QUIZ RECAP

It was wonderful to be back at Brouwerij West after a week off, and what a game to come back to! The average score this week was 31 points -- a tough game, all agreed. We had only four double attempts in the entire game, the lowest I've seen at this brewery in quite some time. The game wound up a tie at 50 points, and one of those at the top was The Bar: as The Bar can't win a prize, they chose to forgo the tiebreaker question.

In the end, that meant Team Chili's took their first first-place spot with 50 points!! They and The Bar had the only successful doubles of the night, both 20-pointers in Round 5 (the only two teams to successfully figure out the connection). Second went to The Test Tickles at 39 points! They had one of the highest Round 4 guesses at 8 points and played smartly throughout. Third was 900 Dollarydoo$ at 37 points, who also scored one of those 8-point guesses in Round 4. Well done, all teams!

We had an informal just-for-fun tiebreaker after the game. The question: How many counties and county equivalents are there in the U.S.?
Team Chili's: 600.
The Bar: 300.
The answer: 3,141.

Dreams really do come true.

QUIZ RECAP

This was my first time hosting at brewery west, and this trivia crowd gave me a great welcome. After we improvised some quiz booklets, we got to work. Team picture of a dinosaur took an early lead but could not keep it as the Counter Intelligence led a charge of successful double downs. There was a tie for 2nd where the Test Tickles got scarily close to the number of pitchers used by the 2010 Texas Rangers to win the tie breaker.

QUIZ RECAP

A smaller, 12-team crowd for this week's Galentine's Day trivia game, but small doesn't mean lackluster. Plenty of trivia love among the trivia lovers, as always -- and what a blessing to get to witness and share.

In the end, it was Team X-Blades who scored first with a big 74 points! That's a successful Round 2, 3, and 6 double -- and a perfect Round 7 to boot. Next up was Counter Intelligence at 67 points! Their doubles came in Rounds 3 and 5, catching them up to the front quickly. Third went to The Test Tickles at 55 points! They had only two team members this week, but still managed to get that 20-point double in Round 6.

I'd like to thank Brouwerij West and all our faithful trivians for a full calendar year of joyful hosting duties. My first BW show was Valentine's Day 2018. I had never hosted a weekly show and had no idea what to expect, but I quickly realized that something special was going on here, and I was lucky enough to be a part of it.

How did I celebrate, you ask? For one thing, I brought cookies!
For another thing, I gave out my first accidental free answer:
"Who was the wife of Abraham Lincoln?
That's number 5 of Round 5:
Who was the wife of Mary Todd Lincoln?"

Happy anniversary, trivians.