Quiz info for the next three weeks

Wednesday, July 29, 7:30pm
12 Steps Down
9th & Christian Sts.
Subject Round: U.S. CITIES one round and by popular demand SEINFELD another round, to be explained later

Wednesday, August 5, 7:30pm
12 Steps Down
9th & Christian Sts.
Subject Round: ???

I'll be out of town.  Quizmaster Johnny will fill & ask his questions in my format.

Wednesday, August 12, 7:30pm
12 Steps Down
9th & Christian Sts.
Subject Round: SPAIN

Nation of Quizlam scores 180, adds 32 points to lead in final week of tournament and wins easily

In the end it was not only not close but not close to being close; NoQ scored a 180 and pretty much had the tournament wrapped up by the fourth round on Thursday night.

It looks as if the top two teams in the tournament really stocked up on additional players in the last week. I'll tell you, it really doesn't make a difference. Four people score more than two and six might do a little better than four, but honestly twelve people don't do much better than six.

Three of the top four squads in the tourney ended up being from The Draught Horse, which almost makes me regret all the Temple University academic jokes I toss out during the quiz. (Almost; if you saw the same spelling and guesses on answer sheets I do every week from the non-top teams, you'd wonder out loud how Temple gets accredited too...)

The Nudist Balloonists actually lost ground in the final week but finished a strong second. Lil' Roy as I expected over at 12 Steps was very much alive in the final week. They still hold the record for the highest score ever in this format with a 189. Thundercats Ho! finished an impressive fourth overall. Most of the final 9 teams coming into the last week honestly screwed the pooch in week five, and I won't upset them by running through the sordid details.

NoQ is seen below digging through the Prize Package I put together. It appears that I knew my audience and, lo and behold, geeks like geek stuff. I say this as a fellow geek. The Draught Horse was kind enough to also throw in an NHL Winter Classic hockey stick signed by Chris Pronger of the Philadelphia Flyers, not just a professional athlete but one people have heard of. This week? No more tourney play but the usual prizes at all venues. See you at the quiz.

Four teams still alive in tournament - tonight decides it!

After last night, these are our standings.

Has the lead after 5 games:

Lil' Roy 649

Boston Tea-Bag Party was the only other team to leapfrog Nation of Quizlam this week thus far, but as Lil' Roy has a higher score by more than 20 points the teabaggers are eliminated.

Still alive with one to play:

Nation of Quizlam 598
The Nudist Balloonists 557
Thundercats Ho! 510

Thus:

- Nation of Quizlam's magic number is 178; that or anything above guarantees at least a tie for victory regardless of what anyone else does.

- Lil' Roy need NoQ to score no more than 51 points, Nudist Balloonists to score no more than 92 and Thundercats Ho! to score no more than 139.

- Nudist Balloonists need to beat NoQ by at least 41 and Thundercats to not outscore them by anything over 47 points, all while scoring at least 92.

- Thundercats Ho! need a score of at least 139 and for the two other Temple teams currently above them to decide to do shrooms tonight.

Our highest score thus far this week in both of the other bars was 132; this appears to be a tougher than usual quiz, although you guys at The Draught Horse get a unique Subject round that I have no idea how well you'll do on. I am bringing the Prize Package tonight on the assumption a Temple team walks away with this.

Nation of Quizlam brings solid but beatable lead into last week of tournament

And then there were nine!

I've whittled the list down to only those teams with a mathematically possibility, however remote, of walking away with this. One team has an excellent chance, some of you need Nation of Quizlam to falter and have an A+ performance of your own, and some of you as you can see are relying upon what the insurance industry considers "acts of God." Best of luck to everyone.

The Prize Package will consist of some very cool books, games and music to tantalize the mind and revive the spirit, including a 110 year old humor tome, the oldest book I've ever given away. Dependent upon how scores shape up I'll do the actual awarding either Thursday night or the following week.

Red = El Camino Real
Orange = 12 Steps Down
Green = The Draught Horse

Nation of Quizlam 598
The Nudist Balloonists 557
Parent Thesis 539
Boston Tea-Bag Party 523
Lil' Roy 517
Thundercats Ho! 510
Big Bushy Beard Like Merlin 438
Those Four Assholes at the Bar 426
Evile Ukrainian Penguins 382

Nation of Quizlam dominates third week of five-week quiz tournament with a 173

These are the overall standings after three weeks. Cumulative totals will be posted weekly.

Once again I sifted out low-scoring teams we don't see at most quizzes on the assumption that they wont be factors, but still have a record of their scores should they return with some degree of success.

Below I've color-coded the teams by bar; keep in mind there will be one overall winner. In the cases in which teams have a general tendency to re-use a name or variations on a name I've listed them below by that usual name instead of what they happened to use this week.

Red = El Camino Real
Orange = 12 Steps Down
Green = The Draught Horse

Nation of Quizlam 453
The Nudist Balloonists 409
Parent Thesis 403
Lil' Roy 385
Boston Tea-Bag Party 377
Thundercats Ho! 361
Big Bushy Beard Like Merlin 316
Those Four Assholes at the Bar 311
Evile Ukrainian Penguins 286
Pies = Punches 262
Fightin' Blue Cocks 234
Northern Iowa Killed Our Brackets 230
Kensington Hookers Against Cockfighting 227
King Shit of Fuck Mountain 222
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper 205
Rape Factory 196
Shrine of the Silver Monkey 196
Just Because I Dress Like a Nazi... 188
Wallbangers 186
Quizzie McGuire 168
Ghosts of Jayson Werth's Beard 167
Clumsy Pelicans 148
Schweddy Balls 125
Doug Blew It 115
Wanton Negligence 113
Derp Derp Derp 108
The Booyesses 98
Does the Pope Shit in the Woods? 97
Yes! We Are That Good-Looking 96
Pool Hall Junkies 93
Zeta Jota 91
Hil-Dog's Period 87
PJ & Noah's Booze Fund 83
The Help 78
Team Primo 74
Dee Donley 67
Lady Raptors 65

Tournament standings after the second week of play

These are the overall standings after two weeks. Cumulative totals will be posted weekly.

Once again I sifted out low-scoring teams we don't see at most quizzes on the assumption that they wont be factors, but still have a record of their scores should they return with some degree of success.

Below I've color-coded the teams by bar; keep in mind there will be one overall winner. In the cases in which teams have a general tendency to re-use a name or variations on a name I've listed them below by that usual name instead of what they happened to use this week.

Red = El Camino Real
Orange = 12 Steps Down
Green = The Draught Horse

The Nudist Balloonists 291
Nation of Quizlam 280
Lil' Roy 273
Boston Tea-Bag Party 254
Parent Thesis 247
Thundercats Ho! 238
Northern Iowa Killed Our Brackets 230
Kensington Hookers Against Cockfighting 227
King Shit of Fuck Mountain 222
Evile Ukrainian Penguins 206
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper 205
Rape Factory 196
Shrine of the Silver Monkey 196
Those Four Assholes at the Bar 194
Big Bushy Beard Like Merlin 192
Wallbangers 186
Pies = Punches 175
Clumsy Pelicans 148
Schweddy Balls 125
Wanton Negligence 113
Just Because I Dress Like a Nazi... 112
Fightin' Blue Cocks 106
The Booyesses 98
Does the Pope Shit in the Woods? 97
Zeta Jota 91
The Help 78
Team Primo 74
Dee Donley 67
Quizzie McGuire 61

Your five-week quiz tournament standings after Week 1

These are the overall standings after one week. Cumulative totals will be posted weekly.

I sifted out low-scoring teams we don't see at most quizzes on the assumption that they wont be factors, but still have a record of their scores should they return with some degree of success. Much to the shame of some regulars, I do expect to see you again soon and thus posted your lower-than-potential scores below. There are gobs of points still available so no one should feel as if they've been mathematically elimated yet because of a weak debut.

Thus far I've locked down some cool trivia-related games and books as part of the prize package, which I think you quiz geeks (and I use that term with fond regards) will appropriately spazz over.

Below I've color-coded the teams by bar; keep in mind there will be one overall winner. In the cases in which teams have a general tendency to re-use aname or variations on a name I've listed them below by that usual name instead of what they happened to use this week.

You all played the same quiz this week except for the 40-point Subject Round. The Draught Horse team Dr. Green Thumb set a new low this week with 15 points through 6 rounds of what appeared to me to be an earnest attempt to answer all questions, and I'd be surprised to see them again. If we do, I'll add 'em in.

Red = El Camino Real
Orange = 12 Steps Down
Green = The Draught Horse

Nation of Quizlam 152
The Nudist Balloonists 145
Boston Tea-Bag Party 138
Parent Thesis 130
Lil' Roy 125
Northern Iowa Killed Our Brackets 114
Wanton Negligence 113
Thundercats Ho! 112
Just Because I Dress Like a Nazi... 112
King Shit of Fuck Mountain 109
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper 107
Big Bushy Beard Like Merlin 102
Kensington Hookers Against Cockfighting 101
The Booyesses 98
Those Four Assholes at the Bar 94
Wallbangers 93
Zeta Jota 91
Shrine of the Silver Monkey 89
Evile Ukrainian Penguins 88
Rape Factory 76
Pies = Punches 70
Clumsy Pelicans 66
Quizzie McGuire 61
NcNutt 44
D.T.s 35

Announcing the Spring QuizmasterChris All-Quiz Tournament

Starting tonight, and for the next five weeks, all teams' quiz scores will be cumulatively totalled.

The team with the top overall score at the end of that period among all teams playing at all venues will win a very cool prize package that I'm currently putting together. This is in addition to our usual venue-based quiz prizes. Expect better than the usual consolation-prize books. I may reveal the exact contents of the prize package as the weeks progress.

Watch this blog for weekly updates, and let the games begin!

My Super Bowl prediction was off by one point...

... and, er, off by one team.

Congrats to the Saints. I was hoping they'd win but obviously didn't see them pulling it off.

The one downside was Jeremy Shockey winning the SB. I really can't stand that d-bag.

Is it just me, or did the commercials bite the proverbial large one this year? The best I recall was the Betty White/Abe Vigoda (still alive!) bit. About 20 tied for worst, including a good 15 or so which tried to convince me that it's tough to be a man, and the best route to manhood would be through maintaining my testosterone-fueled individuality, which is done by consuming the products I'm instructed to while literally - in two consecutive commercials - wearing pants when so many others choose not to do so. Talking babies: unfunny, kinda creepy. Babies talking about their stockbrokers: unfunny, make me want to import shake-prone British nannies by the boatload. Where's Sudden Infant Death Syndrome when you need it?

Blog hits 40,000 visitors

So it looks like we've hit the 40,000 visitor mark. That's over 40,000 distinct IP addresses regardless of the number of visits, which is some multiple of that higher. Thanks for your continued support the past few years.

Hits have come in from more than 130 countries and territories. It took me a few weeks to even engage a counter, so the numbers are even a bit higher than that.

How a quiz question is written

People often ask me if I write the questions, and how. "Where'dya get the questions?" they demand, mouth-breathing faces filled with wonder.

"D'ya write 'em yerself?" they ask credulously. "Is a bear Catholic?" I respond. "Does the Pope shit in the woods?" I continue, unnecessarily.

But it's all a lie... all a terrible, monstrous lie.

Let us take ourselves behind the scenes of the operation, and finally reveal all. Let this be Quizmasterchris Industries' holiday treat to you! Think of it as your Golden Ticket to get a once in a lifetime peek inside Quizmasterchris Industries' Obfuscation Factory and Smoke'n'Mirror Works!

Pictured above left find our receptionist, Samantha, who answers all calls at the American HQ on our new iDialPhone system provided as a promotional consideration by Comcast. It's Comcastic! We maintain this largely depopulated, benefits-free office with a 215 area code to retain the facade of a local, mom and pop operation, the one thing we are assuredly not.

Lining the wall note her laptop, powered by Windows Vista. Samantha has a lot of lap; she isn't well-paid and thrifts a lot of skirts from 1972.

First off, I couldn't possibly create the quizzes myself; this much is obvious, as I am barely literate and unusually lazy, even by quiz host standards.

Questions are developed by a desperate team of poor but bright teenagers who have been trained in Wikipedia usage - and have been assigned fake Anglo-Saxon names to no particular end - at our Question Outsourcing Center in Bangalore, India. We find this to be a cost-effective solution as the workers have few formal legal rights and union activity is essentially illegal. This is pretty much a lateral move on that front from our former New Jersey facility, but we found that fewer and fewer American workers could handle the grammar of shifting statements into questions. Little consideration is given to quality but much to quantity, as the managers tend to come from the our nation's poultry industry and have little or no direct trivia experience.

I like to think of the program as Slumdog Hundredaire.

These questions are transferred to microfilm and shipped home in swallowed condoms by homeless folks we pass off as vacationing well-to-do New Agers visiting the subcontinent, searching for inner peace.

After the questions are sifted stateside by our unpaid, abused high school interns in preparation for an American audience (to remove international cricket test scores, all reference to spices and other such things that would bewilder a Yank audience), we test the remaining questions for allergic properties on orphans, as pictured at right.

I am a mere figurehead, and the questions and their answers are printed for me phonetically (and, sometimes in the case of big words, in rebus form) on a series of coloful index cards specially designed to hold my attention. There is a small mic surgically implanted in my skull. If resultantly Quality Control (staffed by widow women out of Jogjakarta, Indonesia) can hear that I readed the questions real good at the quiz I get extra mealloaf ration that upcoming weekend at the halfway facility where I was originally recruited, and where the conditions of my parole still require I live, and continue to introduce myself to and review my transgressions with any new neighbors.

We hope that this clears up any lingering confusion about the origin of the quizzes and the nature of their preparation. Next week we'll take a look at how many of your favorite cookies really were baked by elves. Happy Holidays to you and yours from the people of Quizmasterchris Industries, its parent company Dow Chemical and our outsourced/externalized labor pool, both in and out of the reserve army of the unemployed!

Your all-new and greatly expanded quiz schedule!

Sunday, August 30, 9:00pm
Lyon's Den
848 S. 2nd St.
(near 2nd & Christian Sts.)
Subject Round: FOOTBALL

Monday, August 31, 9:00pm
Ray's Happy Birthday Bar
1200 E. Passyunk Ave.
(near 9th & Federal Sts.)
Subject Round: SIT-COMS
Let's try this, seeing as my Mondays were free.

Tuesday, September 1, 9:00pm
El Camino Real
1040 N. 2nd St.
(2nd St. below Girard Ave.)
Subject Round: PSYCHOLOGY

Wednesday, September 2, 7:00pm
12 Steps Down
9th & Christian Sts.
Subject Round: DAYS OF THE WEEK
Note half-hour earlier start.

Wednesday, September 2, 9:15pm
The Institute - visit the website
12th & Green Sts.
Subject Round: FAMOUS FIRSTS
All-new quiz north of Market St. There will be food and drink specials TBA.

Thursday, September 10, at or sometime after 8:30pm
The Draught Horse
Broad St. & Cecil B. Moore Ave.
(Temple University campus)
Subject Round: FAMOUS COMEBACKS
We have to determine the exact regular start time for this quiz for the Fall term. Please give me or the bar staff input if you're planning to be a regular.

A quick word on comments

Comments have shot up in frequency lately, which is great.

FYI, I have the comments set to "Moderated," which means that I get an email that comments were left and I have to approve them before they appear. This isn't for purposes of censoring per se or sifting on quality... I'm just avoiding spam. The first several months of the blog I had the comments unmoderated and there were a lot of penis pill ads and other nonsense getting through.

When you leave a comment, therefore, there might be a lag of a day or so in when it appears. I try to deal with these fairly quickly.

What I'm accepting as an answer for "countries"

Last week at Ray's I made the error of asking a fairly harmless (so I thought) Speed round question about what European countries lie west of Germany. This caused some hub-bub.

One team answered "(UK) England" [sic] which I marked correct for its "UK" portion. I'm actually something of an easy grader. A few spaces later they also answered "Scotland", which I marked wrong. Even if I bought Scotland as a country, "UK" as a previous answer at best made that redundant.

For the record, this is where any future quiz of mine stands and has always stood on the issue, should I be asking (typically a Speed round question) asking for countries:

United Kingdom or UK: Obviously a country, this will be marked right if the UK meets the criteria for the question.

Britain: Not a country. I will accept this as a gloss for "UK" as an answer, as per below.

England: Not a country. England is in the driver's seat in the UK, and appears to allow limited parIiamentary powers in its British neighbors to assuage feelings of domination without granting independence. Note that England doesn't feel the need to have its own parliament. (Note also that when it comes to Scotland the people arguing with me argue that the Scottish parliament makes it a country... what would that then make England..?)

I have habitually accepted this answer as a gloss for "UK" even though this is technically incorrect. Americans are in the habit of using "UK", "England" and "Britain" interchangeably. Similarly we used to interchange "Russia" and "USSR", also incorrect but only a pedantic jackass would correct you in casual conversation. I accept one for the other purely not to appear to be difficult in running the game, the same way that I accept misspelled answers if I can read what you meant. If I ask a question (which I almost certainly wouldn't for these very reasons) looking for Scotland specifically when I want England or vice versa, this would be marked wrong. As above, don't expect me to let England slide and then on top of that get credit for another portion of the UK in the same question.

Scotland: Not a country. This is where my poli sci degree actually comes in handy. Note none of this has a thing to do with whether or not I think it'd be nice for Scotland to be a country. The Scottish National Party website lays a nice case out for that in fact. Note also that I know that the UK claims to be a "country comprised of four countries," which I accept about as much as the Trinity, another concept the true believer never has clear answers on when challenged. The fact that the UK has one UN seat and not 5 or more tells me all I need to know. The USSR used to claim to be 14 "republics" - who took that seriously?

Scotland has:

- a flag (so does Philadelphia... although Philadelphia doesn't fly a UK flag, which Scotland does)
- a parliamentary body with limited powers concerning internal matters (so does any US state)
- a soccer team (so did my high school)
- a rugby team (so did my college)
- limited budget and taxation powers (so does any US state)
- a history as a former independent state (so do Texas, Vermont, Tannu Tuva and Sikkim... look it up)
- a unique language and culture (see also Kurdistan, Tibet and Quebec)
- an independence movement, which is a curious thing for a "country" to have after becoming one
- a royal family... the English one (who are themselves largely not English either)
- seats in the UK parliament; generally a country doesn't get seats in another country's parliament... in fact this is definitional

Scotland doesn't have:

- international recognition as a country by other countries (this is the primary criterion)
- control over its own borders
- control over its own currency (Bank of Scotland prints a British pound; Scotland can't decide on its own to, for example, adopt the euro)
- control over its own military
- passports, embassies, consulates nor a diplomatic corps; all very damning
- a seat at the UN
- a seat at the EU
- Scottish stamps
- an Olympic team (the bar on this one being rather low, see Puerto Rico)
- the ability to pass laws not ultimately subject to review by UK judiciary

Scotland is pretty much on par with constituent parts of the United States, India, South Africa or Spain, dependent upon the issue.

Wales: Not a country, as per Scotland. One big hint on this one is that the Prince of Wales isn't Welsh and doesn't live there. Ouch.

Northern Ireland: Not only not a country, but filled with people interested only in being part of one of two others. If only they could agree which one...

Republic of Ireland: Unfortunately this came up during the debate to muddy the waters, and oddly to support the idea of Scotland being a country. Ireland is a country. I assume you mean the Republic if you write just "Ireland." I would suggest that Scotland doesn't have nearly everything that the independence-minded Irish fought for and won, i.e. becoming a country. This is only useful as contrast.

I might suggest this article, Scotland Is Not a Country as brief review on this subject. The author lists 8 criteria and Scotland by his estimation fails 6 of them. I don't even accept his #1, "Scotland has internationally recognized boundaries", as I don't think any international body cares where England and Scotland draw their boundary; it's an internal affair. His #2, the one we can all agree upon, is that "people live there permanently." Wow.

An Englishman drinking at Ray's was called into the debate, who in addition to repeatedly insulting me declared that Scotland is a country because of the "devolved parliament" thing. This, of course, is what almost all poli sci people would use to argue just the opposite, that body giving Scotland about as much international standing as Oregon has.

The primary argument I've heard in favor of Scotland being a country is that a lot of people who live there say that. That being the case, I should have accepted 3 or 4 answers for (instead of?) Spain. Kurdistan and Tibet would most certainly be countries if that's all it took. The fact remains that international recognition by other countries makes a country. Debate within political circles concerns when that is appropriate.

Delivered in the English accent, however, this was taken to mean by the assembled that I must be wrong. I blame the TV contest shows and their instance on always having an English judge. If our world balances out there was an American butting into a pub quiz in Manchester somewhere last week, declaring confidently that Marilyn Monroe laid out the Monroe Doctrine.

And the hate mail begins... now! I have a feeling that this will be one of those posts that'll get angry comments years later.

It's April 11, 2010, and that prediction turned out to be very much true.

Not sure why I didn't think of this a year ago, but let's read the text of the Act of Union 1707:

"I. THAT the two Kingdoms of Scotland and England shall upon the first day of May next ensuing the date hereof, and for ever after, be united into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN; And that the Ensigns Armorial of the said United Kingdom be such as Her Majesty shall appoint,, and the Crosses of St Andrew and St George be conjoined, in such manner as Her Majesty shall think fit, and used in all Flags, Banners, Standards and Ensigns, both at Sea and Land."

So that's a very clear statement that A) England and Scotland were referred to as Kingdoms, not countries, before the Act, and B) that both Kingdoms were henceforth considered dissolved in favor of one unit.

Reading on:

"VII. THAT all parts of the United Kingdom..."

Parts, not countries.

" IX. ...in that part of the United Kingdom now called England..."

Part, not country.

And seemingly important, in case we're looking for ambiguity:

"XXV. THAT all Laws and Statutes in either Kingdom, to far as they are contrary to, or inconsistent with the Terms of these Articles, or any of them, shall, from and after the Union cease and become void and shall be so declared to be, by the respective Parliaments of the said Kingdoms."

Do you know how to add? I don't.

Since the beginning of the quiz, I've claimed that a perfect score would be 212 points, amended to 213 when I added a point for the first team to hand in a paper in the Speed round.

No one has ever challenged me on this that I can recall.

Yesterday I had an epiphany. 10 + 20 + 31 + 40 + 58 + 60 = 219. Two hundred nineteen, not two hundred thirteen, which is in fact a different number.

The all-time Top Ten Scores List at right has been adjusted accordingly. The scores look slightly less impressive as a result, but we all already knew this was no quiz for punters.

I take a tiny amount of solace in arriving at this on my own, even if it took a couple of years.

Sunday evening quizzes to begin at El Camino Real on April 26!

Quizzes begin at 7pm Sundays at El Camino Real in Northern Liberties on April 26th. There will be the usual mix of drink specials and prizes available, and the quiz will be in my usual format. The place serves Tex-Mex food so you can sustain your trivia brain's requirements while also meeting your alcohol requirements.

El Camino Real
1040 N. 2nd St.
(2nd St. below Girard Ave.)
Philadelphia

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Major changes in quiz schedule here, more on the way

I have some big news and some semi-formed news that I will attempt to keep you informed of as I learn more.

After almost a year, Drinker's Tavern on Market St. decided to pull the plug on the quiz, citing low receipts. Not that it was ever a quiz hotspot, but lately we've had two of the worst recent weather nights on Tuesdays, the presidential election and so forth... challenges on top of challenges.

Frankly it's a poor match for the event and I was always pleasantly surprised that they had me there that long. I don't think it's a bad bar, just a weird quiz destination. When the management group that runs the place called me, I thought that was the least likely of their multiple bars they'd suggest putting me in. No other quiz has given away that much valuable stuff for that long (iPhone! PBR bike! tab! T-shirts!), and no other venue put that amount of investment into fliers and such. No one can say they didn't try.

Thanks especially to Sean and Dave for being so cool about having us, and to Sean for the immediate, professional heads up.

It's just an awkward spot to have a quiz. People looking to drink in Old City are generally not looking to use their brains much.

I had some good times hosting there and met some nice folks I never would have otherwise, but it was also the venue with the rudest, most obnoxious drunks since Frank's on the rare times I had to deal with any of them. After one quiz I was ripping a racist (he didn't just heckle, he had to rip Mexicans while doing it), drunken yuppie type a new one for being so awful to me and the other customers during the quiz. His buzzed explanation/defense was to shrug his shoulders and say "I make a lot of money." And that settled accounts in his mind. You just don't get that much in other parts of the city, and those and related Old City moments I will not miss. There was a moment back in about 1995 when the neighborhood had something going for it, but that's a topic for another day...

Often visiting tourists would win the quiz, never to be seen again. I recall winners being from England, Virginia and Florida. How do you build from that?!

I am lobbying Lyon's Den for the return of the quiz, likely on Monday nights. They gave it a break to see if Monday Night Football would be a bigger draw, and since the end of football season all parties who need to discuss setting things up again, including me, have been a bit lax about it. With the new seating arrangement and vastly improved kitchen I could see this thriving. Let me get on the stick on that.

I had an interview to do a Sunday night quiz in West Philly last week, I should hear back very shortly. I also have feelers out for a Tuesday night replacement, one in Center City and the other in the NE. I will update as news becomes available.