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Trivia Jock ShanRock's Interests
General
Other topics included in my weekly pub quiz include geography, film, math, novels, TV commercials, biology, artists, true crime, celebrities, food, current events, comics, musicians, cartoons, politics, languages, human anatomy, local trivia, etc.
Music
Every night, I do a round called "I Don't Feel Tardy," in which I play clips of songs, for which you must identify the artist and song title. Each week I will prepare an eclectic mixture of genres, which might include New Wave, Classical, Hip Hop, TV Theme Songs, Punk, Ska, Disco, Folk, Heavy Metal, Soundtracks, Rock, Blues, Oldies, stuff that "the kids" are listening to right now, Opera, Goth, Reggae, Grunge, Jazz, Classic Rock, Doo-Wop, R & B, Country, Show Tunes, and maybe even some Lite Rock for us all to laugh at.
Round two is "Potato Power," in which I challenge your knowledge of about TV and movies. If TV was your favorite babysitter when you were a kid, you'll do just fine on this one.
Books
I may ask questions about literature, comics, grammar, poetry, non-fiction, children's books, vocabulary, figures of speech, etc.
Heroes
My magnificent regular teams include veterans such as The Fuck Facers and Battlehorn Greywolf, as well as promising newcomers such as Wisdom Teeth and DON'T Shit the Bed!
Welcome, triviologists! Come and play fun and free pub quizzes with me and the gang . . . ShanRock's Triviology is the best in the land! Don't take my word for it, though - there is proof in black & white: my pub quizzery was chosen as Willamette Week's
Best Use of State-Dependent Learning, and I am also
The Best Entertainer in North Portland, according to The Sentinel.
Highest scoring triva team wins a variety of prizes, in addition to bragging rights, fame and glory. Prizes differ at each venue, as listed below.
Maximum team size is five, so that 12 headed behemoths don't steal the glory from respectable quintets.
My thoroughly researched questions are about half pop culture and half actual book learnin', so there's something for everyone. And fear not, those of you with short attention spans - the game is divided into about seven short rounds. Topics including science, TV, history, music, literature, and even a fun physical challenge (which is something fun like Operation, Waffle House, sharp-shooting with Nerf guns, or Tic Tac Apocalypse).
Each pub quiz lasts a couple of hours. There will be a fresh set of questions for every single game, so come as much as you like to challenge yourself with new material, all for the greater glory of your team!
HAWTHORNE HIDEAWAY 2221 SE Hawhtorne MONDAYS @ 8:00 Prizes: Either gift certificates or PBR T-shirts for the TWO highest scoring teams!
SEWICKLY'S ADDITION 4901 SE HAWTHORNE TUESDAYS @ 7:30 Prizes: In addition to beer shwag type prizes (zippos, Camel T-shirts, etc.), this is the ONLY Triviology venue to offer a CASH PRIZE! The bar puts up a buck for every brain that shows up to play, so the more players, the bigger the pot!
PETER'S 19th HOLE 5701 NE Fremont WEDNESDAYS @ 8:00 Prizes: Winning team gets gift certificates to the bar.
OLIVER'S (non-smoking!) 1000 SW Broadway THURSDAYS @ 6:00 (no pub quiz on 4/24/08!) Prizes: Gift certificates.
LA MERDE 301 SE Morrison THURSDAYS @ 9:00 Prizes: Winning team gets eith La Merde T-shirts (which proclaim that you were "The Shit" at Trivia Night) or beer cozies, or gift certificates.
Check out my website:
www.shanrockstrivia.com . . . it's got a sweet forum , all the better for teams to trash-talk with, for when my pub quizzery is not in session!
Also, feel free to contact me at shannon@shanrockstrivia.com, or (503) 957-7806.
Who I'd like to meet:
Smartypanteses, nerds, couch potatoes, geeks, glitterati, dorks, literati, idiots, mediocrities, hipsters, mad scientists, the unemployed, good folk, bad folk, yankees, hillbillies, children of the night . . . come one, come all - everyone's got a fair shot at victory.
Holler Girl! Back from Michigan (aka: America's high five). I think we are coming to see you this week! Everyone I talk to is like, "Trivia?!" and Im all, "Yeah" so I think it is ON!!!! Cant wait to see you soon!
I heard it through the grapevine that the reason Sewickly's has recently been coming like a ghost town is that people tremble with fear and have angst in their pants at the thought of competing against us.
If Genghis Khan does not win Movie Trivia tonight, well... allow me to quote David Walker: I will run up and down the street naked with chicken feathers up my ass screaming 'I am cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!'"
Somebody hasn't been present on their "home turf" any more consistently than us lately, and is projecting cowardice onto our team. Wrong, but devious.
Also, since WE EFFING WON ON THE FIRST TRY on Wednesday we will be back to challenge Sewickly's immediately. Maybe these accusers with faulty logic will be there too, hard to tell.
I gotta come down and check out your trivia show sometime! Thanks again for the invite to the party the other night it was good to see you. Don't be a stranger and stop by the ha sometime!
Yeah, sorry about ducking out without saying goodbye. It had nothing to do with our loss...the more pregnant members of the team were tired and wanted to get home. :)
And I believe "to Houdini" someone is to perform some act, like disappearing, as if it were magic...that or forcing someone into a milk-can filled with water, like so much Fonzie.
SHAH-NAHN! I am sorry for my absence but evening employment has beckoned me away from trivia's loving embrace. BUT, we are planning to make it sometime this week, probably not the Haw Hide- I am excited to try a new place! Also, I have a proposition for you: How would you like to do Valentines Day Trivia at PNCA again this year? It was one of our most popular events in a long time and we'd love to have you back! We'll talk about it this week!
I had two girls come into the Hideaway tonight with holiday sweaters that would have dropped you to your precious knees. Well, one was wearing a flannel Christmas nightgown that I swear my mother owned in 1983, but I count it still and wished you'd been there for the thrill of it.
I can see why I Just Called To Say Fuck You would be so upset with us. I mean, "My First Mr. Ed?" It's SO simple to get...I ran it past my four-month old niece and SHE got it. She then spit up on me, which I suspect would've happened if IJCTSFY had gotten it right too.
But, alas, they did not. Huh...how very odd, such an easy answer and all.
i'm pretty amazing really. look for my triumphant return soon. i'm getting tired of NOT doing trivia. i put up a brain teaser of the day every day at the cafe i work at, but i'm starting to run out of material. so i'll just come and steal some of yours.
ps: my band has a couple other shows in december. no excuses this time!
