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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 Sep 19 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
|

Trivia at Murphy's was a blast as always!

The bartenders and wait staff were hustling as always, to accommodate the large crowd that wanted to be warm and celebrate (what seemed like) the first day of winter.

Congrats to our 1st place team for successfully going double-or-nothing in our themed round. The Island Boys were the only team to name all six of the Sinister 6, and congrats to The Fab Four for knowing Will Smith right off the bat.

It was a pleasure being with you all on Tuesday night. I hope to see you next week for good tunes, friends, drinks, and trivia. --Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Sex, Lies, and Trivia 59 16 1.000
2 The Fab Four 45 15 0.938
3 Thank you, Joe Dimaggio 38 14 0.875
4 Direwolves 36 13 0.812
5 Bed, Bath, and Beyonce 35 12 0.750
6 Diggity Dawg Dubs 34 11 0.688
7 Spare Mayors 33 10 0.625
8 Maxxinistas 32 8 0.531
8 Scented Danglers 32 8 0.531
10 The Damn Fogelbergs 31 7 0.438
11 Where's Aaron? 24 6 0.375
12 I'm not a player, I just drink a lot 23 5 0.312
13 Island Boys 22 4 0.250
14 Peggy Fan Club 20 3 0.188
15 Insert Team Name Here 18 2 0.125
16 Spanish Girls 10 0 0.031
16 My Sim 10 0 0.031

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Sep 12 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
|

Twas a beautiful night in Seattle for trivia at Murphy's. The sun was setting and the front and back doors were open, letting a cool breeze mitigate the heat of the evening's competition. Our top three teams for the evening went into a tie breaker for first, second, and third. Nice job to each of the teams. I'd also like to give a shout out to newcomers, International Lovely Interns, who successfully double-or-nothing'ed the Art-ID round! I was personally impressed with how many Nicolas Cage movies people could name -- although no one mentioned "The Croods," which was the second-highest grossing film on the list. It was nice to see many new faces AND returning players.

Looking forward to next week at Murphy's -- Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1* Vermonsters 54 11 0.923
1 Von Trapp Family Quizzers 54 11 0.923
1 10728 Direwolves 54 11 0.923
4 Someone's Attractive Cousin 51 10 0.769
5 12506 Hair of the Dog 49 9 0.692
6 Herman Cain Harvey 999 37 7 0.577
6 Sex, Lies, and Triva 37 7 0.577
8 Bad Ass Bitches 33 5 0.423
8 12059 Deako in a Box 33 5 0.423
10 Irma Blew Harvey 30 4 0.308
11 Bar Nutz 29 3 0.231
12 Dad Raced a Bus to Get Here 24 2 0.154
13 International Lovely Interns 16 1 0.077
14 Mad Max and the Thunderdome 9 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Sep 5 2017
| by Quizmaster Conelious Roby
|

Another wonderful night of trivia! Bed, Bath, and Beyonce took an early lead, but Sally Hoodlums was hot on their tail before We Didn't Start the Fire came out of nowhere with a surprise Double-or-Nothing that secured them first place! A marvelous effort from all teams, hopefully we have even more fun at the next session of King Trivia!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 We Didn't Start the Fire 48 7 1.000
2 Wally Hoodlums 46 6 0.857
3 Bed, Bath, and Beyonce 43 5 0.714
4 Hey, Your Car is Being Towed 39 4 0.571
5 11874 Yo Yo! 38 3 0.429
6 11603 The Answer Was Amazon 27 2 0.286
7 I Don't Do Cocaine, I Just Enjoy the Smell 19 1 0.143
8 Team Ramrod 8 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker