Pub Quiz Recap! (Nov 10th, 2010)
Categories – Movie/TV/Cartoon Music, Capital Connections, Catchphrases, High-Class Culture, and Music
Winners – Pink on the Brink brings the answers and the pain to the rest of the teams this week to take first place, and Quiz in my Pants edges out # of Guys my Mom has Slept with for second.
Sample Question – (Capital Connections) Who made her film debut as a baby boy in The Godfather, and after growing up, won an Academy Award for writing Lost in Translation?
Last Week’s Answer – Ian McKellen
Leaderboard – Despite their less than stellar performance this week, Southbound Pachyderm hold on to first place, with Pink on the Brink hot on their trail. Kidneys Come and Go is holding strong to third place with Nuns with Guns gunning for their spot and behind only by a few points.
Read MorePub Quiz Recap (Oct. 20th, 2010)
Categories – Curses, Claus’s Geography Round, Nicknames, Arno’s Sitcom round, and Rock Music for Dummies
Winners – Pink on the Brink finally strikes gold with a first place win, Southbound Pachyderm takes second, and after a drink off tie breaker for third, Where’s my Fries beat out Pleasant Goat.
Sample Question – Also the nickname Mal gives River at the end of Serenity, in the poem entitled, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” the titular mariner shoots a bird with his crossbow, bringing a curse upon his ship. What kind of bird is said to be good luck to sea faring vessels?
Last Week’s Answer – Stan, Randy and Sharon. Kyle, Sheila and Gerald. Kenny, Stuart and Carol. Cartman (spoiler Alert), Leanne and Jack Tenorman.
Leaderboard – With another second place win, Southbound Pachyderm holds on to first place. Pink on the Brink’s win this week nudges them into second, and Nuns with Guns holds firmly onto 3rd.
Read MorePub Quiz Recap (Sept. 1st)
Categories - Fun with movie titles, Name the Year, “In-Between” Geography, Super Villains, Break up music.
Winners - In his final night in Beijing, Faraz and Tongzhimen rocked the competition to win the bottle of Jack, and give him a great way to end his pub quiz career in Beijing. Following them, we had a menage a trois of a tie for 2nd place, which led to the absolute necessity for a girl on girl drink-off. Crushing the competition and winning the pitcher, Kidneys Come and Go got to fill their glasses from their free pitcher of Adios MF, and in an awesome show of tie-i-tude, I felt it absolutely necessary to give both Pink on the Brink and Southbound Pachyderm a bucket of Tsingdaos, courtesy of the awesome display of drinking from their representative ladies.
Sample Question – (“In-Between” Geography) Name 1 of the 3 member nations of the UN that fall alphabetically in between Kenya and Laos (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)? Bonus: There’s a 4th nation that could fall in betwen Kenya and Laos, but its status is disputed, and so it is currently not officially an independent nation. What is the name of that nation, whose status is currently in dispute?
Last Week’s Answer – (August 25th Recap) Hyrule
Such a great night! Great energy, awesome people, and a night of challenging quiz and liver-abusing drinking. Basically, all the components that make Weds nights in Wudaokou so memorable. For those of you that came down to Pyro afterward, you were treated to some awesome DJ-ing by our resident musical expert Juan, and a bunch of you helped me and Rich trial half a dozen new shots so I can update the shot list in Pyro this week. Good times for sure! Nothing like some cheap drinks, tequila shots, and some free alcohol to get the booty shakin and the body movin. I can’t wait for Lush Rush! Stay tuned for more information regarding what will likely be one of your favorite experiences in Beijing, because Lush Rush is just that good!
Read MorePub Quiz Recap (July 14th)
Categories – 90s – Year by Year, Scales and Measurements, Tanya’s Vampire and Zombie movie round, Communism, and Cat’s music round.
Winners – Kidneys Come and Go and Southbound battled it out in a girl vs girl Tsingdao chugging contest, with Kidneys coming out on top. And newcomers Gu’s Army topped out the competition to secure a solid 3rd place.
Sample Question – (Communism) On July 14, 1956, Mao Zedong had the following to say about a certain country in the world. Which country was he referring to? “In appearance it is very powerful but in reality it is nothing to be afraid of; it is a paper tiger. Outwardly a tiger, it is made of paper, unable to withstand the wind and the rain. I believe “this country” is nothing but a paper tiger.”
Last Week’s Answer – (May 19th Recap) Pierre de Fermat, Sir Andrew John Wiles
Lots of new teams, new faces, and new energy in the room, which made for one hell of a good quiz. Hope to see you all back again next week and moreover, I hope some of you get up on stage for a guest round and show me what you’ve got! Oh, and next week, we gotta get more of you down to Pyro for some post- pub quiz dancing. Too much fun to be had on 5rmb tequila shots and cheap pitchers to be missed out on! Make it happen ninjas, and can’t wait to see you all again next week!
Read MorePub Quiz Recap! (May 19th)
Categories – Puzzles, Rich’s Geek round, Ditloids/Cryptograms, Adam’s Booze round, and mashup music!
Winners – Wudaokock cleaned the clocks of all the other teams in what was the closest set of scores in Pub Quiz history! Following close behind to finish in second, Tongzhimen edges out Southbound Pachyderm by just half a point, and would there have been a prize for fourth, 668 – Neighbor of the Beast was just half a point behind Southbound.
Sample Question – (Puzzles) Which mathematician’s final theorem in 1637 stated that no three positive integers, a, b, and c, can satisfy the equation an + bn = cn, where n equals any integer with a value greater than 2 – a theorem that was left unproven for more than 350 years? Bonus: Who was the British mathematician who finally proved the theorem in 1995?
Last Week’s Answer – Sadie Frost
Leaderboard – Even with their third place position this week, Southbound Pachyderm had more than enough points to seal the win for the 10 week leaderboard. Tongzhimen knew Pink on the Brink were hot on their heels, so they brought their A-game and locked in second place, and Pink on the Brink sealed 3rd place with a confident point lead over Kidneys Come and Go to round out the top 4 positions. All in all, an excellent leaderboard showing for all teams involved, and it just goes to show that through perseverance and determination, anyone can top the standings! Stick around and keep your eyes on the prize. The next major leaderboard will be this fall, but we may do a small run for the Summer semester if everyone seems keen.
So 4 years of pub quizzes, 4 years of Thursday hangovers, 4 years of questions asked and answered, and 4 years of running the best damned quiz in the city! What can I say more than that I’ve loved every single minute of it and I’m thrilled to still be up on stage bringing the mental challenge that you’ve all come to expect from the Lush Pub Quiz. More than 200 quizzes, more than 1000 rounds, more than 10,000 questions and so many amazing teams, players, guest rounds, and memories and experiences to remember! All I can say from here on out, is that you ain’t seen nothing yet! We’re going 4 more, and if we can, 40 more! Although, I highly doubt the students of 2050 are gonna want a 70 year old dude quizzing them on pop culture, if I could get away with it, I would for sure! Thanks to everyone over the years who has come out week after week, supported us, answered questions, guest hosted, played the Vanna White role, or just sat in the corner and got hammered while other people were hard at work answering questions so you could drink your free booze! From what I remember, we had one hell of an awesome night on Wednesday night and I can’t wait to do it all again next week! See ya guys then!
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