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May 2, 2007 at 10:15 am · Filed under Family+Friends, Montreal, Pubquiz, Toastmasters
Last night after work I headed over to El Diablo Rojo, a tapas bar on Peel for a very pleasant evening with my fellow Toastmasters. There was free beer and free food and good company, what else could I ask for? The food didn’t seem very tapas-like but it was still good. Who knew beef and bananas would be a good combination? The beer was the non-spanish quebecois favourite Maudite and was stronger than I realized. The company had me discussing gaming, the UK, domain names, Facebook and craigslist and made me totally lose track of time until Jen called at 8:05 to ask why I wasn’t at quiz yet.
I dashed over to Hurley’s to arrive midway through round one of the quiz to join Jen and our other teammates, Marie-Jo and her Scottish beau Jonathan. We didn’t win the quiz but we had fun trying, and everyone now knows I want to have John Cusack’s babies.
March 6, 2007 at 11:12 am · Filed under Montreal, Pubquiz
It’s the first Tuesday of the month, which means it’s Quiz Night at Hurley’s Irish Pub.
Every month we have someone different hosting the quiz, and tonight that someone is me! I have eight categories of challenging trivia for you to enjoy with your beer and bar snacks.
Here’s a sneak peek at my categories:
- S is for Science
- M is for Music
- G is for Geography
- F is for Film
- H is for History (I can hear the groans already)
- L is for Literature
- T is for TV
- The Mystery Category
I will also be setting a challenge at the start of the quiz, to be completed by the end of the quiz.
So come join us tonight at 8pm, upstairs at Hurley’s on Crescent below St Catherine. Don’t worry if you don’t have a team, we can always find a team for you to join.
November 8, 2006 at 1:35 pm · Filed under Pubquiz
Last night was quiz night at Hurley’s Irish Pub. The quiz was tough, but that’s ok because the room was full of Montreal bloggers, and we all know how smart Montreal bloggers are.
We were in the lead up to the last couple of rounds, before getting wiped out by some impossible song lyrics and tricky “famous animals” questions. Congrats to the Scotsman and his new bride and their glamorous assistants, JonasParker and the inimitable Art.
September 6, 2006 at 12:08 pm · Filed under Pubquiz
Last night was quiz night at Hurley’s. Good beer (St Ambroise oatmeal stout), good food (nachos, lots and lots of nachos), good company (we teamed up with him and her and chatted with Tyler and Cara and Kim and Walter and Karen and Dusty our fabulous waitress) and a most excellent set of trivia provided by Tyler, including the little known fact that Bruce Springsteen has “dubious vocal quality”.
If you haven’t given quiz night a go yet, I heartily recommend it. First Tuesday of (nearly) every month.
August 2, 2006 at 11:12 am · Filed under Pubquiz
Despite oppressive heat (even in a pub with air conditioning), we managed to win the pubquiz last night. It was a great quiz, with just two small pieces of controversy, which we shall settle now:
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickets
Osteomalacia (pronounced /ˌɑstioməˈleɪʃiə/), known as rickets in children, where the epiphyseal growth plates are yet to seal (taken from the Greek word ῥάχις (rhákis), meaning “spine”), is a disorder most commonly caused by vitamin D deficiency.
From: http://www.eliki.com/ancient/myth/daily/friday/
Friday is the sixth day of the week. The name is derived from the Germanic Frigga the name of the Norse god Odin’s wife.
Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday
November 2, 2005 at 11:42 am · Filed under Pubquiz
We won the quiz! We even beat him.
Go us. Go Cara and Tyler for putting on a fantabulous quiz. Go her for bringing candy. Go Dusty for being Uber-Waitress.
Jen and her Mum had a big argument about whether a piano is considered percussion or string. Here’s the answer I found:
In spite of the fact that the average piano has about 230 strings, it is considered a percussion instrument. Symphony orchestra’s [sic] consider it part of the percussion section.
Whether it makes sense or not is a whole other argument.
November 1, 2005 at 11:46 am · Filed under Pubquiz
Yes it’s that time again. The first Tuesday of the month means it’s quiz night!
When: 8pm Sharp-ish
Where: Hurley’s Irish Pub, upstairs party room, on Crescent below St Catherine.
Who: Hosted this month by chef extraordinaire Cara and her sexy dancing assistant Tyler.
How: Come with a team or just turn up and join a team that needs people. Maximum of 4 people per team.
What else: The winners will receive beautifully crafted Hurley’s gift certificates which they may frame for posterity or just spend.
October 27, 2005 at 11:14 am · Filed under Pubquiz
The annual McGill Centraide campaign is now well underway. As part of that, our friend, the Book Goddess, has organised the fourth Centraide Trivia Quiz. Teams of 2-4 people are invited to challenge the current champions, a team from the Department of Development and Alumni, who claim to be unbeatable!
Here are the all important details:
When: Wednesday November 9th at 6pm
Where: New Residence Ballroom, 3625 Avenue Du Parc
How much: $5 per person
There will of course be great prizes for the top teams, and all proceeds go to the campaign.
October 4, 2005 at 12:33 pm · Filed under General, Pubquiz
The annual Centraide campaign started today with the March of 1000 Umbrellas. It looked very impressive, I really should carry my camera everywhere.
In other news, it’s the first Tuesday of the month, and that means it’s quiz night at Hurley’s Irish Pub (upstairs), on Crescent Street between St Catherine and Rene Levesque. Be there at 8pm to tax your brains and drink beer.
September 6, 2005 at 7:56 am · Filed under Family+Friends, Pubquiz
Ickle Alex visited us for the weekend, taking a break from his gambling lifestyle in Las Vegas. He flew from England to Vegas, spent six days playing poker, then flew from Vegas to here for the weekend. Yesterday he flew back to Vegas for another six days of poker. Those crazy Telfordites. Telfordonians. Telforders. Whatever.
We went to far too many restaurants, drank far too much beer and watched far too much Little Britain. Call us over-consumers. I’m currently suffering the after-effects of a particularly brutal lamb dupiaza.
In other news, Jen and I have prepared eight thrillingly entertaining categories for tonight’s quiz, so if you’re anywhere near Montreal (and yes, Philadelphia is near enough) tonight, come along to Hurley’s Irish Pub. The quiz starts at 8pm sharp(ish). Jen will be there. Hopefully I will too.
September 2, 2005 at 11:46 am · Filed under Pubquiz
Next Tuesday Jen and I will be hosting the monthly pubquiz at Hurley’s Irish Pub. I’m writing the categories and suffering from severe writer’s block. So, who can give me some suggestions for categories?
August 2, 2005 at 10:56 am · Filed under F1, Pubquiz
It’s confirmed, Rubens is leaving Ferrari to be replaced by Massa. I’m not really surprised, he was obviously getting pissed off with being Michael’s please-move-over-I-need-the-points guy. I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do for BAR (assuming the rumours are correct), especially if it’s alongside Jenson (which seems unlikely, but there’s still hope).
In other news, it’s quiz night tonight at Hurley’s Irish Pub, starting at 8pm and hosted by the Walter the Wonderful Wombat.
Oh, and don’t forget those skeptics’ circle submissions!
July 6, 2005 at 11:09 am · Filed under Pubquiz
After being in the lead for most of last night’s pub quiz at Hurley’s, we were pipped at the post by him and her and their little buddy. They beat us by half a point! The half a point we lost was because of my lack of faith in my own memory. If I’d had confidence in my James Bond knowledge, we coulda had a tie.
Oh well. It was a fun evening, despite getting drenched on the way there. Sahfi joined us and entertained us with tales of debauchery from her weekend in Montreal. Mel also joined our team and was quite a bit smarter than we were on several occasions. We had a big crowd too, with seven teams, including lots of newcomers. Hopefully the Hurley’s quiz has been revitalized.
May 31, 2005 at 8:05 am · Filed under Pubquiz
We won the grand final of the McKibbin’s pub quiz last night with 27 out of a possible 50 points. Second place only had 24, I guess it was a tough quiz. Go us!
Some sample questions for you:
- What date was the day the music died?
- Which creature has the longest recorded life span of 220 years?
- Which plant has the largest seed?
- What was Toto’s real name?
- Which Broadway play begins with “Sold! Your number please? Thankyou sir.”?
We got all but one of those wrong. Of course, it’s much easier with Google at your fingertips…
May 2, 2005 at 9:07 am · Filed under Pubquiz
Tonight is the McKibbin’s pub quiz. Starts at 8pm. Hosted by Shaun.
Tomorrow night is the Hurley’s pub quiz. Starts at 8pm. Hosted by John.
Jen has been on the winning team for the last two quizzes. Come along, see if you can beat her.
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