Brouwerij West
110 E 22nd Street, Warehouse No 9San Pedro CA 90731
(310) 833-933
- PUB QUIZ—Wednesdays @ 7:00pm
I never thought this day would come, but I finally found a subject that baffled the trivia masters at Brouwerij West: U2. Who would have thought that the announcement of 2 simple characters, a letter and a number could create such an uproar, but when I announced that round 7 was about naming U2 albums the effect on the crowd was striking. The teams that were leading the game began panicking, wishing they could call up Bono and ask for an assist. To be fair, there were a select few teams that did very well on Round 7, but as a whole, this was the most I've ever seen a crowd struggle with a round. When all was said and done this was my favorite round that King Trivia has ever done, not because I like U2, but because I loved all of the creative answers that people put when they didn't know what else to do. Here are some albums that people came up with:
Now that's what I call U2
Cool Shades Bono
Proud Commie
Thriller
U2 can't believe it's album #14
Chachi walked out of the shower to his dad crying to a U2 song when he was 10
We had several teams who even had the same idea for an album:
The one that iPhones downloaded
Dumb iTunes Album
That one I can't delete off my iPhone
Forever in your iTunes
Beer Gutz, the team that was in first place, literally just wrote me a note about how much they hated Bono instead of naming any albums. Amazingly, in spite of 0 points in the final round, Beer Gutz still landed in first place. What makes Beer Gutz accomplishment even more impressive is that it was a team of only two people. We had a tie for second place between Counter Intelligence and Pacific Coast Dog. Counter Intelligence won the tie breaker putting them in second and putting Pacific Coast Dog. In reality though, the competition was far less significant than the bonding that went on in Brouwerij West this week as teams united in a collective distaste for U2.
Game Rank | Team # | Team Name | Score | Teams Beaten | Team Beat Average |
1 | Beer Gutz | 53 | 19 | 1.000 | |
2* | 14240 | Counter Intelligence | 49 | 17 | 0.921 |
2 | 20868 | Pacific coast dog | 49 | 17 | 0.921 |
4 | O Solo Mio | 47 | 16 | 0.842 | |
5 | Nicholson Was the Best Joker | 46 | 15 | 0.789 | |
6 | SAC’D | 41 | 14 | 0.737 | |
7 | 19235 | Mild Stallions | 40 | 13 | 0.684 |
8 | 13114 | Uncomfortably dumb | 39 | 12 | 0.632 |
9 | 13644 | That's a Tasty Burger! | 38 | 10 | 0.553 |
9 | Beta Wolf Squadron | 38 | 10 | 0.553 | |
11 | 19821 | Menace To Sobriety | 37 | 8 | 0.447 |
11 | 23495 | Trivia with Tortuga | 37 | 8 | 0.447 |
13 | Bottoms | 31 | 7 | 0.368 | |
14 | 20999 | Awareness Spectrum Narcotic & Precious Bodily Fluids | 30 | 6 | 0.316 |
15 | 16458 | Team Kavanova | 27 | 4 | 0.237 |
15 | 19937 | Cat Earth Society | 27 | 4 | 0.237 |
17 | Team Cars | 24 | 3 | 0.158 | |
18 | Me | 23 | 2 | 0.105 | |
19 | Nacho’s Angels | 21 | 1 | 0.053 | |
20 | Mouth | 15 | 0 | 0.000 |
Find me a better combination of great beer, amazing trivia fans, and World Series baseball I dare you! Brouwerij West rocked tonight and a full house enjoyed some baseball and Halloween themed trivia.
It was a SUPER close game all night with the lead changes almost every round. The top 3 teams were separated 1 point each in one of the tightest races I've ever seen.
Nicholson was the Best Joker edged out the rest of the teams with a 1 point come from behind victory.
Thank you to all the teams for playing and I hope to see you all again soon!
Game Rank | Team # | Team Name | Score | Teams Beaten | Team Beat Average |
1 | Nicholson was the Best Joker | 49 | 17 | 1.000 | |
2 | 14240 | Counter Intelligence | 48 | 16 | 0.941 |
3 | 19937 | Cat Earth Society | 47 | 15 | 0.882 |
4 | Beer Guts | 45 | 13 | 0.794 | |
4 | 20868 | Pacific coast dog | 45 | 13 | 0.794 |
6 | 13114 | Uncomfortably dumb | 44 | 12 | 0.706 |
7 | 23495 | Trivia with Tortuga | 39 | 11 | 0.647 |
8 | 22303 | Hey You, Beer Me | 38 | 10 | 0.588 |
9 | 16958 | The Squidward’s | 33 | 9 | 0.529 |
10 | 21670 | Killer Klowns | 31 | 8 | 0.471 |
11 | 19821 | Menace To Sobriety | 28 | 7 | 0.412 |
12 | 21929 | the Lukes | 24 | 6 | 0.353 |
13 | 20999 | Awareness Spectrum Narcotic & Precious Bodily Fluids | 22 | 5 | 0.294 |
14 | Team Ramrod | 17 | 4 | 0.235 | |
15 | Our Flatback Fathers | 16 | 3 | 0.176 | |
16 | Other than Mrs. Kennedy, How Was the Parade | 13 | 2 | 0.118 | |
17 | Michael Meyers’ Surprise | 9 | 1 | 0.059 | |
18 | Mello Gang | 8 | 0 | 0.000 |
*Trigger Warning: this post contains an abundance of really stupid puns.
Animals are taking over Brouwerij West! The top three prizes all went to teams with animals in their names: CAT Earth Society in first, Pacific Coast DOG in second and Mild STALLIONS in third! But it didn't always look like that was going to be the case during this wild trivia night.
The first several rounds had lots of teams tied for first with Pacific Coast Dog at the bottom of the PACK after a failed double or nothing in round 3. Every single week Pacific Coast Dog starts the game without a lot of points and then comes back to place in the top three. I guess you could call them the underDOGs each week!
Cat Earth Society on the other hand started the game with a lead they maintained the entire game. In other words they didn't have to CATch up at all!
As for the Mild Stallions they actually tied for third with the Killer Klowns. But when it came to the tie breaker they weren't HORSING around and were able to snag the title of third place.
In the end I guess it was a dog eat dog competition at Brouwerij West. (Or rather a cat eat dog eat horse eat clown competition)
Game Rank | Team # | Team Name | Score | Teams Beaten | Team Beat Average |
1 | 19937 | Cat Earth Society | 70 | 15 | 1.000 |
2 | 20868 | Pacific coast dog | 66 | 14 | 0.933 |
3* | 19235 | Mild Stallions | 62 | 12 | 0.833 |
3 | 21670 | Killer Klowns | 62 | 12 | 0.833 |
5 | 14240 | Counter Intelligence | 59 | 11 | 0.733 |
6 | 16458 | Team Kavanova | 58 | 10 | 0.667 |
7 | The Pugs | 53 | 9 | 0.600 | |
8 | Beer Guts | 51 | 8 | 0.533 | |
9 | 13114 | Uncomfortably dumb | 49 | 7 | 0.467 |
10 | 21929 | The Lukes of Hazard | 45 | 6 | 0.400 |
11 | Nox Nox Who’s There | 41 | 5 | 0.333 | |
12 | 20999 | Awareness Spectrum Narcotic & Precious Bodily Fluids | 39 | 4 | 0.267 |
13 | 19821 | Menace To Sobriety | 38 | 3 | 0.200 |
14 | Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters | 33 | 2 | 0.133 | |
15 | Brain Dead | 19 | 1 | 0.067 | |
16 | Malaga | 13 | 0 | 0.000 |