7/6/2009 -- Seeing Things

It was a beautiful night in Uptown, and we had a nice turnout for the quiz, even if someone screamed at me, "Defenestration of Prague?!? Are you serious?  Who is that general knowledge for?"  It's not my fault if you didn't take advantage of your educational system to learn basic European history.  I love confounding people!  Heh heh.  A few hours before we got underway, I tweeted that I might be hallucinating because of lack of sleep.  It never got that bad, but I was really happy to see Tiger Woods and Pi Patel pooling forces as a team.

Anyway, we had 11 teams make it until the end (surprisingly enough, the historical haters weren't among them).  I though it was pretty easy, but some of the contestants didn't see it that way.  Legendary one-hit wonders was a category everyone liked, and US streets went over pretty well, too.

In third place, with 92 points, are the newcomers Vampire Le Statler Brothers.

Great name.  These guys liked the celebrity birthday pictures (though at this point, I should admit that including Hunter Tylo on that list may have been a bit over the top).  I'm not sure if the More Cowbell shirt is supposed to be ironic, but that's how I'm taking it.

In second place for the second week in a row, with 94 points, here's Connect Four.

Hmm.  Now I'm no genius, and it's been a long time since I took any math classes, and when I last took math I was struggling with derivatives, but that looks like six, not four.  How about Connect Four +Two?  No, no flow, I guess.  Anyway, this group apparently knows a thing or two about other cities' streets.

In first place, with 96 points, are our dear friends Paddy O'Furniture!

This group must like seeing comedy films, I guess.  I enjoy the smug, self-satisfied looks here.  "Yeah, we won, what the hell do you expect?"  Just remember, Pride goeth before the fall, capiche?

Well, enjoy the week after the fourth, look both ways when you cross the street, and remember that quitting is the new tenacity.  See you on the 13th!