Tuesday, February 24, 2015

"Ph'nglui b’rmaci’ m'pashnt Triviator A’krohnh d’rnkn bhe’er fhtagn"


In the Barmacy in Akron, impatient Triviator waits drinking. . . .
Cultist tested, Cthulu approved!


Greetings, Triviators!

I bring word of a power from beyond the stars. . . 

of an entity that will cause all who gaze upon its incomprehensible non-euclidean geometry to lose their tenuous grasp on reality . . .

to pull back the curtains hiding despair. . . 

to question the fundamental underpinnings of the universe. . . 

to come out to Barmacy tonight for some great drinks and live trivia!



Tonight's prestige (no-booze) quiz:

What pre-Cthulhuian monster's name is said to bring destruction, and is often referred to by circuitous work-arounds, such as "The Unspeakable One," or "Him Who Is Not to be Named"?





(PS - NOT Voldemort!)




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Correct answers in person after 7:45 tonight!

Remember, this is the NO-BOOZE WINNING quiz.

For a chance to win drinks, check out the quiz on Barmacy's facebook page.

(Coming in a few minutes.)

(Also - You know you can haz hints for the Last Call quiz each week by clicking here, right?) 


Rob

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!  



More Lovecraftian Linkage:
Not Squamous.
Free Kindle story.
 
 


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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Assemble Your Dream Team!

from here.

dreamteam

In the 1992 film White Men Can’t Jump, Rosie Perez’s character Gloria was constantly studying random facts and odd trivia, waiting for her chance to show it off as a contestant on Jeopardy.  Of course, when she finally gets on the show the first round includes subjects she has crammed for: medicine, superstitions, natural disasters and her dream category “Foods That Start With The Letter Q.”

(Spoilers on a 23-year old film:  She wins.  Also, the white man CAN jump!)
letter q

Question: Foods that start with the letter Q

As a Last Call contestant, you go through more categories in one night than the average Jeopardy! contestant will see in their entire career.  Memorizing facts from flash cards, wikipedia lists, and a 20 volume set of the Encyclopedia Britannica will help , but remember –  it’s dangerous to go alone!

Since Last Call Trivia is in bars, you could take a page out of the state-dependent memory play book and do all your studying in bars, but watch your intake.  If you don’t, you could be subject to some interesting side effects.

So, if you can’t know it all, what CAN you do to get an edge?

recruit

Recruit

You need to assemble a team of specialists whose knowledge complements your own.  If you can answer questions on college football and tony award-winning actors in musicals in your sleep, make sure you make friends with folks who can help with math/science, old english literature, and geography
Take the time to make friends with that gal in the next cubicle who mutters odd facts under her breath during department meetings.

Don’t settle.  

You may be the leader, and you’ve found your kung-fu master, your demolitions expert, and your French one, if you can’t locate the deadliest woman in the world with a knife you may not make it to Ludimentis.  Cover all your bases.

This could be your path to victory!


Trivia

Question: Gloria studied for and aced the “Foods That Start With The Letter Q” category, but was only shown naming 4 of them in the film.  What 4 “Q” foods did she name?

Send all guesses to: rob@akrontriviators.com. First correct guess will be recognized in a future edition!

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Happy Post President's Day, Also Pre-Diabetic Tuesday!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058266/


Hi All!

We are back in action this week, so come on down.

It's post-VD, post-Presidents Day, and today is Mardi Gras.

I'd love to see you tonight!

This weeks Prestige Quiz:
 


Match the President to his nickname:

President
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Chester A. Arthur
3. James Buchanan
4. John Quincy Adams
5. John Adams
6. Rutherford B. Hayes

Nickname
A. Old Sink or Swim
B. Dude President
C. Old Man Eloquent
D. Grand Wrestler
E. Ten-Cent Jimmy
F. His Fraudulency


Correct answers in person after 7:45 tonight!

Remember, this is the NO-BOOZE WINNING quiz.

For a chance to win drinks, check out the quiz on Barmacy's facebook page.

(Coming in a few minutes.)

(Also - You know you can haz hints for the Last Call quiz each week by clicking here, right?) 


Rob

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! 

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Good Night, Triviators. Great Night - 8pm @ Barmacy!

http://commonplacebooks.com/

No good reason for the image, except to mention that I have started back up on listening to Welcome to Night Vale, a most excellent podcast.  
Check it out!

In other news:
The Last Call USA Blog is now live - you can find it HERE.

(Note: it's not super pretty yet - but the Last Call team has heard your prayers and are working on a site redesign, so be patient.)


Did I mention I am blogging for Last Call?  

No?

Oh.

Well, I am blogging for Last Call.
(You know, the Trivia/Entertainment Juggernaut for whom I host. . . )

My official title is "Wordsmith and Community Guru."

(Full disclosure, I didn't come up with that myself, but I wish I had.)

This weeks Prestige Quiz:



Match the fictional bar to the TV show or movie in which it appeared:

1. The Slaughtered Lamb      ___________   A. Three’s Company

2. MacLaren's                ___________   B. Cheers

3. Paddy's Pub               ___________   C. Shaun of The Dead

4. Regal Beagle              ___________   D. How I Met Your Mother

5. Mos Eisley Cantina        ___________   E. An American

                                           Werewolf in London

6. Gary's Old Towne Tavern   ___________   F. Star Wars 

                                           (Ep. IV - A New Hope)

7. The Winchester            ___________   G. It’s Always Sunny in

                                           Philadelphia



Correct answers in person after 7:45 tonight!

Remember, this is the NO-BOOZE WINNING quiz.

For a chance to win drinks, check out the quiz on Barmacy's facebook page.

(Also - You know you can hints for the Last Call quiz each week by clicking here, right?)


ROB!



Monday, February 2, 2015

The Pursuit of Hoppyness

originally from here.

old timey bar

Dives, taverns, brew pubs, juke joints, pubs or saloons.

Bars.

As a fan of Last Call, you probably have been in a bar or two.  
If you didn’t know, at Last Call, we are unabashed and enthusiastic fans of bars. 

More than cotton, they are the fabric of our lives – both business and personal.

Gathering around to share fermented beverages is as old as (or probably older than) civilization itself.  The oldest known recipe (from about 12,000 years ago) is for beer.  It couldn’t have been too long before that first forgotten neolithic genius called a bunch of friends over with some variant of “Hey! You gotta check this out!”

In our version, the second time beer was brewed, they invited a bright-eyed, humorous Babylonian to keep them entertained by asking questions about Enkidu and the Epic of Gilgamesh to the assembled tribe members.  This is the origin of bar trivia.  Back then, the company was known as First Call.

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Over the years, humanity refined things further, finding new formulas to brew and distill alcohol, but that one constant, that chance to share friendship and together, remains.  And bar trivia!

We’ll be returning to this periodically, looking into bars and their importance to history.  Until then, here’s a quick quiz.

Match the fictional bar to the TV show or movie in which it appeared:

1. The Slaughtered Lamb
2. MacLaren’s
3. Paddy’s Pub
4. Regal Beagle
5. Mos Eisley Cantina
6. Gary’s Old Towne Tavern
7. The Winchester


A. Three’s Company
B. Cheers
C. Shaun of The Dead
D. How I Met Your Mother
E. An American Werewolf in London
F. Star Wars (Ep. IV – A New Hope)
G. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

 

Send answers to lastcallboozeblog@gmail.com.
*There aren’t prizes, but we’ll recognize the first winners in a future edition.