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What a Night For New Friends!! June 25, 2008

Posted by buzzwordz in Charlie's Denver, Marci MacGyver.
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Wow! What a weird night that it was! Let me give you a preface to the night, I went to a dinner for work, which was sponsored by a pharmaceutical company. I went with a couple of coworkers and I snuck out early to make it to Charlie’s on time. One of the coworkers from dinner followed suit and came to join trivia night for her first time. Funny thing though, a couple of the guys that I didn’t even know from the dinner, they ended up at Charlie’s too! So here we are, a couple of gluttons, full from dinner, ready to do some trivia. Then of course, we have the regular die-hards, that will be there no matter what. Then there was a local dj that I think I was the only one that recognized. And an up-and-coming artist who wasn’t sure about the place, cause he kept telling me how he was straight. Really though, we were all one big happy family.

We had a few teams tonight that were new to trivia night. They weren’t new to the bar per say, but just new to playing live trivia at this particular location. But being new didn’t really put them at a disadvantage. A couple of the teams did cut out early though, it must have been past their bed-times.

Let’s talk about the winners again, then we’ll move on down the line. JETS won yet again this week. They had two members tonight, but fended off six members from the next team. One of the members of JETS admitted to me that he’s a member of a prestigious academic community (maybe that’s why they kick ass so much, or he was just trying to convince me that he’s smart but really he’s just cheating). Ok, I’m kidding. I know that you know your shit. Their team might be a bit shorter from now on, if one of them decides to move back to California. But really, I don’t think he’ll find much more fun than Charlie’s, so I’m betting that he’ll stay!

In second place, and ten points behind first place was Alleycat. They clarified their name and informed me that it’s singular, not plural, as I had previously reported. They “are one” that prowl the alley’s together. Hmm, I’m really not going to ask, I just won’t! So they’ll be back next week, to spend their giftcards that they won tonight. In the meantime though, I can bet a couple of them will be at home watching reruns of Heros, as they are avid fans of the show.

Our third place winner was a brand new team. They were new to trivia night, but really kicked ass. This group was a bunch of girls called Lez Go. They really didn’t like the idea of having to walk their answers up, but did a great job when they did. Two of my co-workers from my other job joined this team (they better have been the ones that answered the psychological questions).

There were a couple other teams that played a few rounds and left. Had you stayed, you may have taken one of the prizes. Damn it, stay next time!! Fabulous did fabulous! Actually, they were tied for 4th place, but then had to run. Those were the guys that I had dinner with that randomly ended up at the same destination. Barbie Bears, oh how I loved your name! (it was inspired by my Barbie shirt that I was wearing). You guys did great, even though you were mad that my “cousin” isn’t doing trivia anymore. So the name, Beavers, was random in that the members were men. Hmm, yeah. So you should have stayed and finished out the game, but I know how to find you both! Beer ‘n’ Buzzin, what the heck?! You come and rip off your shirt for cheaper drinks, but then you bail after just a few questions. Maybe you got accosted by an interested man, if that was the case, I’m sorry for dissin’. Becki (with an I), you won my free shot contest and then only answered a few questions, that must have been ADD, cause it wasn’t boring tonight!

We started with a few teams, had others join, had others leave, but of course, it was still a showdown of JETS and Alleycat. The tournament will continue next week!