Thursday, September 21, 2006

9/20 Recap: "I'm going to have to ask you to come in on Sunday, too..."

So proud of you bastards last night. After two rounds, no one had less than 10½ points, and I thought the questions were pretty hard, but then what do I know. And the only reason the guy playing solo won the whole night was that he was really into documentaries, which is why I'm kind of wary to hew too close to one topic for ten questions. Still, it was nice & raucous regardless. I can't stand a quiet room.

1. On This Day - in which Chester Arthur became President, Lee Iacocca became the head of Chrysler, Orville Redenbacher drowned in his hot tub, Matthew & Gunnar Nelson tossed their long ironed-straight blond hair, and Bill Lumbergh turned fifty.

2. Audio round: Father's Day - Including Father Of Mine, Papa Legba, the Temptations' Papa Was A Rolling Stone, and to kinda pad it out, Feliz Navidad ("Dad?" Geddit? Dad? Geddit?), and This Is Pop by XTC.

3. Famous Howards - Including Howard Stern, Howard's End & Ron Howard (though not Elston Howard, Howard Beach or the great Emily Howard, who is a very pretty lady!)

4. Great Documentaries - Triumph of the Will, March of the Penguins, Roger & Me, The Aristocrats, The Kid Stays In The Picture, the Seven-Up series, and of course Spellbound.

5. Name Threes - Three American writers living in France, three New York City mayors, three types of clams, and three actors who played FBI agents.


Nine teams this week (kind of quiet by our standards; if you haven't come recently, now's the time, before we get busy again with the change in weather and the prizes are still easier to get).

1st Place: The Dreaded "Rear Admiral" (USN, Ret.) (a solo act, who won dinner for two to Cremcaffe next door. Your move, ladies!)
2nd Place: The Schadenfreudes
3rd Place: Soco & Lime Diseased (I had a terrible experience with this drink, and even typing it today I get a memory-twinge of nausea, so, uh, thanks for that)

and then, in no particular order:
  • Dankberg, Dankberg & Dankberg (It's Not Rabinowitz)
  • We're Not Wrong! You Just Don't Understand!
  • The Little Way
  • The Super Jews
  • My Ex-Wife Got Our Brains In The Divorce Settlement