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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 Aug 15 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
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Trivia at Murphy's was great this week -- there was such an vibrant crowd of people having fun! Round 1 revealed many well-oiled teams, with six of the teams scoring a 5/6 or 6/6, although everyone played it safe and there were no double-or-nothings used. In Round 2, the Corner Pocket nailed a double-or-nothing, getting all of the celebrity yearbook photos correct, with the help of a beautiful pooch (is there a King Trivia rule about dogs playing?). Team Triforce was the next team to shine, succeeding with a double-or-nothing victory in Round 3. Round 4 was difficult, and no teams submitted a correct answer for the person of interest until after clue #4. Everyone recovered their scores with Round 5 -- the people of the the Emerald City know so much about the Windy City! Seven teams landed double-or-nothings in the Find-the-Connect round, and four other teams got 8/10 or 9/10 correct. I've never seen that type of trivia success in Round 5! In Round 6, most teams were comfortable with their explorers, including (but not limited to) the Wally Hoodlums, Direwolves, and Nothing's Funny.

As usual, the staff (servers, bartenders, and cooks) were all stellar and facilitated the good times.

-Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Two sides to every quiz 66 16 1.000
2 Wally Hoodlums 60 15 0.938
3 11603 The Corner Pocket 54 14 0.875
4 10728 Direwolves 53 12 0.781
4 Tavo Goes to a Pub 53 12 0.781
6 We'll make you say, Kim Jong Uncle 45 11 0.688
7 Team Triforce 44 10 0.625
8 11874 Nothings Funny 43 9 0.562
9 Husky Fats 34 8 0.500
10 Teachers in Recovery 30 7 0.438
11 Ex-laxers 29 6 0.375
12 Smigo 27 5 0.312
13 Global insights 20 4 0.250
14 What does Stevie Wonder? 19 3 0.188
15 Organic Meet 17 2 0.125
16 Team W 9 1 0.062
17 Stone 4 0 0.000