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First champions of the new trivia season!

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Thank you one and all for yet another rollicking Clash Of The Trivia Titans! One of my favorite things about this annual trivia tournament is seeing your team spirit shine through. For example, check out this photo of Midas Touch My Balls:

What the hell are they doing? They are WINNING the Spirit Bunny Award! In fact, there are so many champions from the tournament that I am once again preparing a whole page on my website in your honor. I hope to have it up by next week’s newsletter. The page will include lots of photos and video, and if you have some that you’d like to share, please send them to me at shanrockstrivia@gmail.com. I will answer one big question for you right now, though - last year’s Titan champions, Dr. Spaceman, literally passed the torch to last year’s Olympian winners . . . I Smell A Clambake is the 2010 Titan champion team (and nobody is more suprised than team captain Richie)!

Congratulations are also due to the team that won the Peter O’Toole, my trophy for the champions of the annual Oscars quiz. The team even dressed up their name for the red carpet - Bea Arthur’s Dick In A Box became Bea Arthur’s Dick in Vera Wang!

Also, folks, there is a Wednesday night special running only at Peter’s 19th Hole - buy a $3.50 pint of Widmer Pitch Black, which is already a good deal, then keep the Widmer pint glass. If you haven’t been to this venue yet, please come check it out. Peter’s is the bar that gave me my start over 5 years ago, it has won Favorite Venue, AND you all have selected Jackie as the Best Bartender . . . twice! I hope to see you there.

Upcoming special events:

The Wire - The Quiz: Game’s the same; just got more fierce!

Monday, Apr. 5th @ 7:00

Ella Street Social Club (w/Margaret)

Triviology champions for the week of 3/1/10 - 3/4/10:

Monday @ 7:00 *Canuck Quizzery

Ella Street Social Club (w/Margaret)

714 SE 20th Place

KATHLEEN TURNER OVERDRIVE

Monday @ 8:00

Hawthorne Hideaway (w/ShanRock)

2221 SE Hawthorne

TEAM EVIL JESUS

Tuesday @ 7:30

Sewickly’s (w/cash prizes & ShanRock!)

4901 SE Hawthorne
LINDA IS A WHORE

Tuesday @ 8:00

Wxyz (w/Kyle)

9920 NE Cascades Parkway

SHA-NUFF!

Wednesday @ 8:00

The Hutch (w/Scott)

4606 NE Glisan
FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ

Wednesday @ 8:00

The Hutch On Holgate (w/Michele)

4515 SE 41st

FISTS OF FUEGO

Wednesday @ 8:00

Peter’s 19th Hole (w/ShanRock)

5701 NE Fremont

PONIES WITH AXES

Thursday @ 9:00

Kenton Club (w/Kyle)

2025 N. Kilpatrick

OLDIE AND THE DIRT LEGS

Thursday @ 9:00

La Merde (w/ShanRock)

301 SE Morrision
FEAR! FEAR FOR YOUR SAFETY

Triviology champions for the week of 3/8/10 - 3/11/10:

Monday @ 7:00

Ella Street Social Club (w/Margaret)

714 SE 20th Place

MOTHERS OF RETENTION

Monday @ 8:00

Hawthorne Hideaway (w/ShanRock)

2221 SE Hawthorne

TEAM EVIL JESUS

Tuesday @ 7:30

Sewickly’s (w/cash prizes & ShanRock!)

4901 SE Hawthorne
LINDA IS A WHORE

Tuesday @ 8:00

Wxyz (w/Kyle)

9920 NE Cascades Parkway

TRIVIA NEWTON JOHN

Wednesday @ 8:00

The Hutch (w/Scott)

4606 NE Glisan
LINDA IS A WHORE

Wednesday @ 8:00

The Hutch On Holgate (w/Michele)

4515 SE 41st

FITTER, HAPPIER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE

Wednesday @ 8:00

Peter’s 19th Hole (w/ShanRock)

5701 NE Fremont

AXES

Thursday @ 9:00

Kenton Club (w/Kyle)

2025 N. Kilpatrick

PIMP STICKS

Thursday @ 9:00

La Merde (w/ShanRock)

301 SE Morrision
FEAR! FEAR FOR YOUR SAFETY

Thanks for playing with me, everybody!

Your trivia jockey,

Shannon Donaldson

ShanRock’s Triviology

shanrockstrivia.com

(503) 957-7806

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Ye Trivia Titans Shall Clash Tomorrow!

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

As you Titans prepare to Clash, the world is watching - behold this spectacular illustration created by Lukas Ketner for the Head Out section of the current issue of Willamette Week (they wrote a great little feature, too)!

Bubo will NOT be delivering drinks at The Spare Room tomorrow, but they will have plenty of human wait-staff on hand to serve you food and drink. Human mortals are actually quite good at bartending - vote for your favorite (as well as your Favorite Venue, Best Shit-Talkers, Underdogs, etc.) right here on this short survey. Vote online by about noon tomorrow, or cast your vote with a paper ballot in person before the Olympian Open. You’ve also still got a good 24 hours to prepare for the Spirit Bunny Award half-time show! This is really just a chance to introduce your team and get some well-earned applause. If you want that trophy though, they key word is showmanship - entertain us! The champion will be determined by your applause.

There will be all kinds of trophies and prizes awarded throughout the evening, including a special Donkey Prize trophy for the lowest scoring Titan team. Also, everybody gets a cute little leprekey beer cozy just for playing, so even if you don’t win anything else, you can totally lie to people and say that you “won them in a trivia competition!” As for champion teams, they will choose from a variety of different prizes. In addition, the winning Olympians and Titans will all receive ShanRock’s Triviology T-shirts (or tank tops for the ladies!). And the champion of you all, at the end of the day, will also win Barfly bus tickets, a private, customized ShanRock’s Triviology quiz, and coveted hand knit scarves - wear them proudly! Virginia of Dr. Spaceman, last year’s Titan champs, said of her scarf - “it warms my neck AND my heart!”

Here are some of your trophies:

Here are all of the Titan competitors for the 2010 Clash of the Trivia Titans:

Barbarians At The Gates Foundation

Dr. Spaceman

Fear, Fear For Your Safety

Fellatio Hornblower

Friends Of Dean Martinez

I Smell A Clambake

Linda Is A Whore

Midas Touch My Balls

Pimp Sticks

There’s No “I” In Meat

Release The Kraken

Todd Bridges of Madison County

*Olympian Open Chamiopns (insert your name here!)

Here is the schedule for the day’s events:

5:00 REGISTRATION

*Come early and grab a choice table!

5:30 OLYMPIAN OPEN

*Anybody is welcome to participate in this quiz - trophies and prizes for the two highest scoring teams. The champion team becomes the wild card seed who will participate in the Titan Invitational. (Titans can play in The Open just for fun, or as a warm-up - they will not win anything, nor will they be able to oust Olympians out of the wild card slot!)

7:30 NON-COMPETITIVE AWARDS
*Trophies for Best Bartender, Favorite Venue, Best Shit-Talkers, Favorite Foes, Underdog Team, etc. These categories will be decided by your votes!

7:45 HALF TIME SHOW
*This competition started out as “Best Costumes,” but it has evolved into “The Spirit Bunny Award.” Any team, whether Olympian or Titan, will introduce themselves in any way they see fit. It could be as simple as saying “Hurray for our team!” into the mic, or as elaborate as Nomi Malone Dance Academy, last year’s champions. Trophy to the champions, as determined by applause!

8:00 TITAN INVITATIONAL
*Only Titan teams official compete in this quiz - trophies and prizes for the three highest scoring teams. Titan teams are those that have won 12 times or more at ANY of my quizzes over past year, AND the Olympian wild card team. Please contact me if you think you’ve qualified, but you haven’t received an invitation to participate. A list of this season’s champions is on the Hall of Fame page. (Olympians can play in The Invitational just for fun!)

10:00ish FINAL AWARDS

I can’t wait to see all of you there, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed!

On a final note, my apologies to the Crackhead Boxers - last week, I accidentally listed a different team as the Ella Street Social Club champions, when in fact they had reigned victorious! And speaking of Da Club, this Monday is Canuck Quizzery - challenge your knowledge of The Great White North!

Upcoming special events:

Canuck Quizzery!
Monday, Mar. 1st @ 7:00