John Hodgman - Free - TONIGHT!

Hey Triviators,

It's been a while so I thought I'd reach out and say hello.

Hello!

Quick update - it looks as though the lead at the unnamed brewery that rhymes with "Choppin' Log" has fallen through - they are doing enough business that they don't want to pay to bring in more people.  That's fair enough, so no hard feelings.

(If you have a lead of anyplace in Greater Akron/Falls/Fairlawn/etc that might be a good match for Trivia, drop me a line.  I'll make sure the Last Call staff follows up with them.)

In other trivial news, Nerd-Hero John Hodgman will be in town, tonight.
He is speaking, for free, at the Akron Main Library.
The show starts at 7, and doors open at 6:30.

I'd love to turn this into a Triviator meet-up - see Hodgman and maybe grab a drink at Baxters or the Lockview afterward?

I'll be there at about 6-6:15 if anyone wants to go.

If you only know him from the Mac/PC commercials, you owe it to yourself to check him out.

* His complete guide to world knowledge
* His Netflix standup special (tonight is new, different material)
* His hilarious podcast, Judge John Hodgman from maximumfun.org


Ph'nglui mglw'nafh @hodgman A'kronh wgah'nagl fhtagn!


DETAILS ARE HERE.

See you tonight!

(or not . . . )

Still Alive . . .

Hi All, 

No new gig yet. 

Just posting this to let you know that Last Call is still looking for a new spot. 

News as I have it. 

And because:

Shamless Commerce Division:
Portal 2 - PC

Still Alive

So it goes . . .

All good things must come to an end.

Also, Trivia.

John at On Tap has decided to end Trivia night at On Tap at the Harbor, at least for the summer.
I thank him for the opportunity, and I wish him nothing but the best.
I hope he asks Last Call back in the fall.

Our last show was last Tuesday, June 10.


Look for another Akron-area show in the near future.

Until then, EXCELSIOR!












































The End . . .

OR IS IT?!

Memento Minutiis

It's the Abombinabull . . . Abdoninable . . . Abonibin . . . ITS THE BIGFOOT OF THE COLD!

I'm running late today.

Your weekly lame-prize question is:

Skips, the Yeti is a cast member of The Regular Show.
What actor, known for his live-action heroics, and animated villainy, provides his voice?

Drawing at 7:50.

Info on our Hosts:
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Last Call USA's Weekly HINTS
Last Call USA's Trivia League
check LEAGUE SCORES here.
ROB at Last Call
You are HERE.
Our company store.
I published a book!

A Major Award? - Nope. Trivia Tonight - 8pm

 

So, our host is not thrilled with recent attendance at Tuesday Trivia. 

 

He would like to see the turnout improve.

So would I.

He has decided to eliminate weekly prizes.   

(You know, to boost turnout?)

This should pack them in like sardines.

I will appeal to your sense of fun, friendship, good times, trivia and booze in order to keep you coming back.  Is it enough?

Hope to see you tonight - 8 pm.

 

That's all I have to offer on the subject.

Here's a timely question for today: 

What appropriately-named actress was nominated an Oscar for her role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, a Golden Globe for her role on TV's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, and was once married to Dudley Moore?

I'll take answers at 7:45 and draw sometime right before we start. 

 

Your weekly link roundup:

Last Call USA NEOhio - Facebook
Last Call Productions - Facebook
Last Call USA's Weekly HINTS
Last Call USA's Trivia League
check LEAGUE SCORES here.
ROB at Last Call
You are HERE.
Our company store.
I published a book!
Looking for an overpriced paperback version? 
Or that same paperback book, for $ 1.50 less, directly from Amazon?

Magnetically Delicious - Polarizing Trivia - How does it work? Find out tonight, 8pm, On Tap at the Harbor!

 

Trivia.

Tonight.

8pm

On Tap, at the Harbor.

Weekly Cult-Members-Only Quiz:

Used to measure "magnetic flux density," what is the name of the unit that is equivalent to 1/10,000th of a tesla?

Answers after 7:50 tonight.  Correct answers in a drawing from a prize on nominal value.

Your weekly link roundup:

Last Call USA NEOhio - Facebook
Last Call Productions - Facebook
Last Call USA's Weekly HINTS
Last Call USA's Trivia League
check LEAGUE SCORES here.
ROB at Last Call
You are HERE.
Our company store.
I published a book!
Looking for an overpriced paperback version? 
Or that same paperback book, for $ 1.50 less, directly from Amazon?

MAGNETS!
MAGNETS!
MAGNETS!
MAGNETS!
MAGNETS!
MAGNETS!
MAGNETS!
 

Time is an illusion. Trivia time doubly so. Tuesday at On Tap @ The Harbor - 5/20 - 8pm

Time is an illusion. Trivia time doubly so.

So, because of a (lovely and thoughtful) gift from the folks on Team Plastic,the Lathering, I have been playing a certain collectible card game with my kids.  In addition to causing me to have flashbacks of: sleepless weeks in college, spending more money on cards than beer, and some of the most fun/insane conversations I have ever been in, it got me to thinking about MAGIC!

Or, to put it in a Doug-Henning-esque manner "Illusion!"

There's a decent question posted to the Facebook page for shots, but I needed something great for you today.

Instead you get a card trick.


Here's your magic-based-callback-to-last-weeks-quiz-and-my-followup-question:


What is the Latin name of the religious "how-to" book, written in Germany in 1486, as a way to find and "destroyeth Witches and their heresy as with a two-edged sword?"

Answers after 7:50 tonight.  Correct answers in a drawing from a prize on nominal value.

Bonus if you can tell me why/how it's a callback to last week.

Your weekly link roundup:
Last Call USA NEOhio - Facebook
Last Call Productions - Facebook
Last Call USA's Weekly HINTS
Last Call USA's Trivia League
check LEAGUE SCORES here.
ROB at Last Call
You are HERE.
Our company store.
I published a book!
Looking for an overpriced paperback version? 
Or that same paperback book, for $ 1.50 less, directly from Amazon?
And a delightful video of Mr. Henning:

Going to Hardee's in a Handbasket

Going to Hardee's in a Handbasket

So, we have a candidate for the Westernmost Hardee's in the US:

It's at:
320 Euclid Ave 

Helena, MT 59601-2852  

You can see the Google Streetview here.

FWIW, Carl's Jr. does not seem to have crossed the mighty Mississip.
Carl's Jr. has 4 locations in Vietnam, while Hardee's has 9 locations in Kazakhstan. Niiiiiiice.

Auditory Ossicles

(also the name of my Metal Machine Music-era Lou Reed cover band)

After being so politely schooled by Dottoressa A. (of new team KBA) regarding proper scientific Latinate nomenclature for the earbones, I got into a bit of a linkstorm, and discovered that you can develop ARTHRITIS OF THE EARBONES!  As if my web-nurtured hypochondria needed any more help!
Thanks, Dottoressa A!



As always, more information on auditory ossicles can be found on the internet.

(And, yes, I did read the article and see it's not actually arthritis at all, but a misleading headline in a link that went to a Turkish/EU medical site led me to think it was for a moment.)



That's all for now.

Excelsior!

Goin' Ape - Tuesday Trivia - 5/13 - On Tap at the Harbor 8pm

NOW TRIVIATE LIKE APES!

By now you know the drill.  

Trivia. Tonight.  

8pm.  

On Tap, at the Harbor.  

Be there!

Tonight's Pre-Quiz - ACTUAL PRIZES FOR ALL ENTRIES!

Name these Pop-Culture Primates: 

#1 (the fine lookin' lady, not Mr. H.)

#2 Kneel Before. . . 























#3 On the van


 





















#4 (The scholar in the middle)



 










  


#5 This strange visitor from another planet, with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal monkeys





 

















#6 For a bonus, what's this creep's superpower?





 





















#7 A REAL AMERICAN GENUINE HERO (3 pictures)

Prizes for ALL entries.
First correct set pulled from among correct entries after 7:41 in person wins a bonus prize.


Info on our Hosts:
Have you "liked" On Tap at the Harbor on Facebook?
If you haven't here's what you are missing:
* A weekly bonus question from me, good for a free shot
* Their upcoming live music events
* Info on great parties, events and contests

On Tap at the Harbor has an EXCELLENT beer selection. 


Your weekly link roundup:
Last Call USA NEOhio - Facebook
Last Call Productions - Facebook
Last Call USA's Weekly HINTS
Last Call USA's Trivia League
check LEAGUE SCORES here.
ROB at Last Call
You are HERE.
Our company store.
I published a book!
Looking for an overpriced paperback version? 
Or that same paperback book, for $ 1.50 less, directly from Amazon?
MORE MONKEY MADNESS!
 

Chimpan-A-to-Chipan-Z

The First Woman Who Did What? Tuesday Trivia 8pm On Tap at The Harbor

This week, while looking up something or other, I came across several articles on Amelia Earhart, many focusing on exactly where her plane landed/crashed, and possibly finding her remains, possibly moved by crabs, and clues provided by her anti-freckle medication!

(It only seems as if the search for Flight 370 has been going on as long.)

One of the comments in one of these articles made me think of Earhart, Lindbergh and other famous firsts - not just aviation, but in exploration, achievement, technology and more.  We remember Amelia Earhart, not only because of her remarkable achievements, but also because of the mystery and romance of her disappearance. Lindbergh was the most famous person on the planet after his flight, but I am sure his son's kidnapping, his ummmm, interesting thoughts on race and entering WWII may have added some extra reasons to remember him.

So, in 1937 Amelia Earhart failed in her attempt to fly around the world.
Twenty-seven years later, a woman from Ohio actually achieved this.
We seem to have forgotten about her.

Who is she?

(Also, that's the question of the week, if you didn't catch that.  Tell me in person, after 7:40 for a prize.)

Info on our Hosts:
Have you "liked" On Tap at the Harbor on Facebook?
If you haven't here's what you are missing:
* A weekly bonus question from me, good for a free shot
* Their upcoming live music events
* Info on great parties, events and contests

On Tap at the Harbor has an EXCELLENT beer selection. 


Your weekly link roundup:
Last Call USA NEOhio - Facebook
Last Call Productions - Facebook
Last Call USA's Weekly HINTS
Last Call USA's Trivia League
check LEAGUE SCORES here.
ROB at Last Call
You are HERE.
Our company store.
I published a book!
Looking for an overpriced paperback version? 
Or that same paperback book, for $ 1.50 less, directly from Amazon?

You won't beleive this blogger found a Buzzfeed article worth reading that isn't just a supid listicle of toys from the 1980s or cute monkeys and panda cubs!

Tell me. Is he SASSY? - Tuesday Trivia Tonight - On Tap at the Harbor

Another week of mindwanderings.

• LEAGUE NEWS #1:

LEAGUE PLAY STARTS TONIGHT! 
(Well, Sunday night. . . . )
START: Sunday, April 27th
END: Saturday, July 19th

SEMI-FINALS AND FINALS:
Saturday, August 9th in Northeast Ohio
Times and Venue TBD

• LEAGUE NEWS #2:

FINALS Prizes have been increased.
Teams now have a change to win $ 2,500.00!

• LEAGUE NEWS #3:

The Last Call Tournament of Champions is coming! (Some other name coming soon - about 100 other organizations have that name, and Jeopardy! has it pretty well locked down for trivia.) It's an annual invitation-only National Trivia Tournament in Cincinnati , home of Last Call.  Cash prizes will be LARGER.  Coming this Spring.

• Tonight's Q:

Jane Pratt was the founding editor of now-legendary teen magazine Sassy in the late 1980s.  What were her nicknames for the three main writers?
Answers in the can by 7:40.  I'll draw one winner then.


Info on our Hosts:
Have you "liked" On Tap at the Harbor on Facebook?
If you haven't here's what you are missing:
* A weekly bonus question from me, good for a free shot
* Their upcoming live music events
* Info on great parties, events and contests

On Tap at the Harbor has an EXCELLENT beer selection. 

Your weekly link roundup:
Last Call USA NEOhio - Facebook
Last Call Productions - Facebook
Last Call USA's Weekly HINTS
Last Call USA's Trivia League
check LEAGUE SCORES here.
ROB at Last Call
You are HERE.
Our company store.
I published a book!

You've been looking for an overpriced paperback copy?
Or, directly from Amazon:
Really Bad Jokes Volume I: Stupid, but Clean (Volume 1)

Also:

 

Really Bad Jokes Volume I: Stupid, but Clean (Volume 1)

Dōmo Arigatō, Misutā Robotto! or, I for one, welcome our new robotic overlords! - Trivia - On Tap at the Harbor - Tonight 8pm

DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!

WARNING!

DANGER!

Robots have been on my mind this week, because of the promos for the the new BBC America series, The Real History of Science Fiction. (The first episode focuses on robots, interesting in that last link.)

Secret email/blog question:
This is one of the earliest, and most famous robots in cinematic history.

Tell me her name, and the name of the woman who co-wrote the screenplay anytime after 7:32 PM tonight (in person, at On Tap at the Harbor) for a prize.

ROBO-BONUS:
Name 5 of the robots below for an additional prize!

Info on our Hosts:
Have you "liked" On Tap at the Harbor on Facebook?
If you haven't here's what you are missing:
* A weekly bonus question from me, good for a free shot
* Their upcoming live music events
* Info on great parties, events and contests

On Tap at the Harbor has an EXCELLENT beer selection. 

Your weekly link roundup:
Last Call USA NEOhio - Facebook
Last Call Productions - Facebook
Last Call USA's Weekly HINTS
Last Call USA's Trivia League
check LEAGUE SCORES here.
ROB at Last Call
You are HERE.
Our company store.
I published a book!

You've been looking for an overpriced paperback copy? Oh good!