What a night of arguing about the questions!  As you can probably see from the title, there were questions about what’s really in a Purple Hooter Shooter.  One of the arguments was that it comes in a big glass, well really, that’s not a shooter, so you’re thinking of something different.  The majority of websites I looked on all said the ingredients were; vodka, lime juice, and raspberry liquer or Chambord (one point for the bartending staff!).  But way to decide we should just do shots to try it out!!

Another dispute was about the Oliver! question regarding the Academy Awards.  A team disputed that Beauty and the Beast was also rated G and a musical, which is correct.  The part about their arguement that was wrong was that Beauty and the Beast was nominated, but actually didn’t win the award for Best Picture.

Someone that wasn’t even playing trivia argued about the question regarding Shakespearean plays.  He said that King John was not written by Shakespear.  “The Troublesome Reign of King John” was an Elizabethan play that gave Shakespear inspiration to write “The Life and Death of King John.”  So while he didn’t write the original, William Shakespear did write a play about King John.

The one that everybody argued about and they were actually correct on was about Tom Cruise.  It’s correct, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were first in a movie, The Days of Thunder, in 1990.

Ok, on to the good stuff…  At the beginning of the night, we had just one team.  Now really, I just can’t have that.  Last week, The Short Bus, was hoping they could win by default, being the only team playing.  While I like you guys and all, that would just be really damned boring.  So I wandered out to the patio, which was about to close, and recruited some people.  Surprisingly, I got three other teams to join.  While we had teams sitting closer tonight, they could see me better, they were between speakers and couldn’t hear me as well.  I think we’re going to have to pick the lesser of two evils on this one guys.

   This was week nine.  We have one more regular week before the showdown!  The winning team this week was some new girls, well one had played one time last year.  So really, yeah, they’re new.  Cooters won with a two point lead against the rest.  Like a lot of the chicks who come in and play, I was guessing they wouldn’t stay the whole game, but they did!  I guess they really wanted to get their eyebrows waxed!

The Short Bus came in with 18 points.  I’m sorry guys, I would have let you win if I could.  But really, I was tired and would have been totally bored and sleepy if it were just you and I playing.  I had an absolute great time getting to know you guys though.  But really, did we have to do so many shots?!  On the D.L., I was late for work this morning, as I was sleeping off those drinks!

How cute that they dedicated their team, Brown Dog Co, to their dog.  Actually, I’m not sure if that’s what it means or not.  It was totally awesome that you guys came in from the deck and joined us.  And even better, that you guys stayed the whole game and played.  In all of the arguing, I’m sorry that I totally forgot to get your picture.   Please come back next week so we can take a snapshot!

The Barney Killers ended a day of golfing by drinkin’ it up at Ogden Street South.  They also were all about the Purple Hooter Shooters and even purchased a round of them.  Please come back again guys, I know you had a great time and want to do this again!!

Well guys, I had a totally fun night- much less lame than last week.  Once again, next week will be our last regular week, then we have the showdown.  Here’s the rundown:  If your team has ever won a game, you are invited to the tournament, and have an opportunity to win $700.  The tournament will 7/16/08- same time- same place.

If you want to look at the scores, I’ll post them on my blog on myspace.  www.myspace.com/MarciBuzzwordz  you need to be my friend in order to look at it though. 

See you guys next week!!

Marci

What a crazy night!  I can tell the weather is getting hot, because it’s sure getting cranked up at Charlie’s!  With lots of drink specials, everyone was required to have a beer to play (ok, not really, but everyone still did- who can pass up 50 cent beers???).  It could be because it’s almost the holiday weekend- but everybody was cutting loose tonight!  There were also some regulars missing, what the heck?!

Ever since I took the reins, the same team has won every game.  But the other teams sure have been putting up a fight.  We used all three tie breakers this week, which is pretty unusual.  I also had men who prefer men hitting on straight women, which is also pretty unusual.  Oh what a night!!

The returning winner and also this weeks winner was The JETS.  They won two rounds, thus two pitchers, but at least they shared a sip :)  Last week I had reported that one of the member might not return.  But to the disappointment of every Charlie’s, the team had two regular members tonight.  With a much awaited hair cut and a burned shirt, they still took the other teams by storm!

The winner of the tie breaker for second place was Alleycat.  Most of the regulars for this team were out of town, they must have decided to start vacation early- but I didn’t approve that!

The third place winners had some new members tonight.  I recruited some of them from a dinner party I was at, and they joined Power Princesses.  This team was a forced to be reckoned with, but just couldn’t hack it in the tie breaker.  There were more members from the team, but due to employment and education reasons, they didn’t want to be included in the picture (eventhough we discussed just putting a black bar across their eyes, they didn’t go for it).

Sluts2 (that’s Sluts Squared) came in fourth place.  They were pretty good contenders until they drank too much in round three and just couldn’t keep up. They did promise to come back next week though.

Hot Stuff really only made it two rounds, then was “preoccupied” the final round.

We also had Team Giggy and Blue Eyes which only played round one then dropped off the face of the earth.  If you guys play longer next time, you have more odds at winning!

Other crazy and random pictures:

Michigan vs. Ohio - hometown rivals!

boy vs. girl’s boob

Free shots for everyone= love

As Al says, “thanks for the party!”

See you guys next week!

Marci

Tonight an anonymous team pointed out the fact that the bumble bee mascot’s nose is easily rendered phallic. The Monkee’s cast looks at the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers’ seven competitor showing, though one of the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers arrived late and the one who left early is slightly retarded. Some new teams showed us that the only way to serve “Deep Dish Crotch” is to wash it down with a “Cold Dr. Pepper.”  Because of The Monkee’s dynasty, a new team is on the scene called “The Monkee Punishers” and we also had new teams DLK and Uni to round out the teams that made it through to the end!

Round 1: That’s Tight and The Little Lebowski Urban Achievers both had a perfect score by the end and That’s Tight took the round in a tiebreaker!

Round 2: Three way tie breaker (15 points) between The Monkees, The Monkee Punishers, and Cold Dr. Pepper concluded with Cold Dr. Pepper coming out on top

Round 3: Two way tie breaker between That’s Tight and the Monkees decided the winner for the game with That’s Tight taking the gold this week!

Thanks to everyone for coming out to play we are getting a good response from Old C’s so please bring your friends, I’ll see you all next week!

Brody

I might have to take back what I said about you guys last week.  Last week, I had gushed about how much more energy there was in the room compared to the week before, but man, the energy was gone.  We had a pretty low turnout, which I know, it increases your odds of winning.  But geez, we started with five teams, and ended the game with four teams.  I guess I should call up some friends and tell them to meet me at Ogden Street Southevery Wednesday evening!  Ok I know, it’s not your job to recruit rivals.  This game was pretty weird in that it was all or nothing.  For pretty much every question, every team got it wrong, or every team got it right.  I’m not really sure if the questions were just too easy or ya’ll were just cheating.  Either way, it was a tight game with 22 points for first, 21 points for second, 20 points for third, and 14 points for fourth. 

The winners from last week took their giftcard and ran, to never be seen again.  Maybe they were at the spa, but that just gave way for another team to win.  Our winner from this week was Trannies, a team that hasn’t won before, and hasn’t played very many games.  The team consisted of a woman and her husband that threw in answers once in a while, he was a little distracted by playing poker.  Also from the poker table, I had a guy who kept yelling out answers this week.  However, this guy always yelled the same answer, “Denver!”  He added a little life to the party, but really, that’s not the answer to every question.  I probably could find a bunch of questions that all had the answer “Denver” though.  What is the capital of Colorado?  Which city is coined “the mile high city”?  Of the following cities, which has the most population.. Aurora, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, Denver or Lakewood?  John _____ sang the song, “Leaving, on a Jet Plane.”  Ok, you get the point.

Just one point behind the winner was The Short Bus.  They are a strong force, but maybe the number of them puts them at a disadvantage.  It’s easier to argue with one person than it is five others.  Still, they come back every week and have their eye on the prize.  Only a couple more weeks guys!  This competetive team is hoping that they win by default next week, because the nearing holiday weekend.  So if you want to piss of the bus riders, you know how to do it….

The third place team was just two points away from the winning team.  Boogie or the Bitch, came in third place this week, after a hiatus last week.  I think they will blame it on the pop culture questions  that were focused on a younger crowd.  After a while of trying to figure out who the bitch was, they explained to me that it’s a political name.  In that respect, I played a political song by the Flobots for the crowd.

Our fourth place team tonight, Dawisha’s Darlings came in with 14 points.  I’m not sure who Dawisha is, maybe it was the person you were on the phone asking answers to.  Ok ladies, I told ya the rules, no phones, that’s cheating.  You should bring whoever it was to the game next week, and maybe even buy them a drink or two, for their telephone work this week.  Next time ladies, no phones if you’re gonna play the game.  (You might be wondering why I let it happen- I didn’t find out about their phone calls until they were gone). 

Blonde Ambition, you really didn’t have a lot of ambition to play tonight.  You came for 11 questions and left.  You didn’t even play the whole round.  They at least graced us with their presence for a little bit, but really should stay longer next time!  You didn’t even make it for photo opps

I will have the scores posted on myspace at www.myspace.com/MarciBuzzwordz  then you can get the weekly results.

Alright guys, I’m signing off. 

Marci

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!

JETS (still yet to get a hair cut)

Alleycat  Justin, why are your eyes always closed in every picture??

Lez Go I just couldn’t get them closer to get another picture, so we took three

 Barbie Bears

 Fabulous still dressed up from dinner!

Beer ‘n’ Buzzin

Beavers (I still don’t get the name, guys)

See you next week, Charlies Tuesday at 8:30pm (maybe a lil earlier if I’m ready to go- or later if I arrive late from a fancy dinner again).

In the meantime, we have a couple websites  www.myspace.com/MarciBuzzwordz   and www.myspace.com/Buzzwordz

until then

Marci

Wow guys nice work showing up in force this week!!!  We had a wonderful game with ten teams battling for the new higher stakes and better prizes! If we keep having these types of showings Old C’s will of course give away better prizes so keep it up!

For the first time since I’ve been hosting I had a team win the game but not win any of the rounds, The Monkees found themselves in heated competition with of course The Little Lebowski Urban Achievers and T.E.A.M. both of which won tiebreakers but floundered later in the game.  Coming in a close second just 1 point back at the end was Capri 4 Me who tore up the last round good job!

All in all a great game, certainly more entertaining than the shalacking that the Celtics gave the Lakers! Thanks again everyone for coming out, keep it up.  I’ll see you all next week!!!

Brody

What a rough start to a new gig!  Just when I was about to start my first night, I found out that I don’t have a mic.  Ok really, I didn’t have a mic, cords, or the amplifier.  Maybe you hadn’t noticed, but I’m pretty short and can’t really project my voice very loud, so had a disadvantage there.  We waited a little bit for equipment, but it showed up rather quickly following my frantic phone call to the boss.  The night started a little bit late, but we finally got the game moving.

As I had already admitted, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this crowd.  I came to half a game last week, and it was pretty low key.  It could be that I’m used to the flamboyancy of working at a gay bar the previous night.  One of the guys from there told me, “Straight bars are fun, but gay bars are funner!!”  But alas, an energy finally emerged from the crowd and we had a fun night.  I mean, did anybody meet the birthday girl that I ran into in the bathroom?!  Or the guy that shouted out an answer, and then was forced to buy me a drink?!  And those pens!  Do you really want Seroquel though??

We’re currently on week 7 of the 10 week series.  I’m working on putting the team scores onto a spreadsheet that you guys can access online.  I should have that ready for the next game.  Hmm, and maybe we need something like a golf score card, so you can keep track of your own points too, and then carry it in your wallet for sentimental value.

We had four teams that really played, and then a couple answers here and there from, ahem, a guy on ladies night.  So half of the teams were new to Ogden Street South Ladies Night Trivia.  And the scores!  The scores!  I mean, sheesh, there were four teams; two with 22 points, two with 20 points.  I guess it would only have been more amazing if they all had tied!

TMNTplayed their first game.  I didn’t ask about their name, but there were four of them… maybe Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael??  Hmm, or it could be That Marci’s Nice Today.  The not-so-green, TMNT,  tried to get extra points for being the first one to turn in their answer, but must have never heard of the story The Tortoise and The Hare.  They had to correctly guess Jessica Simpson’s age in days.  They did some crazy math calculation and guessed 9955 against a guess of 9800 from the other team- she’s really 10,205.  This question is kinda like The Price is Right, the team that get’s the closest wins, and win they did.  The girls are excited about their prize, so I’m hoping they come back next week for more (don’t the boys need a massage too?!).

One of the regular teams, The Short Bus, went head to head in the tie breaker question, but didn’t quite get ahead.  These guys were excited for the new answer sheets, and so forgiving about the time delay.  Like a plane that takes off late, I tried to make up for lost time, but they weren’t having any of that!  The only mommy in the bunch had to be home after the game, therefore wanted the game to last all night.  This team is looking towards the long term goal, it seems.  I have a feeling this is their first of many series!

One of the members of Takin Hits got up and ran out, for um, perhaps female companionship.  But really, how much more female companionship can you want besides all the ladies at Ogden Street South?  These guys were fun and even got their workout running their answers to me.  They had come from dance class to play trivia.  They are a regular team that’s a pretty strong contender.

And then there was Kelly.  She was playing poker with the boys, but got a little bored with that.  Her guy friends wanted to play trivia, but couldn’t find wigs, so stayed with the poker game.  This was her first time playing, and she did a great job of single handedly fending off groups of 6 people.

TMNT you must come back next week and tell me what your name is all about

The Short Bus told me that their members change once in a while, but their team has a couple anchors who keep the team going.  I would say keep the team afloat, but anchors really keep the boat from moving.  Anyhow, I know I’ll see you guys next week!                                    

Takin Hits or was it Taken Hits.  Please clarify for me guys, I mean, I wouldn’t want to dishonor your name!  You must give me the scoop on the one that ran away!

And we have Kelly, the girl that ditched the boys to play games with the girls instead.  ‘Cause “girls just wanna have fun!”  Maybe her friends will find wigs for next week. ha!

Guys, or should I rephrase that… Girls, I promise to have my shit together more next week and not so many technical problems.  Oh yeah, and I will continue those fun little answer sheets.  (they give me something to do in my downtime at my job that’s more like work).

See you next Wednesday!  In the meantime, we have a couple myspace pages.  I’m going to put the scores up on a blog on mine www.myspace.com/marcibuzzwordz  and if you wanna support the rest of team www.myspace.com/buzzwordz

Marci

It’s only a couple of weeks into my gig at Charlie’s, but I love you guys!  I mean, seriously, there are some really good trivia players here that are serious about the game, but you throw back a pitcher, or two, or five, while you play.  Trivia definitely wouldn’t be that fun if everyone were completely sober.  Without beer, it might feel like we were at school or something.  And the deals!  Really, who can pass up fifty cent beers?!

Tonight was an exciting, but humid night on the patio at Charlie’s.  With the ongoing rift between two regular teams, Alleycats and JETS, they were confronted by a couple of new teams.  I keep pitting the teams against each other, but really, you guys seem to get along.  I would suggest you join forces, but then it just wouldn’t be as fun.  I did have a suggestion last week that the teams disban and every member goes solo, to see who really is the smartest.  Now I’m not going to enforce that one, because that just sounds too painful for everyone involved.  But…. if you were solo, you’d get your own pitcher of beer.  (something to think about there!)

Once again, JETS, won every round, and the took the game.  They scored 42 points, tying their high score from last time.  They had only two players tonight, and we were trying to get a makeover for one of them.  Gotta love the playfulness of a not-so-vain gay man!

Even with the extra help from some out of towers from Wisconsin, Alleycats, just eked by and landed the number two spot.  They thought that adding a straight man would give them an advantage for the sports questions, but they just didn’t have the groove tonight.  I do believe the promised me a drink for next week though!  I also would like to challenge them to land the JETS.

The third place winner was a team that just snuck in and racked up the points.  Even though they guessed that “Bill Cosby” was an African American Supreme Court Justice (funny thing, look down at their picture and tell me they shouldn’t have gotten that one right).  The Hot Boyz landed the third place score.  One of these guys played last week, but wasn’t very serious about it, but they kicked ass this weekend.

Just one point behind third place, I wanted to mention the Ninja Space Pirates.  These guys also just took the game by storm and surprised us all.  They also happened to both be wearing red shirts.  And even more of a coincidence, they were wearing red shirts and sitting on a red bench!

Notably, we also had a couple more teams, some regulars, some new.  Us, Steelers, The Pink Ladies, The Hookers, Babbling One Cell Amoeba, and Buzz ‘n’ Beer also threw in some answers.  These teams weren’t in the top scorings, but they also didn’t play every question.  Come back next week guys, and stay a little longer!

JETS showing off their prizes

Alleycats with their straight guests

Alleycats retake

Hot Boyz

Ninja Space Pirates, being, uh, pirates

half of The Hookers

not playing the game, but got busted (lets keep that private!)

See you next Tuesday,

Marci

P.S.  If you were looking for other pictures, check my page on myspace, they might be there. www.myspace.com/marcibuzzwordz

It came down to the question above last night on a Father’s Day Trivia Quiz at Ogden Street South. Platypus outguessed Who’s Your Daddy (by about 20,000) and took home the prize.  The lovely ladies of Husker Cyclones took third (sorry about the floods). The Danglers and Noreasters were unlucky to leave empty-handed. Come join us next Sunday for $2 Coors and Coors Lights!

Hey Kids thanks for comin’ out this week! Great Basketball game, pizza and beer, trivia… what could be better!!!  We had a lot of fun on Tuesday with 7 teams showing up with a couple of new faces in the crowd. TEAM played very well and we had a twosome Force that was actually tied with the Monkees going into the last question!  A very interesting end to the game however with 2 teams tied for first and The Little Lebowski Urban Achievers one point back a tough question to follow on company names and origins.  Little Lebowski got all 4 correct to take the game on the last question!!!  Thanks to everyone that showed up it’s gettin’ busier, we gotta keep it up! See you all next week, bring your friends!

Brody 

Tonight was a slow night for extra participants, and the bar in general.  I thought maybe the Capitol Hill folks without AC went to work instead of the bar for the AC?  But one of the players told me, “Fags don’t work.”  So maybe that weren’t working.  Where ever crowd had gone to, they missed a good trivia competition.

It was a night of tough competition between two regular teams that are very strong.   JT won last week (the Jets minus a few players) and I challenged the Alley Cats to make a comeback.  We had a couple new teams this week, but nobody was really able to keep up with the regulars.

With the Jets back at full power, and a couple extra Charlie’s members, they swept the game.  They won the game and broke their previous high score, with 42 points.  They were the winners for all three rounds, therefore got the game.  While they didn’t know about canned cheese or horse races, they do know about the Lilith Fair and Stand By Me.  (We had to take two pics, cause after a few pitchers of beer, everyone gets a lil silly and thirsty!)

Jose and Phil snuck in and took second place.  Jose pictured on right in white hat, Phil has left the building, but been replaced.  This team put up a tough fight in round one and was able to score in and win the tie breaker by default.

While one of their friends offered me a sexual favor to bump up their score, the Alley Cats came in with third place.  There were some excuses about distractions and abandonment.  I think you’re just all thrown off by my beauty. LOL.  yes, yes, I know we’re at a gay bar!

One of the members of Babbling Silence usually plays with the Alley Cats, but broke off tonite.  (you’re right, there’s only one person in the above picture.)  Babbling Silence started out with two players, but one of them made an exit after round one.  Then before the end of round three, the remaining player to the team disappeared too.  So they ended up losing the tie breaker.  Man oh man, ya gotsta stick around till I ring the bell.

Unique sat out round one, but thought the questions were pretty easy.   They played for part of round two, but then bailed out.  I’m guessing it’s cause one of them was preggers and maybe had to use the bathroom too much, that or she didn’t have alcohol, cause we all know that alcohol helps you to know the answers.

While we didn’t really answer any questions, the triva staffers sure had fun!  Marci the “TJ” and John the DJ. 

If the heat was to blame for the lack of Charlie’s goers, it’s just going to get hotter, so get your butts in and get a cold beer.  2 for $1, who can beat that?!  Seriously, $4 per gallon.  Skip the gas and get beer instead!

Don’t forget to be our friend www.myspace.com/buzzwordz  or  www.myspace.com/marcibuzzwordz

see ya next tuesday!

Marci 

Hey hey Aurora Old C’s patrons thanks for coming out and making it a really fun night!  The Pittsburgh Penguins gave us quite the background entertainment for a great game of trivia!  The Konichiwa Girls won the game this week with a very strong showing however Go Penguins and the Fluffy Penguins got a few tiebreakers in there.  Shout out to the Fluffy Penguins who said they hope to bring some friends next week, the bigger we get the game the more fun and prizes we get to give away so keep on showing up!  Also good to see some familys starting to play Big Dog played close and Emily was a 5 year old scoring points with her parents!  Thanks again see you this Wednesday at 8,

Brody

Hey guys first off thanks for comig down this last week and getting us out of that Memorial day slump!  We had the regulars in force come on Tuesday including the winners this week The Monkees followed ever so closely by The Little Lebowski Urban Achievers!  We had some new faces in the crowd this week too which always makes it that much more fun!  I’d also like to say now that summer is out I’m seein’ lots of new teams made up of teachers which is giving a nice twist to both of my games, keep it up! See everyone again Tuesday at 7!!!

Brody

So tonight was my first running trivia alone!  I promised the blog to be up by tomorrow, but was still pretty pumped up from a night of excitement.  I mean, if I didn’t need to work my day job, I would just live at Charlie’s!  But instead, I’ll just have to sustain on instant replays until next week.  Charlie’s had a lot of different things happening tonight.  They were having a benefit when I got there, but it was pretty much dissipated by the time trivia started.  Charlie’s was also celebrating it’s 28th Anniversary, with 28 cent drink specials (and boy was there a line!).  And if I could ask for anything more, they were working on putting a dj on the patio where we do trivia.  All the while, I was trying to convince the crowd that I could replaced Tory with a smooth transition.  With all of that said, we did get some trivia questions answered. 

I feel that tonight was wonderful and the crowd was so accepting.  (Except that you didn’t tell me when my mascara was smeared!)  I received such a warm welcome, I could not have asked for more.  I was right when I told them at Jackson’s last week that you guys would be nicer than all those crabby straight boys!

We had some different players and new teams tonight, way to be brave!  I mean really, we’re not going to make fun of you if you miss a sports question.  Maybe we would make fun of you if you got a sports question right at Charlie’s (ok, not really).

While one of the guys from this team plays all the time, he was missing two of his team members.  Since their name relates to their initials, he had to change the name to JT.  He kept recruiting friends who would come and go, but he fought his way and won rounds two and three and then stole the game by one point.  Just wait till the E and S are here next week!

AlleyCats was a strong contender for the game.  They won round one, but just barely gave up round two and three.  They came in second place, just one point behind the first place winner.  AlleyCats promise that they’ll be back next week for a rematch.

Our third place winner was new to the game tonight.  They took some convincing to stay in the game, but I’m sure the prize will keep them at the bar a little longer tonight, if not back next week.  Thank you, “O.”  I never did figure out what the name really meant, or maybe I just don’t want to know.  See you next week!!

If one team deserves to be mentioned, that would be AA. These guys are Charlie’s staff, maybe they named themselves that because they think they need a 12 step program?   I bet you’re wondering why they have a mic and a laptop, no, I wasn’t making them do my job so I could party.  They were working on music for us.  We had some technical difficulties, but I’m hoping to have Charlie’s patio THE PLACE TO BE ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

We had some other teams that I at least owe an honorable mention.  Beer ‘n’ Buzz’n, Tea Bag, and Aces, thanks for your participation, no matter how brief it was.

Again, I want to thank you guys for such a wonderful night and warm welcome.  See you next week!  In the meantime, if you want to be my internet friend, you can find me at http://www.myspace.com/MarciBuzzwordz 

Hey everyone!  Thursday night was my first night on the mic, and everyone took it pretty easy on me.  Thank you for that!!  I’m not sure if the players were the guinea pigs or I was, but either way, it went well.  I had a little bit of stage fright at the beginning, but quickly got over that.  I did find that with the wireless mic that I couldn’t take one step to the right, because I lost reception.

What an enthusiastic crowd at Jackson’s last night, I hope you guys weren’t just putting on an act for the newbie.  We had 8 teams to start and 7 at the end-  just one snuck out early.  We had the dj spinning mixes and answering trivia at the same time.  Way to go Dangerous Dan and your team, I Always Wear Condoms on Trivia Night.

Osiris, weekly regulars came back this week to play with us.  (I’m believing the regular host, Tobin, that they come every week, maybe I should come back next week to see for myself).  They never seemed quite confident of their answers, but won a pitcher of beer for taking round one.  And ended the game in third place, way to go!

The winner of round two, and also second place overall, Can We Hear Four Songs at One Time, put up a good fight.  Maybe he’s flipping off the camera cause they only heard three songs?  Or maybe it’s cause they wanted more beer?  Hmmm, or maybe it’s because he’s got a girl and he’s making fun of the fifth wheel in the corner?

Little Lebowski’s Urban Achievers came straight from a kickball game.  They must have had a good adrenaline rush, cause they were rowdy and then swept in and won round three and then took the game by two points.  I’m sensing we should change the name to “Little Lebowski’s Over Achievers.”  With half a pitcher still on the table when I delivered the freebie pitcher, I’m hoping they saved the free beer gift certificates for next time (unless they start the weekend early, like I did today).

I’m not sure which was Ted, but nobody on this team seemed dead.  Big Head Ted, Soon to Be Dead was a strong opponent throughout the game.  But wait, what’s the guy in the middle looking at?!

Now this team looks a little uneven with the sexes there.  That must be why Merkins wanted more hockey questions.

The girls from, 3 Way, brought two men with them.  I’m not sure if they just couldn’t decide which one to pick, or what the story was.  Every time I talked to this foursome about their name, they seemed to have a different rational for having that name.

Again, I’d like to thank you guys for being such good sports with me.  And as Tobin said, “If you find yourself gay and on Colfax, visit Marci at Charlie’s on Tuesday!”

Alright alright great week here dowtown heading into Memorial day, schools are getting out so we are seeing more teachers in the house! Should make the summer games quite interesting!  As for Tuesday night we had a battle til the end between regulars The Little Lebowski Urban Achievers and The Monkees with the Monkees comig out on top in a tiebreak for the 3rd round and the game!  However coming ever so much more closely to winning 99 Bananas won the first round and if it weren’t for a tough 3rd round question they would have taken out all of the other teams straight up!  Come Up and See Me and Car Ramrod joined the fun for a couple of rounds but didn’t quite answer all of the questions.  Please join us again next week bring your friends and have a great long weekend, I know I will!

Brody

What perfect weather!  Hoppin patio with loads of teams playing.

I really gotta hand it to the JETS, who stood up to stiff competition and won a solid 1st place prize for a whole month now.

Round winners Heros softly disappeared in the evening like a wisp of smoke from your friendly Charlies Bar patio.

Alleycat proved themselves Prowlicious, with consistent answers the whole night.  They are worthy second place victors.

The eagerly anticipated return of the King Prawns livened the night, in the atmoshpere of reduced second hand smoke ratio.  Yay summer!  A solid performance grabbed a third place bar tab.  They also claimed a Tiebreaker pitcher about Hallmark cards revenue.  Come party again next week!

The Beaverton Munchers, Serena, Your Hot (yes, spelled like that) and Diabolical Darrell also played it out and had a great time!

“What is the Russian term for cheers?”  Naz-da-rovia

“In textspeak, what is ttfn?”

ta-ta for now,    Tory 

After a one week hiatus to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, I’m back and I brought a little bit of trivia … I thought you might like it.

With 10 teams coming to the table Monday, JR’s was packed with lots of good friends and good fun. Round one started off with the constant team Sally’s Sluts taking it down with a nearly perfect first round score, though team Where’s The Flannel (WTF) and Team Clark came in close behind, and chased all of round 2 as well. Sally’s Sluts narrowly winning again by only a couple of points and all of the teams within a narrow margin. Naturally this only inspired the other teams, and team WTF tied Sally’s Sluts for the third round and with an amazingly close guess took the round title and second place in the game over all.

Star Wars Fact of the Day: Filming on The Empire Strikes Back had to halt for two weeks due to a wind-surfing competition in Australia that became an annual tradition of sorts for Lucas, and of which he refused to miss.

Signing off, This is Preacher

Tonight was a perfect example of how Charlie’s is a go-to weekly bar for entertainment no matter what.  Buzzwordz was the core out on the patio, turning an otherwise calm night into a drunk random Colfax fest. 

Taking the crown for several straight weeks, the JETS proved once again to be the trivia kings (or queens?). 

Coming back strong this week, Alleycat pulled a Tiebreaker pitcher (about OPEC oil production), and nabbed Second Place- nice work folks!

Newcomers Studmuffin raked in 3rd Place bar tab, while nursing “Random Drunk Lady” most of the Third Round.  Thanks for keeping her contained! 

The Retard Junction won hands down best team name.  See you soon!

Warm springs and fun times at the unpredictable smoky Charlie’s Patio.

Cheers folks!   Tory

Ahhhhhh the yells of the crowd, The frothy ale spray from the mouths of hardened trivia warriors aye that’s the rub. What a battle royal last week we had 5 teams that stuck around and battled till the bitter end. Team Sweet potato hella close, team Z no cigar, team star castle keep playing, team spap poop clean cleanup asile 4, Team TJ dammmmm homie pick up a book lol, team FED your gonna wind up dead. Now on to the wieners Team Wheat ridge winning round # 1 after a tie breaker between three teams gooooooood job and of-course team Man mitts glue winning round # 2 after a 3 way tie hella good playing yall and of-course I am very sorry about question # 3 Annapolis is a city not a state so Marylin is correct. Good job and thanks for staying and playing see ya Wednesday.