Season 8 Champs and Season 9 Week 1 Hint

Congratulations to the Tarp Crew Heroes! They pulled it off yet again with a come from behind victory. Can they be beat this season or should we just make the plaque for the trophy now?

Season IX starts tonight! We will start the season with the same rules and scoring structure as last season but as always, I'm open to suggestions and don't have a problem making changes as we go. Since it's a little bit late warning about tonight being Week 1, you can still earn the 10-week bonus even if your team doesn't make it tonight but you do miss out on the weekly points and prizes.

Your hint for tonight is to take a look at some of the more popular G n R songs.

By the way, ever wonder if you could beat the trivia guy in trivia? I will be there early tonight to play a few warm up rounds of Buzztime trivia - new to Lew's! It's not the same as live trivia, but it will give you a chance to challenge the master!!!

See you tonight!

The Time Has Come for the TOC

Phil Collins and Genesis said it best... "Tonight's the night, the night...ooohoooh"

It's Tournament of Champions night. You all know your starting scores as they are posted above. As usual, no hint this week other than one of the categories tonight is a throwback category from a previous round this season.

Enhanced cell phone rules: No cell phones at the table in view at all. If you need to make a call or text, you need to leave the bar and go outside. I don't want to see any phones...even after your answers are in for a round. Any team seen with a phone on is out of the TOC regardless of what they were doing on it.

I don't know the exact prizes for tonight but I'm sure there will be some fun ones. Most important, as we all know, is your team's name on the trophy and choice of trivia table for next season.

Good luck to all teams and I am looking forward to tonight!!!

1 Week Left to Warm Up!

I'll be honest, I don't really have a hint for you today. But, overwhelmingly (from the two or three team suggestions I received), 80's trivia was requested for this week since it is for fun. So there will be a few categories related to this topic but don't worry, they are "gettable".

Other than that...just come prepared to have fun and drink some beers!

Season 8 Final Standings and hint for tonight

Above you will see the final standings for Season 8. You will also find each team's starting points for the upcoming Tournament of Champions. All teams above are eligible for the tournament. Teams in green got in on total points while teams in yellow are in for most weeks played (outside top 10 in points).

It looks like the TOC will occur on June 23rd due to a home Royals game on June 16th. This means we have two weeks of "fun" trivia for our normal prizes ($40 gift card for 1st, $20 for 2nd).

Tonight, we will also be giving away Waldo Crawldo tickets to the 1st place team (up to 5). The Waldo Crawldo is also your hint for the week! If you don't win the tickets, remember you can buy them for $5 tonight at Lew's.

If you have some fun ideas for next week's game (theme, idea for categories, etc) bring them with you tonight. It would be cool to do something different for one week!

Also, start thinking about rules changes or suggestions you have for next season and let me know what you thought of our changes this season.

See you all tonight!!!

Last week of the regular season!

It's here, it's finally here! The last week of the regular season. While your team is jockeying for position in the standings tonight, make sure you pay attention to who is helping you out. This is one of the last weeks to clean up that roster and fill it with your smart friends before the Tournament of Champions!

Your hint for tonight is "State Tourism Slogans".

Good luck everyone and see you all tonight!