Sweating It Out Is Awfully Awesome!
It’s time to sweat it out again! Step #1) Wear your most awfully awesome holiday sweater, sweater-vest, sweatshirt, dickie, or pajamas to any of these venues this week: Ella Street Social Club, Sewickly’s, Speakeasy, The Hutch, The Hutch On Holgate, The WorkShop Pub, La Merde. Step #2) After the quiz, present your sweater, and showcase its finery as you drink in the applause of your fellow Triviologists – this will determine the champion. Step #3) IF you lose – hang your head in shame, and start planning next year’s outfit; IF you win – graciously accept your trophy, thank all the little people, then gloat about your victory throughout 2011. And while we’re on holiday stuff, please take note that there will be no Kenton Club quiz on 12/23, while La Merde rocks on as usual, though with Michele as your hostess for the night. Also, if you are looking for a drinkery to while away your Chrismas Day, The Slammer will be open, though there will be no trivia. Why, just look how warm and cozy the Peacock Lane of dive bars is:
This season of giving wouldn’t be complete without awarding you extra free stuff, so here’s what I’m gonna do. First of all, this Tuesday at Cruzroom, we will give a ShanRock’s Triviology pint glass to each person that brings in a team that has never played my quizzery before (and if you can’t russle up a new crew, you can still buy them for $7 each). You see how everybody wins in this scenario? You get to drink out of a beautiful new glass (you are aware of how delicious beverages are when they are quaffed from a Major Award, right?), and your friends will also totally owe you for introducing them to this lovely new bar!
Also, I will be awarding a WikiReader to five different high-scoring teams at five different bars this week: East Burn, Ella Street Social Club, Sewickly’s, The Hutch, La Merde. You can read more on their website, but basically the WikiReader is an electronic encyclopedia, that does not require the interwebs to access information. I sure wish I’d had one of those all of the hours of my life I have spent waiting for and riding the bus!
Our recent Freaks & Geeks lunar quiz was one of the funnest ones I’ve ever written and hosted – we’re just going to have to do it again some day. Muchos kudos to Took A Page From Your Playboy, who earned First Block at this quiz – they only got two questions wrong! That means that they knew what Rashida Jones wrote on Sam’s locker (Pygmy Geek), what song was playing when Haverchuck and Coach Fredericks shared an awkward breakfast (“Love Reign O’er Me”), and why Miss Foote called George Washington Carver Bill’s mortal enemy (peanuts)!
I wish every single one of you a wonderfully happy holiday!
Upcoming special events to mark in your 2011 calendars:
Debut of New Weekly Venue!
Wed, Dec 29th @ 8:30
Foggy Notion @ 3416 N. Lombard
Naked Airplane Lunar Quiz!
Mon, Jan 3rd @ 7:00
Ella Street Social Club @ 714 SW 20th Place
*Shirley you appreciate the comedic work of the late, great Lelie Nielsen. If not, perhaps you’ve been in a Turkish prison . . . either way, you are welcome to join Otto and Margaret for a night of Naked Gun & Airplane trivia!
I Heart Oregon Quiz!
Mon, Feb 7th @ 7:00
Ella Street Social Club @ 714 SW 20th Place
Hosted by Margaret
*Celebrating Oregon’s 152nd birthday!
Clash of the Trivia Titans!
Sun, Feb 20th
*Everyone’s invited to play! Lots of prizes, trophies and champion scarves for lots of different teams!
Oscar Quiz Night!
Sun, Feb 27th
East Burn @ 1800 E. Burnside
Hosted by ShanRock
*Stick around after the quiz to watch the Academy Awards on the big screen!
Triviology champions for the week of 12/4/10 – 12/10/10:
Breakfast of Champions!
Saturday @ 2 PM
The Slammer (w/Jon)
500 SE 8th
*no quiz today (holiday fundraising event)
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
THE KILLING FIELD OF DREAMS
Monday @ 7:00 *Freaks & Geeks Quiz!
Monday @ 8:00
2338 NE Alberta
SHAME SPIRALS
Tuesday @ 7:00 *Debut!
Beauty Bar (w/John G.)
111 SW Ash
VASELINE DION
Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/ShanRock … & cash prizes!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
RUE MCLANAHAN JOB
Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
STILL, WHERE DID THE TRIVIA COME FROM?
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision
BOURBON RENEWAL
Triviology champions for the week of 12/11/10 – 12/17/10:
Breakfast of Champions!
Saturday @ 2 PM
The Slammer (w/Jon)
500 SE 8th
PUBLICK EDUMACATERS
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
HEY LOOK! IT’S ENRICO PALLAZZO!
Monday @ 7:00
714 SW 20th Place
MOTHERS OF RETENTION
MOTHERS OF RETENTION
Monday @ 8:00
2338 NE Alberta
ARID EXTRA DRY
Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/ShanRock … & cash prizes!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
THE GHOST OF ALTERNATE CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision
THE HORNY BLACKOUTS
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