Thursday, November 30, 2006

11/29 Recap: 15 Teams All In A Row, and Liore turns 24

Okay, let's get this out of the way right now: As god is my witness, I have no idea why I thought bureau was a seven-letter word.

We pride ourselves on having the best-written questions in the city (we know you have a choice of trivia nights, and we're thrilled you choose to fly with us week after week), so when I brain-fart seven letters out of a six-letter word, I take it a little personally. (Although I gotta admit, it is kind of a rush to be booed unmerciful by 75 drunk people all at once.)

Rounds were as follows:
1. On This Day (Happy Birthday to not just one of our players last night (see below), but to Mariano Rivera, Pong, and Mean Gene Okerlund.)
2. Audio round: Ask Any Audiophile About Anthony's Asshole Attitude, the theme of which was apparent and also acutely apocalyptic.
3. Watching The Detectives!
4. Two Countries Separated By A Common Language (Okay, this requires some explanation. The questions stood by themselves, but I started with this list, and figured there'd be enough questions buried in the stories behind some of those words to put together a round. Well, I got four or five questions in, and realized I would have to travel slightly further afield. The only real problem with that is it dilutes the theme; the questions still stand on their own, and nine of them were still pretty much okay. I do understand the abuse, though. Like Jane Austen* used to say: some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you.)
5. Name Threes

The team names rocked this week, like, even more than usual.
  • 1st Place: Shootin' For 3rd! (who apparently failed miserably)
  • 2nd Place: Honey, I Thought You Packed The Polonium-210!
  • 3rd Place: Crunchy Frog

    and then, in no particular order:
  • Stroker Aces
  • Go-Tard Reloaded
  • Fu Stags
  • This Team's Name Is The Best
  • Flynn
  • 12 Inches Of Taint
  • Testocles: The Greek Nut (who won best team name)
  • Clueless
  • Special People
  • Sweat, Anger & Shame
  • and finally, Happy Birthday To Liore! (I hope you enjoyed your 24th birthday screaming at us about Opus vs. Milo.)


*and by Jane Austen, I mean Commander Riker from Star Trek: The Next Generation

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Why, Yes, I Am In Fact Talking To You.

Well, that was fun. We ran a little late (and I stayed a lot later than I should have), but the Sopranos people seemed to be pleased. I hope you guys were too.

Full recap is half-written, but honestly, I'm still not awake yet.

Monday, November 13, 2006

[Janet's first post] Paulie Walnuts Is Unconfirmed, And Other Phrases I Thought I'd Never Live Long Enough To See In Print

This was sent to the email list by Janet. Now she can no longer say she's posted nothing to the blog. (Wanna join the email list? Drop us a line, and bada bam, bada bagel, buttery bisquick, it shall be done.

In addition to the regular Drunken Smartass Olympics questions, answers, and antics on Wednesday, November 15, we will offer (this week only) special Sopranos prizes and stuff along with a theme round. Even if you don't have HBO, it's fun.

As you know, we always have different and unusual categories, a mix of easy and challenging questions, bar tab prizes of $10-25 for top-scoring teams plus lots of other novelty prizes for such distinctions as goofiest team name, best dressed, and other entirely arbitrary things that we aren't telling you about.

See you Wednesday!
The Drunken Smartass Olympics
with your hosts Janet Rosen and Tony Hightower
Every Wednesday at 7:30 pm
No cover (two drink minimum)
Dempsey's Pub
61 2nd Avenue (between 3rd & 4th Streets), New York, NY
(212) 388-0662 F, V trains to Second Avenue
Prizes, weird questions and fun people. Or is it the other way around?
http://www.baggotinn.com/dempseys.html

visit our blog--so far Tony has done all the posting, but I will learn how any minute now. I know, I know, I keep saying that. (I'm very lo-tech.)

dsolympics.blogspot.com

Thursday, November 02, 2006

11/1 Recap: When the fish hits your heart with a big spiky dart, that's a moray

Alright. Let's get the bare necessities down at least here. Thirteen raucous teams, lots of heckling and loudness, two tables did rounds of shots, and I lost the ability to do math.

Rounds were as follows:
1. On This Day (In which we found out that Larry Flynt and Jenny McCarthy, among others, share a birthday. Also, there was something about Algeria.)
2. Audio round: Golden Shower Of Hits! (songs about gold; included Spandau Ballet, Neil Young, David Bowie, America, Ken Nordine and Kanye West)
3. Elephants!
4. Elections (Who was the last President to be neither a Democrat nor a Republican? Which character receives a Valentine's Day card that says "I Choo-choo-choose You!"?)
5. Name Threes

The team names rocked this week, like, even more than usual.
  • 1st Place: The Horror Movie Sidekicks
  • 2nd Place: October Surprise II: Kerry Does Democrats, Swiftly
  • 3rd Place: Courtney Love Is Not The Daighter Of Darlene Love

    and then, in no particular order:
  • The Little Way
  • Wikitrivia
  • The Element
  • Jews For Malawi
  • We Went As Tony & Janet For Hallowe'en!
  • Natural Blondes!
  • Can We Cheat, Please?
  • My Favorite Herpes Commercial Ever!
  • The Go-Tards!
  • Hooray! Transfats Are Banned! Because Prohibition Always Works!


There was lots more, wasn't there?