Monday Night was a fantastic turn out for Team Trivia, with lots of familiar faces making their way out.  it was a great time!

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along with the shooters, we had baked goods to celebrate the season, and the two big thumbs up go out to Krista for the rum cupcakes.  those were definitely little baked doses of happiness!

oh, and like every Monday, it was Yuengling Lager Night!

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the season even drew Our Lad out for a visit, during which he let it be known that there is only ONE Fatty!

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besides all of the general merriment, we did have a Trivia contest taking place.  some of the questions from the night included . .  

• What Washington Wizard still bears the mispelled W in his name from a birth certificate typo?
• I could be a common name for ice cream parlors, a college football game or part of a Tea Set, what am i?  (the Sugar Bowl)
• In what sport do opposing teams travel backwards and in opposite directions?
• What are the seven ingredients found in a long island ice tea?

 after four rounds, there were Three teams tied for first place.  so, representatives from the teams of . . .

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• It’s almost christmas, why isn’t chickalet at the north pole making toys?
• If my aunt had . . . she’d be my uncle
• It’s so cold out my silver bells are turning into blue balls

met at the microphone to solve the tie-breaker question as best they could.  the question was . . .

What year did the US declare Dec. 25th a Federal Holiday??

but before i get the the very end, i need to mention the “Magic Envelope Pick”.  every Monday a random player is given the chance to open one of the ten Magic Envelopes.  inside of each envelope is cash (of up to a $50 bill) or a $5 lottery ticket. 

monday was a good party, so two people were given an opportunity to pick from teh pile of Magic envelopes, and one of them went home with a $20 bill.  not too shabby considering it’s a “no questions asked” give-away.  and we do this every single Monday! 

back to the tie-breaker!  the team that came closest was “It’s almost Christmas, why isn’t Chickalet at the notrth pole making toys?”  Congrats on the victory guys!!!

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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow . . .

knowing the lyrics to that timeless classic was worth points on Monday night at the Christmas version of Team Trivia.  And while everyone knows some (most?) of them, no team was able to name them all!

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Other questions of the night included:

What is the only one of Santa’s reindeer that is named after another animal?
What is Randy’s favorite toy in a Christmas Story?
In the animated movie Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer, names the ten toys found on the island of misfit toys.

what?  you don’t remember?

of course knocking old memories loose from the corners of your brain is only part of the fun of the evening.  we were celebrating the one year anniversary of Team Trivia!!  so, prizes were in the mix, and that included a ramped up mp3 player with FM radio and voice recording, and a Tom Tom navigation device. 

and yes, that’s above the second chance drawing where we pull a second ticket from the bucket.  if you’re playing team trivia and you get pulled during the end of the night ticket draw, you’ll receive an envelope from the batch of magic envelopes.  one of them holds a $50 bill, and the others ALL have a cash prize. 

Monday someone walked away with $10 for being lucky and playing.  no skill involved. 

speaking of no skill involved, that’s how we gave away the Tom Tom, in a no questions asked manner.  each team gets the chance to “pick a pop” from the tray, and one team gets awarded a chance at the big prize.  how do we pick which team member gets it?

this time Larry outdid himself.  each player from the lucky team was given a pair of oven mitts, and a box covered in gift wrapping.  inside the box was another box covered in gift wrapping.  inside that box was another box covered in gift wrapping?  either that or a pack of reese’s peanut butter cups.  everyone had to unwrap all the boxes with their hands covered in oven mitts to get to the candy.  then whoever took a bite out of the candy first was the official winner. 

let me just say that it was quite the sight.  i have it on video, so shoot me an email if you want a copy.

in the meantime, we were actually having a trivia conTest.  the team of “It’s One Year Later and it’s Still Anybody’s Game” came out on top.  Congrats Guys!!

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ah, the holidays are in the air, and so are the darts.  this time two/three(?) of the players who usually make strong showings at the Big Dog event were absent.  i’m not going to say that if you can’t bag a buck by the last day of the season, but . . . .

Still, fighting your way through the cast that gathered to do battle was going to be no easy task.  the matches were close, and forties and fifties ruled the day.  congrats to Kozy of his 50+ performance, which got him all the way to the end of the loser’s bracket and within a few darts of a title shot.

Ed turned in a habitually strong day at the board, working his way through the winner’s bracket to the seat known as “the perch”.  whomever rose from the loser’s bracket would have their work cut out for them.

in a series of games where players crushed the board, and then cooled off, Doug prevailed.  and so i introduce to you, our new BIG DOG . . . .

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Doug Troutman

apparently had zero questions about pearl harbour.  i was busy dong the spicy buffalo chicken sandwiches, but i heard some folks talking;)

it did however, feature division of the team in the back into two entities again.  the tanney/demasky/varano braintrust broke out on their own, and success followed them. 

it was success, but it was hard fought.  the night ended in a tie, and once again teams had to send a representative to the line to settle the match.  tonight, team Tanny takes the victory! 

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on the 5th of december we had what some folks referred to as a “puppy dog” tournament.  that’s an obvious play against the “Big Dog Invitational” singles tournaments we hold.  whatever you call it, it’s darts in the air, this time it was chicken wings on the table, and good times all around. 

players showed up, signed their names, and wrote down their averages.  i drew a line across the middle of the paper, and either you had a “high” average (27 or better in this case), or a “low” average.  then we made teams of two via the goold old randrom draw method. 

it turns out that Mikey Z has made such a progression in his game that he found himself on the other side of the coin, as a HIGH shooter.  which is fine because he got paired up with Josh Mall, and all was well. (and no josh, i don’t know what i mean by that.  but, i know you already said out loud “what does he mean by that?”  and that makes me laugh).

teams rose and fell throughout the day.  when the dust settled, these guys were at the top of the heap . . .

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A big round of Congrats goes out to Doug and Randy Troutman

we ran a SPORTS ONLY  trivia contest on wednesday.  the sports trivias have been small, but fiercely competetive events.  this one was no different as teams gathered and made their way through a field of unusually tough questions such as . . .

• Who was the only team from the United States to win the Canadian Football League’s Grey Cup game?  (that’s their Superbowl)
• What is the oldest stadium being used in Major League Baseball today?
• Who was the first athlete to be featured on the cover of a Wheaties Box?

 the final bonus question didn’t seperate one team from the pack (Name the original 8 AFL teams)

so when the final buzzer went off, two teams were tied!!

the tie breaking question was a SuperBowl themed query.  The Pittsburgh Steelers won more Superbowls than any other team  in the NFL.  How many total points did they score in their Six Victories??

the team of Roll Tide came closer to the correct answer, and took the title away from braintrust of Demanski/Varano/Tanney. 

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congratulations gentlemen!! 

the next sports trivia is loosely scheduled for a Thursday Night in mid-January. Tanney is already chomping at the bit to recover the top dog spot. expect some football questions!

talk about some recapping to do.  here is TWO weeks worth of happenings on the Team Trivia front. 

first, let’s go back in time to the week before last, when teams met near Thanksgiving.  the team of “jehova’s witness protection program” finished the night tied with team sinko. 

i can’t remember many of the questions from that night, but i do recall the tie-breaker. 

“in what year did the Macy’s Thanksgivig Day Parade first take place?”

one team knew the exact answer, which was 1924. so, a round of congratulations goes to  . . . .

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the jehova’s witness protection program!!!

Last week . . . teams battled through questions like:

• What two pair of cards in poker are “the dead man’s hand”?
• What metallic element is found in fool’s gold?
• Name the seven main characters from the cartoon the Jetsons.

the last bonus question was to name the 9 teams in the NHL that have cities of team names that start with the letter “C”.  Chicago seems to have been the hidden gem in that list, leaving at least one team off the lead. 

and that means, we had a clear winner.  it was these guys . . .

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in case you don’t recognize the pose, it’s a “snap” in honor of the character known as drunken elvis.  i’m just happy they didn’t break into the dance routine that accompanies it. 

is in the books.  here are the standings . . . .

Centralia legion 8-1

Mt. Carmel Legion 6-3

Clovers 6-3

Dorkos 5-4

West End 4-5

Wilburton 4-5

Eagles #1 3-6

American Hose  3-6

Eagles #2 1-8