11 October
Written by Lazers
names edited by Hilts
J&B was back in action for its third night of trivia amongst the past nine. This time was a return to The Dirty Sock. Seeing the lights out in the back room wasn’t a good start, but it turned out the trivia was held at the front of the bar tonight.
J&B represented by: Chmical Man, Stix, Hilts (arrived in time for Final Question), and Lazers
The competition: Window Lickers, Team America, and Three’s Company (a late entry). The cute brunette who liked to yell out answers never joined the game.
First half: Sports Nicknames/Old Cartoons/2000s Metal Grammys
I had hoped for some good cartoon questions. Instead, we received Benkowski doing imitations of Popeye (actually not bad) as well as both Rocky and Bullwinkle (actually…not good). Plus, other questions allowed Benkowski to hum the theme music to “Pink Panther” and “Inspector Gadget”. Talk about a category with potential spinning out of control.
The Metal Grammys category was one incorrect answer after another. Megadeth became the default answer for J&B, and other teams sometimes jumped on that bandwagon (even for other categories). Bill: “Good thing we’ve got a music guy on our team.”
For a long-distance throw involving a football, even though Chemical Man won the points for J&B, it must be pointed out that the girl from Three’s Company threw a much prettier spiral.
XFL player “He Hate Me”?
NHL goalie nicknamed “Chicoutimi Cucumber”?
Scores at the half: J&B 1250 Lickers 870 America 780 Company 570
Player from Window Lickers: “Is there a final question tonight, Pat?”
Girl from Three’s Company: “No, because J&B is just going to blow everybody out.”
Second half: 90s TV/Celebrity Year of Birth/Kathy Griffin
Yep- Kathy Griffin
YOB- Jennifer Aniston?
Who did Kathy Griffin play in “Pulp Fiction”?
2000s era show on Oxygen channel- “50 Funniest Women”- where did Kathy Griffin rank?
YOB- Kathy Griffin?
Three’s Company girl: “Peg Bundy is hot on ‘Sons of Anarchy’.”
Stix (after yelling the answer “Clarissa Explains It All” even though another team got the points via a trick): “I want my gay points.”
Scores after two halves: J&B 2320 America 2240 Company 1410 Lickers 1390
Choice of Final Category: Conan O’Brien, U2/B52s, or White Sox of the 80s
J&B selects White Sox and wagers the classic (2161).
White Sox:
First Sox player to win a Gold Glove during the 80s?
Sportsphone Sox Poster Night- who was on the 1980 poster?
Stadium where Tom Seaver won his 300th career game?
U2/B52s:
’78- This B52s single gave them so much success they got gigs in New York and London from it?
’05- U2 helped musicians who lost instruments in Hurricane Katrina by raising money with a song performed with what other band?
The B52s performed the theme song to what Nickelodeon show (show started ’93)?
Nobody selected the Conan category, and J&B did not think to ask about the prior trivia night’s “Hottest Chicks in Sports Movies” questions.
Game on….
J&B represented by: Chmical Man, Stix, Hilts (arrived in time for Final Question), and Lazers
The competition: Window Lickers, Team America, and Three’s Company (a late entry). The cute brunette who liked to yell out answers never joined the game.
First half: Sports Nicknames/Old Cartoons/2000s Metal Grammys
I had hoped for some good cartoon questions. Instead, we received Benkowski doing imitations of Popeye (actually not bad) as well as both Rocky and Bullwinkle (actually…not good). Plus, other questions allowed Benkowski to hum the theme music to “Pink Panther” and “Inspector Gadget”. Talk about a category with potential spinning out of control.
The Metal Grammys category was one incorrect answer after another. Megadeth became the default answer for J&B, and other teams sometimes jumped on that bandwagon (even for other categories). Bill: “Good thing we’ve got a music guy on our team.”
For a long-distance throw involving a football, even though Chemical Man won the points for J&B, it must be pointed out that the girl from Three’s Company threw a much prettier spiral.
XFL player “He Hate Me”?
NHL goalie nicknamed “Chicoutimi Cucumber”?
Scores at the half: J&B 1250 Lickers 870 America 780 Company 570
Player from Window Lickers: “Is there a final question tonight, Pat?”
Girl from Three’s Company: “No, because J&B is just going to blow everybody out.”
Second half: 90s TV/Celebrity Year of Birth/Kathy Griffin
Yep- Kathy Griffin
YOB- Jennifer Aniston?
Who did Kathy Griffin play in “Pulp Fiction”?
2000s era show on Oxygen channel- “50 Funniest Women”- where did Kathy Griffin rank?
YOB- Kathy Griffin?
Three’s Company girl: “Peg Bundy is hot on ‘Sons of Anarchy’.”
Stix (after yelling the answer “Clarissa Explains It All” even though another team got the points via a trick): “I want my gay points.”
Scores after two halves: J&B 2320 America 2240 Company 1410 Lickers 1390
Choice of Final Category: Conan O’Brien, U2/B52s, or White Sox of the 80s
J&B selects White Sox and wagers the classic (2161).
White Sox:
First Sox player to win a Gold Glove during the 80s?
Sportsphone Sox Poster Night- who was on the 1980 poster?
Stadium where Tom Seaver won his 300th career game?
U2/B52s:
’78- This B52s single gave them so much success they got gigs in New York and London from it?
’05- U2 helped musicians who lost instruments in Hurricane Katrina by raising money with a song performed with what other band?
The B52s performed the theme song to what Nickelodeon show (show started ’93)?
Nobody selected the Conan category, and J&B did not think to ask about the prior trivia night’s “Hottest Chicks in Sports Movies” questions.
Game on….
Part II
J&B guesses Mike Squires, Chet Lemon and Yankee Stadium.
First half answers:
Rod Smart
George Vezina (whom Benkowski called the “Cy Young of the NHL” and said, like Lou Gehrig, he died young. Shouldn’t he then be the “Lou Gehrig of the NHL”?)
Second half answers:
1969
Kathy Griffin played “Kathy Griffin”
Griffin ranked 17th (which apparently means there are only 16 women to whom the word “funniest” can be applied)
1960 (Three’s Company guessed 1955. Benkowski: “She must look like shit to you.”
Stix: “She does.”)
Final Question:
Window Lickers- 1390- White Sox- guess Carlton Fisk (no), Tony LaRussa (no), and Yankee Stadium (correct)- only one correct- wagered 1390- thanks for playing.
Three’s Company- 1410- Music- guess Love Shack (no), Pearl Jam (no), and Tiny Toon Adventures (no)- none correct- wagered 1405- could their 5 points hold up?
Team America- 2240- Music- guess Rock Lobster (correct), Green Day (correct), and SpongeBob SquarePants (no)- two correct- wagered 2240- up to 4480 and the lead.
J&B- 2320- White Sox- guess Mike Squires (correct), Chet Lemon (no), and Yankee Stadium (correct)- two correct- wagered 2161- up to 4481 and a “classic” victory.
Missing answers:
White Sox poster- Harry Caray
B-52s cartoon theme- Rocko’s Modern Life
***Benkowski Alert***
Per IMDb: Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider, of the band the B52s, perform vocals for the second season opening theme. I don’t know if that is the same as saying the B52s performed the theme song.
Trivia Futures:
Stix is to look into some other trivia option (I don’t recall which).
Moho is to look into a Downers Grove area trivia option.
Dirty Sock- probably remains a decent option for once or twice a month, as long as the Bears aren’t the Sunday night game- can be competitive, and tonight’s bartender had a nice little figure on her.
The Castle- probably less competitive than a good Dirty Sock mix, but still an option on occasion.
Trivia Championship:
Benkowski hasn’t determined if it will be Saturday, December 26th or Saturday,
January 2nd. J&B should make sure it stays active so that we don’t get left out of the mix.
J&B guesses Mike Squires, Chet Lemon and Yankee Stadium.
First half answers:
Rod Smart
George Vezina (whom Benkowski called the “Cy Young of the NHL” and said, like Lou Gehrig, he died young. Shouldn’t he then be the “Lou Gehrig of the NHL”?)
Second half answers:
1969
Kathy Griffin played “Kathy Griffin”
Griffin ranked 17th (which apparently means there are only 16 women to whom the word “funniest” can be applied)
1960 (Three’s Company guessed 1955. Benkowski: “She must look like shit to you.”
Stix: “She does.”)
Final Question:
Window Lickers- 1390- White Sox- guess Carlton Fisk (no), Tony LaRussa (no), and Yankee Stadium (correct)- only one correct- wagered 1390- thanks for playing.
Three’s Company- 1410- Music- guess Love Shack (no), Pearl Jam (no), and Tiny Toon Adventures (no)- none correct- wagered 1405- could their 5 points hold up?
Team America- 2240- Music- guess Rock Lobster (correct), Green Day (correct), and SpongeBob SquarePants (no)- two correct- wagered 2240- up to 4480 and the lead.
J&B- 2320- White Sox- guess Mike Squires (correct), Chet Lemon (no), and Yankee Stadium (correct)- two correct- wagered 2161- up to 4481 and a “classic” victory.
Missing answers:
White Sox poster- Harry Caray
B-52s cartoon theme- Rocko’s Modern Life
***Benkowski Alert***
Per IMDb: Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider, of the band the B52s, perform vocals for the second season opening theme. I don’t know if that is the same as saying the B52s performed the theme song.
Trivia Futures:
Stix is to look into some other trivia option (I don’t recall which).
Moho is to look into a Downers Grove area trivia option.
Dirty Sock- probably remains a decent option for once or twice a month, as long as the Bears aren’t the Sunday night game- can be competitive, and tonight’s bartender had a nice little figure on her.
The Castle- probably less competitive than a good Dirty Sock mix, but still an option on occasion.
Trivia Championship:
Benkowski hasn’t determined if it will be Saturday, December 26th or Saturday,
January 2nd. J&B should make sure it stays active so that we don’t get left out of the mix.
2 comments:
How dare you miss Rocko's Modern Life...thats how I was introduced to the band!!!!!!!!!!
dont blame me
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