09 May, 2011

Mothers's Lucky Night

WRITTEN BY LAZERS
names edited by Hilts

Trivia night at Salerno’s kicked off with some Hot Stove discussion (though I would prefer some Hot Boots instead), as a member of Auntie Joanne (perhaps Auntie J herself) joined the J&B table for some trade talk disguised as dinner talk (I was pretty certain that “Panko bread crumbs” was code for “Bill”).

J&B represented by: Chemical Man, MG, Mothers's, Hilts and Lazers

The competition: Auntie J, Awesome, The Circle, Logan Squares, Peeps, and ChiSharks

First half: Famous Quotes/Music 85 & 05/Celebrity Look-a-Likes

Benkowski promises there will be a sports category in the 2nd half.

’85- Broken Wings?
’05- Since You Been Gone?
’85- Easy Lover?
’05- Better Days?

“Karl Malone is not lunch meat.”
“Where’s the beef?” (this question coming with the humorous addition of finding out that the person quoted once shared an agent with Benkowski)

Katy Perry looks like this “500 Days of Summer” actress?
Julianne Hough looks like this “Genie in a Bottle”?
Drea de Matteo looks like Ellen’s girlfriend?
Skeet Ulrich looks like this pirate?
Jordin Sparks looks like Ugly Betty?
Sarah Palin looks like this former Saturday Night Live player?
Elijah Wood looks like the Harry Potter guy?
A young Russell Crowe looks like a dude from the O.C.?
Leelee Sobieski looks like a young version of this “Mad About You” actress?
Natalie Portman looks like KK?



Scores at the half: ChiSharks 780 J&B 760 Auntie J 650 Circle 540 Logan 510 Awesome 430 Peeps 320

Second half: NBA Playoffs/Royal Wedding/70s & 90s Music
mid-70s- I’m Your Boogie Man?
How many people were invited to the royal wedding?

Benkowski, coaxing the new team to bring a friend with piercings to help win Ladies Only contests: “They don’t have to know anything. The just have to eat or drink…and reveal.”

Benkowski, to Logan Squares: “Are you related to the Quaker Oats Squares?”

Scores after two halves: Logan 1500, Auntie J 1420 J&B 1340 ChiSharks 1300 Circle 1170 Awesome 790 Peeps 460

Final categories are: 80s TV, two different Celebrity Year of Birth, Reality Shows, Musical Lists from Rolling Stone, Food Network, NBA Steals, MLB Retired Sluggers

Now, today had been quite lucky for Mothers thus far- she won a court decision, she had a primo lemon ice, she made her best Long Distance roll ever. J&B recognizes Mothers's roll and has her pick the number for our lottery slot in the drafting of categories. Mothers selects 11…which matched Benkowski’s number exactly. The roll continues, and J&B selects 80s TV with the first pick (wagering the 3rd place classic).



Food Network (Peeps):Food Network show “Dweezil and Lisa”- what are their last names?
What year did the Food Network debut?
Host of “Behind the Bash”?


Reality TV (Awesome):From “A Model Life”- who is the supermodel?
“Biggest Loser” variations C & F- what do C & F stand for?
“Celebrity Rehab Presents (S.H.)”- what does S.H. stand for?


MLB Retired Sluggers (Circle):In a nutshell, name the 9 MLB players with over 1900 career RBI (and in true Benkowski fashion, there actually are 10)- though note question was chopped into 3 different ones?


NBA Steals (ChiSharks):In a nutshell, name the top 6 all-time in NBA steals- though note question was chopped into 3 different ones?


80s TV (J&B):On “Growing Pains”, who played Ben Seaver?
On “China Beach”, who played Colleen McMurphy?
On “Miami Vice”, who were the 2 stars?


Celebrity Year of Birth-B (Auntie J):Heather Locklear?
Mandy Moore?
Steven Tyler?

Celebrity Year of Birth-A (Logan Squares):Candice Bergen?
Carmen Electra?
Jackie Chan?

Before the home players are sent off with their #2 pencils, one more element to Mothers's ’s roll was her Kentucky Derby pick from Thursday night. As this is being written after the Derby itself, the winner is known to be Animal Kingdom. Is that the horse Mothers's had picked to win????

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