Impending Worldwide Dominion
For those of you that are in town this weekend, rest assured that the Triviology will rock forth as usual at all of my venues. For you, the quizzers of Portland, I will leave my Sunday crawfish races and my sweet tea w/Makers behind to make the trivia at East Burn at 6:00, and at Ladd’s Inn at 9:00.
Folks, I’ve got big news about a couple of awesome special events on Saturday, June 6th. Most of you already know that on that night, Trivia Jock Scott will be hosting a music themed lunar quiz at Peter’s 19th Hole at 7:00. In addition, I have just joined the ranks of the 2009 World Quizzing Championships, and will host the Portland chapter of the competition at noon the same day! Why so early? Because the same quiz takes place all around the world at approximately the same time. Your team of one will be competing with individuals in Ireland, Malaysia, Lithuania, Australia, Bangladesh, Argentina, Liberia, etc. to be the most excellent participating quizzer in the world! It’s free to play, but the glory you may receive is endless. The quiz is about 2 & 1/2 – 3 hours long, and is about half pop culture & half academia, divided into several short, thematic rounds. In other words . . . my regulars will find the format familiar, and are likely to kick Norwegian and Philippine ass! To give folks an idea of the kind of questions they’ll be facing, I’ll use past World Quiz questions in many of my Whammy rounds in the next couple of weeks. I’m still settling on a venue for this event; in the meantime, let me know if you might be interested in playing so that I can get a general idea of participation. I hope you guys are as excited about this as I am – this is gonna be good!
I just love Willamette Week’s annual Drink Guide, but I love it even more when they throw props my way. In their infinite wisdom, they chose two of my venues for their Top Five list of quiz nights (and reserved a third slot for my friends at That’s So Gay Trivia, though their fabulous quiz is actually on Sundays), and dubbed me “Portland’s trivia queen”! I’m not the regal sort, yet I will answer your call, Willamtte Week; I accept the sceptre you have bewtowed upon me, and will indeed “reign supreme” as the mistress of minutia, and the empress of the ephemera. Maybe I’ll start wearing pearls and big hats, too. Here’s my first regal edict: have a fun, safe Memorial Day weekend!
Here are your champions for the week of 5/17/09 – 5/21/09:
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 E. Burnside
STILL, WHERE DID THE TRIVIA COME FROM?
Sunday @ 9:00
1204 SE Clay
PUJOLES LEADS THE LEAGUE IN RUNS
Monday @ 6:00
714 SW 20th Place
DRUNKEN UNICORNS
Monday @ 8:00
2221 SE Hawthorne
Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (cash prizes!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SYPHILIS
Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
WHERE THE HELL ARE MY TEAMMATES?
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
MAJOR DANGER AND CAPTAIN WHAT?
Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrison
IT’S IN THE HALL IF YOU WANT IT
Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
PIMP STICKS
Your trivia jockey,
Shannon Donaldson
ShanRock’s Triviology
(503) 957 – 7806
“Materialism is a disease of the mind starved for ideas.” – Jacob Needleman