Portland vs. Budapest!
Saturday, June 5th, 2010Tomorrow (Sat. June 5th) is your big chance to show off Portland’s intellect to the world – I will host the local edition of the annual World Quizzing Championships at The Spare Room at noon. The quiz is free to play, it lasts a couple of hours, and is played by individuals (rather than teams) playing simultaneously around the world. If you’re reading this, chances are excellent that you have a healthy competitive spirit, so you might well get a kick out of seeing how you stack up against Hungarians, Malaysins, Irish, Indians and Canadians when it comes to trivia. Don’t be intimidated by the fact that this is an international quiz – I guarantee that you’ll find at least some of the questions on the easy side. The categories include culture, sciences, lifestyle, history, media, world, entertainment, sport & games. Here are a couple of recent sample questions: “What theoretical physicist’s 1998 book ‘A Brief History of Time’ was followed by his 2005 book ‘A Briefer History of Time’?” & “Before his arrest on corruption charges and removal from office in January 2009, this US politician was involved in a number of controversies and saw his popularity rating dropping to almost zero. Who is he?” The latter question was accompanied with a picture of the politician in question:
This Monday is a special day for Triviology, too! Charlene will debut a brand new 7:00 quiz at Jade Lounge, a gorgeous little southeast bar with a delicious menu and finely crafted cocktails (check out this recent review of their excellent happy hour). Adventuresome souls who rode my annual BarFly Trivia Bus last year will recall that this is the bar where we met. As usual, I will have extra prizes on hand for the premier quiz, so there will be loot for at least the three highest scoring teams. Meanwhile, on the westside, Margaret will host Mel Brooks quizzery at Ella St. Social Club, while I rock forth with standard quizzery at Hawthorne Hideaway – there’s something for everyone! OK, back to researching questions for my upcoming LOST trivia night . . .
Saturday, June 5th @ NOON
The Spare Room @ 4830 NE 42nd
Hosted by ShanRock
FREE
Debut of Triviology at Jade Lounge!
Monday, June 7th @ 7:00
Jade Lounge @ 2342 SE Ankeny
Hosted by Charlene
Mel Brooks Trivia
Monday, June 7th @ 7:00
Ella St. Social Club @ 714 SW 20th Place
Hosted by Margaret
LOST Quizzery
Saturday, June 12th @ 7:00
Peter’s 19th Hole @ 5701 NE Fremont
Triviology champions for the week of 5/30/10 – 6/3/10:
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
THERE’S NO “I” IN “MEAT”
Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
MOTHERS OF RETENTION
Monday @ 8:00
TEAM EVIL JESUS
Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/cash prizes & ShanRock!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
FUNKE COLD MEDINA
FUNKE COLD MEDINA
Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
DON’T HATE US CUZ WE’RE BLACK WATCH
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
ACTION SET GO!
Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
TEAM STEFANIE
Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision
FEAR! FEAR FOR YOUR SAFETY
FEAR! FEAR FOR YOUR SAFETY
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