Snowball Physical Challenges?!?
Hi guys – the snow may fall, but the trivia goes on! As long as the bars are open, and Trimet is running, I will always be at my regularly scheduled venues (and if you’re ever in doubt, just call me: 503/957-7806 is my cell). In fact, I could think of worse places to get snowed in than the cozy innards of East Burn – meet me there tonight at 6:00 for hot toddies!
For Xmas week, however, there will indeed be a couple of changes. Firstly, both of my Thursday night venues will be closed on Christmas Day. You can still get your quiz on Wednesday, though – while Peter’s will be closed, Scott will make the trivia for you as always at The Hutch at 8:00 on Xmas Eve (I gotta remember to ask Santa to bring him something special this year)! Secondly, I’m going to have some sort of prize for those of you that find (or make!) the most grotesque holiday sweaters during Christmas week! Don’t worry – your sweater won’t have to be more splendhideous than mine to win . . .
. . . it just has to more horrifictacular than any other player’s (we’ll judge by applause).
As for The Clash of The Trivia Titans tournament, it will be on a Sunday, either February 8th or 15th. I doubt many of you care about missing the Grammys, but the MLK weekend might actually be a factor for some of you – let me know which date you prefer. The venue is undetermined, but I’m planning go-time, as usual, for about 5:00. Here’s the basic idea – we play 2 pub quizzes back-to-back (minus the physical challenges and the Whammy rounds), with an awards ceremony in between (Best Bartender, Favorite Venue, Best Team Page, Best Shit-Talkers, Favorite Foes, Best Costumes, etc). The first trivia game will be The Olympian Open, and absolutely any team of five or less is welcome to play. The two highest scoring teams get trophies and prizes, and the champions become the “wild card” team to join in the second pub quiz of the night, The Titan Invitational. Winners of this trivia challenge will win even bigger prizes and trophies. To compete in the Invitational, teams must qualify by winning a certain number of times within the “trivia season,” which is the whole year since the last Clash of the Trivia Titans (I don’t determine what that winning number is until January). All teams are posted on the Hall of Fame, so that you always know what your tally is (the “retired” venues still count, they’re just listed at the bottom of the Hall of Fame).
OK, I’m off to snowshoe to East Burn now – hope to see you there!
And here are the champions for the week of 12/7 – 12/11
(and my weekly quizzery schedule):
Sundays @ 6:00
East Burn
1800 E. Burnside
YANKEE BAR MITZVAH
Sundays @ 9:00
Ladd’s Inn
1204 SE Clay
STRIKE TEAM STRIKES BACK
Mondays @ 8:00
Hawthorne Hideaway
2221 SE Hawthorne
NOBODY FUCKS WITH THE JESUS
Tuesdays @ 7:30
Sewickly’s
4901 SE Hawthorne
DR. SPACEMAN
Wednesdays @ 8:00 (w/Trivia Jock Scott)
The Hutch
4606 NE Glisan
FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ
Wednesdays @ 8:00
Peter’s 19th Hole
5701 NE Fremont
LET GO OF MY ANKLE YOU CRAZY PSYCHO BITCH!
Thursdays @ 9:00 (w/BrentBird)
Kenton Club
2025 N. Kilpatrick
NO MAMATH AND THE NETS
Thursdays @ 9:00
La Merde
301 SE Morrison
FEAR, FFEAR, FEAR FOR YOUR SAFETY
*These guys claim to have “pissed in every corner of La Merde” – they must be stopped! Know your enemy – here’s their team page!
Thanks for playing along, everybody!
Your trivia jockey,
Shannon Donaldson
ShanRock’s Triviology: Willamette Week Best of Portland
shanrockstrivia.com
(503) 957-7806
“Materialism is a disease of the mind starved for ideas.”
-Jacob Needleman