TRIVIA IS ON - 8pm - TONIGHT - ON TAP AT THE HARBOR

I had some web-difficulties today, and didn't get this on the blog.  I'll add it later.

Here's the quiz:

Weekly Quiz:
Thought by some to have been created along with his 8 companions by Clement Clarke Moore in his seasonal poem published in 1823, what scarlett-schnozzed caribou actually made his debut in 1939, making him only as old as Batman, and a year younger than Superman?

- first person to tell me IN PERSON after 7:13 pm wins a prize!

Don't forget On Tap at the Harbor's December Drink Specials:

• Beer of the Month- Goose Island Sixth Day $3.95 22 oz
• Liquor of the Month- Canadian Club $3.95
• Drink of the Month- Pomegranate Martini $4.95
• Shot of the Month- S'mores $3.95

ON TAP AT THE HARBOR'S NEW YEARS EVE MIKESTRAVAGANZA!
(Text from their OTATH's Facebook wall)
Mike "Mad Dog" Adams performs a rare NY's Eve show. After performing every NY's Eve for 25 yrs. He stopped doing NY's Eve shows 10 yrs. ago. Performing everywhere from Kelowna, British Columbia to Grand Cayman Island. Finally, he decided to start staying home on that night. But Mad Dog had such a great time at his recent sold out On Tap Show that he decided to do one more. Please call the club for reservations and more info. Seating is limited.
Tickets - $55 per person/$110 per couple; tax and gratuity additional.
Includes:
Mike "Mad Dog" Adams Show
Dinner (7:00) with 3 choices(strip steak, mahi mahi, or chicken) and the trimmings (call club)
Champagne toast at midnight
Appetizers/pizza at 12:30
Cash Bar
Transportation can be arranged (limo, taxi, party bus) if reserved ahead of time at additional charge.
On Tap at the Harbor 562 Portage Lakes Dr (330) 644-1664



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.
CHRISTMAS ALES NOW ON TAP!


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!

Winter is Coming. Are you? (To Tuesday Trivia.)

CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM NEWCOMERS! 

They came to the Semi-Finals on Saturday AND and did well enough to advance to the finals, held THIS Saturday, the 14th. 

It's at Panini’s on W 6th St. Cleveland - NOON SHARP!

PLEASE come out, and support the folks from YOUR Tuesday Trivia!

DID YOU SEE THE BEACON JOURNAL ON FRIDAY?
They ran an ad on Black Friday, and repeated it on 12/6.  If you missed it, or have become a citizen of the paperless society, you can see it here. The Harbor specific section is attached here.

(Yes, I'm vain.  Why do you ask?)









Don't forget On Tap at the Harbor's  December Drink Specials:

• Beer of the Month- Goose Island Sixth Day $3.95 22 oz
• Liquor of the Month- Canadian Club $3.95 
• Drink of the Month- Pomegranate Martini $4.95 
• Shot of the Month- S'mores $3.95 

ON TAP AT THE HARBOR'S NEW YEARS EVE MIKESTRAVAGANZA!
(Text from their OTATH's Facebook wall)
Mike "Mad Dog" Adams performs a rare NY's Eve show. After performing every NY's Eve for 25 yrs. He stopped doing NY's Eve shows 10 yrs. ago. Performing everywhere from Kelowna, British Columbia to Grand Cayman Island. Finally, he decided to start staying home on that night. But Mad Dog had such a great time at his recent sold out On Tap Show that he decided to do one more. Please call the club for reservations and more info. Seating is limited.
Tickets - $55 per person/$110 per couple; tax and gratuity additional.
Includes:
Mike "Mad Dog" Adams Show
Dinner (7:00) with 3 choices(strip steak, mahi mahi, or chicken) and the trimmings (call club)
Champagne toast at midnight
Appetizers/pizza at 12:30
Cash Bar
Transportation can be arranged (limo, taxi, party bus) if reserved ahead of time at additional charge.
On Tap at the Harbor 562 Portage Lakes Dr (330) 644-1664


Weekly Quiz:
What is the name of the award winning musical based on the life of the first son of Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne?

 - first person to tell me IN PERSON after 7:13 pm wins 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. 
CHRISTMAS ALES NOW ON TAP!


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!

Totally Forgot to Put a Title Here!

11/26 Pre Thanksgiving Snowfall Recap:

81 Bazinga
54 Canoe Paddlers
39 Plastic The Lathering
7  Banks

It was a rough night - many teams stayed home rather than battle the elements.  Congratulations to returning team BAZINGA, for their second victory. 
NO SNOW TONIGHT!
SEE YOU AT ON TAP @ 8PM!

Quiz is a quickie this week, I am swamped:


1971 was a landmark year in marshy wetlands-based-comic book characters.  In May of that year, Marvel Comics published theirs, and two short months later, DC published their take.

Step out of the quagmire, and name them both in-person anytime after 7:00 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. 
CHRISTMAS ALES NOW ON TAP!

They also have SEVERAL other locations.

Most of their other locations also have live music, and the same great menu and Daily specials:

Thirsty?There's a great special on 22oz beers, Sunday - Thursday, 6 to close:
$3.99 for 22 oz of draught Bud, Bud Light, Coors Light, and Miller Light.
 
Hungry?They have $6.99 dinner specials Monday - Thursday, 3 to close:
I'm not going to copy them all here, but Tuesday's is on all 1/2 lb. burgers (excluding the Portobello Burger).  You can check their site for more details.

Sign up for their mailing list here. 

ALSO:
Semi-Finals are THIS WEEKEND!
It's this Saturday at noon at
RAZZLES
They are at:
27128 Bagley Road
Olmsted Falls

We have at least 3 teams that qualified, so come on out and support them!

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!

Thanks for all the Ghoti!

Trying to keep in simple for the holiday.


(If you missed the recap of last week's quiz, go here.)







Here's the quiz:

1. Now in the hands of Italy, Napoleon was sent into exile for the first time in 1814, to what then-French island?

2. Inspired by British bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, several South American bands such as Los Shakers and Los Mockers, skyrocketed to fame in their national neighbor, Argentina, in something known as the ________ Invasion.


3. What SPECIFIC type of poly-chromatic lizard clade did George Alan O'Dowd and his band sing about on the SECOND their 1983 album Colour by Numbers?

4. What fictional company, shown in the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, has the slogan "The future begins tomorrow!" and was originally created by novelist Thomas Pynchon and featured in his books V. and The Crying of Lot 49?

5. During World War Two, what common Italian male first name acquired a new meaning as a way to refer to the Axis powers, deriving from an acronymic portmanteau of their capital cities?

6. Along with his buddy Earl, what alien from the planet Funkotron, starred in several video games in the 1990s?

RULES:
Take the first letter of each answer above, and rearrange the letters to find the name of a trans-continental nation that, along with Hungary, has risen to special attention in the US in this month.

Tell me this country, in-person anytime after 7:00 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. 
CHRISTMAS ALES NOW ON TAP!

They also have SEVERAL other locations.

Most of their other locations also have live music, and the same great menu and Daily specials:

Thirsty?There's a great special on 22oz beers, Sunday - Thursday, 6 to close:
$3.99 for 22 oz of draught Bud, Bud Light, Coors Light, and Miller Light.
 
Hungry?They have $6.99 dinner specials Monday - Thursday, 3 to close:
I'm not going to copy them all here, but Tuesday's is on all 1/2 lb. burgers (excluding the Portobello Burger).  You can check their site for more details.

Sign up for their mailing list here. 



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 11-19 Game Roundup

82    Gingers (7795) (Formerly the Unmazing Jonathan)
78    #Plastic The Lathering (7629)   
74    #Shiny (7675)   
72    #e equals MC AWESOME (7638)   
63    Canoe Paddlers (7630)   
51    #A N J (7709)   
46    #Team Newcomers (7710)

Great round, everybody!  
Congrats to Jonathan and Ginger for their game-winning performance, on only their SECOND time at Trivia Tuesday.

(Trying something new, getting stats posted BEFORE I send out the frantic email on Tuesday.)

Here's what the Facebook quiz will be:

Andy Richter, Conan O'Brien's sidekick on Late Night, left the show in 2000.
Before returning to Conan's side in 2009, he starred in three failed sitcoms, 2 on FOX, 1 on NBC.
Name one of those sitcoms.

Standard text messaging rates may apply.
Tax and title not included.

-r

 

CLEVER POST TITLE HERE

79    Team Newcomers (7710)
77    e equals MC AWESOME (7638)
72    Plastic The Lathering (7629)
68    A N J (7709)
68    Shiny (7675)
64    Canoe Paddlers (7630)
63    The Unmazing Jonathan (7795)
46    Big Katz

 
STANDARD RECAP OF PREVIOUS WEEK. 
GREETINGS TO NEW TEAM OR TEAMS.
DISPARAGING REMARK ABOUT TEAM E=MC AWESOME.
JOKEY LINK VAGUELY TANGENTIALLY RELATED TO SOMETHING MENTIONED IN SCORE RECAP.
ALMOST AMUSING DIGRESSION ON ITEM IN THE NEWS. 
REALLY BAD PUN(s).

CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED IMPORTANT INFORMATION, SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL TO PREVIOUS POSTS:

>See you tonight, at 8 pm.
>Remember, we are upstairs.


>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. 
>CHRISTMAS ALES NOW ON TAP!

>They also have SEVERAL other locations.

>Most of their other locations also have live music, and the same great menu and daily specials:

>Thirsty?
>There's a great special on 22oz beers, Sunday - Thursday, 6 to close:
>$3.99 for 22 oz of draught Bud, Bud Light, Coors Light, and Miller Light.
 
>Hungry?
>They have $6.99 dinner specials Monday - Thursday, 3 to close:
>I'm not going to copy them all here, but Tuesday's is on all 1/2 lb. burgers >(excluding the Portobello Burger).  You can check their site for more details.

>You can sign up for their mailing list here. 


This weeks quiz:
In 1986, Steve Jackson Games published their Generic Universal Role Playing System rules set. In 1990, while compiling their computer hacker-themed "Cyberpunk" expansion, they were raided by the US Secret Service.  This was one of several events that led directly to the founding of what non-profit electronic civil rights organization?
First person to tell me, IN PERSON, after 7:30 will win a prize.


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!

namaste! 

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18

LAST WEEK'S SCORES:


74 A N J (7709)
69 Team Newcomers (7710)
68 Plastic The Lathering (7629)
61 Canoe Paddlers (7630)
60 e equals MC AWESOME (7638)
42 The Birthday Suits
26 Monkey Butt Brewing Company
9 Wing Nuts (The large group that didn't stay to hang out.)










I would love to add a ton of jokes and links, but it's been a really carppy week, so excuse the brevity.


See you tonight, at 8 pm.
Remember, we are upstairs.




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 one of the best beer selections in town, and certainly the best at the Portage Lakes.  (Take it from a budding beer snob!)

They also have SEVERAL other locations. (I know several of you drive pretty far to come to this show, so there may be one closer to you for non-quiz nights - I'll double check with bar management to see if the certificates are good at their other spots.) 

Most of their other locations also have live music, and the same great menu and daily specials:

Thirsty?
There's a great special on 22oz beers, Sunday - Thursday, 6 to close:
$3.99 for 22 oz of draught Bud, Bud Light, Coors Light, and Miller Light.
 
Hungry?
They have $6.99 dinner specials Monday - Thursday, 3 to close:
I'm not going to copy them all here, but Tuesday's is on all 1/2 lb. burgers (excluding the Portobello Burger).  You can check their site for more details.

You can sign up for their mailing list here. 


This weeks quiz:

Today is 11/12/13, the second to last sequential date this century.
Here are a bunch of questions that have nothing to do with those three numbers.  One of these questions has EVEN LESS to do with them than the other 14.  
Which question is the odd one out?  
What should I have asked to make it fit in with the theme?

First person to tell me, IN PERSON, will win a prize.

1    What number is the sum of the first three squares, making it a square pyramidal number?
2    What is the traditional number of lines in each of these types of sonnet:           Urdu Sonnet           Petrarchan Sonnet           Pushkin sonnet
3    What number forms the base used in tetra-decimal positional notation?
4    MLB's Red Sox, Cubs, Indians, Twins, Phillies, and Cardinals have retired this jersey number, but the Cincinnati's Reds cannot. What number is it?
5    How many days are in a fortnight?
6    One of Beethoven's most famous piano pieces is the Moonlight Sonata.  What number is it also known by?
7    One French king ruled for over 72 years.  What # Louis was he?
8    There have been at least 20 Popes named "John".  Which numerical John died in 984?
9    In order of entrance to the Union, what number state is Kentucky?
10    Which Wrestlemania featured these victories:
           Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Shawn Michaels
           The Undertaker defeated Kane
11    Which Superbowl featured this AWESOME half-time show: Up with People presents "A Salute to the Big Band Era" ?
12    Which amendment to the US constitution ensured that "all persons born" in the United States are citizens of it?
13    In traditional English weights and measures, how many pounds are in a stone?
14    Once the Scarlet Knights and Terrapins join, how many full members will the Big Ten have?
15    What is seven times two (7x2)?




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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!