Kings Wine Barhttp://www.triviamafia.com/kings-wine-bar/en-US2010-07-30T13:20:28ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Do It, Rockapella!http://www.triviamafia.com/kings-wine-bar/2010/7/27/do-it-rockapella.htmlSteve2010-07-27T12:11:00ZHere's Monday night's trivia champs - with a whopping 36 outta 40 points - Acme Trivia Team!

You may remember them as the ballers from last week. And just like last week, I cut one of 'em out of the frame...opps. Their name is not a Looney Toons inspired-generic team name, but a reference to the greatest public television game show ever - Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? And here's Rockapella.

Looks like they're in the middle of "Oh Holy Night" or something. I was always fascinated/frightened of the bass on the top left. Anywho...

Second place goes to good 'ol Neighborhood Nightmare - the tiebreaker victors with 32 outta 40 smackers!

They knew exactly what place Lance Armstrong-enuff-to-be-my-man finished in this years Tour de France. That was a Sheryl Crow reference. They used to date. He's not strong enuff to be my man, though. John the bartender? Yep.

Up one spot from fourth place last week, here's the bronze winning Kebert Xela!

Though they did win Blizzards again this week. Random? Indeed. Tasty? Indubitably. Oh, and the Tropical Blizzard is the best Blizzard flavor. Dawei888 seems to agree.

He can be reached on Hubpages, fyi. God bless the randomness of Google Image search.

And fourth place this week goes to these photogenic lasses who have attempted to trip me up again with their team name...My Dixie Wrecked.

This photo doesn't do justice to Jennifer's beauty, who looks as if she is just wrapping up a Quantum Leap.

Thanks to Jen, John and Adam at King's for their continuing awesomeness. And thanks to our sponsors Dairy Queen and Half Price Books! See ya next Monday!

]]>Corrupt Communicators of the Ivy Leaguehttp://www.triviamafia.com/kings-wine-bar/2010/7/22/corrupt-communicators-of-the-ivy-league.htmlSteve2010-07-22T13:49:45Z1st Place Monday night went to this faithful bunch - Corrupt Communicators in the Spirit of Truth!

Oh, and cuz the phone viewfinder was so dim, I cut out this fellow faithful

Sorry, Naked Man. You were wearing clothes this time, in my defense. Also, their name comes from my personal favorite Public Accessavangelist - this guy

Watch this totally NSFW/NSFPrayer Group sermon, if you dare.

2nd this week goes to the Ivy League!

One day I'll upgrade to a cell phone with more than a 1/4 of a megapixel. Nice work, Leaguers!

3rd went to team Phisty Mary!

And Happy Birthday to Phisty Mary herself, front right!

And 4th goes to....huh....Kebert Xela?

Me thinks it was pure strategy. Shoot for the DQ burgers...nice.

Props to the aforementioned DQ, Half Price Books, and King's staff: Lily, John, Adam and Aaron!

]]>Breakfast of Champions - Champions!http://www.triviamafia.com/kings-wine-bar/2010/7/14/breakfast-of-champions-champions.htmlSteve2010-07-14T09:04:26Z

Tiebreaker victors due to their guestimate of Spud Webb's height (5'7"), Breakfast of Champions brings the pain! That means they beat everyone else. It's an expression.

Tiebreaker non-victors are second place team and force of nature Kebert Xela!

Third place last week. Second place this week. What's next, Xelots!

And for the second week in the top three, this week's incarnation - Huey Lewis & The News!

And I don't appreciate having my pronunciation of Huey's name questioned by a youngster (I've been going with "Hooey" for some decades). You may be right, but I was regrettably grooving to "Hip To Be Square" when you were a gleam in your dad's sack. Congrats!

Thanks to Molly, John, Adam and Jennifer at King's - they are the hippest squares I've worked alongside for some time. Til next week....

]]>King's Things win, wearing Only Snake Suspendershttp://www.triviamafia.com/kings-wine-bar/2010/7/9/kings-things-win-wearing-only-snake-suspenders.htmlSteve2010-07-09T18:45:29ZCongrats to this week's sexy champions, King's Things (aka Nenke Poops)!

They only had three wrong! And John's not cross-eyed anymore! Hurrahh!

With only four wrong, second place goes to this fabulous bunch who haven't been around the top three in a grip - Only Snake Suspenders!

Is that what Manton was wearing that prevented him from entering King's?

Third went to A Vampire in Brooklyn Center!

Enjoy your Dairy Queen burgers...now put on some snake suspenders, for God's sake!

And fourth goes to the powerhouse Kebert Xela!

I know you're used to third place or more, Xelots. But as Tina Turner once said: "You're simply the fourth best/fourth better than all the rest". Enjoy the handsome King's Wine Bar T-shirt!

Toodles!

 

 

]]>P.Y.T(rivia)http://www.triviamafia.com/kings-wine-bar/2010/6/29/pytrivia.htmlSteve2010-06-29T06:13:58ZProps to my trivia tenderonis Kebert Xela, who bounced back to first place after a week off!

 I swear they're somewhere in this photo. I gotta start bringing a flashlight if I'm gonna use my camera phone again. Nothing against my phone - its the greatest, ever.

It's the Juke! Don't hate!

Second went to the non-haters known as El Jefe! They scored two tickets to the Taste of MN!

Sadly, after this Predator-esque POV was captured, the handsome threesome were skinned alive. The Predator's a jerk. Nice work, Jefe.

Team Toby No may have lost the tiebreaker regarding the number of squirts from a cow udder needed to produce a gallon of milk (345!), but they took third place, and two free Blizzards!!!

 

As you can clearly see, the father's on the left, and the two son's on the right. It's a family affair. Congrats!

And the winners of a Yelp Can Cozy...is Tim's Back!

Though this pic seems to feature a demon hand holding a poker chip by a light source. Works for me.

See ya next Monday nite! Many thanks to the folks at Yelp, DQ, and King's sexy male staffers - John, Adam, and Marc!

 

]]>An Animated Evening of Trivia...http://www.triviamafia.com/kings-wine-bar/2010/6/22/an-animated-evening-of-trivia.htmlSteve2010-06-22T06:05:32Z1st Place - Trivia Palz United

 2nd Place - Ivy League  

3rd Place - Summer Vacation

Thanks to Dairy Queen for the Blizzard hook-ups, and to the wicked staff at King's - Lily, Michele, and John!!!

]]>Neighborhood Nightmare - And The Men Who Love Themhttp://www.triviamafia.com/kings-wine-bar/2010/6/17/neighborhood-nightmare-and-the-men-who-love-them.htmlSteve2010-06-17T22:52:08ZI could hear the roar from King's Wine Bar about three houses away as I approached for an evening of trivia - much like the roar four blocks away from Target Field on game day. What a wicked awesome Monday night - thanks for coming out in force!

The steady force to be reckoned with wrecked it up Monday again - I'm talkin' about Kebert Xela, who, with all bonus points considered, had 45 outta 55 points! I forgot my camera again, but there is certainly no drought in celebratory Kebert photos. FYI, this brazen bunch were hungry for even more points - insisting that Night Court's Markie Post played Jennifer on Perfect Strangers (nope) as well as Elliot's mom on Scrubs (yep). Confusing Markie Post's resume is usually grounds for disqualification, but I'll let it slide this time, Xelots.

Second goes to the duo known as Cheaters do Win, who did kinda win with 43 points! Here is a visual approximation of the Cheaters. Thanks to my man Joey Greco for providing the photo.

And what a confusing, amazing, explosive threeway tiebreaker to determine third! Lovely regulars Neighborhood Nightmare showed up to win (here's a previous pic of the core)...with like six extra members, and they brought their own team of rivals - their husbands/lovers!!! Yowzers! But the real nightmare occurred due to my scoring errors - sorry guys. We did one two-way tiebreaker between team Blank Stare (approximation below) and The "419" (the men who love the Neighborhood Nightmare). Blank Stare won...but then NN decided when it was all said and done to mention that I screwed up their score - bringing everyone into another tiebreaker. Clean Slate held their ground for third (earning two DQ burgers in the process), NN took fourth (and a handsome YELP can cozy), while 419 took home a couple King's t-shirts.

Thanks for the trivia memories, and thanks again to YELP, Dairy Queen, and the awesome staff of King's - Adam, Lily, John, Molly and Samantha!

]]>King Keberthttp://www.triviamafia.com/kings-wine-bar/2010/6/10/king-kebert.htmlSteve2010-06-10T13:14:03ZKebert Xela were apparently unfazed by their exclusion from the top three last week, as they quietly rolled a knowledge grenade amongst the competition. Total carnage. It was awesome. Way 2 go, Xela!

It doesn't matter that Big Time Ballers lost out in the tiebreaker with Kebert cuz they were two years off of the correct age of Celine Dion (42). They took second place, and I believe they're still signed to Master P's No Limit Records - here's their latest effort.....As well as a great reissue from the vast No Limit back catalog.

And Veggie Table for 3 takes third......while playing a tense game of Palabra © - "The Word Game of Cards and Colors". Way to game with all parts of yo brain!

Thanks to the amazing King's Wine Bar, as well as Yelp for their much sought after can cozies, and DQ for the MooLatte magic. Til next Monday, folks!

]]>Bieber Wars!http://www.triviamafia.com/kings-wine-bar/2010/6/3/bieber-wars.htmlSteve2010-06-03T12:43:52ZCongrats to a team that's been out of the spotlight in weeks - this week called Down with Cedars! They deforested all opponents and took first place with 37 outta 40 points!

Second goes to Better Read Than Dead, with 32 outta 40 points! And inadvertently in the spirit of our Image Round devoted to celebs who have worn the Justin Bieber-do, nice work to the Bieber-clone on the right! Dandy & uncanny! Man, this kid needs a beatin'. Just a lil one. I'll leave few marks, I swear.

Third place was technically in the hands of Queen Elvis & Pearlman (aka lovely Janey and Marc P@#%$*@n), but due to an employee conflict of interest, third goes to Illegitimate Royalty, with 29/40 points! Enjoy your Dairy Queen Blizzards, you royal imposters.

 And why not, here's the 4th place team What Made Walt Special, with 23 points! And I think it was the fact that Walt made out with Oscar Wilde that made Walt special. We're talking about Whitman, right? Or Walt "Clyde" Frazier?

I digress...til next Monday night.

]]>Kebert Xela 2 - The Secret of the Electric Boogaloo Oozehttp://www.triviamafia.com/kings-wine-bar/2010/5/27/kebert-xela-2-the-secret-of-the-electric-boogaloo-ooze.htmlSteve2010-05-27T12:51:17ZT'was a hot and steamy night up in King's Monday, but we all pulled through due to a killer combo of good company and precious alcohol! Welcome back to the top, Kebert Xela! They were the victors in a threeway tiebreaker to determine the top three spots! They were closest to the number of loses this season for the Timberwolves (67...ouchy). Who woulda thought we'd be yearning for those salad days of the Pooh Richardson-era? Way to slay 'em, Xela!

Second place goes to the delectable duo Abe & Eleanor! They knew their Image Round movie sequels, even Porky's 2: The Next Day. Apparently they were fans of USA's Up All Night with Rhonda Shear program - much like myself as a child in the 90s. Yes, I watched deplorable movies on cable as a child. Does it all make sense now?

And third place this week is Team That'll Do Pig. And as a bonus prize (I know the Blizzard© and Moolatte© were more than enough) here is an especially trippy Mandelbrot Set. I fancy fractals.

Have a fanciful week, and see y'all Memorial Day!

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