In the end, two teams tied at the top of standings with an impressive 65 from 70 points, as The Prancing Ponies and Hobbitual went at it in sudden death to determine the one quiz team to rule them all.
The tie breaker question asked the wealth of Smaug, as stated by the Forbes Fictional 15, and The Prancing Ponies' answer of $17 billion was closer to the actual answer of $54.1 billion....
They lined up for their championship photo outside, during what was describe by one team as "polar vortex II: the Desolation of Milwaukee."
Also, with the quiz being for charity, the $425 raised would go to Feeding America, as determined by our champs.
That meant second place was handed to Hobbitual, who are obviously stellar LOTR nerds, being just a three-person team...
What a quest from them!
Finally, the real fun was had during the reading of the team names, with the best LOTR-inspired name getting a prize also.
Some honorable mentions went to...
- The Tolkien Branch of scientology was founded by Elrond Hubbard
- If Legolas' penis was a box and his semen was an arrow, I wish the small of my back was the target!
- The Hobbit and the unnecessary sequels
- Tolkien up: getting higher in the Shire
- Speak friend and enter... that's what she said!
But ultimately, Quizmaster Ryan selected "A Bilbo is a girl's best friend" as the best one and that duo walked out with a bar tab...
We wanna thank everyone that came out that night and remember our next event --- Dead Man Quizzin': The Walking Dead Quiz --- is at Jack's on Sunday March 2nd.
Don't miss it!
Until next time Middle Earth, drink while you think...
Sunday January 26th, 2013 scores:
- 65 The Prancing Ponies
- 65 Hobbitual
- 64 Leggo my Viggo
- 64 Former Maggot's 'shrooms
- 64 The Peter Jackson cameos
- 64 The Tolkien Branch of scientology was founded by Elrond Hubbard
- 63 I want to blow the Horn of Gondor
- 61 Will you blow my Horn of Gondor tonight?
- 60 The dead keep it...
- 59 If Legolas' penis was a box and his semen was an arrow, I wish the small of my back was the target!
- 58 The Hobbit and the unnecessary sequels
- 57 Francisco Scaramanguman the White
- 55 Tom Bambadil got ripped off
- 55 Team Eleventy-one
- 54 Tolkien up: getting higher in the Shire
- 54 The eye of Sauron looks like Pete Marshall's asshole
- 53 Lord of the Nuva Rings
- 51 Arctic Vortex II: Desolation of Milwaukee
- 51 A Bilbo is a girl's best friend
- 46 Team Hufflepuff
- 46 Put a ring on it
- 41 Speak friend and enter... that's what she said!
- 33 We tried
- 00 Trandolf the gay
