Tuesday Night Recap - Molly's 8/4

It was an interesting night at Molly's starting with some behind-the-scenes mishaps and some crazy weather. We lost our power cord for the sound system. It just vanished. Luckily, it was easily replaced in time to start the game. We had a downpour moments before the game began with harsh lightning all evening. That's not something you like to see when you're holding a wired microphone for two hours.

The game itself was fairly straightforward, but we did have a team stand out from the rest. We Don't Know dominated the first four rounds with a perfect game. They missed two questions in the fifth, and barely held onto the lead at the end of the game (and if you ask the second place team, who lost by only three points, it all came down to bad wording on a Round 6 question).

Folks seemed to enjoy the Possessive Movie Title round, despite the trick question of Monster's Ball vs. Monsters, Inc. or University. The Pee Wee's Big Adventure audio clue brought audience participation, applause, and laughter. That's what we aim for!

I forgot to get a photo of the winning team tonight with my own camera, but I did take a picture with one of theirs, so maybe they'll post it. I did grab a shot of that Granita I was enjoying. Mixed berry and rum? Thank you, I'll have another!

Granville Recap 6/30

We had a late start to trivia this Tuesday. We waited to watch the USA Women's team pull out a thrilling victory against Germany first. After the "USA" chats died down we were able to get started. We had a small but dedicated crowd stay for trivia. We had a couple of returning teams, a new team, and a visiting team from Molly Malone's. We did run into some snags with our Last Line Round. Apparently, most of the movies came out before the bulk of our contestants were born which led to some funny answers that can't be repeated.

We Don't Know

Our visiting team, We Don't Know, took the lead early and never let it go.  The rest of our teams put up a fighting pulling close to our leader several times, but ultimately the winning team pulled it out by one correct answer in the final round.

Weekly Recap

Tuesday night was another small game at the Granville. The good news is that we were able to get some of the Granville employees in the game playing. It was a back and forth game between two teams with the Granville-billies pulling out the win in the last round.

Granville-billies

Over at Molly's, most folks confused St. Nicholas with St. Jude (simple mistake), did better than expected in the Keri Russell round, and knew more about the Bo Knows commercials than we would have thought. Several teams competed for the win, but in the last round, We Don't Know dominated.

We Don't Know

We moved things around on Wednesday. Chris is now at Molly's and Ben is now at The Bard's Town. We'll see how that works out.

Things seemed to go well The Bard's Town. We had 13 teams, which is a big improvement from the past couple of weeks (we'll blame the Derby events and great weather). The fictional games round was tough, but people enjoyed the '90s alternative Weird Al polka round. Not many Google+ users, but at least that question resulted in a lot of creative answers. If She Were Shorter and Shaved the Mustache started a bit slow but walked away a winner this week.

At Molly's, we had 15 teams! It was a very tight game with the leaders going back and forth all night. The  Louisville Strugglers had an amazing last round, taking them from 8th all the way to second but they were unable to hold off the Sea Shanties and Wet Panties, who took hold of the prize.

Sea Shanties and Wet Panties

At Great Flood Brewery, we had a smaller turn out than last week, but we finally got the sound worked out. There was a lot of uproar about a couple of the answers (The Beatles question, the Bears 1985 Super Bowl win). In the end, Natalie Portmanteau reigned victorious.

Over at DiOrio's, The 2 Non Blondes defeated 10 other teams. What, you guys thought two women couldn't dominate a sports and rec round?

The 2 Non Blondes

Cinco de Mayo Recap

It was Cinco de Mayo last night, which means the crowds were a bit smaller, but we still have a few teams show up who weren't interested in the typical tequila shots and Mariachi music vibe.

At Molly's, the game went fast. With only 11 teams, it was one of the smallest crowds we've seen in a while. I maybe more focused because as I was finishing my regular bourbon and ginger ale one of the teams bought me another. Much appreciated!

The State of TV was a big hit overall, and we'll be doing that round again this week. The audio round, which was a request by one of our teams, was enjoyed by everyone who was alive in the '80s, but at least one of the teams was too young to remember many of the songs. Round Five "In Da Club" was a surprise hit, with the lowest score at 7 points. We had no clear winner throughout the game, as the lead kept changing hands. In the end, We Don't Know grabbed the win with 39 points in the final round.

We Don't Know

It was a hectic game over at The Granville. The first three rounds went well. The music round was fun, but somewhat challenging. We had a VERY rowdy crowd show up later in the game that made the last two rounds very tough, but we got through it. For some reason the crowd hasn't been connecting with the questions as well as in the past resulting in some lower scores. If you have ideas to why, let us know! From the first round, winning team SPIT seemed to dominate the game. Unfortunately, no winning team photo this week.

Tuesday Night Recap - February 10

Last night at The Granville, we had an abbreviated game due to the UK game on the big screens. We got in five rounds, including the hard-to-hear-in-a-crowd audio round.

Meanwhile, at Molly Malone's in St. Matthews, we played the full game, but took a quick break to watch the Wildcats eek out another win in their undefeated season. The inappropriate innuendo-laced picture round seemed to go over well. We need to get you folks reading more books, though.

The winners this week at The Granville were Hit It & Acquit It with a perfect score in the final round. Over at Molly's, We Don't Know walked away victorious, also with a perfect score in the final round.

Hit It & Acquit It

Tuesday Night Recap - January 27

Much like last week, The Granville had a smaller, more intimate crowd with a close game at the end. The "Man"-O-"Man" and Just for Kicks rounds seemed to be the easiest and/or most fun rounds of the night. A visiting team from DiOrio's, Hit It and Acquit It, snagged with win by six points.

Hit It or Acquit It

At Molly's, Say Car Ramrod led for the first half, then was overtaken by We Don't Know (who won last Wednesday night). There were far more folks than we realized that have read the Fifty Shades book series. You guys got the question right, but what's that say about your taste in literature? In the end, the Snow DMins walked away victorious, three points ahead of their rivalries, the Snow Angels.

Snow DMins

Catching Up - Recaps from January 21 and 22

We were back at The Granville on Tuesday after last week's UofL-game-forced-hiatus. It was a small crowd, but an intense one. The winning team, Tequila Mockingbird, came back from behind and devastated the competition by winning the game by one point.

Tequila Mockingbird

Over at Molly Malone's, Scott took Tuesday night off and Chris hosted the game. A new team, the Mario Bros won. We always love when that happens.

Hump Day brought some high scores. The winning teams at Molly's (We Don't Know) and The Bard's Town (High Utilizers) both walked away with 96 points, just FOUR points shy of a perfect game. That ain't bad! 

We Don't Know

And as we learned at The Bard's Town, there are 3539 instances of the F word in the entire run of The Sopranos.