Swag-fest Tonight!
Monday, November 15th, 2010Trivia at East Burn tonight (@ 6) is all about your team getting extra prizes, and hamming it up for the cameras! “The Next Three Days” is a thriller which will debut this weekend, and it is you Triviologists who will reap the benefits of Hollywood’s desire for you to see this film! There will be a photographer in attendance to take pictures and hand out extra prizes (in addition to the $25 bar tab for the winning team). I will maintain the standard awesome Triviology format, but the Whammy round will challenge your knowledge of the film’s stars & director (Liam Neeson, Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, & Paul Haggis). The last time we did an event like this was for Crazy Heart, which won an Oscar shortly there-after . . . you’re welcome, Jeff Bridges!
Thanks to Margaret for hosting The Best Frakking Quiz in The Universe so that I could play . . . just for fun. I recused myself from victory of course, and in fact, I handed out these certificates to every team that beat me in every round:
The winning team won a trohpy, bar cash, and tickets to the Battlestar Galactica Exhibit at the EMP, and everybody got BSG buttons. I got third place playing solo – not bad if I do say so myself! I’m rewarding myself for this impressive performance by writing the next lunar quiz, because it is almost as much fun to write those as it is to play them . . . especially when the subject matter is one of my all-time favorite shows: Freaks & Geeks! I’m not sure what the venue or date will be for this very special quiz yet, but it will be in December – I’ll solidify the details in a few days.
We had a couple of fantastic Triviology debuts last week, both of which earned teams tons of extra prizes, and both of which will be hosted by Michele on a weekly basis. Michele reports that Da Hui (Mon @ 8:00) has super-friendly service, and I can tell you that Cruzroom will continue to offer sweet prizes for the top two teams ($30 bar cash for 1st place; selection of bar quality cocktail shakers and muddlers for 2nd), and will offer complimentary samples to teams this Tuesday. The folks at Hutch on Holgate will be sad to lose Michele, as Wednesday was her last night there, but fear not – JonDick will save the day! Dick will be your new weekly host at HOH, and he will treat you right!
Have you guys seen those great redneck shirts & hats that read “My two favorite Daniels: Jack & Charlie”? Well, some of Funke Cold Medina’s artwork has inspired me to create an adult contemporary version: “My two favorite Collins: Tom & Phil!”
Upcoming special events:
FREAKS & GEEKS QUIZ NIGHT!
Hosted by ShanRock
On a sultry evening in December . . .
Triviology champions for the week of 11/5/10 – 11/11/10:
Breakfast of Champions!
Saturday @ 2 PM
The Slammer (w/Jon)
500 SE 8th
BLOODY MARY AND THE FOOLS
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
MY CAT CAN EAT A WHOLE WATERMELON
Monday @ 7:00 *Battlestar Galactica Quiz
714 SW 20th Place
Monday @ 8:00 *Debut!
6504 SE Foster
TOOK A PAGE FROM YOUR PLAYBOY
Tuesday @ 7:00 *Debut!
2338 NE Alberta
PECAN SANDIES
Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/ShanRock … & cash prizes!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
SLOWLY EVOLVING
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision
Thanks for choosing Triviology, folks!
Your trivia jockey,
Shannon Donaldson
ShanRock’s Triviology
(503) 957-7806
“Materialism is a disease of the mind starved for ideas.” -Jacob Needleman
