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Murphy's Pub

1928 N 45th St
Seattle WA 98103
(206) 634-2110
About Murphy's Pub

On May 18, 1981, a year after Mt. St. Helen's blew, Seattle's first Irish bar opened: Murphy's Irish Pub. That's right. We've been around for more than thirty years. When Chris Barnes and Dan Cowan originally opened Murphy's, it stood where Starbucks stands today, a half a block to the east (a Radio Shack stood on the corner of 45th and Meridian, where Murphy's is today). Dan left shortly after (and went on to open The Tractor Tavern in Ballard), while Chris slowly built a Seattle institution. For years, its stage was host to the nationally syndicated Sandy Bradley's Potluck, a sort of Prairie Home Companion of Seattle, featuring traditional old-time American music, ragtime and blues to movie cartoon sound tracks and novelty songs. Being the first Irish pub, it managed to log a few firsts along the way: the first bar in Seattle to start a St. Patrick's Day tradition, the first bar in Seattle to pour micro brews from the tap (Redhook opened in Fremont in 1982), and first in the hearts of its patrons all the way. On February 12th, 2015, Murphy's Pub reopened under new management and ownership. The new crew is Phil and Chelley Bassett, and Eamonn Davey. After the much needed facelift, you'll find that Murphy's is still pretty much the same: a bar in the Irish tradition, where you can chit chat with friends over a Guinness or Murphy's and other great Northwest beers, dine on great tasting food, listen to some live music a few nights a week (Irish music jam session on Mondays), and just relax after a long day.

QUIZ RECAP

Tue May 2 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
|

Murphy's was buzzing and "teaming" with trivia last night.

Uber Squirrel, our first-place team for the evening, hit landed two double-or-nothings, and ended trivia only one point ahead of Bed, Bath, and Beyonce, our second-place team. Peaches and Herb, a team of two, played a consistent game to earn third place, just slightly ahead of The Gimps who successfully played two double-or-nothing rounds. The two themed rounds (#3 and #5) produced many high scores by all. Staying consistent with the 90s album-cover round (#2), we jammed out to early 90s rock music while answering questions with friends and family and having fun.

Come back next Tuesday for another game of King Trivia at 7:30 on Tuesday at Murphy's.

Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Uber Squirrel 58 13 1.000
2 10130 Bed Bath and Beyonce 57 12 0.923
3 Peaches and Herb 53 11 0.846
4 The Gimps 51 10 0.769
5 Organic Meet 42 9 0.692
6 Orthotricyclen 39 8 0.615
7 Alternative Fact Checker 35 7 0.538
8 10728 Dire Wolves 34 6 0.462
9 Baby Cobra 30 5 0.385
10 Kevin's Bacon 27 4 0.308
11 The Rza the Quizza 25 3 0.231
12 Putin on the Ritz 23 2 0.154
13 The Fray 15 1 0.077
14 Chew on My Bone 13 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Apr 25 2017
| by Quizmaster James Avery
|

It was a stellar night at Murphy's this week! We had Max handle most of the hosting duties this week, and he did not disappoint.

Bed, Bath, and Beyoncé managed to best The Dire Wolves in a tie breaker for 2nd place by answering "What is the population of Ohio?". They got closest to the answer of 11,614,373!

Come back next week for more of The Classiest Game in Town!

Your Quizmaster,

Jimmy

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10778 Robot Insurance 50 12 1.000
2 10130 Bed, Bath, and Beyoncé 47 10 0.875
2 10728 Dire Wolves 47 10 0.875
4 We Can't Hear You 46 9 0.750
5 Beauty and The Beastiality 44 8 0.667
6 Here For The Crack 42 6 0.542
6 Eternal, Shiny & Chromecast 42 6 0.542
8 Baby Cobra 35 5 0.417
9 The Unicorn 28 4 0.333
10 Lannisters 26 3 0.250
11 Millenial Falcons 25 2 0.167
12 Sexting For Answers 22 0 0.042
12 Lululemon Or Bust 22 0 0.042

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Apr 18 2017
| by Quizmaster James Avery
|

This week we had a tiebreaker for 2nd place between Organic Meet and Dire Wolves who had to answer the question:

"How many individual areas fall under the protection of the US National Park system? This includes, but is not limited to, national parks, national battlefields, national monuments, and national reserves?"

The Dire Wolves came closest to the answer: 417!

It was Baby Cobra, however, who won the night, taking home a grand prize of a $25 gift card to Murphy's!

Join us next week for more noodle-busting trivia, great pub fare and Irisih/Local brews.

Your Quizmaster,

Jimmy

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Baby Cobra 48 9 1.000
2* 10728 Dire Wolves 44 7 0.833
2 Organic Meet 44 7 0.833
4 The Northeners 34 6 0.667
5 Blitz 32 5 0.556
6 Scribbles 31 4 0.444
7 Soups! 30 3 0.333
8 Potato Broombahs 17 2 0.222
9 Team W 12 1 0.111
10 Alcatraz Swimming Team 9 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker