Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Halloween Costume Trivia Jam - 8p @Barmacy - Free Trivia, Candy, More!


COSTUME PARTY TONIGHT!
Prizes for all in costume!

Over the years, I have watched my fair share of horror films.

Sturgeon's Law posits that at least 90 % of them were crud.

I'd put it closer to about 95%.

Many of the ones I have enjoyed had some humor or heart to them.
Many went from horror to just dumb goofs.

These are some of the ones I love.

Here's a few:








Bad Taste (1986)


Evil Dead II (1987)




Fright Night (1985)




Tonight's PRESHOW Q (here AND the FB page):

 
Tonight is a COSTUME PARTY!
Every member of your team who is in costume will give your team one entry into a drawing for various prizes.
 
Be there, in costume by 8 pm for a shot at prizes!




Excelsior et Irrumabo Carcinodes!
-tpn!

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Happy Birthday, Weird Al! Trivia tonight 8pm @ Barmacy!


This was going to be a quick one - I'm putting it together rather late in the day.


I had a few ideas:
The Anniversary of the Chop House Massacre.
Mole Day!
Sam Raimi's birthday.


but then I saw it.


TODAY is Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic's birthday!




Seriously, one of my favorites.
I don't have time to do him justice, so:



Tonight's PRESHOW Q (here AND the FB page):

 
Which of Al's original tunes has been called "More Devo than Devo" and Mark Mothersbaugh described with "I was in shock. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard. He sort of re-sculpted that song into something else and... I hate him for it, basically." ?

 
Answer IN PERSON by 7:55 for a shot at prizes!




Excelsior et Irrumabo Carcinodes!
-tpn!



Tuesday, October 16, 2018

You Won't Feel A Thing! Trivia Tonight @ Barmacy.



Remember, he's a dentist. . .

Today (2018-10-16) is World Anesthesia Day, the anniversary of William T. G. Morton's 1846 demonstration of ether as a general anesthetic

We don't use ether today because it can cause nausea, and it is also highly inflammable.

It's also Oscar Wilde's birthday, and the anniversary of the first publication of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.


Tonight's PRESHOW Q (here AND the FB page):

 
Now exhibited in a museum in Cooperstown, NY, what stony hoax was unearthed on this day in 1869?

 
Answer IN PERSON by 7:55 for a shot at prizes!




Excelsior et Irrumabo Carcinodes!
-tpn!




Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Happy Lovelace Day! Trivia tonight 8pm!



It's a day to celebrate the worlds first computer program, and the worlds first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace.


I'm short of time, so check out these links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace


https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22385-ada-lovelace-my-brain-is-more-than-merely-mortal/


http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=298







Tonight's PRESHOW Q (here AND the FB page):

 
Ada Lovelace was the first programmer, but what woman gets credit as being the first person to debug a computer?

 
Answer IN PERSON by 7:55 for a shot at prizes!




Excelsior et Irrumabo Carcinodes!
-tpn!








 











Tuesday, October 2, 2018

HEY ABBOTT!!!! Trivia Tonight 8pm @ Barmacy

Happy Birthday today to Graham Greene, Gordon Sumner, and Gandhi.

However, it is also the birthday of NJ born legend: Bud Abbott.


He's the straight man. Groucho Marx called him "the greatest straight man ever."





Tonight's PRESHOW Q (here AND the FB page):


Abbott and Costello broke up in 1957. Who did the voice of Abbot and Costello in the 1967 cartoon series The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show?
 
Answer IN PERSON by 7:55 for a shot at prizes!



Excelsior et Irrumabo Carcinodes!
-tpn!

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