Archive for June, 2010

Dirty Dozen Debut!

Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Do you have what it takes to be a member of The Dirty Dozen? I just bet you do. All you have to do is play at all 12 of my venues, and you are in, cuz! And yes, I said 12, for tomorrow brings the debut of my first foray into the wilds of NorthWest Portland! The time is 8:00. The place:





I’ll have extra prizes on hand for those bold souls who quiz where no Triviologist has quizzed before. Here are the details:
Sunday, June 27th @ 8:00
Yur’s Bar & Grill @ 717 NW 16th
Hosted by Jon
Prizes for the 3 highest scoring teams!

Triviology champions for the week of 6/20/10 – 6/24/10:

Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
MURDER APE

Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
MOTHERS OF RETENTION

Monday @ 7:00
2342 SE Ankeny
MAKESHIFTERS


Monday @ 8:00
2221 SE Hawthorne

Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/ShanRock … & cash prizes!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
CHITTY CHITTY GANG BANG

Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
NO HATE FOR DR. BAGELMAN

Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
EVIL ROBOTOSAURUS T-REX 3000 v.2.0

Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
CARPOOL LANE PROSTITUTES

Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
VOLTRON BURGUNDY

Thursday @ 9:00

Thanks for making quizzery with me, gang!

Your trivia jockey,

Shannon Donaldson
ShanRock’s Triviology
(503) 957-7806


“Materialism is a disease of the mind starved for ideas.” -Jacob Needleman

Cure For The Mondays!

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
If you’ve got a case of the Mondays . . .



Triviology is the cure!



West-siders can get their quiz on tonight at Ella Street Social Club at 7, and East-siders have a choice between Jade Lounge at 7, or Hawthorne Hideaway at 8.

LOST: A Quiz The Island Demands was a super-fun lunar quiz! I especially enjoyed getting the whole bar to scream “WAAAAAAAALT!!!” in unison. I will soon post pictures of the sweet costumes people wore. For those of you that missed the quiz but wanted to be there, I’ve got several extra copies of the photo ID round which I’m happy to share with you. For those of you that played and did not win, ain’t no shame in it! There was a grueling three way tie for the win between The Hostiles, Walt’s Whispers (which included a graduate of Lost University), and ultimate champions Jacob Touched Hurley In A Taxi (one member of whom has the Lost numbers tattooed on his arm!). So clearly, the competition was fierce, and you all made it off The Island alive!

And in my next adventure, Triviology will finally breach NorthWest Portland! This very Sunday, June 27th, my newest trivia jockey, Jon, will launch weekly quizzery at Yur’s Bar & Grill at 8:00 – be there! This will bring my roster of weekly quizzes to a nice and Dirty Dozen (collect ’em all!). Some of you have met Jon; he co-hosted with me at Sewicklys last week, and the guy is a natural. And speaking of Sewickly’s, they now have a FaceBook page, so you can totally be their new best friend online, and see the pretty pictures they take of the quiz champions each week. And don’t forget that I, too, have a ShanRock FaceBook page, as well as a Triviology group.

I want to specially thank NorthWest Nursery Outlet for supplying beautiful tree samples for my Whammy rounds at Kenton Club and La Merde last week. This was a fun little round where everyone got to look at, touch, and smell cedar, Japanese Maple, juniper, gingko, spruce, etc. to identify them. NW Nursery Outlet is a family owned business, not to mention a trivia force to be reckoned with, in the form of Carpool Lane Prostitutes.

Upcoming special events:

Debut of a new Triviology venue!

Sunday, June 27th @ 8:00
Yur’s Bar & Grill @ 717 NW 16th
Hosted by Jon
*Come to the debut of weekly quizzery with our freshest new trivia jockey!

Triviology champions for the week of 6/13/10 – 6/17/10:

Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
MILLION DOLLAR IDEAS = $5

Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNINGS

Monday @ 7:00
2342 SE Ankeny
I SMELL A CLAMBAKE


Monday @ 8:00
2221 SE Hawthorne
WEST URBAN STUFF

Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/cash prizes & ShanRock!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
LINDA IS A WHORE

Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
DRUNKEN REGRET

Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan

Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
PUBLIC EDUMACATORS

Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
CARPOOL LANE PROSTITUTES

Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
ODIE HINGIS

Thursday @ 9:00

Thanks for making quizzery with me, gang!

Your trivia jockey,

Shannon Donaldson
ShanRock’s Triviology
(503) 957-7806


“Materialism is a disease of the mind starved for ideas.” -Jacob Needleman