J & B Winter Meetings (And a Hilts poem !! )

J&B Winter Meetings
Written by Lazers
names edited by Hilts
addemdum about afters by Hilts

With player personnel moves not something that juggernaut J&B needs to discuss at this time, focus instead was placed on some new team philosophies for 2008. Namely, J&B has made the decision that it no longer will partake in rescheduled trivia nights at TC Pub. It never fails- J&B arrives for a rescheduled trivia to find the bar as desolate as the city faced by Robert Neville in “I Am Legend.”

Lazers also proposed that J&B hires a team of escorts to show up for TC Pub trivia. I don’t recall the final decision for that one.

To add to the sour feeling of the night, J&B finds out that the 2007 Championship at Salerno’s is already filled, and we are left out of the mix. ESPN cannot be happy about that.

The faceless competition: Team Earl, the Bar (note: this faux Bar did not include anyone that I recognized, although Trophy was there at first but left before trivia began).

J&B represented by: Chemical Man, Hilts, Stix and Lazers

For reasons unknown, a twist on the rules tonight: no Hangman tricks allowed. I assume Benkowski forgot to bring the greaseboard.

First Half: Music/Baseball Year of Birth/Holiday Stuff

Who made a ton of money writing/singing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”?

With only three teams (and two of them pathetic), J&B launches an assault on the board that seemed to leave us more hated than usual. One guy at the bar (who was not playing) kept saying, “You guys are in the wrong tavern,” over and over. One of the faux Bar guys said, “Best Buy just called- you guys have to go.”

We had a huge lead at the half- I’m guessing we were over 2000 points.

Second Half: Bulls/Sci-Fi Movies/70s & 90s Music

European country where Ben Gordon was born (7 letters)?

That question was noteworthy in the annals of trivia history, as it reflects the first time a question was correctly answered by someone yelling from the restroom (faux Bar).

Scores after two halves: J&B 3630 Bar 2060 Earl 1700

Choice of Final Category: Baseball Year of Birth or 90s Entertainment

J&B selects Baseball YOB while the other teams select Entertainment.

2 of 3 wins wager with a bonus of 3000 or more points for all 3 correct (that “or more” component likely depending upon whether the bonus is achieved by J&B or one of the other teams).

Despite lobbying from Lazers to wager everything to take a run at the all-time Benkowski trivia points record, J&B settles on wagering the classic (691).

Baseball: Within 2, the years of birth of Joe DiMaggio, Chet Lemon and Ted Kluszewski?

Entertainment:
Song “Virtual Insanity” was done by?
In “Home Alone”- this actor’s polka band got Kevin’s mother back to Chicago?
In “Lois & Clark”- the main two actors?

Gang?

Part II

J&B guessed 1915, 1953 and 1925. In a twist of irony, Stix had to hit the restroom as the questions were asked, and J&B is accused of making a phone call to get answers.

First half answer: Gene Autry
Second half answer: England

Final Answers:

Earl- 1700- Entertainment- guesses El DeBarge (no), John Candy (correct) and Dean Cain/Teri Hatcher (correct)- that’s 2 of 3- wagered 1698- up to 2398.

Bar- 2060- Entertainment- no guess for the song (no), John Candy (correct), and Dean Cain/Teri Hatcher (correct)- wagered 2000- up to 4060 (and proudly point out they currently are in the lead).

J&B- 3630- Baseball- guesses 1915 (close enough), 1953 (close enough) and 1925 (close enough)- wagered 691 plus bonus- finishes with 7321 and an empty victory.

Entertainment- missing answer was Jamiroquai (famous as being the same question for which Newbie once helped J&B with the answer). J&B would also have won the bonus points in this category.

Baseball- the actual years were 1914 for DiMaggio, 1955 for Lemon, and 1924 for Big Klu.

As Sergio Leone might summarize this final trivia night of 2007, there was the Good (another victory added to our all-time list), the Bad (shut out of the 2007 Championship), and the Ugly (typically lame rescheduled trivia night). TC Pub trivia begins the 2008 season on Thursday, January 3rd.

And a final note to J&B and its fans: Have a Safe and Happy Holiday Season!

HILTS adds about afters

Championed J and B. Then after went to Lanigans. Drank many Guiders.
South Atlantic sailing with the sailors dressed in white
Merchant ships disappearing seemingly over nite
Enemy trio sailing closes and guns away

Ragged savage battle leaving not one fear allayed
Langsdorff in Montevideo bottled felt he had no choice:
Wrap‘d the flag around him instead’v up the hoist