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Auxiliary Trivia Meetup
posted October 17, 2011 6:14 PM   RSS | iCal | +googleCal

Thu October 27 at 8:00 PM, Fizz
3220 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, USA (Map & Directions)
Since phunniemee has requested a mid-month gathering - and she also brought up trivia earlier - We're going out for trivia on Thursday, 10/27.
We're going to Fizz in Lakeview (Belmont & Lincoln). Trivia begins at 8.30pm, so I figure we could meet around 8 to get settled in. A bit later than we're used to, I know, but their food is good and beer list is pretty big.

Trivia is run by Team Trivia Illinois. They have a wide variety of questions, some are on the topic of 'sport' (but aren't too challenging), and they give away one answer online. They say teams can be as big as we want.
posted by youngergirl44 to Meetup (68 comments total)

Darn you, MeFi and your efficiency. I was excited that I got an email then realized it was (again) because I had created an event within fifty miles of myself.
posted by youngergirl44 at 6:16 PM on October 17, 2011


HELL YES.

This is a terrible lesson: whine enough about something and eventually one of your minions buddies will do your bidding.
posted by phunniemee at 6:17 PM on October 17, 2011


Weird, this didn't get sent to my inbox, I only saw the link in the Goat thread.
posted by Evilspork at 9:11 PM on October 17, 2011


I'd be game. I've been to trivia there once before, and seem to remember having a good time. The beer was fantastic, though the list was very nearly overwhelming with its overabundance of choice. The Goat, this is not.
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 9:18 PM on October 17, 2011


Pat Quinn is talking on the teevee, but not saying anything.
posted by SpiffyRob at 4:15 AM on October 18, 2011


Hey the beer prices look really good! Gumballhead for $5! Pere Jacques for $7! LET'S DO IT
posted by shakespeherian at 7:04 AM on October 18, 2011


Dang! I've got a class on Thursday nights.

Also: I don't know about Governor Pat Quinn, but when I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed.
posted by Iridic at 7:55 AM on October 18, 2011


THIS FUN SOUNDS LIKE
posted by tzikeh at 11:31 AM on October 18, 2011


Dang! I've got a class on Thursday nights.

I feel like this is exactly the kind of thing someone who's really good at trivia would say.
posted by phunniemee at 1:33 PM on October 18, 2011


I am TOTALLY interested for the future, but can't this time - previous engagement.
posted by bibliogrrl at 4:59 PM on October 18, 2011


I am most definitely in for this.
posted by Zaximus at 5:05 PM on October 18, 2011


Looks like enough of us are in; wanna make this confirmed?
posted by tzikeh at 5:46 PM on October 18, 2011


I want in on this. I've been determined to make a meetup for a while.
posted by artemisia at 7:04 PM on October 18, 2011


i'm horrible at trivia ... but i'd be happy to be the team mascot or cheerleader.
posted by crankyrogalsky at 9:24 AM on October 19, 2011


i'm horrible at trivia ... but i'd be happy to be the team mascot or cheerleader.

That sets a dangerous precedent. What happens if we do this again next month and you can't come? We can't show up without our mascot! Someone needs to start making a giant, fuzzy crankyrogalsky bobble head, stat!
posted by phunniemee at 10:08 AM on October 19, 2011


That's probably in my wheelhouse anyway. I can pretty much guarantee I have more faux fur ... well, this is surely going to go badly.

But I have A LOT.
posted by crankyrogalsky at 2:39 PM on October 19, 2011


Does this place want us to, like, reserve tables or teams or anything for the quiz? Or is it more casual?
posted by phunniemee at 2:58 PM on October 19, 2011


Also, you need to confirm this thing so Chicago can move on up the most active list. Right now we're tied with Houston. Houston.
posted by phunniemee at 3:06 PM on October 19, 2011


I'm a might-could next Thursday.
posted by crush-onastick at 3:08 PM on October 19, 2011


Youngergirl! Confirm this! We must pull ahead of Houston!
posted by tzikeh at 6:04 PM on October 19, 2011


Sorry for the delay in confirming, guys! I got distracted. The last time I was there, we didn't need to reserve a table. We did need a team name though. SO START THINKING, PEOPLE!!
posted by youngergirl44 at 6:24 PM on October 19, 2011


We did need a team name though.

What's going on in pop culture these days?

Last time I went to a trivia night, Scarlett Johansson had just broken up with her husband. Our team name was "The Future Ex Mr. Scarlett Johansson" (the team was mostly dudes who kept talking about her bangin' boobs), which was met with rave reviews.
posted by phunniemee at 7:20 PM on October 19, 2011


The only things I can think of, pop-culture-wise, are Breaking Bad stuff, Dexter stuff, and Walking Dead stuff.

Good thing it's Hallowe'en time.
posted by tzikeh at 9:05 PM on October 19, 2011


How does one have a conversation about a celebrity's boobs? It seems like a limited topic.
posted by shakespeherian at 5:28 AM on October 20, 2011


How does one have a conversation about a celebrity's boobs? It seems like a limited topic.

Dude 1: Did you hear? Scarlett Johansson broke up with her husband!
My BF: Who's Scarlett Johansson?
Me: The blonde chick from that movie.
My BF: The Big Lebowski?
Me: No, Match Point. [note: we had just watched Match Point that weekend]
My BF: There was a blonde chick in that?
Me: *sigh* Yes.
Dude 2: How do you not know who Scarlett Johansson is?!
Dude 1: She's the extremely hot one!
Dude 2: With gigantic boobs!
Me: Seriously? How do you not remember this?
Dude 1: Gigantic boobs!
posted by phunniemee at 5:47 AM on October 20, 2011


How does one have a conversation about a celebrity's boobs? It seems like a limited topic.

Oh, you know, volume, consistency, what class of spheroid they are, whether there are support structures present, what attachments and protuberances are present, all kinds of vectors.
posted by Evilspork at 7:19 AM on October 20, 2011


Viscosity.
posted by shakespeherian at 8:08 AM on October 20, 2011


AUGH! Pervert!
posted by Evilspork at 9:21 AM on October 20, 2011


We need somewhere consistent to track people's disparaging comments of Chicago pizza, so we can rail against their ignorance. When someone creates that, add Justice Scalia.

Then tell Adam. But not Spiffy.
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 10:27 AM on October 20, 2011


There, see that, Spiffy? Do you really want to side with Scalia on this?
posted by shakespeherian at 10:39 AM on October 20, 2011


Given that I explicitly said that I don't think that? To such a biting inquiry, I suppose my answer would be: Konami's Stinger.
posted by SpiffyRob at 12:19 PM on October 20, 2011


NO YOU ARE BAD AND ALWAYS WILL BE BAD

BAD PIZZA MAN
posted by shakespeherian at 12:31 PM on October 20, 2011


Nah that's me, brah.

SCALIA 4 LYFE! ONE TRUE PIZZA!
posted by zombiestripperjesuscat at 1:27 PM on October 20, 2011


I can but pity you, zombiestripperjesuscat. Partly because you have closed your eyes to pizzic glory, but mostly because your head is the first third of a cat protruding from an undead stripper's skull.
posted by Iridic at 1:48 PM on October 20, 2011 [1 favorite]


'Pizzic' is officially a word.
posted by shakespeherian at 2:09 PM on October 20, 2011


My cat loved pepperoni pizza. She was not, however, a zombie. Or Jesus. I suppose she was a stripper in the casual sense of the term--the very few times in her life when she had to wear the Cone of Shame so that she wouldn't bite at a sore spot on her leg or something, she would contort her body all *kinds* of ways to take it off.
posted by tzikeh at 4:30 PM on October 20, 2011


I have a halo, and claim to be the son of God, and your biggest concern is my slightly strange feline-unhuman hybrid physiology?
posted by zombiestripperjesuscat at 6:41 AM on October 21, 2011


All kinds of schmucks claim to be Jesus. Far fewer claim to be Bast.
posted by tzikeh at 7:16 AM on October 21, 2011


Hey - let's get those six "maybes" into the "yes" part of things!
posted by tzikeh at 8:03 PM on October 25, 2011


I'm out. I have scrimmage and there's no way I'm going to be up for going out afterward.
posted by eamondaly at 9:11 AM on October 26, 2011


The free answer for tonight is "lace".

Would naming our team ZombieStripperJesusCat be offensive?
posted by youngergirl44 at 6:10 AM on October 27, 2011


Also, if this goes well, perhaps we can join their league. We could win prizes!
posted by youngergirl44 at 6:12 AM on October 27, 2011


Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Triiiiiiiiiviaaaaaa tooooniiiiiiight!!

I'm cool with naming the team ZombieStripperJesusCat. If we get any flak about it, we just need to say, "WHAT, YOU DON'T LOVE KITTIES?!" (Or zombies or jesus or strippers, depending on what kind of person confronts us. Because most people like at least one of those things.)
posted by phunniemee at 6:54 AM on October 27, 2011


I would be offended, but only because ZombieStripperJesusCat has no concept of pastry-making as it contrasts with bread-making. Sorry to miss it tonight! I hope you go back later, so I can come along!

I used to have a regular trivia night at the Hidden Shamrock, then my teammates moved, got married, or otherwise disappeared.
posted by crush-onastick at 7:36 AM on October 27, 2011


lol go ahead ive got it trademarked and will sue
posted by zombiestripperjesuscat at 10:29 AM on October 27, 2011 [1 favorite]


As long as you're suing for pizza and or beers, I'm ok with that.
posted by youngergirl44 at 12:10 PM on October 27, 2011


Lawsuit? I cannot rip out the hearts of those who hurt you. I cannot hand you their severed heads.
posted by shakespeherian at 12:46 PM on October 27, 2011


Get the Hot, Hotter, Hottest pizza and the salad pizza. Also, watch out for terrible service.
posted by Turd Ferguson at 1:36 PM on October 27, 2011


phunniemee: " I'm cool with naming the team ZombieStripperJesusCat. If we get any flak about it, we just need to say, "WHAT, YOU DON'T LOVE KITTIES?!" (Or zombies or jesus or strippers, depending on what kind of person confronts us. Because most people like at least one of those things.)"

No doubt -- as long as they aren't trying to eat my brains or proselytizer too much (same thing?), I'm a big fan of all four.

I'd really like to come to this, and it's such a convenient just-down-Ashland trip that I hope I can. I've got a pukey partner at home but talking to him, it sounds like it might be the type of sick where he'd appreciate me not being around. But if I can't make it, kick ass!
posted by MCMikeNamara at 2:33 PM on October 27, 2011


Even though I picked 8pm, I think that I'm going to try and be there between 7 and 7.30 to score a table. It should take me about half an hour to get there from the office - I'll post when I'm on my way.
posted by youngergirl44 at 3:29 PM on October 27, 2011


Kick ass tonight, guys!
posted by Iridic at 3:33 PM on October 27, 2011


On the train in 10... It's raining!
posted by youngergirl44 at 4:49 PM on October 27, 2011


Ugh - my intestines and I have been having a fight all day, and they have declared victory. I will see you (most of you) at the Goat on Wednesday. Dammit. I'm good at trivia!
posted by tzikeh at 4:58 PM on October 27, 2011


Holy crap, guys. My computer crashed. HARD. I've spent the better half of the afternoon intermittently clutching a tiny screwdriver and sobbing.

I spent an hour on the phone with my bf's tech genius little bro trying to walk me through what could be wrong, and I somehow managed to get it started up again (I think it's a fluke, though) which is how I'm even able to post this, and now I'm rabidly backing up EVERYTHING because I'm pretty sure it'll die again any second.

Anyway, because I'm not going to leave until I've got everything important transferred offa this sucker, I probably won't be there until closer to 8:30. Save me a good seat, in the middle, so I can rant to everyone about HOW DEAD MY COMPUTER IS OMG. See you folks soon! (Hopefully!)
posted by phunniemee at 5:00 PM on October 27, 2011


The boyfriend and I are here - all the way near the back - table for 8.
posted by youngergirl44 at 5:35 PM on October 27, 2011


Phunniemee - are you mac or pc? If you're a pc, the boyfriend is here to serve you! (And answer questions on the topic of sport.)
posted by youngergirl44 at 5:37 PM on October 27, 2011


And tzikeh - I'm sorry to hear you're not feeling well. Save your strength for the goatup. I wanna hear you sing!
posted by youngergirl44 at 5:38 PM on October 27, 2011


Struck down by cold/flu/plague/God knows. Hope y'all kick ass tonight.
posted by artemisia at 5:42 PM on October 27, 2011


We're drinking to Tony LaRussa!
posted by youngergirl44 at 6:10 PM on October 27, 2011


I too, am drinking to Tony Larussa. This may or may not have been an awesome idea.
posted by BigPumaGirl44 at 9:38 PM on October 27, 2011


Ugh I feel like shit. I hope you guys did well! Wanna drop a few of the questions in here? I'd love to get a sampling.
posted by tzikeh at 10:06 PM on October 27, 2011


'Tony LaRussa' was not the correct answer for any of the questions.
posted by Zaximus at 5:49 AM on October 28, 2011


Did ZSJC have the IP police show up and haul you all away? Let's get an update here!

Fun fact: The last two meetups have coincided with big Cardinal success.
posted by SpiffyRob at 6:10 AM on October 28, 2011


But only one with the death of Steve Jobs.
posted by Evilspork at 6:31 AM on October 28, 2011


Our first trivia outing was a success. And by success, I mean people liked it and we drank many, many beers. At least I did - if I ever see Tony LaRussa again, it'll be too soon. We did not win, but that just means we have to do it again and again until we win. And then probably do it some more.
posted by youngergirl44 at 10:45 AM on October 28, 2011


Now we know.
posted by phunniemee at 10:48 AM on October 28, 2011


And now I understand why it wasn't his mother who killed the lady in the shower.

~ * ~ * ~ the more you knoooowwww ~ * ~ * ~
posted by Evilspork at 1:46 PM on October 28, 2011


Let's please have a moment of silence to mourn the passing of whatever unfortunate beverage container BevosAngryGhost was holding in his hand up until a few minutes ago.
posted by phunniemee at 8:52 PM on October 28, 2011



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