Feb 5: All quiet on the post-Super Bowl front

As is usually the case, post-Super Bowl was a quiet affair, although our DJ team--Riders on the Storm Cock--did their best to spice up the night, playing some bumpin' jams all night long and even getting a Soul Train dance line going. But their coup de grace came at the end of the night (as coups de grace usually do) when they came away with the first-place bar tab!  

They celebrated with finger mustaches:

Nothing hotter than a lady with mustache. 

Speaking of ladies and facial hair (I said "and"! Not "with"!), here's the second-place team, the awesomely named Substantiated Canadian Girlfriend:

That's her on the left. Whose girlfriend she is exactly is as yet unsubstantiated, however. 

Coming in third place: Nipple Chaffing!

And fourth place, huddling up Eli-style, I give you The Specials:

And last but never least, back Learning Some Shit, it's the lovely lasses of Mothership of Hate:

Considering your score on the image round, ladies, I recommend using that Common Good Books card on this book.

Thanks again everyone for a great night, and we'll see you next week!

xo,

chuck 

Jan 29: Five Years Dumber

A half decade is a long time. In that time we've asked a lot of questions. On Sunday night, we celebrated those five years in the quiz-biz by asking a bunch more. We also showed a movie (which I'll post here later, once I've squeezed it into the tubes), and demo'd a new Trivia Mafia concept: "Unfair-aoke: A no-lyrics karaoke challenge," which was, I think it's fair to say, super fucking awesome. 

Speaking of awesome, check out our winners:

First place, winners of the coveted $100 bar tab AND the fancy-schmancy rotating High Life beer sign: DICK GENIUS.

Coming in second--actually tying Dick Genius, but losing out on the tiebreaker when DG guessed Sean's SAT score "on the nuts," as it were--Pteam Pterodactyl! 

What Jesus painting does this look like? Anybody?

Third place: I Like Watching You Sleep.

Fourth: Pontiac Fever

Catch it!

Most Average: Disengaged. 

She's sleepy. 

Learn Some Shit: Panic! Attack

And our lovely Unfair-aoke victor, who killed it on the Cardigans and put 'em away with Lady Marmalade:

She won a fabulous prize package courtesy of Rock Star Supply Co., an awesome local tutoring organization that pairs cool, sharp young adults (like you!) with local teens in Twin Cities public schools. If you're looking for a great way to volunteer some of your time through a super cool non-profit, look no further! 

Thanks everyone for making the big 5-year party so awesome. See you next week! 

-chuck

Jan 22: Bizarro Trivia Night at the 113 Club

Yes, it was a weird night: The bar was staffed by strangers (all of whom kicked ass, by the by), trivia was invaded by bearded men in their underwear (also kicked ass), and the half-time show turned into a booty-shakin' dance party (which kicked so much ass we could barely contain ourselves). In other words, last Sunday was just awesome. And next Sunday: Well just get ready folks, because the Anniversary Party is always the best trivia night of the year. ("Indoor Tailgating" starts at 6!) 

The night's champions: Pteam Pterodactyl!

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I love this photo. Pure joy + subtle homoeroticism. 

Second place, winners of the beautiful 5-year anniversary poster: Beverly Hills 58103, who I trust got the "Donna Martin" question right:

Third place: You know 'em, you love 'em... Dick Genius! 

Excellent photobomb ladies. 

Fourth place: It's the freshman class, otherwise known as Panic! At the Costco: 

Pure swag. 

Thanks everyone! As ever, see you Sunday. 

JAN 8: Lots of Santorum & Plenty of Ricking

Thanks for not rising up against Colin & I, 331 trivia lovers! We know how tough it is when the godfathers aren't hosting. It's like Chris Cornell joining the rest of Rage Against the Machine. It's just friggin' weird & kinda not right.

1st went to the most hated team I've ever seen - Dick Genius, with 56 points!They won a $30 bar tab & the midway prize of 4 Tall Girls. Ahhh, the spoils of war. Congrats,

2nd went to Pontiac Fever with 54 points!They won a $20 bar tab! And the fella on the right wore Question #6 of the Hats Image Round on his head, which makes him more serendipitous than Kate Beckinsale...who was featured in a motion picture titled Serendipity. Yep.

3rd went to tiebreaker victors Pink Smith with 51 points!They were nowhere near the actual weight of the world's heaviest gingerbread man (1,308 lbs), but they won the tiebreaker and scored a 331 Beefy-T anyhow!The is a real movie, btw. You can watch the entire thing on YouTube. Just throwing it out there.

4th went to I Like Watching You Sleep, also with 51 points!They don't know jack about obese gingerbread men, but they got a $10 Half Price Books gift card! Half Price Books may even have a copy of The Gingerdead Man in stock. Perhaps on Blu-ray. Good luck.

And the Learn Some Shit prize went to Invisible Female Chewbacca!They got a $10 gift card to Common Good Books in St. Paul! And they were photobombed by an unruly member of team I Like It, who were our stellar DJs for the night.

Our DJs for next week will by tiebreaker victors Stormcock Troopers, who will spin tunes and enjoy a complimentary bottle of wine!

Thanks to John Payne, Tamara Obscura & Dave at 331! Chuck & Sean will return next week!

Jan 1: doomsdays, hangovers, and the end of four great songs (and one by better than Ezra)

Some day I'll figure out Sean's obsession with Better than Ezra. Until then I'll file them away with Bette Midler and tiny glasses of white wine in the "Seansense" drawer of my mind.

Thanks again to Steve Swanson for making Sean's absence sting a little less. He's back next week too, do get your Steve fix while you can. Assuming if course the world doesn't end before next Sunday. You can't be too sure these days.

Winners:

Dick Genius split in half and were better for it, dominating everyone despite embarrassing themselves on the bio round. The Specials hung in there, as did Pteam Prerodactyl. Pontiac Fever made a go of it, and I Like Watching Jess Sleep gave RIP Storm Cock a run for the Best Team Name prize, which doesn't actually exist. Death Bag rounded out the top six. A special shout out to Michelle from the Downtown Journal for playing along too.

Thanks everyone! I resolve to keep trivia awesome this year, if you resolve to keep climbing up my ass about crappy questions (looking at you, zodiac animals question!).

xo,

chuck