bar- 3320- guesses Roseanne (no), Home Improvement (yes), Grace Under Fire (yes), Full House (yes), NYPD Blue (yes)- wagered 2161- up to 5481 and tonight’s victory.

The missing show: Me and the Boys (with Steve Harvey as a widower- I’m not holding my breath waiting for that one to turn up on TVLand anytime soon)

Benkowski: “In my conversation with ABC-TV, they tell me that’s what the lineup was.”
So Benkowski was making phone calls as research? I’m impressed.

The evening ended with much conversation about the best television shows of all-time. Peppys and Chemical Man almost dropped the gloves over Seinfeld’s status on such a listing (Chemical Man- pro, Peppys- con). Our waitress also became involved in the discussion- she was off to a bad start by citing “Dancing With the Stars” as her favorite show, but further talk improved her reputation. She was even able to sing some of the theme to “Speed Racer”- astounding, since she looks like she is all of 20 years old.

Next trivia at TC Pub is June 7th. I expect to be “in.”