Written by Lazers
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I(Lazers) arrived at TC Pub to find Stix still seething over the final question from the prior trivia night, and he was prepared with support to show that the J&B answer for the song “Hold On” was correct. If the wrong button was pushed, Benkowski could get toasted.
Tonight was also the debut of the new Hangman board and the related new rule: “No throwing the new Hangman board” (an odd rule, since Benkowski is the only one who threw the old Hangman board).
TC Pub represented by: Glasses, who would later be prodded to show her “tramp stamp” tattoo for perhaps the tenth trivia night in a row.
The competition: Bar, Undecided, and JC Motel (including a cute, little pony tail, though I was apparently the only one whose attention she caught)
J&B represented by: Chemical Man, Stix Hilts, Gf and Lazers
First Half: National Enquirer/Entertainment/Sports Is So Good
Blackhawk who won Selke Trophy for 85-86 season?
Total receptions for Mike Ditka as a Bear?
Year of Birth for Rose Marie?
Within $100 million, the amount of Merv Griffin’s fortune? (JC Motel’s horrible guess: $20 million)
Way too many “year of birth” and “Merv Griffin” questions in the first half.
The Bar was also off to a bad start, as they tried to select the “TV” category when there wasn’t one.
Scores at the half: J&B 1520 Bar 930 JC Motel 740 Undecided was low score
Second Half: NFL/Entertainment/News in August
First name of George Jefferson’s son?
Redskins’ poor team interception total in 2006 (defense)?
True or False- Over his 1,000 shows, Benkowski interviewed the following people:
Reverend Jesse Jackson?
Wayne Gretzky?
John Candy?
After J&B successfully answers a Mattel recall question for which the answer was “Barbies and Polly Pockets”, just imagine the hazing that immediately followed.
Looking for the name of one of Green Bay’s outside linebackers (was it right side?)?
Benkowski, after J&B successfully answered the above football question on the heels of the “Barbie and Polly Pockets” hazing: “Well, that should end the child molester talk.”
Benkowski, after some whining from the Bar: “I did a survey of the 11 places where I do trivia, and TC Pub has the most victims who are screwed and f*cked.”
Scores after two halves: J&B 2820 Bar 2130 JC Motel 1290 Undecided 910
Final Category Choice: 70s TV or 90s TV
For each: 6 of 10 wins wager, 8 of 10 wins 1000 bonus, all 10 wins 3500 bonus
J&B is the only team to select 70s TV. The wager is the classic.
70s TV: Name the top 10 rated prime time shows from the 1972-1973 season?
Clue: one of them was the NBC Sunday Night Movie
Clue: 5 are sitcoms
90s TV: Name the top 10 rated prime time shows from the 1998-1999 season?
Clue: one of them was the CBS Sunday Night Movie
Clue: 5 are sitcoms
Game on!
Tonight was also the debut of the new Hangman board and the related new rule: “No throwing the new Hangman board” (an odd rule, since Benkowski is the only one who threw the old Hangman board).
TC Pub represented by: Glasses, who would later be prodded to show her “tramp stamp” tattoo for perhaps the tenth trivia night in a row.
The competition: Bar, Undecided, and JC Motel (including a cute, little pony tail, though I was apparently the only one whose attention she caught)
J&B represented by: Chemical Man, Stix Hilts, Gf and Lazers
First Half: National Enquirer/Entertainment/Sports Is So Good
Blackhawk who won Selke Trophy for 85-86 season?
Total receptions for Mike Ditka as a Bear?
Year of Birth for Rose Marie?
Within $100 million, the amount of Merv Griffin’s fortune? (JC Motel’s horrible guess: $20 million)
Way too many “year of birth” and “Merv Griffin” questions in the first half.
The Bar was also off to a bad start, as they tried to select the “TV” category when there wasn’t one.
Scores at the half: J&B 1520 Bar 930 JC Motel 740 Undecided was low score
Second Half: NFL/Entertainment/News in August
First name of George Jefferson’s son?
Redskins’ poor team interception total in 2006 (defense)?
True or False- Over his 1,000 shows, Benkowski interviewed the following people:
Reverend Jesse Jackson?
Wayne Gretzky?
John Candy?
After J&B successfully answers a Mattel recall question for which the answer was “Barbies and Polly Pockets”, just imagine the hazing that immediately followed.
Looking for the name of one of Green Bay’s outside linebackers (was it right side?)?
Benkowski, after J&B successfully answered the above football question on the heels of the “Barbie and Polly Pockets” hazing: “Well, that should end the child molester talk.”
Benkowski, after some whining from the Bar: “I did a survey of the 11 places where I do trivia, and TC Pub has the most victims who are screwed and f*cked.”
Scores after two halves: J&B 2820 Bar 2130 JC Motel 1290 Undecided 910
Final Category Choice: 70s TV or 90s TV
For each: 6 of 10 wins wager, 8 of 10 wins 1000 bonus, all 10 wins 3500 bonus
J&B is the only team to select 70s TV. The wager is the classic.
70s TV: Name the top 10 rated prime time shows from the 1972-1973 season?
Clue: one of them was the NBC Sunday Night Movie
Clue: 5 are sitcoms
90s TV: Name the top 10 rated prime time shows from the 1998-1999 season?
Clue: one of them was the CBS Sunday Night Movie
Clue: 5 are sitcoms
Game on!
PART II
After much discussion, J&B guesses: 60 Minutes, All in the Family, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Carol Burnett Show, Bob Newhart Show, Odd Couple, Hawaii 5-0, Marcus Welby MD, MASH, and the NBC Sunday Night Movie.
First Half Answers:
Troy Murray
316
1923
$1 billion
Second Half Answers:
Lionel
6 interceptions
All True
AJ Hawk
Final Question:
Undecided- 910- 90s TV- guesses Friends (yes), Will & Grace (no), The Simpsons (no), CBS Sunday Night Movie (yes), Fresh Prince of Bel Aire (no), 7th Heaven (no), Dawson’s Creek (no), Frasier (yes), NYPD Blue (no), Law & Order (no)- only 3 correct- wagered 910- thanks for playing.
JC Motel- 1290- 90s TV- guesses 20/20 (no), Friends (yes), Seinfeld (no), Home Improvement (yes), Frasier (yes), Roseanne (no), Wheel of Fortune (no), CBS Sunday Night Movie (yes), Simpsons (no), General Hospital (no), and they wrote something that Benkowski was too embarrassed to read (although he gave the initials “P.J.”- any ideas?)- only 4 correct- wagered 0- remain at 1290.
Bar- 2130- 90s TV- guesses CBS Sunday Night Movie (yes), Monday Night Football (yes), Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (no), ER (yes), Friends (yes), Frasier (yes), Mad About You (no), Everybody Loves Raymond (no), 60 Minutes (yes), Home Improvement (yes)- that’s 7 correct- wagered 2130- double up to 4260.
And it’s all up to J&B- 2820- 70s TV- guesses All In The Family (yes), Mary Tyler Moore Show (yes), Carol Burnett Show (no), Bob Newhart Show (no), Marcus Welby MD (no), MASH (no), NBC Sunday Night Movie (yes)- that’s 3 correct with 3 to go- Odd Couple, Hawaii 5-0, 60 Minutes (no, no, no)- wagered 1441- down to 1379. The Bar wins for the third straight time.
Missing Answers for the 90s: Touched By An Angel, Veronica’s Closet, Jessie
Missing Answers for the 70s: Bridget Loves Bernie, Ironside, Gunsmoke, Wonderful World of Disney, Sanford & Son, Maude
Observant readers might notice that the total of correct answers for J&B plus the missing answers is only 9. Perhaps I misheard, but my research this morning indicates that Hawaii 5-0 was the 10th ranked show for that season and should have been a “yes” answer. Bar wins either way.
Glasses: “Are you guys pissed?” Stix: “I’m still pissed from two weeks ago”…then pulling out the “Hold On” support, “I’m going to tell him.” I don’t think he actually did, but Stix continues to seethe (his mantra for the rest of the night was “f*ck the Bar”). Stix says his anger is getting larger- to Red Sox/Yankees level.
Next trivia night: Thursday, August 30th. Due to that night apparently coinciding with a Bear exhibition game, Benkowski says the TV camera will be there to capture the event. One can only wonder what sort of characters that will bring…
3 comments:
i was going to mention the bridget series since one of
you brought it up a while ago.
there was a movie called the pjs and fox briefly had a
cartoon series based on this (the movie was a cartoon)
simpsons havent been in top 10 since early 90s.
mash didnt appear til 73 or 74
the hold on sing incident reminds me of a braves
giants game in the late 80s. giants lost the lead and
it was tied in the extra innings. braves scored in the
10th on a safe call at home. roger craig came out to
argue but was tossed. he brought the tv replay to show
the umpire before the next game (a sunday) and was
immediately tossed.
oh the 90s tv question - Albeit 98/88 - was asked before back in april/may look up in the archives.
I attempted to be "bigger than the bar" by not revealing the truths from 2 weeks ago. Then again...it's not possible to be "bigger than the bar". Oh, and fuck 'em....at least I got a cucumber.
"Bridget Loves Bernie" immediately lept to mind when I saw the '70's question; didn't we discuss that show about a month ago?
Some trivia teams seem to be "Tampa Bay Devil Rayish" (have no chance of winning, ever) since for TV shows they are guessing shows that aren't in prime time (General Hospital and WOF) and shows on the WB (Dawson's Creek and 7th Heaven). Which makes me think PJ is "Petticoat Junction."
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