After this Wednesday's festivities, I left very early the next morning to leave the city for the first time since the late 1970's, and I'm currently typing this from (quite literally) the back woods of Virginia. I will be posting the recap, but it might be some time over the weekend.
(My captors are treating me well, and as long as the ransom money is delivered on time, they have every intention of letting me come back to New York.)
I didn't handle the lack of sound in the back very well, apparently, but I really appreciate everyone coming and staying through the difficulties. We're really grateful for that.
Anyway, we actually have some pretty important news to announce, that will affect the very fabric of the Drunken Smartass Olympics as well as how the trivia scene in New York City goes down. (I'm not overstating this.)
We'll be ready to announce it on Monday. Watch this space.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Friday, June 23, 2006
6/21 Recap
I was out all day yesterday auditioning for a game show and sunning myself like a lizard on the verandah while my houseboy, Paco, brought me capirinhas every half-hour on the half-hour (a good man, that Paco, and thorough), so I'm finishing up this Recap before the sun gets too high in the sky, and my deck chair's siren call gets too irresistable.
Here's what we did:
1. On This Day
2. Audio Round: "We're Staaaaars!" - There was We Are The World, and Do They Know It's Christmas, and Tears Are Not Enough and Sun City (which far as I care was the best charity single of all) and even rehashes like What's Going On, but this week's audio round came from my memories of Stars, the charity record from the world's metal gods, under the name Hear'n Aid. Not that it was included (I don't have a copy of it; if you do, I'd love to hear it again), but -- well, here's what did make the round:
I actually have enough versions of "So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star" to make a ten question round, but not a ten-question round that you'd want to suss out. You'd get maybe four or five at the most, and that would be it. (If you have, or know of, another version, let me know or send me an mp3. That round may yet come to fruition.)
3. Bacon - I made a small mistake in this round; while the movie "Canadian Bacon" was the last movie ever released to star the great John Candy, he did in fact die on the set of "Wagons East" in Mexico, and they rush-released that one as well (a la Bela Lugosi).
4. June - In which Janet mentioned Nam June Paik, the site of the recent US Open of Golf, and Juneteenth, but not June Lockhart, the Emperor Junius, or the Brazilian midfielder Juninho. Which, honestly, was probably for the best all around.
5. True/False - Were the Beatles really once called "Johnny and the Hot Dogs?" Was carbonated water really created for the court of Louis XIV? How long can a snail sleep? If you were there, you'd know.
Notes:
Thanks as always for coming out.
Here's what we did:
1. On This Day
2. Audio Round: "We're Staaaaars!" - There was We Are The World, and Do They Know It's Christmas, and Tears Are Not Enough and Sun City (which far as I care was the best charity single of all) and even rehashes like What's Going On, but this week's audio round came from my memories of Stars, the charity record from the world's metal gods, under the name Hear'n Aid. Not that it was included (I don't have a copy of it; if you do, I'd love to hear it again), but -- well, here's what did make the round:
- Deep Purple - Highway Star
- Flaming Lips - Vein Of Stars
- Tornados - Telstar
- Norah Jones - Lonestar
- Blur - Star Shaped
- Police - Does Everyone Stare
- The Byrds - So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star
- Bee Gees - I Started A Joke
- Oasis - Rock & Roll Star
I actually have enough versions of "So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star" to make a ten question round, but not a ten-question round that you'd want to suss out. You'd get maybe four or five at the most, and that would be it. (If you have, or know of, another version, let me know or send me an mp3. That round may yet come to fruition.)
3. Bacon - I made a small mistake in this round; while the movie "Canadian Bacon" was the last movie ever released to star the great John Candy, he did in fact die on the set of "Wagons East" in Mexico, and they rush-released that one as well (a la Bela Lugosi).
4. June - In which Janet mentioned Nam June Paik, the site of the recent US Open of Golf, and Juneteenth, but not June Lockhart, the Emperor Junius, or the Brazilian midfielder Juninho. Which, honestly, was probably for the best all around.
5. True/False - Were the Beatles really once called "Johnny and the Hot Dogs?" Was carbonated water really created for the court of Louis XIV? How long can a snail sleep? If you were there, you'd know.
Notes:
- The teams were:
- 1st - Under The Dartboard (third time here, I believe, and a first time winner of the $25 bar tab and two tickets to The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)
- 2nd - The Brown Bag Of Laziness (who won our first three-way tiebreaker question, about the number of sculptures in Central Park)
- 3rd - Brick (named for a Ben Folds song? Or maybe a fantastic Ontario brewery? or perhaps the stuff you make buildings out of?)
And then, in no order:
- John In The Bar Is A Friend Of Mine
- Ovid & the Horse Next To Him
- The Kates (who won the "Best Dressed Award", and who started as one person in a fabulous dress, and who held the fort until her tardy friends arrived)
- JFKFC (which reminds me of G'n'F'n'R, but has way better taste)
- Growin' Up Grizzly
- Bain Dramaged
- and the Armnless Ninjas (who of late have been all around the top three spots lately, and frankly it's only a matter of time)
Thanks as always for coming out.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Profiting From Others' Misfortune
Among a quickly growing number of other searches, we are now #5 if you search for toothlessburger.
Not sure how I feel about that. Eh. Welcome, you sick bastards!
Oh, and I added a link to the DSO picture set on Flickr. I try to take a few pictures every week. I might make a point of shooting the winners. We'll see.
Actually, a question: should I set up a proper group? Do you take pictures on Wednesday nights? I know some of you do. (I'll add you as a contact if you add me. I'm no snob. Ask anyone. Well, anyone who matters.)
Not sure how I feel about that. Eh. Welcome, you sick bastards!
Oh, and I added a link to the DSO picture set on Flickr. I try to take a few pictures every week. I might make a point of shooting the winners. We'll see.
Actually, a question: should I set up a proper group? Do you take pictures on Wednesday nights? I know some of you do. (I'll add you as a contact if you add me. I'm no snob. Ask anyone. Well, anyone who matters.)
Thursday, June 15, 2006
6/14 Recap
Speaking for myself, I was a bit lazy this week. I've watched approximately 317 World Cup matches, and my brain has become a fine paste. But that didn't stop it from being a much better night then even last week.
1. On This Day - Happy birthday to Pat Summitt, who despite the fact that she's already the winningest coach in women's basketball history, could easily still have 20 years of coaching in front of her. (You know where she coaches, right)
Oh, ten questions and I didn't even mention Flag Day once. So, Happy Flag Day!
2. Audio round - Bob Dylan Covers - I didn't use any Byrds songs or Hendrix, nor did I find room for the Ramones' "My Back Pages," but here's what I did use:
3. Wolves At The Door - Including questions about Peter Wolf, Naomi Wolf, Wolfen (well, actually about Albert Finney and his Oscar nominations, but still), and Sergei friggin' Prokofiev.
4. On The Ropes - in which only one question was actually about rope. There was, however, Rope, Roper, tightropers, the rope-a-dope and double dutch.
5 - True Or False.
Team name trends this week included a lot of before-and-after style action, which I'm always a sucker for, and the Madeline Kahn shoutout just made me smile. ("It's twuuue! It's twuuuuue!")
Okay, I'm off to the pub now to watch England beat Trinidad & Tobasco, but what did I miss?
1. On This Day - Happy birthday to Pat Summitt, who despite the fact that she's already the winningest coach in women's basketball history, could easily still have 20 years of coaching in front of her. (You know where she coaches, right)
Oh, ten questions and I didn't even mention Flag Day once. So, Happy Flag Day!
2. Audio round - Bob Dylan Covers - I didn't use any Byrds songs or Hendrix, nor did I find room for the Ramones' "My Back Pages," but here's what I did use:
- Van Morrison - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
- U2 - All Along The Watchtower
- Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
- Warren Zevon - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
- Red Hot Chili Willies - Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Steve Earle - My Back Pages
- PJ Harvey - Highway 61 Revisited
- Duran Duran - Lay Lady Lay
- The Pretenders - Forever Young, and of course:
- William Amadeus Shatner - MISTER TAMBOURINE MAAAAAAAAAAN!
3. Wolves At The Door - Including questions about Peter Wolf, Naomi Wolf, Wolfen (well, actually about Albert Finney and his Oscar nominations, but still), and Sergei friggin' Prokofiev.
4. On The Ropes - in which only one question was actually about rope. There was, however, Rope, Roper, tightropers, the rope-a-dope and double dutch.
5 - True Or False.
Team name trends this week included a lot of before-and-after style action, which I'm always a sucker for, and the Madeline Kahn shoutout just made me smile. ("It's twuuue! It's twuuuuue!")
- Celebrity Watch: Caren Lissner from Tuesday Night Trivia was there with her full entourage, as well as some respresentatives from our newest sponsor, for whom we are most grateful.
- Teams this week included:
- 1st place: The Wrath Of Madeline Khan (first time winners!)
- 2nd place: Occam's Toothbrush
- 3rd Place: License To Kill Bill
And then, in no particular order:
- Ursprache (God bless 'em, they spelled it right)
- Ben Toothlessburger (so tasteless, they won Best Team Name, which this week was Tangled Ropes: The Superstar Billy Graham Story)
- Efficient Frontier
- Jose Pepe Mayorca & his Recipes (I don't even understand this, but it was sure fun to say)
- and Million Dollar Baby Got Back, even though I don't remember Hilary Swank having much in the way of booty in that movie. That, though, is a subject for further research.
Okay, I'm off to the pub now to watch England beat Trinidad & Tobasco, but what did I miss?
Thursday, June 08, 2006
6/7 Recap
Oh, good. Blogger was down yesterday. Anyhow. Here's what went down. It was a great night.
1. On This Day - It was Prince Rogers Nelson's birthday on Wednesday. Every time I hear his name, I can't get Boy George's description of him out of my head: "He looks like a baby dipped in pubic hair." (More on both of them below.)
2. Audio Round: "Sex Beat... Go!" - The title is from a Gun Club song that I used the last time I put a round like this together for a different trivia night, a couple of years ago. Songs included:
The Alien Sex Fiend song didn't go over very well. Sorry about that. I was hoping for a couple more goths in the hizzy. Actually, scratch that. There won't be tons of old-school goth in future audio rounds. I just don't have it, and I never find myself wanting to listen to it. (I seriously considered using "Sexy Motherfucker" by Prince, but I decided against it at the last minute.)
3. Spelling - to commemorate our newest sponsor, I figured I would get my Spelling jones out of the way early. I was very pleased that so many of you spelled "ursprache" correctly, but that was tempered by the fact that so many of you knew who Tori Spelling's new husband was. The hell, people.
4. More Marilyns - Janet found a rich vein of Marilyniana when she researched her Mostly Marilyn Monroe round last week, so she just ran with it. Marilyn Manson's new wife, Boy George's friend the drag artist Marilyn and their musical, Marilyn Munster's home address, and Marilyn vos Savant's column were largely answered correctly. I say this a lot: the louder some of you complain about how hard it is, the better you do. (If we did a Nuclear Physics round and a "Real World" round or something, I'd bet you a dollar -- a whole dollar! That's half of what I earn in a week! -- you'd know more about physics than about who's shtupping whom on the MTV.)
5. True/False - Apparently, the Calcutta Stock Exchange (the second largest stock exchange in India) has changed its name, seeing as the city of Calcutta itself has changed its name (or at least the English spelling of it).
Now, some notes:
What did I forget?
1. On This Day - It was Prince Rogers Nelson's birthday on Wednesday. Every time I hear his name, I can't get Boy George's description of him out of my head: "He looks like a baby dipped in pubic hair." (More on both of them below.)
2. Audio Round: "Sex Beat... Go!" - The title is from a Gun Club song that I used the last time I put a round like this together for a different trivia night, a couple of years ago. Songs included:
- Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
- Ron Sexsmith - Strawberry Blonde
- Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
- David Essex - Rock On
- Timbuk 3 - Too Much Sex, Not Enough Affection
- Sex Pistols - Silly Thing
- Salt & Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex
- Alien Sex Fiend - Now I'm Feeling Zombiefied
- Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bell Bottom
The Alien Sex Fiend song didn't go over very well. Sorry about that. I was hoping for a couple more goths in the hizzy. Actually, scratch that. There won't be tons of old-school goth in future audio rounds. I just don't have it, and I never find myself wanting to listen to it. (I seriously considered using "Sexy Motherfucker" by Prince, but I decided against it at the last minute.)
3. Spelling - to commemorate our newest sponsor, I figured I would get my Spelling jones out of the way early. I was very pleased that so many of you spelled "ursprache" correctly, but that was tempered by the fact that so many of you knew who Tori Spelling's new husband was. The hell, people.
4. More Marilyns - Janet found a rich vein of Marilyniana when she researched her Mostly Marilyn Monroe round last week, so she just ran with it. Marilyn Manson's new wife, Boy George's friend the drag artist Marilyn and their musical, Marilyn Munster's home address, and Marilyn vos Savant's column were largely answered correctly. I say this a lot: the louder some of you complain about how hard it is, the better you do. (If we did a Nuclear Physics round and a "Real World" round or something, I'd bet you a dollar -- a whole dollar! That's half of what I earn in a week! -- you'd know more about physics than about who's shtupping whom on the MTV.)
5. True/False - Apparently, the Calcutta Stock Exchange (the second largest stock exchange in India) has changed its name, seeing as the city of Calcutta itself has changed its name (or at least the English spelling of it).
Now, some notes:
- Thanks, everyone, for coming out. Please tell your friends. My needs are few, but Janet & I would really like to keep this night going as long as it's fun for you guys.
- There were 12 teams, not counting people who didn't play all the way through:
- 1st - GMFAC (who were in 4th place going into the Scrabble Solution final question, and were the loudest table of the night.)
- 2nd - Drunken Inquisition (who led for the whole night.)
- 3rd - Rule 6.2 (+1) - Two guys, one of whom played solo last week and did very well, now with a friend, and they finished in the money. I'm impressed.
And then, in no order:
- Chainsaw Dunlap
- Armless Ninjas
- Tenzin Tsundue Rules! (I mistakenly thought this was the given name of the Dalai Lama, but apparently he's a Tibetan writer and revolutionary. I am cool with this. Thanks for the lesson, guys.)
- The Return Of The Best Team Ever Made: The Best Team Ever Made's Greatest Hits, Part 2 (formerly The Best Team Ever Made)
- S.A.M. (they won our Best Dressed Award for their thong sandals)
- The Five People You Meet In Heaven Can Wait (I did not like the book, and the movie... well.)
- The Drunky Pants (who changed their name to "I Swear I Didn't Know She Was 8," which for my money is a much better team name.)
- Fat Sue's Team (I'm assuming Fat Sue wasn't there, because everyone on the team was actually ferret-thin)
- 2 Good 2 Be 4 Gotten
What did I forget?
Thursday, June 01, 2006
5/31 Recap
This week, we welcomed a new sponsor for the DSO (The Putnam County Spelling Bee, now playing on Broadway at Circle In The Square), and welcomed back Lindsay after what turned out to be a short retirement from Wednesday action. Both of these things are very, very good.
1. Christies & Kristys (no "On This Day" round this week, although we kind of made up for it later on)
2. Audio Round: Song titles that rhyme
In which we played short bits of (and asked for the artists who recorded) the following songs:
3. Marilyn Monroe (who would have been 80 years old today, so she's two years older than Christie Brinkley!
4. The Plots of Brodway Shows (you guys did very well on this. If I put a round like this together again, I'll make it a little harder)
5. True or False
More later. Did I miss anything?
1. Christies & Kristys (no "On This Day" round this week, although we kind of made up for it later on)
2. Audio Round: Song titles that rhyme
In which we played short bits of (and asked for the artists who recorded) the following songs:
- Wooly Bully
- Walk Away Renee
- White Riot
- Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Atitudes
- Maybe Baby
- Noise Annoys
- Ready Teddy
- Night Flight
- When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around, and
- Ooby Dooby
3. Marilyn Monroe (who would have been 80 years old today, so she's two years older than Christie Brinkley!
4. The Plots of Brodway Shows (you guys did very well on this. If I put a round like this together again, I'll make it a little harder)
5. True or False
- There was a numbers theme among the team names last night: "The 700 Club," "Rule 6.2" (a guy who played solo and got 9/10 on the audio round), "Three of Cups," "Hawaii 5-0," "Katie Squared." Best Team Name? "Night Of The Living Dead Poets Society," although I really liked "We'll See You In Hell, Wilford Brimley."
More later. Did I miss anything?
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