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The Famous Bar

154 S. Brand Blvd.
Glendale CA 91204
(818) 241-2888
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 Jan 3 2019
| by Quizmaster Tim Barkas
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Ah, the start of a new year! And the energized crowd helped us launch 2019 in fine fashion last night with a very competitive round of trivia excellence at The Famous on Brand in Glendale! The lead changed hands after each round, which is always a strong sign of anyone-can-win competitiveness. And, as usual, it all came down to the well-played double-or-nothing move.

Look... can we all agree that the strategic employment of the D-or-N option is often the crucial difference between finishing in the top three "winners circle" or being on the outside looking in? We can all agree on that, can't we?

Take, for example, the two smug-looking guys in photo #1. They're part of the formidable team known as Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink. (The rest of the team is in photo #9. Don't ask me why I separated 'em like that. It's just how it worked out, okay!?)

Anyway, BJWLUD doubled successfully in the final three rounds to vault themselves to the front of the pack after what had been a fairly lackluster performance up to that point! Amazing! Perhaps that's why they finished this year's League Play in the top 100! (Hence the well-earned smugness, I suppose.)

But, on the other hand, consider the cautionary tale of The Blanches (photo #2), three of my favorite players (well, two last night, but still...) who finished the game with a very respectable 55 points. Now 55 points is a darn good score, and nothing to be ashamed of. Still, they left points on the table, in a manner of speaking, by answering every question correctly in rounds 1, 3 and 5 but opted not to double on any of those rounds - thereby surrendering 22 additional points.

The lesson here is, timidity can hurtcha! On the other hand, boldness can hurtcha too, if ya end up holding the "nothing stick." So, my advice? Come on out and join us at The Famous next week, and double the fun in your life!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 89 11 1.000
2 Stretch Dong Strong 81 10 0.909
3 10550 Santa's Hangover 77 9 0.818
4 10663 Yer a Quizard Harry 69 8 0.727
5 14126 Ginkgo 1997 57 7 0.636
6 17296 Talk Nerdy To Me 55 5 0.500
6 15581 The Blanches 55 5 0.500
8 D-Unit 54 3 0.318
8 Big Bear Crew 54 3 0.318
10 Pelosi With the Mosty 42 2 0.182
11 Pei-Paul (pronounced "Pay Pal") 29 1 0.091
12 Eternally Late 24 0 0.000