The Famous Bar


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154 S. Brand Blvd.
Glendale CA 91204
(818) 241-2888
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About The Famous Bar

The Famous craft cocktail lounge is located in Glendale's historic Huntley-Evans building, directly across the street from the Americana at Brand. It follows an eclectic and rich pedigree of establishments that have called this building home in the last century, most notably the early Glendale landmark, The Famous Department Store. The Famous, true to its heritage, embraces the classic art of fine craft cocktail creation, invented in the United States in 1856, using bitters, juices, syrups, and infusions, prepared in-house using fresh ingredients from local markets and growers. Cocktails served at The Famous are identical to those served nearly 100 years ago when the building was constructed.

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Jul 25 2019
| by Quizmaster Tim Barkas
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There's nuthin' this quizmaster likes better than a truly competitive, go-for-the-jugular, knockdown drag-out fight. And that's exactly what we got this week at The Famous on Brand in Glendale, when our top four teams finished within 2 points oe each other.

Caribbean Heat edges out the competition (barely) to take the top spot, while a nail-biter tie-breaker put Yer a Quizard Harry in head-to-head battle with Electric Moustache for second place! The Quizards wont that fight, while the Bad News Barristers had to look on wistfully, thinking of what might ahve been, when they came up one point shy of the winner's circle!

Phew! What a night! What a fight! What a great way to spend a Thursday evening! See ya next week.

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 15504 Caribbean Heat 89 13 1.000
2* 10663 Yer a Quizard Harry 88 11 0.885
2 10347 Electric Moustache 88 11 0.885
4 10296 Bad News Barristers 87 10 0.769
5 Bi-Polar Bears 72 9 0.692
6 Dumb & Dumbledore 61 7 0.577
6 Ranges of Motion 61 7 0.577
8 E&J Kennedy 54 6 0.462
9 Halfway to 50 52 5 0.385
10 Fudgin' Fudgecakes 49 4 0.308
11 19880 Schmaltz Dackel 47 3 0.231
12 Tanya's Dog Sitting Service 37 2 0.154
13 Bruin Babes 27 1 0.077
14 ABA Bitches 25 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Jul 18 2019
| by Quizmaster Tim Barkas
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What a battle we had this week at The Famous on Brand in Glendale! It was fierce! It was intense! And it was driven by last week's champions - The Blanches - (photo#4 above) who were intent on achieving the rare twofer, aka back-to-back first place finishes!

Could they do it!? WOULD they do it!? It's Pronounced "GIF" said NO!! They may have been fuzzy on the issue of whether the "g" is soft or hard when saying "GIF," but they were stalwart and certain in their determined effort to win the night! And win they did. But it was a battle from start to finish!

Team Vitamin D! rounded out our top three, but everyone had a great time, as usual. Especially the Bad News Barristers, who received good news in the form of a winning drinking round effort! Bottoms up, kids! See ya next week.

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 It's Pronounced 79 9 1.000
2 15581 The Blanches 69 8 0.889
3 19446 Team Vitamin D! 62 7 0.778
4 10663 Yer a Quizard Harry 55 6 0.667
5 10296 Bad News Barristers 47 5 0.556
6 Fried Rice 43 4 0.444
7 E & J 36 3 0.333
8 Los Novios 34 2 0.222
9 Rosie The Trivia-Der 33 1 0.111
10 Expectations 29 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Jul 11 2019
| by Quizmaster Beatrice Contreras
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What a crowd tonight! The first few rounds were a little quiet, but as the evening picked up and our players ordered more drinks, folks started to get more and more excited/disappointed about the answers. I'm always a big fan of teams who feel invested in their gameplay!

Shout out to The Blanches, who had a team member celebrating a birthday this evening. Hope you had a great night filled with fun and friends, and congrats on your first place win!

In second place we had the Bad Explainers. who had a slower start but found their groove and stuck with it. Fantastic job, especially on round five!

Finally, big props to our third place winners, Yer A Quizard Harry. They did exceptionally well in round 3, with a successful double-or-nothing. Looks like you all know your restaurant chains!

Thanks, also, to all the teams for being great sports for our drinking round. I asked our teams to tell me what they would name their shell corporation to hide all their money. Some great answers, but the winner of the evening was "Trump Hotels & Casinos". I also loved "Ribs For Your Pleasure" and "White House Inc".

Special thanks to the folks at the Famous for hosting us and taking great care of us. And thanks to everyone for making me feel at home while your regular quizmaster was out--hope to see you all soon!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 15581 The Blanches 53 9 1.000
2 10645 The Bad Explainers 41 8 0.889
3 10663 Yer a Quizard Harry 40 7 0.778
4 19880 Schmaltz Dackel 36 6 0.667
5 17334 Hippo-notists 35 5 0.556
6 10296 Bad News Barristers 34 4 0.444
7 Epstein's Children 33 3 0.333
8 Sabuntuy 30 2 0.222
9 21200 Christmas Beers 28 1 0.111
10 Salt n Peppa 21 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker
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