My friends and I are the New England Patriots of pub trivia. If you show up to compete against us, I hope you like second place. Because that's what you're getting. Second. F'ing. Place.
This past week was no exception. It was another dominant performance by your brainy suds-loving heroes. It seems the drunker we get, the smarter we are. There was an unbalanced amount of TV and movie questions, so the deck was heavily stacked in our favor. Cartoon questions, sitcom questions - they basically said, "Hey, Brendan - here's a question to which only a giant friendless loser like you will know the answer. Have fun, you enormous fucking nerd." That's the sort of zone I was in. I mean, why don't they just ask me from whom "Rowdy" Roddy Piper won his first WWF Intercontinental title? (Bret "Hitman" Hart and no, I didn't have to look it up).
They even had a Star Wars question, which led to the funniest exchange of the night between Tom and Lara, our team's married ubercouple:
Tom: This is the first trivia night I remember where there wasn't an astronomy question.
Lara: Yes, there was.
Tom: No, there wasn't.
Lara: Yes, there was. What about that one question about the planet?
Tom: Honey, that was about Star Wars. I don't think that qualifies as astronomy.
Ah, married life.
So anyone want to try to stump me with some useless TV or movie trivia? I promise I won't use the internet to cheat.
This past week was no exception. It was another dominant performance by your brainy suds-loving heroes. It seems the drunker we get, the smarter we are. There was an unbalanced amount of TV and movie questions, so the deck was heavily stacked in our favor. Cartoon questions, sitcom questions - they basically said, "Hey, Brendan - here's a question to which only a giant friendless loser like you will know the answer. Have fun, you enormous fucking nerd." That's the sort of zone I was in. I mean, why don't they just ask me from whom "Rowdy" Roddy Piper won his first WWF Intercontinental title? (Bret "Hitman" Hart and no, I didn't have to look it up).
They even had a Star Wars question, which led to the funniest exchange of the night between Tom and Lara, our team's married ubercouple:
Tom: This is the first trivia night I remember where there wasn't an astronomy question.
Lara: Yes, there was.
Tom: No, there wasn't.
Lara: Yes, there was. What about that one question about the planet?
Tom: Honey, that was about Star Wars. I don't think that qualifies as astronomy.
Ah, married life.
So anyone want to try to stump me with some useless TV or movie trivia? I promise I won't use the internet to cheat.
19 Comments:
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i miss monday nite trivia...
i'll think of a question though..give me some time to think of one that you wouldn't know..
but the first thing that comes to mind is what was the kangaroo's name on zoobilee zoo? if you know any of the other character names..that gets you somewhere in my book..
Wuzzat Kangaroo. I had a big crush on her. That's right, I had a crush on a woman in a kangaroo outfit.
The only other one I remember is Talkatoo Cockatoo.
there was bravo fox...lookout bear..van go lion..bill der beaver..and of course..ben vereen himself..mayor ben..
and no..i did not need to look that up either..haha..i knew it was easy..but i was thinking about the show for some reason..
wuzzAT!?
That's great -- I had actually forgotten about that exchange. Must have lost some short term memory when I rolled the car over coming home on 495. We really need to start taking the train when we hang out in the greater Somerville-Medford area.
Anyhoo, what was the name of the squirrel on my favorite childhood show, The Magic Garden?
i got another..
name all 3 daughters on full house..
first AND middle names
last name is obvious...
Sorry to be so disappointing so quickly, but...
a) I've never heard of The Magic Garden. I have heard of The Tom Is Really Old Show, though.
b) I can't help you with the middle names. I think the daughters were DJ, Stephanie and Michelle Tanner. I've never actually seen a full episode of that shitfest.
For the record, technically we're both Generation X'ers. I just happen to be a little closer to W.
And the answer is...Sherlock.
never seen an episode?!
donna jo margaret tanner
stephanie judith tanner
michelle elizabeth tanner
i think you are lying for the simple fact that you don't know it..you're trying to cover your ass with excuses..
Nope. I watched A LOT of bad TV, but I still couldn't stomach that show.
Who was the spin-off character from 90210 to Melrose place?
Again - two shows I've never seen a single episode.
But for some reason, the name Jake is popping into my head. Is that right?
How in hell would you know that if you've never seen them? You are a king of Trivia!
And as for never seeing those shows, I pity you my friend.
Yeah, that's why I'm scarily good at this stuff. I know trivia about shows I've never even seen. It's more frightening than anything else.
Hmmmmm. Who did the laundry on Fraggle Rock?
Jim Henson's wife.
Brendan - Can you do a Mr. Belvedere Grand Slam?
1st: Give us the first & last names for the 5 members of the Owens family and their housekeeper.
2nd: Name the actors who played them.
3rd: The year the actor who played Mr. Belvedere died and what he sent you a month later.
4th: Mr. Belvedere's middle name on the show.
Good Luck and God Bless...
Okay, this is bad....
Christopher Hewitt as Mr. Belvedere
Bob Eucker as George
Ilene Graf as... the mom (sorry, can't remember the first name)
Rob Stone as Kevin
Tracey Wells as... Kitten. (I know it's wrong, but that's what Eucker called her)
Brice Beckham as Wesley
I'm drawing a blank on everything else. Sorry to fail you, Hogg. But at least I didn't cheat.
>Who was the spin-off character from 90210 to Melrose place?
You're talking about Jake (Hanson?)who dated Kelly Taylor.
-Tony
> Jim Henson's wife.
I would just like to point out that this is my favorite comment ever. Behind the scenes on the set of Fraggle Rock... classic.
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