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I scream! You scream! We all scream! Often, it’s just a primal scream at the insanity of the universe but tonight – TONIGHT – it was for ICE CREAM!
Thanks to all you lovely Quizlings who came out to play. Vote for Tomato Jake’s for Best Trivia Night in Durham County at indyweek.com and show me proof next week and you’ll get a raffle ticket. Prize or power to the winner, it’s up to you. But please do vote for us. That would be really cool.
This week, we chatted about French presidents, NASA launches and candy villains. Plus there was this Sweet Lil’ Dude …
Now here are this week’s team rankings.
| Don’t Blame Us, We Voted For Stormy | 65 |
| Saw an Atomic Bomb And Iran | 63 |
| If We Can’t Have Cookies, We Want Ice Cream, Glen | 62 |
| Putting America Back To Work Building Fallout Shelters | 58 |
| Ally Algae And Frankie Fungus Took A Lichen To Each Other | 55 |
| We All Met On Tinder | 55 |
| Fighting To Keep Our Trivia Credentials | 52 |
| Pooperintendent | 51 |
| Don’t Sass Me, Sparky | 49 |
| We’re Just Here For The Ice Cream | 47 |
| Basketball Cancelled | 47 |
| The Ocho | 45 |
| Is The Harlem Shake Still Cool? | 44 |
| Rock, Paper, Scissorhands | 40 |
| Blues Clues Booze Cruise | 38 |
| Trump’s Pulling Out Again | 37 |
| The Free Range Parents | 36 |
| Infinity Stones Don’t Melt Steel Beams | 34 |
What a lovely night for trivia, Quizlings! Glad you could make it (assuming you could). Miss those who missed it but there’s always next week.
Please VOTE for us for Best Trivia Night in Durham County at indyweek.com’s Best Of The Triangle!
This week? We went to Mars to save Matt Damon, got stuck in the Middle with some Top 40 gold and spoiled Avengers: Infinity War. Plus there was this children’s TV memory…
Now here are the team rankings for the week. How’d you do?
| White House Weather Report: Stormy With A Possibility of Showers | 69 | (not eligible to win, over 8) |
| High On Dragon Energy … and Crack | 68 | |
| Sparky Leaked This Week’s Questions | 66 | |
| We All Met On Tinder | 66 | |
| Excel Made Me Cry | 66 | |
| Wolf Thrown To Sheep For A Change | 66 | |
| Lint-Free French Dressing | 61 | |
| Celebrity Apprentice: White House Edition | 59 | (not eligible to win, over 8) |
| Family Game Night | 57 | |
| Not Drafted | 54 | |
| Eye of the Wolf | 53 | |
| Whoopity-Scoop Whoop-Poop | 51 | (not eligible to win, over 8) |
| Team Venture | 49 | |
| Tomato Jake’s Potato Snakes | 43 | |
| We All Met On Bumble | 41 |
Thanks to all the Quizlings who made it out to play this week. It’s a busy, transitional time of the year for many, so I hope to see some missing faces soon. If we fill the place up then Glen might just give us ice cream!
This week it was all about American Girl Dolls, Pulitzer Prizes and Charles Dickens. And because I promised, here’s a behind the scenes look at one of the songs mentioned Wednesday night…
Now, here are this week’s team rankings:
| Uranus Stinks … Yeah, We Know | 67 |
| We Still Want Our Prize Money In Cookies | 67 |
| Working For Ronny and Donnie | 63 |
| Perfect Date – Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold | 58 |
| It’s Gonna Be May | 57 |
| Macron-aroni & Geeze(r) | 55 |
| My Broshake Brings Macron To The Yard | 53 |
| April 25 Is The Perfect Date | 50 |
| Les Planet “B” Team | 46 |
| Our Team Is The Bomb … Syria…sly | 45 |
| Tactleneck | 45 |
| Trump’s Doctor (Is) Strange, Love | 44 |
| Two Blondes And A Lawyer | 42 |
| Pedego e-Bikes | 29 |
What a beautiful night for trivia! (Technically, a beautiful night for anything so I’m glad you chose trivia.) How lovely it was to see some old faces and a few new ones as well. But those empty seats are sure a kick in the gut, metaphorically-speaking. Spread the word, Quizlings! Let’s fill ‘er up and gets us some ice cream!
This week? It was old timey snacks and mnemonic devices* and Y2K figures. And, of course, there was this Broadway melody (damn, Wolverine got pipes!) …
Now here are the team rankings for the week. See you next Wednesday!
| Glen’s Back From Cancun – Time For Ice Cream! | 66 |
| Raiders Of The Law Office | 65 |
| Cohen Seeing Hannity Behind Trump’s Back | 65 |
| Good Night Court, Sweet Prince | 65 |
| We Were Gonna Make A Time Travel Joke But None Of Them Liked It | 62 |
| We Ain’t Got No Team Name | 61 |
| Thank You Very Little | 61 |
| Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me … Carl Kassell Died | 60 |
| The Vice Presiders Of Fun Employment, Inc. | 59 |
| NASA Shoots Sperm Into Space | 57 |
| Cohen’s Fourth Client | 55 |
| Nora’s First Trivia Night | 51 |
| Quizards of Waverly Place | 44 |
*Here’s some of my favorite mnemonic devices from the evening…
My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nothing
My Very Excited Mother Just Sold Unicycles Nightly
My Very Enormous Mind Just Stuns Underground Nomads
My Very Excellent Mother Just Saw Unicorn Nuns
BTW the one I like to use is:
Meredith Vieira Enters My Jacuzzi Slowly Unveiling Nudity
A light turnout, a raffle for nominating and some crossword puzzle clues. All told, an interesting evening. Thanks to all the Quizlings in attendance (and come back soon, the rest of you).
Last chance to nominate Tomato Jake’s for Best Trivia Night in Durham County at indyweek.com (polls close Sunday). Please take a few minutes to do this and get someone you love to do it as well (or someone you hate – either way works).
This week? It was a lovely menu of KFC, salad vegetables and pickle slush – all USDA approved! And then there was this Scoobynatural crossover …
Now let’s see how your team stacked up.
| Is It Curling Season Yet? | 69 |
| Star Wars > Trade Wars | 69 |
| The New England Patriots of Trivia | 68 |
| NEVER Question Josh’s Cat Knowledge | 66 |
| Eggplant² | 59 |
| We’re Only Here Becase It’s Spring Break | 57 |
| Kim’s Midnight Train To China | 55 |
| Trump Cleaned Out His Cabinet For Passover | 54 |
| Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’) | 52 |
| 8-Ball | 50 |
| Han Shot First | 45 |
| Take Me Out To A Ballgame | 43 |
Wow. What a night. Goodbyes. Hellos. An early Easter. Prizes. What. A. Night.
There was Jello-O (there’s always room), a true NCAA underdog story (go Retrievers) and the wildest pop culture drummer this side of Keith Moon. Plus there was this 15 minutes of fail…
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Please Nominate Tomato Jake’s for best Trivia Night in Durham County at indyweek.com
Now let’s see how the teams stacked.
| Everybody Hates Chris | 68 |
| Facecrook | 66 |
| Ben Carson Threw His Wife Under The Table | 65 |
| I Voted Six Times For Putin | 65 |
| Putting The Ack In Brackets | 60 |
| Snow Way! | 60 |
| Space Force Academy Cadet Bone Spur Reporting For Duty | 60 |
| Chloroform? More Like Bore-oform! | 57 |
| The Teachers On Talk Over Me One More Time Are Armed | 57 |
| We’re The UMBC Of Trivia | 56 |
| Winter Be Like … And Another Thing! | 56 |
| Veni Vidi Velcro | 53 |
| Pineapple IS Good On Pizza | 45 |
| Talk Over Me One More Time | 42 |
| G Town’s Finest | 39 |
| You’re Fired! | 39 |
| Big Rascals | 38 |
Please NOMINATE Tomato Jake’s for BEST TRIVIA NIGHT IN DURHAM COUNTY at indyweek.com‘s Best Of The Triangle 2018 in the Out & About Section. Love to win but have to be nominated first. Please take a moment to help out. Thanks so much!
A wonderful week, my Quizling! There was a Dinohat, a Los Pollos Hermanos Apron and other wonderful stuff. You had a shot if you show up. If you stayed home, you got nothing!
PLEASE nominate us for Best Trivia Night in Durham County at Best in the Triangle at indyweek.com.
This week? We talked of colorful detectives, before dinner cocktails and planetary discoveries. Plus there was this saucy commercial…
Now here are the rankings for the week. How’d your team do?
| Beware The Tide Pods Of March | 68 |
| The Space Force Awakens | 65 |
| Collateral Damage | 64 |
| Rexit | 64 |
| Hard To The Corps | 63 |
| Baby Elliott On Board | 60 |
| 3.14 of Hearts, Your Pie Is Ready | 58 |
| πzza | 56 |
| The Crew Crushes Genoa Salami | 55 |
| My Baking Skills Are A 3.14 | 53 |
| United – Where Pets Fly Free | 49 |
| Who Farted? | 49 |
| Flannel Force | 49 |
| Roll Tide Pods | 46 |
| Tillerson Lasted 41 Scarmuccis | 38 |
| This Weather Is March Madness | 38 |
| A Lucky Pickle Is Kind of A Big Dill | 33 |
What a great night! Over 100 Quizlings in attendance which means the first prize was doubled courtesy of your friendly neighborhood quizmaster. Huzzah! Let’s keep that up, shall we? The awesome attendance, that is – not the, uh, doubling of the first prize (I have a mortgage to pay, after all).
Meanwhile, please NOMINATE Tomato Jake’s for Best Trivia Night in Durham County at indyweek.com under Out & About (wonderful things will come if we win, QM’s promise!).
This week, we celebrated National Cereal Day, listened to some wild music and engaged in some Seussian tongue twisters with a fox.
Plus there was this Oscar moment…
And now let’s see how the teams stacked up this week.
| “Gag Order” Starring Stormy Daniels | 63 |
| Free Cookies? | 60 |
| Chuck Eats Cheese | 60 |
| We All Met On Tinder | 59 |
| Chaos | 56 |
| Beasts From The East | 56 |
| Let The Madness Begin | 55 |
| Win For Woody | 55 |
| Best Topping: The Shape OF Pepperoni | 54 |
| Call Me By Your Trivia Name | 53 |
| Grue Crushes Trivia | 53 |
| It’s My Birthday And I’ll Trivia If I Want To | 48 |
| We’re Against Arming Quizmasters | 48 |
| Would It Be Wrong For Me To Drink the Whole Pitcher Of Beer If My Teammates Don’t Show Up? | 47 |
| Matt Damon and the Damons | 46 |
| David Dennison All-Stars | 43 |
| Stormy Trumps Don | 41 |
| King Archer | 41 |
| Tomato Jake’s Should Be The Official Pizza of the NFL | 40 |
