Happy Hour Trivia: 9/3/08

Next trivia night: September 3. The headliner is Pablo Francisco ... so I'll be doing the whole trivia night in an Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation. Or not. Come on out for the best damn trivia night in town! Dcimprov.com.

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Welcome to the online home for Happy Hour Trivia -- a one-hour bar trivia quiz held once a month at the DC Improv Lounge (1140 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC). Teams of hopeful brainiacs square off for glory and prizes, and afterwards everyone enjoys some great live stand-up.

Here's how it works: 1) Buy a ticket for the comedy show in the main showroom (you must buy a ticket to participate). 2) Get to the Improv between 6:30 and 7 to sign up for trivia with your team. The lounge holds 55, and trivia participation is on a first-come, first-served basis. 3) Play for an hour. 4) Head over to the showroom right after, where reserved seats are waiting for you.

Trivia is hosted by Chris White, a leader of the 1994 Penncrest High School championship Scott's Hi-Q Team. As you can tell from this web site, we think he sucks. But even WE will admit, he runs a pretty damn good trivia night -- beyond standard q&a, there are video rounds, funny videos and a few other surprises every contest.

August 6 Recap

In only our third edition of Happy Hour Trivia, we already have repeat champions. The Golden Triangle Gun Club smoked the competition once again, scoring a 21 out of a possible 30. Behold their wrath:

Coming in second was Team Redundancy Team (19) and rounding out the winners' circle was the Dewey Ducks (18). Round one was movie trivia -- teams had to list the top 10 U.S. box office hits of all time (inflation-adjusted, of course). Not as easy as you might think. Round two was another video (check it out below). And round three was standard Q&A. Since the show in the main showroom was improv, we had three improvisers, Katie, Katie and Dan, help us out ... they worked the right answers into a couple of classic improv games. Thanks, guys!

Here's the video round, as promised; it's called "Fantastic Fours," and the instructions are part of the video. I truncated this to five questions for the web (there were 8 on the full version). Take a look right here for the answers..

July 1

In honor of the Fourth, the theme was "Red, White and Blue" -- and the Golden Triangle Gun Club proved to be the most patriotic team of all, scoring 24 out of a possible 33. There was a tie for runner-up between Their Small is Pretty Large and The Conspiracy. The Conspiracy earned second place in a sudden death playoff, which involved naming Smurfs until one team blanked. Yes, it's that kind of night. The last place team had the best name: The Ringo Death Stars. Major points for creativity, guys. Karma will reward you.

May 21

The tastefully named "Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor" came out on top (scoring 22 out of a possible 32) in the inaugural trivia night. Congratulations to Chris, Elizabeth, Rich, Ben, Rob and Courtney, who mastered questions on Maine, domes and more.

Why Chris Sucks: In a 97-0 vote, Chris White refused to ratify the Kyoto treaty, thereby ensuring a future not entirely unlike Kevin Costner's "Waterworld."

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