The Events of 20 Decmeber, 2008

written by Lazers

edited by Hilts

After this past Thursday’s trivia postponement, I made my way into TC Pub for the 7:30 make-up game, hoping the bar would be graced with the continued presence of Frosty, Suspenders, and Little Cleavage. Not surprisingly, there was only one woman in the bar when I arrived. To make matters worse, the trivia battle had already begun.

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

The competition: Bar, Johnnie Walker, and Mike & Pat

First Half: Romantic Comedies/Fast Food/Sports Illustrated

2006- starred Jack Black and Kate Winslet?
2001- starred John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale? High Infidelity
2004- starred Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore? 50 First Dates
1999- starred Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant? Notting Hill
1999- stared Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles?
1977- starred Woody Allen and Diane Keaton? Annie Hall

After the Bar gripes when their answer of “Something About Sally” wasn’t accepted for the movie “When Harry Met Sally”, Benkowski: “You can’t do ‘whatever’ in trivia- you have to hit it.”

Scores at the half: J&B 1390 Bar 1160 Mike/Pat 690 Johnnie Walker 650

Second Half: Food Network/Tuesday Sports Section/”Simpsons” Jobs

Homer Simpson?
Into week 16, the NFL division with the best cumulative record (36-20)? NFC South
Into week 16, the NFL division with the worst cumulative record (19-37)?
Who hosts “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives”?
(Pat: “Another Hitler question?”
Benkowski: “You should watch those references- you don’t want another “Seinfeld” situation.”)
Joe Quimby? Mayor
Julius Hibbert?

Selma and Patty Bouvier? DMV Clerks
Rainer Wolfcastle?
Who hosts “Good Eats” and “Iron Chef America”?
Who hosts “Barefoot Contessa”?

Brief controversy erupts over the pronunciation of Emeril Lagasse by Mike & Pat. Really, this team was quote-filled throughout the evening, but the game moved too fast for me to notate all of their gems (once Johnnie Walker and Mike & Pat were done using their “throw the ball” tricks by the end of the first quarter, the game moved at lightning speed). I can say that they dropped f-bombs with the zeal of Joe Pesci in “Goodfellas”, and one of them once threatened to cut off Benkowski’s head. Of note after trivia ended was their part in a bar argument over who would win pitting Jason Bourne against Jack Bauer.

Also of note was Gf checking out the waitress’s ass.

Scores going into final: J&B 2920 Bar 1500 Johnnie 1280 Mike/Pat 1240

Final Category: 80s Entertainment

Hilts does some quick math to see if J&B can top the massive score put up a couple of trivia nights back, but a double-up plus bonus would fall less than 1000 points short. J&B elects to bet the classic (81).

Two of three wins wager. All three wins 3000 bonus points.

80s Entertainment:
1982- Australian pop rock group hit the US charts (3 words)?Men At Work
1980 hit- “Lady”? Styx
Two TV anchorwomen from local NBC in the 80s- Benkowski worked with both of them- and both appeared on channel 5 this past Wednesday (but not as anchorwomen)? Deborah Norville and Carol Marin

Gentlemen?

Part II

J&B guesses Men at Work, Kenny Rogers, and Carol Marin/Alison Rosatti. J&B ran out of time on that last question and is certain Rosatti will be incorrect.

First half answers:
Last Holiday
Serendipity
50 First Dates
Notting Hill
10 Things I Hate About You
Annie Hall


Second half answers:

Works at nuclear power plant
NFC South
AFC West
Guy Fieri
Mayor
Doctor
DMV office
Actor
Alton Brown
Ina Garten


Final Question:

Mike & Pat (who announced they were “all in” as soon as Benkowski read the category)- 1240- guesses Men at Work (correct), Styx (no), Carol Marin/Deborah Norville (correct)- wagered 1240- up to 2480.



Johnnie Walker- 1280- guesses no answer (no), Styx (no), Deborah Norville/Linda Yu (no)- wagered it all- thanks for playing.

Bar- 1500- guesses Men at Work (correct), Styx (no), Carol Marin/Deborah Norville (correct)- wagered 1500- up to 3000.

J&B- 2920- guesses Men at Work (correct), Kenny Rogers (correct), Carol Marin/Alison Rosatti (no)- wagered 81- up to 3001 and its third victory in a row. Always good to be hot going into the playoffs.

Next trivia is the Championship at Salerno’s on December 27th. Roster is set at 9, with gametime by 7:30. He did not collect the additional deposits, so we still owe him for 3 people that night.


Benkowski is still unsure when TC Pub trivia will start up in 2009. His current guess is January 8th (I would be “out”), but we are supposed to check with him at the Championship.


Merry Xmas to J&B and all of you J&B groupies out there….