Dice wants to say a big thank you to the teams and everyone at On Deck for helping train Last Call's newest Portland Trivia Jockey. AJ has already picked up some shift coverage and will soon have his own shows. Dice feels confident Last Call has signed another solid TJ in AJ!
TEAMS: The house team at On Deck doesn't always play Trivia, but when they do, the DECK CREW (75) delivers with great scores. Playing with themselves the entire show, the MENTAL MASTURBATORS (71) milked the first half for every last point, but made a mess in the 5th round. Winners of Dice's favorite team name of the night, THE FLABBERGABBIES (68) went stroke for stroke with the competition all night. PRESTIGE WORLDWIDE (62) focused on fine-tuning their worldwide Trivia takeover.
JUST TWO DUDES HAVING A GOOD TIME were having a great time until the final rounds forced them to reconsider their superlatives. Taking their game to the city, FARMERS ONLY DATE NIGHT looked sharp early in the contest. On Deck newbs, THE GOOD TICKLE were making moves at the start, but like most good tickles, went too far at halftime and never could recover.
TRIVIA: Trivia is often like the movie The Usual Suspects. The lineup of teams and players from week to week is often the same, which pleases Dice as much as the movie does. Unsurprisingly, Dice imagines himself a bit of a Keyser Soze, eager to engage his Trivia teams in a battle of wits with a much more eclectic soundtrack.
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing
the world he didn't exist." -Roger "Verbal" Kint
Bryan Singer's incredible 1995 thriller, The Usual Suspects, is one of the genres all-time classics. The title was inspired by a line from a Rolling Stone article and features Steven Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Steven Baldwin, and Kevin Spacey. Originally conceived as "five felons who meet in a police lineup," Spacey told Singer he was interested in working with the director after seeing his 1993 independent film, Public Access. According to Spacey, Singer had convinced each of the primary actors that they were Soze and waited until the first screening revealed the truth causing one of the actors to storm out of the screening and argue with the director. The film was nominated for and won two Academy Awards, Best Screenplay for writer Christopher McQuarrie and Best Supporting Actor for Spacey. Dice would continue, but he doesn't want to give anything away to anyone that hasn't seen this wonderful movie.
TUNES: The Kaiser Chiefs obviously inspired us during halftime. "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone, 1....2 from Parliament, and some Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Disturbed's cover of "Land of Confusion" and a great ukulele cover of Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast" kept the On Deck crowd guessing. Dice played 1...2 from Pearl Jam, one of his all-time favorite bands.
Stay tuned for some exciting new blog and website features....Have a great week Trivia teams.
-Dice
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