26 February, 2009

The Castle

Written by Stix
edited by Hilts


Stix greeted at 7pm by Benky who is pleased we are here as well as by Jim the bar owner/manager who thanks us for coming and later moves our table up front by the pool table. A much smaller bar than TCs, but perhaps a more intimate setting. J&B represented by Chemical Man, Hilts, and Stix.

TEAMS: Last trivia's winner Muff Divers (who throughout the night have no shortage of self-amusing comments about "boxes"), Castle Trash, T&T (who've been at TCs under another name) and the Wild Bankers.

First round: Music, In the News Tuesday, Fast Food South Side Qs:

**71st and Harlem, food on east side of street.
**115th and Pulaski, fast food
**City that just named the archbishop of Milwaukee it's new archbishop**1996 did "Pepper"
**2002 did "Love at First Sight" (answer given by Hilts, mocked by the Muffs)


J&B lead after 1Q and at the half.

Second round: TV/ Sports/ Celebrity Birth

**Gavin Floyd's highest MLB win total prior to 2008
**Tori Spelling's character name on 90210
**72-10 Bulls had what home record that year.
**65-66 TV season Ronald Reagan hosted this 3 word show.
(200 point and best answer of the night, given by T&T)
**Since 1980, the # of Bears championships.

J&B had a bad 3rd quarter blanking on Tori and picking 2 different "ladies only" throw questions. STILL, J&B leads after 3Q and at the end leads with 2190.

T&T 1690, Bankers 1370, Muff 1230, Castle 1180.


Final round: Sox, NBA finals 86-06, Stevie Wonder in the 70s, 80-90s TV
Wisely nobody picks NBA. J&B follows what textbooks (and Wikipedia) now call the Peppys/Hammer theory and picks Stevie Wonder along with Wild Bankers. Muff and T&T pick Sox, Castle Trash picks TV. J&B bets the classic but errs by using 1370, not 1690 as the second highest total. Stix is disqualified from future computations until such time as his Finance MBA is completed in 2010.


CURRENT SOX: 1) Sox player born in Hollywood, CA.
2) Adam Russell's listed height within 2 inches.
3) Was a major college football QB.

TV:1) Played Kevin on Raymond, 96-98.
2) Played Kelly on 90210.
3) Played Mindy on Mork & Mindy.

STEVIE: Benky's 3 fave Stevie songs of the 70s, all #1s, 10 total words with initials in alpha order of A D L M 0 S S S T Y
1) 1972 ?
2) 1973 ?
3) 1977 ?

Will the Peppys/Hammer theory pay off? Gentlemen?
PART TWO
J&B has the Gatorade bucket prepped after writing down SUPERSTITION '72, YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE '73 and I WISH '77.

ANSWERS:

**71st and Harlem, food on east side of street.--ZACATACOS
**115th and Pulaski, fast food--NICKY's
**City that just named the archbishop of Milwaukee it's
new archbishop--NEW YORK CITY
**1996 did "Pepper"--BUTTHOLE SURFERS
**2002 did "Love at First Sight"--KYLIE MINOGUE

**Gavin Floyd's highest MLB win total prior to 2008-- FOUR
**Tori Spelling's character name on 90210-- DONNA (oh, so close Don)
**72-10 Bulls had what home record that year.-- 39-2
**65-66 TV season Ronald Reagan hosted this 3 word show.
DEATH VALLEY DAYS

CURRENT SOX:
1) Sox player born in Hollywood, CA. JERRY OWENS
2) Adam Russell's listed height within 2 inches. 6 FOOT 8
3) Was a major college football QB. JOSH FIELDS

TV:
1) Played Kevin on Raymond, 96-98. KEVIN JAMES
2) Played Kelly on 90210. JENNIE GARTH
3) Played Mindy on Mork & Mindy. PAM DAWBER


Had trouble keeping track of the wagers, but J&B knows only Muff has all 3 answers, they bet it all to go to 2460+3000= 5600, not enough to top J&Bs
2741+ 3000= 5741, adding the Castle to the list of J&B arena victories.

See you at Bede's if Hilts ever gets us the:

1) time
2) contact name we're under

Nitenurse is making linguni salad. Yum

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Stevie had to be the right choice:

- You Are the Sunshine of My Life
- Superstition
- Sir Duke

My only other comment is why the "since 1980" tag was used on the Bears championship question. "Since 1964" gets us the same answer.

Anonymous said...

The Bears Q was typed wrong, should have been "1950"...sorry

Anonymous said...

The Bears Q was typed wrong, should have been "1950"...sorry

Anonymous said...

Guesses:

Floyd's wins: 5

Bears' championships (adjusting for the 1950 from the other emails): 2

Spelling character: Gina, the Peg-Legged Strumpet

Bulls record: 40-2

Sox questions:
Hollywood: Brian Anderson

Russell: 6' 10"

Josh Fields

TV: Kevin on Raymond: no idea

Kelly on 90210: Jennie Garth

Mindy: Pam Dawber

Stevie Wonder:

Anonymous said...

Hmmmm. Sounds like J&B got the 3000 bonus for getting all 3 Stevie songs. There was no "I" or "W" in the choices. After the first two songs, we were left with an "S" and a "D". Hence, my guess of Sir Duke as the 3rd song.

Anonymous said...

I need a new editor...Sir Duke is the 77 Song...