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November 9, 2007

Edwin Armstrong

One of the impossible round questions this week was "What did Edwin Armstrong invent in the 1930's?" Although it was the only multiple choice question this week (sorry Milo), a lot of teams got wrong. This is interesting because Armstrong (above with his wife and his ghetto blaster) was one of the most remarkable inventors of the 20th century. But while everybody knows Marconi, Edison, and many known Farnsworth (partly b/c he had the awesome first name Philo), nobody seems to know Armstrong. Well, he invented FM radio, and as soon as he did, the powers that be (primarily RCA) set out to destroy him. It is a perfect example of how ingenuity can be halted by big money and power (see electric cars), and in the end an exasperated Armstrong committed suicide. But his wife continued the court battle for decades, and in the end finally won. I'm surprised nobody has made a movie about this. It's pretty captivating stuff.
RELATED: I have no idea how radio waves work despite my Media Studies degree, but I still find this guy fascinating.

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November 8, 2007

The Most Comprehensive article on quizzo written yet

I don't know how it took me this long to notice it, but one of Denver's Weeklies did a huge write up on quizzo a few months ago, in the process even talking to Philly quizzo legend Pat Hines. It's a pretty good article. You'd think the local media would someday cover quizzo, seeing as how it's now a national phenomenon that got it's start right here in our fair city. Hmmmm, if only we were good friends with a writer at one of the local weeklies...

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November 5, 2007

Quizzo News and Notes

-JGT begins quizzo at Temple tonight. His quizzo at the Draught Horse (1431 Cecil B. Moore Avenue) begins at 8 p.m.

-Bounty Bowl at the Bards on Tuesday. The Sofa Kingdom has won 5 straight Tuesday night matchups and must be taken out. $20 cash bonus (on top of $40 gift certificate) to any team that can pull the upset.

-Since the apparent retirements of Satan's Minions and Yes You Can't, there has been a power vacuum at the Black Sheep. Though Duane's World is the strongest team there currently, Philly Hardcore has started to make a name for itself, and any team has a chance.

-The other venue that is wide slam open is Good Dog, back in action this week after taking a week off for renovations. If you have a team that is solid but not immortal and still want the glory and the gift certificate that come with a victory, I would suggest the Dawg.

-Looking to try some new beers? I highly recommend O'Neals, one of the underrated beer spots in the city. Lots of unique beers on draft and over 100 bottles. The competition is tough, but as the Cornbread Mafia proved this past week, anything is possible.

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November 1, 2007

JGT Begins Quizzo At Temple on Monday

JGT is finally leaving Center City and making his way all the way up to North Broad to host quizzo at the Draught Horse on Mondays. The Draught Horse is located at 1431 Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Quizzo kicks off at 8 p.m. So if you know anybody at Temple, let 'em know what's up. Word.

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October 29, 2007

It's About That TIme (Updated)

That's right, Boys and Ghouls, it's time for the 5th Annual (are you serious? I've been doing this s*** for five freaking years now?) JGT Halloween Spooktacular. On Tuesday and Wednesday all questions will have to do with ghosts and goblins, horror movies and scary songs and other assorted terrors. We'll be back to regular quizzo on Thursday. I will have candy, prizes, and teams in costume will get bonus points on Tuesday and Wedesday!

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October 25, 2007

Quizzo News and Notes

-The Evil Empire is expanding! JGT to begin hosting quizzo at the Draught Horse (1431 Cecil B. Moore), near Temple's campus, on Monday, November 5th at 8 p.m. More details to come next week.

-As for the MyFoxPhilly quizzo: the first two shows were kind of trial runs to give us a chance to improve it and work out the kinks. We'll have a new one up soon, as soon as we can get a few things put together. If anyone has any suggestions, please make them below. Here's what we're working on: constructing a scoreboard to see how you do against the other players, getting prizes for the high scorers, and a few other wrinkles that we're kind of keeping under wraps for now. I think we're on a good track, now we wanna take it to the next level.

-Good quizzo tonight for both the casual player and the hardcore quizzoite: the title at Good Dog (15th and Locust) is wide open, as there is currently no dominant team. If you wanna test your mettle against the big dogs, go to the Bards (20th and Walnut) and go up against the Sofa Kingdom and the Hurtin' Bombs, two of the toughest teams on the quizzo circuit.

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October 4, 2007

Attention Old School Good Doggers

Ya boy Danny is gonna be waiting tables upstairs tonight. Be there. Action starts at 8 p.m. Also, my iPod is acting screwy. If somebody could bring their's tonight, that would be great.

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September 25, 2007

Big announcement time: JGT QUizzo on MyFoxPhilly.com!!!

Finally, your chance to play Johnny Goodtimes quizzo, without having to deal with Johnny Goodtimes! That's right, I've started hosting a quizzo on MyFoxPhilly.com, and I think you're gonna like it. I think it turned out pretty daggone good for our first go at it, and there are definitely plans to make it wilder and wackier in the future. More importantly, cyber-Johnny is even handsomer and more charming than human Johnny! And dig the sweet 70s game show set. So hope you enjoy our first edition, please pass along the word to your friends (if this thing takes off the sky is the limit) and stay tuned for more Quizzo action to come!

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September 20, 2007

Sofa Kingdom Aims for 100 Tonight

The Sofa Kingdom will be aiming for their 100th win tonight at the Bards. They come into tonight's match red-hot, having won 5 in a row. Can your team delay their gratification? Let's hope so.

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September 6, 2007

The Great Mr. Peanut Controversy

Gonna be interesting to see what you think about this one, one of the greatest quizzo controversies ever. A question at quizzo this past week was as follows: List four of Mr. Peanut's accesories (he has five). The answers I was looking for were a monocle, top hat, white gloves, a cane, and spats. One team answered "black loafers". At first, I accepted that answer, since he is wearing black shoes. But after further reflection, I realized that that answer was wrong: spats are never worn with loafers, so his shoes cannot be loafers. Had they simply answered "black shoes", I would have accepted it, but I simply could not accept loafers. The team in question lost in overtime. So the million dollar question: should I have accepted black loafers? Leave your thoughts below.

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August 29, 2007

Quizzo News and Notes

-No bounty tonight at the Vous, b/c the Jams won't be there. But that might be a good thing.WIth the Jams out of the picture, this is an excellent opportnity for a new team to win at the Vous.

-The Good Dog is still wide open, with no clear cut favorite from week to week.

-Vegas likes Dane's World to repeat tonight at the Sheep. Can your team stop them?

-Still in discussions for the next city vs. city smackdown, with doing it soemwhere where anyone who wants to can play. I'll keep ya updated.

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August 10, 2007

Let's Learn!

I think it would kinda kool to learn a bit more about the questions I ask, so on Fridays I wanna start talking a bit more about them.
1. What animal is known as the sea cow
-The manatee. Have you been to hornymanatee.com?

2. What does CHUD stand for?
-Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller.DId you realize that both John Goodman and Daniel Stern were in this film?

3. In what year did the last cigarette commercial air?
a) 1966 b) 1970 c) 1974 d) 1978
-The answer is B. Here is an actual cigarette commercial from the 1960s. Amazing.

4. In 1893, the Supreme COurt decided that this was a vegetable.
-Tomato. Yep, the argument made it all the way to the Supreme Court in Nix vs. Hedden, because there were tariffs against veggies but not fruits. The Court technically got it wrong.

5. This dolphin, named after the Asian river it inhabits, is now though to be extinct.
Yangtze. It is the first vertebrate to be driven to extinction by man in 50 years. At least that's what the activist scientists are telling us. Exxon's PR team says that the Yangtze River Dolphins have never been more plentiful, and Darth Ern believes them.

6. Who did Barry Bonds hit #756 off of?
Mike Bacsik, who handled it extremely well.

7. Whose head was Caesar offered in a basket when he arrived in Egypt in 48 BC?
Pompey's, which began the chain of events that put Cleopatra in power

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July 27, 2007

Let's play...Name that coke whore!

Well, if Britney thought she could out-psycho Lindsay this week, she had another thing coming. I mean, Britney may have had a mental meltdown, but Lindsay Lohan carjacked somebody, then in a coke fueled rage drove 80 mph through a 25 mph zone hoping to murder her assistant. Then she told the officers that the horrified black guy in the backseat had been driving. A-HA! Just as I suspected. The black guy! The black guy probably put the coke in her pants, forced her to take shots of liquor against her will, and was driving her to a dog fight! It all makes sense now! Anyways, I changed up last nights 50/50 round a little, and threw long time coke whore favorite Paris Hilton into the mix. It's time for Name that Coke Whore: Lindsay, Paris, or Britney. Let's see how you do:
1) Her father served time for securities fraud
2) Grew up in the Bronx
3) Was in the movie Raising Helen
4) Collaborated with Fat Joe and Jadakiss on a song
5) Appeared on Will and Grace
6) Has a sister named Aliana
7) Was in a girl group called Innosense
8) Hosted 2004 MTV Music Awards
9) Won a Razzie for Worst Actress
10) Was Named Celebrity Role Model of 2006 in a poll conducted by the AP

Answers:
1) Lohan, oh and get this from wiki: In 2005, he was sent back to prison for "aggravated unlicensed driving" and attempted assault
2) Lohan
3) Paris
4) Paris
5) Spears
6) Lohan
7) Spears
8) Lohan
9) Spears, Paris won for worst supporting actress
10) Spears Paris finished a close 2nd

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July 19, 2007

Um, Like, Wow. Quizzo reaches a new, um, I don't know

Remember when George Bush's buddy Ted Haggard would tell his flock about how God hated homosexuals and that they didn't deserve to have rights, all the while he was scoring meth from male hookers and doling out hummers? Irony is fun. Anyway, remember the male prostitute who dimed him out? Yeah, well he hosted a round of quizzo in Denver at one of the bars where my man John (who I did a round for last year) hosted quizzo. And I must warn you: this is a fairly uneasy read, as the questions are very, um, graphic. EXTREMELY GRAPHIC. Don't say I didn't warn you.

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July 17, 2007

Constitution Center Quizzo Questions

Here are the questons from Friday's quizzo:
Round One
1. Martin Luther King delivered his I have a dream speech on the steps of what monument in DC?
2. Fill in the blank of this old rhyme: apple pie without the ________ is like a kiss w/o a squeeze.
3. What planet is Superman from?
4. In Philly, you'll find famous examples of this type of Americana at 1501 Snyder Avenue, 219 South 17th Street, and at 5th and Spring Garden.
5. This artist and illustrator was often derided for being too sentimental and idealistic, but his later works dealing with racism, including the haunting "The Problem We All Live With", garnered him universal acclaim.
6. WHo played Lieutenet Dan in Forrest Gump?
7. Who composed the following?
8. Who was the winning lawyer in Brown vs. the Board of Education?
9. After bombing onstage at the Grand Ole Opry in 1954 , this truck driver turned musician from Tupelo MIssissippi was told by the Opry manager, "Boy, you'd better keep driving that truck."
10. How long is four score seven years?

Round Two List 10 (of the 14) vice presidents who later went on to become presidents.

Round Three Name that artist or group:
1. Proud to be an AMerican
2. American Woman
3. American Girl
4. Banned in the USA
5. American Pie
6. American Idiot
7. Name the artist and the person who appeared to sing it in the video: I Am a Real American
8. Young Americans
9. Back in the USA
10. American Music

Round Four
1. 1. Joseph Glidden patented this in 1874, and it had changed the landscape of the Wild West by the end of the century. What was it?
2. Who was Secretary of State during Clinton's first term?
3. Jackie Robinson earned four varsity letters in college. What west coast school did he attend?
4. What book was prefaced by the author with the lines: "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."
5. What two Sioux leaders crushed Custer in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
6. In 1964, this 63 year old artist became the oldest to ever hit number one on the Billboard charts.
7. This wild west artist didn't produce razors or star in an 80s detective show.
8. The first women's rights convention took place in what town in 1848?
9. After the title, what are the first seven words of the Declaration of Independence?
***10. Of the 42 delegates at the constitutional convention, how many signed it?
a) 37 B) 39 C) 41 D) All of them

Round One
1. Lincoln Memorial
2. cheese
3. Krypton
4. diners
5. Norman Rockwell
6. Gary Sinise
7. George Gerschwin
8. Thurgood Marshall
9. Elvis
10. 87 years

Round Two
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin van Buren, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Teddy Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George HW Bush

Round Three
1. Lee Greenwood
2. Guess Who
3. Tom Petty
4. 2 Live Crew
5. Don McLean
6. Green Day
7. Rick Derringer, Hulk Hogan
8. David Bowie
9. Chuck Berry
10. Violent Femmes

Round Four
1. barbed wire
2. Warren Christopher
3. UCLA
4. Huckleberry Finn
5. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
6. Louis Armstrong
7. Frederic Remington
8. Seneca Falls
9. When in the course of human events
10. B) 39

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July 13, 2007

News and Notes

Will get the Week in Review done manana. Gotta get to work on this American quiz at the Constitution Center. Again, the details are: Exclusive tour at 6 p.m., quizzo at 6:30 p.m. It will be a quizzo with lots of Americana and such. It does cost $12 to get into the museum but after that the quizzo is free. They will be selling booze and light snacks. Each member of the winning team will walk with a $20 gift certificate to the Stephen Starr restaurant of their choice. 2nd place gets free movie passes to the Ritz 5. We'll be done around 8-8:30ish. Hope to see ya there!

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July 3, 2007

Big Announcement Coming Tomorrow

We've got another fun "bonus quizzo" coming up in the near future. This is gonna be really cool. Details coming manana, on the 4th of July. Also coming manana will be my 5K race, the Brownsville Fun Run. I will be running for the first time since the mid 90s, and am sure to do terribly. I have not run 5K in probably 10 years, but I ran this race every year from 1983 until the mid 90s, so since I'm home I'm gonna run it for old times sake. Plus one of my buddies girlfriends, who is a runner, is racing and my friends have all bet on her beating me. I will not let that happen. Details coming after the race.

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May 9, 2007

Bounty on Jams Tonight

I'm throwing an extra $20 in the pot to anyone who can beat the Jams at the Rendezvous tonight. Kickoff is at 6:15 p.m.

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April 26, 2007

Name that Baldwin!!!

An epic round two this week, as we played an exciting edition of, "NAME...THAT...BALDWIN." Is it Alec, Daniel, William, or Steven? Let's see how you do (see answers by clicking "continue reading"):

Round Two: Name that Baldwin!
1. This Baldwin was BizMarkie's teammate on Celebrity Fit Club.
2. Called Dick Cheney a lying, thieving oil whore and murderer of the US Constitution
3. Starred in the Movie Flatliners
4. This Baldwin stole an SUV in November of 2006
5. Appeared in Usual Suspects
6. Married to a former member of Wilson Phillips
7. Starred in Bio-Dome
8. In the movie Malice, stated, "I am God."
9. Is a born again christian who has started his own ministry.
10. Has a daughter who is a rude thoughtless little pig

1. Daniel
2. Alec
3. William
4. Daniel
5. Steven
6. Wiliam
7. Steven
8. Alec
9. Steven
10. Alec

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February 27, 2007

Quizzo This week

Yo peeps, I ain't gonna spend my whole friggin vacation working on questions, so everybody can only play once a week. Maybe. I gotta talk to Dark Horse John, and if he wants to use his old questions and do the joker round and such, then you can play again on thursday. I'll keep you updated. Anyways, there is quizzo tonight at O'Neals and the Bards hosted by Jam Master Sean. Somebody knock off the Young, the Old and Restless!

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October 20, 2006

The Week in Review

I'm not sure if the week can start on Saturday, but if so, then the week started with my confrontation with my ex at the Rock Paper Scissors Championship. But the Midnight Rider took care of her for me. We then move to Monday, when controversy reigned supreme at O'Neals. The team that always changes its name seemed to have the match under control, but faltered on the question, "What derisive nickname did Alaska acquire when the Secretary of State pushed for its purchase in 1867?" The correct answer was Seward's Folly. They wrote Suder's Folly. It was close to phonetically correct, but...For the first time ever, I put it to a vote. The vast majority of the crowd thoought that I shouldn't accept it. It cost the name changers the game, as they fell to the Embarrasments, 94-93. It was at that time that the Break up the Champs portion of the week began, with interesting results.

Tuesday night didn't really work out so well, as the Sofa finished first with a 104, and Kingdom finished 2nd. But on Wednesday both champs fell. The Breakdance Fighters showed that they are a force to be reckoned with, as they knocked off the mini-Jams, 107-82. Then, at the Black Sheep, the mini Minions finished 2nd, as Inflatable Haggis cruised to a 92-79 win.

Perhaps the most intriguing question of the first two nights was, "What American author shot his wife while playing William Tell at a party in Mexico in 1951?" The answer was William S. Burroughs. Here's a bunch of info about the incident which is fairly interesting but poorly edited.

Thursday saw the breakup of MAGMA, and the rise of a new team, called Volksgemeinschaften, who edged Steve Wynn's Elbow, 90-88. Finally, the team that always changes its name exacted some revenge on Thursday, as they finished in a 104-104 tie with the Sofa Kingdom, then won in overtime. (The tie breaker question was, "In what year did Mozart die?" The Kingdom said 1779, the name changers said 1781, an the correct answer was 1791.)

So in the end, the new rule, though not everyone was a fan, served it's purpose. We got some new teams on the winners podium and saw that the best teams can still compete, even when you cut them down (One first place finish and four second places. Not bad.) Oh, and one more thing we learned, at least on Thursday: almost everybody hates classical composers.

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September 27, 2006

Jam Master Sean to host at Black Sheep tonight

JGT will be at the Vous tonight, but he has a private gig and will thus miss quizzo at the Black Sheep. However, you will get a chance to hang with the second best Rock Paper Scissors player in Philadelphia, Jam Master Sean, who will be hosting tonight.

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July 28, 2006

The Week That Was in Quizzo

Tuesday night started off with a tight battle at O'neals with Peach Key beating Rolling In The Grass At My Friend's Wedding by a single point.

Then at the Bards the Sofa Kingdom triumphed with a score of 106. Narcotizing Dysfunktion and Wichita is more than double the size of Topeka, Jackass were tied for second, each with a score of 92, so it came down to a tiebreaker. How many meanings does the word Run have according to the Unabridged Oxford English Dictionary? Wichita guesed 30. Narcotizing Dysfunction's guess of 39 was slightly closer to the actual number of 464 and second place was there's!

On Thursday the lightning wasn't the only show in town as there was a barn burner down at the Bards as the Sofa Kingdom finished out of the money for the first time in a long while and set the stage for a new champion. And that's just what we got as Love the Kreme defeated Sweating Our Balls Off 89-85.

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July 24, 2006

More Winners of the Week

Way back in the day, last Thursday to be exact it was the Sofa Kingdom winning at Bards.

On Thursday Standing Is Was Exercise won at O'neals despite thinking Wichita was bigger than Topeka.

Last Tuesday the Sofa Kingdom edged Jump in My Car 86-85 at he Bards. The Kingdom suffered in the subway station round because their "subway expert" wasn't there. They have a subway expert?

And finally on Thursday at the Good Dog, Magma got back on the winning track scoring 91 enroute to the victory.

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August 23, 2005

Don't Ask Me How...

I scored the best breakdancer in Philly, but somehow it happened. Raphael Xavier has performed in numerous spots over the past 20 years of breakdancing, including the Kennedy Center. Uh, yeah, that Kennedy Center. In one of those instances where a disaster turns into a huge triumph, yesterday I was freaking out because some guy who told me he could do it wasn't returning my calls. Giving up on him, I was led by a friend to the Community Education Center Meeting House Theatre, who in turn put me in touch with Xavier. Unlike the previous guy I contacted, Raphael was a true pro, and we had worked out a deal in a matter of hours. I am exceptionally excited to see him perform.

For more info on Beat the Champs, click here.

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May 16, 2005

Johnny plays quizzo...so you don't have to

On Sunday night, a buddy of mine and I decided to play quizzo. We hadn't played since that Sunday night at McCrossen's about a month ago. Rumor was, North Third had quizzo, so we went up there. No dice. So we motored over to Nodding Head to play quizzo with Irish John. Irish John is known for being rather salty, and he certainly didn't disappoint in that regard, regularly inviting various players to go f*** themselves. I'll be honest. I hated the questions. There were no american history questions, no sports questions, no geography questions, and two literature questions, neither of them being classic literature. There was no thinking through any questions to find answers. Every one was very blunt. And to be honest, most of them were questions I could really care less about learning the answer for (i.e. What's the only Honda motorcycle that has a reverse gear?). On the bright side, the jambalaya was excellent, as are their beers. Of the three quizzoes I've tried other than my own, here's how they stack up:
1. Quizzo Pat at New Wave (Monday)
2. Goofy but nice guy at McCrossen's (Sunday)
3. Irish John at Nodding Head (Sunday)

If anybody knows where any other Sunday night quizzoes are, please let me know.

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May 15, 2005

The Deal on the Doc Watson's Contest

A lot of people seem to think that because they didn't participate in the first week of the Doc Watson's Big $$$ Bonanza, they are no longer eligible to win. Not true. I will only be counting the top five scores, and the contest lasts eight weeks, so the more you play, the better your odds. But I don't imagine too many teams will be playing all eight weeks, so missing the first week is not that big of a deal. The winner of the contest gets $300, 2nd place gets $150, and 3rd gets $50.

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May 13, 2005

Legendary

Last night was one that will undoubtedly live in Quizzo infamy. Just wanna take a quick second to send shout outs to the staff at Locust Rendezvous, and to all the people who played gorilla quizzo last night. For those that don't know, here's what happened: I got to the Bards at about 10:15 p.m., only to be greeted by about 300 drunken Penn kids in the midst of their pub crawl oozing out of the bar. "Oh my God," I thought to myself, "Did I get hit by a bus on the way to the Bards and land in hell?" I walked in, saw that my contestants for the BTNJGTC were there, as were a few teams. Everybody wanted to play, but it was obvious it wasn't gonna happen there. So I called the 'Vous, and they came through in the clutch. The Lost Tribe of Times then made a pilgrimage to 15th and Locust. I guess word got out at Bards, and the next thing you know, we had 40 people playing quizzo at the 'Vous. What a night! And both contestants for the contest did a great job under strange circumstances. If you don't know, the 'Vous is just as cheap as McGrinchey's, but the food is better, and the owner is actually a really nice guy, not a psycho who accuses people of drawing on his door. The staff there really came through last night. Good lookin' out! I'll have results and stuff up later. I gotta work on my taxes. In the meantime, check out this pretty kool Star Wars parody for organic food. Really creative.

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May 11, 2005

Remember when...

A bunch of us tried out for that gameshow at the casting agency? Well, I finally read about it today in Dan Gross's column. I guess this means we didn't make the cut.
Sixers dancer Krystal Tini is one of the beauties in the pilot episode of "Beauty and the Geek."
Ashton Kutcher and Cherry Hill native J.D. Roth are among producers of the show, which pairs brains and beauties to tutor each other in their strong suits all while competing for prizes.
Tini, 21, a four-year dance-team member, didn't meet Kutcher, but does agree that the actor resembles Sixer Kyle Korver.
Tini will hold a viewing party at her house. She works at a South Philly children's-clothing store.
A few local guys will also appear as geeks on the WB program, which premiers June 1.

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May 10, 2005

Jesus moving to West Virginia

In a move that has surprised many in the religious community, Jesus Christ has decided to move to West Virginia. Said one local religious leader we spoke to, "Is it a coincidence that Jesus moves to West Virginia two weeks after Kevin Pittsnogle declares himself eligible for the NBA draft? I don't think so."
note: Johnny Goodtimes is not from West Virginia.

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January 24, 2005

Question of the Week

Who are the only three non-kickers to lead the NFL in scoring in the last fifteen years?

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December 27, 2004

Question of the Week

What is Shediac, New Brunswick known as?

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December 20, 2004

Question of the Week

Who was the voice of Sam the Snowman in Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer?

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December 10, 2004

Who's the Champ?

Here's the standings including the contests played from 12/5-12/9. (Stories about this week's contests forthcoming.)

Rank	Team	Bar	Wins
1	Team Hater	O'Neals	22
2	The Goats	The Bards	21
3	Western Omelette	Bards	20
4	S2	O'Neals	19
5	Missing Heads	Black Sheep	17
6	Losers Get Lucky	Doc's	13
7	Broad Street Bullies	Locust Rendezvous	12
T-8	WTF	Black Sheep	12
T-8	Jams	Locust	12
10	Yo-Ern	Locust	9

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December 6, 2004

Question of the Week

After beating Ken Jennings on Jeopardy on November 30th, how much money did Nancy Zerg finish with in her first defense of her title on December 1st?

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November 15, 2004

Question of the Week

Who are the only two people to win Nobel Prizes in more than one field?

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November 2, 2004

Request a Song

Have a song you wish Johnny would play between rounds of quizzo? Fill out the form below and if Johnny can track the song down, and finds it suitably cool, he'll play your request, even giving you a proper shout out!

Name:
E-mail Address:
Song:
Artist:
Bar:	Bards Black Sheep Doc Watson's Good Dog Locust Rendezvous Nick's Roast Beef O'Neals
Would you like to be added to the JohnnyGoodtimes.com Weekly e-mail list? Yes

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October 18, 2004

Question of the week, booooooy!

What was the name of the DJ for Public Enemy in the 1980s, the man who only "Speaks with his hands"?

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October 15, 2004

Ern Goes Into hiding

Hounded by women, despised by jealous quizzo players, Quizzo legend Ern R. Kern has been forced to go into hiding. "The heavy drugs, the beautiful women, the late night bar fights; it was all fun at first, but now it's just getting out of control," said the phenom. "I have to wear a disguise now just to go to the grocery store, or I might get molested by a gorgeous woman or sucker- punched by a jealous fan. Fame is certainly a double edged sword."

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October 11, 2004

Question of the week

In this version of bowling, played almost exclusively in New England and Eastern Canada, the balls weigh less than 3 pounds, have no finger holes, and the pins are small, perfect cylinders.

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October 6, 2004

Whodunnit Week

This will be Whodunnit Week at Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo. The action continues Wednesday night at Locust Rendezvous at 6:15 p.m., The Black Sheep at 8:00 p.m., and Johnny returns to Nick's Roast Beef at 10:15 p.m.

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October 5, 2004

True or False Round

After constantly hearing negative comments about the True/False Round, Johnny let it be known in yesterday's e-mail that he would be willing to revamp round three if 200 people voted yes in the weekly poll. So far, only 23 have. It seems like you all don't have the courage of your convictions. Viva la asalto de verdad/falso!!!

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October 4, 2004

Johnny's Challenge

If five teams or more score 100 points this week, Johnny will sing "Rapper's Delight" at the bars where the 100 point scorers played.

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Question of the Week

Who was the superhero in space on the Fat Albert Show? Also, remember that I'm buying a beer for whoever comes up with the best team name for the DC Expos. Just write it in the comment box below.

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September 27, 2004

Question of the Week

Beaker serves as lab assissant for what scientist?

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Challenge of the Week

Three points short last week. Three teams scored 100, one scored 99, and one 98. I'm going to give you guys one more week to make me look like Ric Flair. Five 100 point games total required over the course of the week.

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September 20, 2004

Question of the Week

This short story master, who wrote The Devil's Dictionary, disappeared in Mexico in 1913.

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September 6, 2004

Question of the Week

"Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear." These words will forever be associated with whom?

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August 31, 2004

question of the week

In what book would you have found Death Larsen at the helm of the Macedonia?

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August 25, 2004

Quizzo Returns to Black Sheep

The Black Sheep has reopened this week and quizzo will return tonight at 8:00 PM.

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August 24, 2004

Question of the week

Before 9/11 the worst disaster in New York City occurred in 1904, and it caused the death of over 1,000 people. What happened?

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August 9, 2004

Question of the Week

What actor played Mork and Mindy´s son in the Mork and Mindy Show?

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August 4, 2004

Viva la Quizzolution

I'm sorry, but quizzo has gotten the shaft from the local media for long enough. It's time to represent. And remember, Johnny's not doing this because he's a glory hog. He's doing it...for the children. Drop the editor a line at Philadelphia Magazine to let them know how disappointed you were in their failure to cover that most Philadelphian of institutions, quizzo. Even a simple, "What, no quizzo?" would be more than appreciated.

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August 2, 2004

Question of the week

What is the buccal overture better known as? As a going away gift, here's a link.

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July 30, 2004

Meet the Contestants!

Each contestant was required to write down why they deserve to be the next Johnny Goodtimes.

* I’ve never given my laundry to a crackhead.
* I need a reason to wear Hawaiian shirts.
* I won’t bail on quizzo to talk to the animals.
* I hate Jane Eyre.
* I will not use my position as quizzo master to hit on impressionable young women who play quizzo, like a certain local quizmaster who shall remain nameless.
* In a former life I went by the name Trivia Art and was responsible for daily trivia questions on a web site that was named by Yahoo! as one of the 50 Most Incredibly Useful Sites on the Internet.
* I do a mean Pope J.P. Deuce impersonation.
* I have a solution to the homeless problem.
* I have not been convicted of a Federal crime, yet.
* I promise to start within a half an hour of the scheduled start time.
* I have nothing better to do.

Second up is the team of Jess Maybe and Katie Sometimes. These beautiful ladies were in action last night at O'Neals and the Bards. They actually got a letter of recommendation from a distant cousin of Johnny, Bert Mediocretimes.

I am writing to you on behalf of Jess Maybe and Katie Sometimes. These women are of high moral stature, absolute dependability and impeccable intelligence. Their dogged love of quizzo has formed them into the fine young women they are today. Having known them, I would highly recommend them to any quizzo capacity they choose to pursue. These qualifications make them exceptional candidates for this position.

Sincerely,
Bert Mediocretimes

Let's hope that "high moral stature" statement doesn't cost them!

The third contestants are a pair of brothers, Bethesda and the lovely Elizabeth. They wrote a paragraph explaining why they should be the next JGT. Thus far they did a great job entertaining the O'Neals with strange fruit and then did a horrible job running off copies for the Bards crowd.

To be accepted into the Goodtimes family and to actually become Johnny incarnate would not only be an honor, but would set into motion those events which put myself (Brother Bethesda) and the Beautiful Brother Elizabeth at the forefront of the race for world domination. We hope to raise an army whose strength is trivia and who could be cajoled into fighting for $25 gift certificates. In addition to sustaining and nourishing the current fan base, we hope to strengthen, expand, and finally enable this veritable sisyphus to transform into a juggernaut. And when Johnny returns, his business will have turned into an empire, and he will be grand ruler of the entire Planet.

Next up is Doug the Professor. He had a list of six reasons he deserved to be the next Johnny Goodtimes, and will be seen tonight.


1. I choose not to wax my goatee.
2. I'll keep saying, "Can you Doug it?" as my catchphrase.
3. No pirate jokes.
4. I'll give everybody my password to bangbus.com.
5. I know that Tiger hands is the best hand in Paper Rock Scissors.
6. I have a lot of free time.

Finally, we have the Grand Inquizzator, who was in action last night.


One could easily view my entire tenure on this planet as naught but a quest to
accumulate marginally useful information and force people to listen to me.
These drives, coupled in a normal person, would've already produced a
formidable quizmaster in a city like Philadelphia - gripped, as it is, by a
quizzo pandemic. But there is a third drive within me which is equally
insatiable and fundamentally at odds with the first two; the drive to make it
to the grave having accomplished absolutely nothing. On rare occasions, when
my near-total lack of ambition is somehow circumvented by sheer dumb luck, I
manage to do one or two of the 80,000 things I've said I would do. This is, or
could be, one of those things. Once I get started, I rule. It's just that the
initiative is often lacking. So, in summation, for me not to get this gig
would suck a whole bunch of dog c*** onaccounta I'm 34 and will be dead soon
and I'm destined to start a quizzo empire in Portland (or somewhere) and if
I miss this crucial step I may never do anything and so I might as well just lay
down and die. In fact, I may as well just come right out and say it -I have a gun to my head and I'm gonna pull the trigger if I don't win. There, you happy?

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July 28, 2004

Question of the week...I'm a jerk

Sorry, it was Forbes that recently revealed the richest supermodel in the world. This is according to Forbes, not to other websites. Here's the link.

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July 27, 2004

What they learned

The contestants were all given the assignment "What I learned from being Johnny G. for a night?" Thus far, four have answered. Here are their replies.

In today's society, the concepts of honor and justice are as rare as 15 year
olds named Hazel. America's apathy to morally reprehensible events and actions is, well,morally reprehensible. This culture of indifference pervades every element of our lives, invading our living rooms on the news, cloaking our words,and clouding our decision making abilities.
What we have learned in our first week as Johnny Goodtimes, however, is that
all members of the quizzo community are stripping off this leaden glove of
indifference and grasping for the brass ring of truth, justice and the
American way.
Yes, last week, a great tragedy was averted. The evil falcon of electoral
fraud attempted to swoop in and steal a hard won victory from us. We thank
all of you for speaking up and preserving our triumph.
What they wrote really doesn't make much sense to me. But damn they're cute, aren't they?

Since everyone hates the true/false round anyway, I thought I’d have some fun with it and make it a themed round. As long as everyone had approximately the same chance of answering correctly, what would the harm be? The round is supposed to be the great equalizer anyways. Boy was I wrong, my theme, DotCom Boom or Bust, went over about as well as a narc at a biker rally. So I ruffled some feathers at Locust Rendezvous and Black Sheep, and Johnny gave me a much safer wild card round to do on Thursday. But I’ll tell you what; I miss the anger that was directed at me Wednesday night. The world needs villains like Ken Jennings, the Yankees, the manatee, etc. I think that’s my role, to be the hated quizzo master. I’m sure that this week you’ll enjoy “true or false, this is the name of a piece of Ikea furniture” and questions like, “am I wearing underwear?”
So that’s what I learned, it's OK to be hated, and I learned a couple of other things to, most notably that Johnny is weak when it comes to telling women no.
I think the Narc at a biker rally would have gone over a little better Trivia Art's wild card round. I think his wild card round went over about as well as an adult female on R. Kelly's tour bus.

The crowd at the Rendezvous is very whiny. And fickle to boot. They jumped
down my throat for asking questions about the Yankees. One gentleman said that
every answer for my round should be, "Who cares? The Yankees suck." My
favorite was the nice older man who pointed out that a train leaves for NY from
30th Street Station every hour, and I should be under one. But they started to
sing a different tune when they heard the true/false questions about dot com
businesses. Then they all loved me.
Trivia can not be rushed. It must be laid back. If you try to rush it and
adhere to what normal people might call a starting time, then it's not trivia.
It's an SAT.
Doug went on to say a bunch of stuff about his car breaking down on the way to Thursday night's quizzo, but let's be honest. Who gives a s***?

On Wednesday my mom took me to the bar. I wanted to talk into the microphone where you ask people the questions. There was a man there whowas nice. He told me some questions to say. Then i got to say the questions my mom gave me but only half because of these two girls. I got a little sad but not cried.
Then the man told me that they were pretty and I could see he was right, but
usually they're gross. <--- I did the letters trick. The girls were also nice.
Then a strange man had some fruit but he was nice too. On my trip to the bar
to play pretend to be Mr. goodtimes, I learned a lot. First, ther are a lot of
nice people in bars. When my mom got too drunk to walk a man even carried her all the way home because he was nice. The questions were hard. When I grow up, I want to be a bar.
Before you vote off the Inquizzanator, remember that he does have a disadvantage: He's out of his f****** mind.

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Website of the day

This one's pretty creepy. Your computer can figure out what you're thinking about by asking less than 20 questions.

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July 23, 2004

Johnny weighs in on the contestants

After one week, this is really still anyone's race. No-one has emerged as the definite front runner. However, a few things are abundantly clear at this point. For one, Bethesda and the lovely Elizabeth will never be asked to run off copies again, after their disastrous performance on Tuesday left teams at the Bards with crooked papers. However, I did think their "Name that Fruit" wild card round was the most creative of the bunch. The Grand Inquizzator was steady if not spectacular, and I did like his reasons for wanting to be the next JGT. An Irishman, you have to wonder if whiskey could be his downfall. Doug the Professor's pick of a wild card round was somewhat shocking. Like going into shark infested waters with a bad nosebleed, Doug decided to go to the Rendezvous and the Black Sheep and try out a New York Yankees wild card round. Though booed mercilessly, Doug was undeterred, and says that next week he'll do a wild card round on his other favorite team, the Dallas Cowboys. As far as wild card rounds are concerned, Trivia Art's was, without question, the most disastrous. The True/False round has never been extremely popular, and to try to do a themed wild card round proved to be a cataclysm. Trivia Art was heckled mercilessly at both the Rendezvous and the Black Sheep, and was lucky to lose only his dignity, and not an appendage. As for the ladies, well a controversial call has brought them back into the fold. Volume was their main problem, one that must be addressed if they hope to make the most of this second chance. They were unquestionably the best looking of the group, but then again, with this bunch, that would be like being voted "Least dorky" at a Star Wars convention. Voting is set to begin late next week.

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July 19, 2004

Question of the Week

What was the name of the island in the movie Jaws?

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July 12, 2004

Question of the Week

What do Pamela Anderson, Neil Young, and b-ball inventor James Naismith have in common? (What, you think this question was just some cheap ploy to get Pamela Anderson on the website? That is absurd.)

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July 5, 2004

Question of the week

What type of journalism is Hunter Thompson credited with inventing?

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June 29, 2004

Hot Chicks prove critics wrong

A couple of hot chicks were able to disprove the naysayers at Nick's Roast Beef on Wednesday night, as they set a new Photo Hunt record, scoring over 280,000. "This is a great day for hot chicks," said Johnny. "I mean, a lot of people think that just because you're hot, you can't pick out five inconsistencies on two similar pictures of scantily clad men. This rocks that theory." Johnny went on to say that neither chick seemed real interested in getting to know him better.

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June 28, 2004

Question of the Week

What was the name of Tonya Harding's ex-husband who helped her take out Kerrigan?

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June 21, 2004

Question of the Week

Now that Griffey has hit the milestone, what major leaguer is now the closest to 500?

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June 14, 2004

Question of the Week

What 89 year old man did Anna Nicole Smith marry in 1993?

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June 7, 2004

Question of the Week

What was the only movie Nancy and Ronald ever appeared in together?

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June 2, 2004

Question of the Week

In what state did John Ashcroft lose his senate seat to a dead man?

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Quizzo Tonight

Quizzo tonight (Thursday) will be held at the following locale:
Good Dog (224 South 15th Street) 8:00 p.m.

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May 19, 2004

Perfect Game in Quizzo?

The Big Unit, who undoubtedly has the best mullet in sports, threw a perfect game last night, which raises an obvious question: Has there ever been a perfect game in Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacualr history? The answer is no, though three teams have come extremely close. Easy Money, who has the all time high score of 116 (out of a possible 118), missed two questions in Rd. 1 and then never missed another question. Two teams have had perfect scores going into the final question. The Missing Heads would have had a perfect score on December 3rd at the Black Sheep, but they misspelled the city of Reykjavik by one letter. Then the Western Omelette had a perfect score through 39 questions at the Bards on Jan. 20th, but missed the question "What was the only film Jimmy Stewart ever won a Best Actor Oscar for?" The quest for Quizzo immortality continues. And while we're on the topic of baseball, check out this site which claims that former Phillie Von Hayes is the devil.

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May 17, 2004

Question of the Week

When the Black Sox fixed the 1919 World Series, what team did they lose to?

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May 10, 2004

Question of the Week

Who played the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 production of the Wizard of Oz?

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April 17, 2004

Question of the Week

What was the name of Underdog's girlfriend?

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The Show must go on!

There will be quizzo over the next two weeks, hosted by two of Johnny's cousins. Here's the line-up.

Monday: Doc Watson's hosted by Benny Pleasurable Experiences 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday: O'Neals hosted by P.D. Hardtimes 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday: Locust Rendezvous by P.D. 6:15 p.m.
Thursday: Good Dog hosted by Benny 8:00 p.m.

By the way, the picture at the top is the Mona Lisa made entirely of burnt toast. I am hoping to keep a journal of my trip on the website. We'll see what kind of internet access I get down there. Check back. I'll try to send back as many photos of hot chicks back as I can. And for all you ladies, I'll be sending back pics of me in a bathing suit, with a tan photoshopped in. By the way, there will only be one set of questions a week, so you'll have to limit yourselves to one quizzo a week until I get back. Sorry, but I'm not going to spend my whole vacation coming up with questions about vice-presidents in the 1820's.

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April 5, 2004

? of the Week

What King was known as "Longshanks"? (I'll need a name and #, for example
Henry VIII)

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March 29, 2004

Question of the Week

What's the only b-ball team to win both the NIT and the NCAA basketball tournament in the same year?

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March 4, 2004

Skeleton's In Closet Big Winners at Wedding

Skeletons in the Closet were able to knock out the competition at the first ever Johnny Goodtimes Marriage Spectacular. But
Mike "Dr." Love, who's celebration it was, wasn't entirely pleased with Goodtimes. "Listen, this was kind of a low key affair. I don't know why Johnny felt the need to show off by bringing his celebrity friends Dave Navarro and Carmen Electra. This was my day, not theirs." Johnny thinks Mike was just bitter because his team finished last, and Carmen and Dave played for the winners.

***Congratulations Mike and Beth!!!

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February 23, 2004

Question of the Week

You can see a tumor belonging to this president at the mutter museum.

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February 16, 2004

? of the Week

What was the only film to win the Oscar for best pic despite having an X-rating at the time?

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February 9, 2004

Question of the Week

The keyboardist for what popular 70's rock band had a sex change two weeks ago?

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February 2, 2004

Question of the Week

Who is Robert Morvillo?

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January 26, 2004

Question of the Week

The Election of 1800 ended in an electoral college tie between what two men?

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January 19, 2004

Question of the Week

Who was QB the last time the Eagles won an NFL championship?

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January 8, 2004

Us Again Wins!

Us Again was able to sweep past the field at Nick's Roast Beef on Wednesday, which earned them a sweeping endorsement from Pete Rose. "Hey, these guys are winners. Will they repeat next week? Well, let's just say that's where I've got my money."

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Clockwork

The Missing Heads performed surgery on Wednesday, and like clockwork, they were able to hold off the Bone Growth Inhibitors, 88-86. "We gave 110%, and left it all on the field," said Chet Whipley. "Yeah," added Bert Sonic, "It was a total team effort, and from here on out, we're just going to take it one game at a time." The Bone Growth Inhibitors were every bit as eloquent as the winners were. "Give them credit. They just executed better. They seemed to step up and make the big plays. That's just the way the ball bounces. We got away from the game plan. We're going to have to put this loss behind us and move on."

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Miracle on 20th Street

In perhaps the most exciting finish in Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo history, the Sulfur Clams pulled off an overtime miracle, as Dick Bonaparte answered correctly the OT question, setting off a wave of excitement throughout the crowd, most of whom knew that the Clams had made the climb from worst to first over several grueling months. After the contest, team member Todd Wackendorfer, III received a congratulatory phone call from none other than Russian premiere Vladimir Putin. "Getting a call from Putin was shocking, to say the least. I really have no idea how the premiere of Russia got my cell phone number." Wackendorfer went on to say that he was just sorry that Spanky Twizzler couldn't make it.

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Los Snachos finally WIn!

Los Snachos was able to end a decades long slump on TUesday at O'Neals, blowing away the rest of the competition and becoming the only team all week to join the 100 point Club. The other story of interest was the fact that the seven astronauts who were the first to ever visit the surface of Mars played Quizzo only hours after their return from the Red Planet. "It was tough to readjust to the earth's atmosphere after spending the previous eight days on Mars, and I think that helps explain our ninth place finish,' said astronaut Chip Nutley. "You think jet lag coming back from the West Coast is tough..."

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Broad Street Bullies Win

The Broad Street Bullies were able to pull off another victory on Tuesday by answering the weekly double question correctly and squeak past the Jams. I'm not sure what place the girls below finished but hey, let's face it, who the hell cares. When they play, we all win.

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Rochelle Rochelle Victorious

Rochelle Rochelle was able to leave Aiken for Clay in the dust in Round number Four and take the cake at Doc Watson's on Monday. Aiken for Clay left their namesake disappointed. "I guess we're losers, just like Clay," said Randolph Hernmeister of the Aikens. "It was nice of Clay to come and support us," said team member Chelsea Clockwise, "And I felt bad that the owner of the bar made him watch from outdoors, on account of Clay being such a loser."

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December 31, 2003

S and Snowflake Win Without "Chippy"*

S and the Snowflakes were able to win without superstar "Chippy"** on Tuesday at O'Neals. Even without "Chippy"***, who was out on a "business trip"%, the Snowflakes were able to hold off the MBF Crew (another late game meltdown) and the Social Alcoholics (blew it in overtime and handed MBF the second place award.)

* Not his real name
** We made his photo blurry so you can't identify him
*** But we'll rat him out for the right price
% if you know what we mean

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Would You Eat Them With a Goat Wins Again

Would You Eat Them With a Goat squeaked past Daddy's in Town, who was despondant after the contest. "Life isn't worth living anymore," said team captain Renaldo Rio Rodriguez. "We can't even seem to get excited about the Paris Hilton video anymore*." (click on photo below.)

*Which Johnny thinks is overrated.

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Oblivia Dehaviland Wins

Oblivia Dehaviland was able to hold on and win a squeaker at the Centre Square Bar and Grille. After the game, Johnny was quoted as saying, "I never doubted this team's mental capabilities, but after naming the team after a 1940's supporting actress, I do have some questions about their sexuality. Not that there's anything wrong with that."

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Eight is Enough for Troy McClure's

The Troy McClures were a handful on Monday at Doc Watson's Pub, but father figure Dick Van Patten was able to get the team to buckle down in round four and run away with an 82-68 victory. "It was nice to have Dick there," said team captain Dr. Chuckie Needlebump. "I'm just sorry that Adam Rich (Nicholas) couldn't make it."

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December 24, 2003

The Goats Win Again

The Goat's were able to pull off an 85-77 win against the Cinderella story of the year, the Sulfur Clams. The disappointment of the year, the Western Omelette, finished third.

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Grinch Steals MBF's Christmas

The Grinch stole the MBF Crew's X-mas on Tuesday at O'Neals. MBF had the lead throughout, and had a chance at their first ever win, until they missed the final question, about the Grinch. S2 got it correct,and squeaked out an 88-86 win.

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Frank Clement's North Wins Big

Frank Clement's North pulled away in round four at Centre Square Bar and Grille at Bedford Falls on Tuesday, and cruised to a victory over Dewey Cheatum and Howe. The team, which has been ravaged by injuries in the past few months, was finally able to get their whole squad on the field.

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Professor Flapjacks Wins at Watson's

Professor Flapjack defeated the much maligned Team Hater, 100-89 on Monday at Doc Watson's. The articles on the website kind of suck this week, but that's because I've hit the sauce pretty heavily over the holidays. I really need to pull it together.

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December 18, 2003

Nation of Quizlam Wins

The Nation of Quizlam was able to hold off the competition at Nick's on Wednesday, then asked that their picture not be doctored, so as not to take away from their lovely faces. This same squad also complained about their photo with N.W.A. a couple of weeks ago. Anyone who has a message for this narcissistic group of also-rans and ne'er-do-wellers, please feel free to click on "comments" at the bottom of this article. In more exciting news, Santa made a brief appearance, keeping an eye on his ho-ho-hos. (Photo below)

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December 17, 2003

Would You Eat Them With a Goat Wins

Would You Eat Them With a Goat
Entered the Holidays on a winning note
As for the Omelette, well my friends
It appears that they choked again
Ed had the right answer but he scratched it out
His future with the team is now in doubt
They used to always be last but oh my word
The Sulfur Clams have finished in third
Will the Goats keep their title, will the questions be hard
Find out next Tuesday when Johnny's at the Bards.

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Team Hater Wins One for the Mipper

Team Hater, playing without one of their best playas, was able to end S2's dynasty with a victory on Tuesday. Miranda Hotplate, known to friends as the Mipper, was out with an illness, and the team fell behind early. That's when Knute Rockne showed up. "He told us he had recently been at Miranda's bedside," said team member Loco Ono. "He said that Miranda, summoning all of her strength, said, 'Coach, one of these days, when the chips are down and the breaks are getting the boys, tell 'em to win one for the Mipper." The Haters responded, holding off second place Los Snachos 98-93.

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Four Letter Words Get Help From Friends

The Four Letter Words, a collection of some of the most brilliant legal minds in the city, got an added boost on Tuesday with the addition of Johnny Cochran, who led them to a victory over Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe, 98-90. Cochran was overjoyed after the win. "I thought this win was splendiferous for the amalgamation of conglomerates we have assembelized. The victory was not only monumentous, it was consequentially extemperaneous." The others agreed.

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Risky Quizness Gets Caught With Pants Down

Special Ed Ed pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in Quizzo history on Monday night at Doc Watson's, overcoming a fourteen point deficit in the final round to move past Risky Quizness. Another way of putting that, of course, is that Risky Quizness pulled off one of the greatest chokes in Quizzo history. Special Ed Ed won a squeaker, 80-79. The Troy McClures had their worst performance ever, finishing a disappointing fourth.

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December 11, 2003

Controversy at Nick's!

Controversy erupted, as it seems to every week, after last nights Quizzo at Nick's Roast Beef. In overtime, the Plaster of Paris Hilton won second place (Worth $25) when one of their team members was able to spell Baryshnikov correctly. However, it was discovered early this morning after a thorough investigation that the man who spelled the great dancer's name correctly was none other than the world renowned Krazylegs Kruschev, who danced with Mikhail at the Russian School of Ballet from 1969-1973! The picture below, taken in 1972, clearly proves it! The Johnny Goodtimes Ethical Committee is looking into any possible improprieties. A spokesman for third place finisher Coochie Kream said that the team was "piping mad."

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The Cousin F@%&' Monkeys Win

The Cousin F@%&' Monkeys blew past the competition in Round Four of Wednesday night's Quizzo at Nick's Roast Beef. The Monkeys,
a collection of one woman and three lonely men who struggle to keep their fires lit and cabins warm, were able to come out on top on a hoary night at Nick's. Plaster of Paris Hilton was able to win second in overtime, moving past the Coochie Kream.

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December 8, 2003

The Hot Four

Here are the Four hottest teams on the Johnny G. Quizzo Circuit:

1. The Missing Heads (Pictured below) have won four straight at the Black Sheep, and were only one question away froma perfect score last week.
   
2. S2 has won three straight at O'Neals.
   
3. Would You Eat Them has won two straight at the Bards, becoming the first team to repeat at 20th and Walnut.
   
4. The Sulfur Clams got a phone call from George Bush after a 6th place finish two weeks ago, then moved all the way up into fifth place
   
   

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   December 4, 2003

   Nation Keeps It Real

   The Nation of Quizlam was able to squeeze past the Atari Monkeys on Wednesday at Nick's Roast Beef, 92-89. But they wouldn't have been able to do it without their friends-from the rap group N.W.A.! "That MC Ren is a lot smarter than people give him credit for," said team leader Otis "Silver" Spoons. "And Ice Cube knows a lot about state capitols, which paid off in the wildcard round." But it was Eazy E who really came through in round four, scoring the bonus question right and taking the team over the top. "The Boys N Da Hood are not only hard," continued Otis, "But they're smart as well!"
   

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   Bjork Lets Missing Heads Down

   The Missing Heads extended their dominance over the Black Sheep crowd, causing one grizzled old vet from W.T.F. to remark, "This thing was fun until all these smart people starting showing up. It's ruining the integrity of the Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacular." The Heads were more than smart, coming one question away from a perfect score. That's where Bjork comes in. "We picked up Bjork just on the off chance that there was a question about Iceland," said team member Frank "Flapjack" Kelly. Sure enough, the team found themselves needing only to spell Reykjavik correctly to get the first ever perfect score at Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo anywhere. But Bjork was in a trancelike state throughout round four, and refused to offer her assistance, saying that such trivial matters were an impedence on her soul. "I think that bitch is doing some serious drugs. Have you heard her music? She's a freak, and she's not invited back next week," said Kelly. "We would've been better off with Bjorn Borg than Bjork." When reached for comment, Bjork said simply, "people are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in iceland"

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   December 3, 2003

   Curse Lifted!

   Four Peas and a Pod (AKA Would You Eat Them) finally broke the streak at The Bards on Tuesday, holding off Argh Me Groin in Spectacular fashion. Trailing by nine with two questions left, they were the only team to answer both questions correctly, and were the only team to spell Reykjavik right all night. Big Mike (a.k.a. White Wilt) held a news conference after the game to announce his retirement from Quizzo. Sadly, Big Mike, whose career had started so promisingly, had been besieged by injuries lately (repeated head trauma), and limped to a third place finish in his final appearance. The Sulfur Clams continued to evolve, moving into fifth place.

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   S Squared Wins Again

   S2+2 got the rare three peat on Tuesday at O'Neals, winning for the third consecutive time. They were able to hold off the Can-Am Express, 86-80. Team Hater and Los Snachos, once proud franchises, have fallen mightily. They scored 65 and 64 points respectively. "We picked up a few new teammates," said Team Hater member Carmen San Bernadino. "And they're really dumb."
   

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   Dewey, Bully, and Howe Win Inaugural!

   Dewey, Bully, and Howe were able to squeak past the Consultants in the first ever Quizzo at Centre Square Bar and Grille, 95-94. Shortly after the contest, DB & H received a telegraph from the 1903 Boston Pilgrims, who won the first ever World Series. "They just said that they knew how we were feeling, both being the winner of huge inaugural events and all," said DB & H member Rollie Cornwright. "They also said that they would buy us a round, but they can't because they're all dead."
   
   

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   Whiskey Lou Rips Monkey From Back

   The Whiskey Lou Rebellion, playing in honor of a favorite judge who recently passed away, were able to rip the monkey from their backs in convincing fashion on Monday, fighting off the Moe Syslack Experience, 91-86. The Rebellion, who had won the first quizzo they had participated in, months ago, and had not won since, were relieved to get a win. "Those monkeys were poorly behaved. They would hurl their own feces, screech through the night, and stab me with their swords," said team member Sal Alamo. "I'm glad that's all done with."
   

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   December 1, 2003

   Question of the Week

   What is the Blood Type of the Universal Blood Donor?

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   November 28, 2003

   Heady Night for Repeating Champs

   The Missing Heads were able to keep theirs long enough to win for the second consecutive week at the Black Sheep. In related news, Johnny's ban on brain sucking aliens was strictly enforced.

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   November 26, 2003

   The Curse Continues

   Argh! Me Groin was unable to become the first team to repeat at the Bards, falling to "Would You Eat Them With a Goat?", 97-86. But the real story was the Sulfur Clams, who are no longer bottom dwellers. The Clams, who had finished in last place for two straight weeks, were able to rise from the seafloor all the way to sixth place! After the team's big victory, they received a congratulatory phone call from President George W. Bush. "I couldn't really understand a lot of what he said, because I think he had the phone upside down," said Spanky Twizzler, who fielded the phone call, "But it was still cool to hear from the president."
   

   
   

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   S Squared Wins Again

   S Squared won again at O'Neals on Tuesday, holding off the second place Bluesharps when the Harps scratched out the correct answer on the last question. S Squared picked up several new members, and they helped the team achieve a repeat. Team Hater, also known as team turmoil, fired a couple of players and picked up a couple of people off waivers. Things looked promising after two rounds, as they had a perfect score, but they fell to pieces in the True/False round, getting only three correct.
   

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   Special Ed Ed WIns!

   Special Ed Ed was barely able to hold off defending champs Vandolay Industries at Doc Watson's Pub on Monday. Ed had a 16 point lead going into the last round, but the Industries were able to fight off a fierce buzz and fell by only by a point, 90-89. The Dildogs pulled off an almost impossible feat in Round Three, getting nine wrong-IN THE TRUE/FALSE ROUND! According to my calculations, the odds aginst that happening are 512-1.

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   November 20, 2003

   Atari Monkeys Fly

   The Atari Monkeys pulled past the Nation of Quizlam to win at Nick's Roast Beef on Wednesday night. Two of the team's players tested positive for steroids, but Johnny's steroid policy was inspired by Major League Baseball's. "Everybody is concentrating on the negative. I'm impressed that 50% of the winning team isn't on steroids. Why isn't anyone talking about that?" said Johnny.

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   Missing Heads Roll

   The Missing Heads breezed to a 102-85 win over Muck Fichigan on Wednesday. But the real story would be hard to believe if you weren't getting it from such a trustworthy source. Phine 'n' Phishin' had their brains sucked out by aliens midway through round one, and the result was the second lowest score in Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo history. A 24. To put that in perspective, the Missing Heads scored more than that in Round Three alone. Johnny bravely tried to fight off the aliens, but even with his legendary superhuman strength, he was helpless against their otherworldly powers.
   
   

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   November 19, 2003

   Argh, Me Groin Returns to Top

   Argh, Me Groin! won their second title at the Bards, holding off Team Hater and No More Braided Belts, 100-97-96. The Groins were the only team to spell saponaceous correctly, and made their way to the Johnny Goodtimes High Scores page. The Western Omelette did not perform necessarily well, at least in the academic sense. I am happy to report, however, that their bitching and whining skills still remain unsurpassed. The Sulpher Clams were able to ward off the competition to retain their perennial last place standing.
   

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   S3 Ends Drought; Paris Is A Slut Chokes Again

   
   S3, who had not won since the inaugural Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo at O'Neals, was finally able to win again, holding off Fans, Not Groupies, 88-86. Parisisaslut.com (pictured at bottom right) had a comfortable lead going into the final round, but choked for the second consecutive week." Johnny replied, "I haven't seen a choker this big since Latrell Sprewell!" When told of Johnny's comments, Latrell was not amused. "Come on, Johnny. That's pretty weak. That jokes a little dated, don't you think? No wonder you got booed off the stage during your comedy gig at Muhlenberg University."

   
   

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   Bloody Noses Win Historic Quizzo

   The Bloody Noses, a team of local doctors "tying one on" to relieve the stress of having to perform open heart surgery in a few hours, were able to stagger to a 98-93 win over Special Ed Ed in the first ever Quizzo at Doc Watson's. "You know," said Dr. Chuckie Needlebump (in photo, top right) "This is my first ever heart surgery. So to go into it with not only a buzz, but also a win, gives me the relaxation and confidence I'll need to perform so delicate a procedure."

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   November 13, 2003

   You've Lost That Livin' Feelin'

   Livin' Feelin' stayed alive on Wednesday at Nick's, blowing out the competiton, making the Nation of Quizlam look more like a Banana Republic of morons. Actually, the Nation was able to finish second, edging out Fo' Quizzel My Nizzel and overcoming a pathetic display by the defending champion Monkey Test-EZ, who couldn't even crack 70. I will have an absolutely crazy story about last weeks quizzo on the website in a few days, so stay tuned.

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   Robert Durst Heads Dice Competition

   The Remains of Robert Durst's Head won a squeaker in double OT at the Black Sheep Quizzo spectacular on Wednesday night. The two teams finished the contest tied at 89, but in Round two of OT, the Head was able to pull off the victory. The Frank Clements Castaways finished third with 83. In other news, these two cute chicks told Johnny they would call him, but hey, let's face it, he's heard that old song and dance before.

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   November 12, 2003

   Bowling for Quizzo Rolls; Omelette Haunted by Blow

   In the tightest Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo spectacular ever, Bowling for Quizzo defeated Western Omelette, 91-90. Would you Eat Them With A Goat had 89, and the defending champ Argh! Me Groin had 88. The top four teams were seperated by three points! And the curse of the Bard's continues, as no team has ever won back to back titles! But no team has been haunted more than Western Omelette, who last night were spooked by the ghost of Kurtis Blow. On the question, "What is Kurtis Blow's favorite play in "Basketball", the team had the correct answer but scratched it out. "I swear," said team member Ed Hackett, "That Kurtis Blow's ghost told us to change our answer to slam dunk." But while Kurtis likes the slam dunk, taking it to the hoop, his favorite play is the alley oop. (Inside sources also tell us that Blow likes the pick-n-roll, he likes the give-n-go, this is basketball by Mr. Kurtis Blow.) The other strange thing about seeing Mr. Blow's ghost is that, as far as the Johnny Goodtimes Research Committee could find out, he's still alive. (Click on picture below to see photographic evidence of Blow's ghost.)

   

   
   

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   Diflucan Can!

   
   Diflucan was able to break free from the pack while at the same time breaking free from yeast (I have no idea what that means, they just told me to say it.) Anyways, they were able to hold off a stingy Team Cirrhosis, 87-80, to get back on the winners podium. Meanwhile Team Hater, who scored a controversial victory last week, was severely punished by the Johnny Goodtimes Ethics Committee. "I can't believe we had to play with Jessica Simpson," said one team member. "I mean, she's hot and all, but damn, what a dumb bitch." Team Hater finished a worst ever sixth.
   
   

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   November 7, 2003

   Monkey Test-EZ Shock World!

   The Monkey Test-EZ were able to hold off the Thundercats-Hoe, The Nation of Quizlam, and Fo' Quizzel My Nizzel to win the Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacular at the place it all began, Nick's Roast Beef. The Monkeys were able to win despite having "Extra Baggage" Bagley (pictured at far right), who has an IQ that hovers around 30.

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   Easy Money Sets New Record

   
   Easy Money caught fire on Wednesday night, missing only two questions over the course of the entire game, and both of those were in the first round. They finished with 116 to shatter the old record by six points. It's Albert, Damnit was a bridesmaid again this week. "That's OK," said one member of It's Albert, "We've got like four hot chicks on our team. They've only got one. I think we're the real winners."
   

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   November 5, 2003

   Johnny Speaks About Frank Clements

   Frank Clements was sold recently, and when the staff showed up for work on November 1st, they were told they no longer had jobs. There were a lot of wonderful people who worked there, and I will sorely miss them. It was really neat to be a part of Philadelphia history, and I'm sorry that all of that was gone overnight. There aren't many places like that left.
   I thoroughly enjoyed the regular crowd we had on Tuesday nights, and though I know we can never recreate that experience entirely, I do hope we can find somewhere else to meet. If you have anything to say about the Frank Clements closing or would like to let me know where we should try to do a quizzo on Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m., please check out the message board. I have spoken with several bars in the area, and I would like to find one where you guys would feel most comfortable. Edie, everyone's favorite waitress, wrote a note that I thought you guys might like to read.

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   Argh! Me Groin Wins a Thriller!

   Argh! Me Groin was able to outlast all-time high scorer His Boy Elroy and hometown favorites Eggs Benedict to win the Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacular at The Bards. The Groin pulled away in the True/False Round, and was able to hold on in Round Four for a 97-95-94 win.
   The Groin, who credit their success to "A zen-like mindstate and lots of Icy-Hot cream", plan on returning to the Bards to defend the title. No team has won back ot back titles at the Bards yet.

   
   

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   Controversy at O'Neals

   There was turmoil at O'Neals on Tuedsday night, as Team Hater destroyed the competition. But it was Team Hater's newest member that drew the most ire.

   "Albert Einstein is probably, like, the smartest dude ever," said Bert Toastwax, a member of one of the losing teams. "There's no way he should be allowed to play Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacular."

   "Yeah," chimed in Sandy Popadopalous, "And I thought it was totally unfair that the wild card round topic this week was quantum physics."

   Johnny Goodtimes said that the quantum physics thing was "a strange coincidence," but not everybody was buying it.

   "Then how come there were three questions in Round Four about the theory of relativity?" asked Spector Jackson.

   The Johnny Goodtimes Ethics Committee has promised to look into any possible improprieties.

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   October 23, 2003

   WTF Repeats!

   
   WTF, after offering a heartfelt apology to its fans for a controversial outburst last week, regained it's composure and held off two squads (The White Sox and the Golden Monkeys) by a 70-68 score. The White Sox were able to fight off the Monkeys in Overtime to secure the second place gift certificate.
   

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   Hi Ho Silver Strikes Gold!

   
   The summer was warm for most people in Philly, but not for Hi Ho Silver, who were on a cold streak of Siberian proportions. That ended last night, as they were able to hold off the Nation of Quizlam by a 72-67 score. The Nation had finished last a week before, but made some roster changes and should be a force to reckon with in the future.
   

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   October 22, 2003

   Italians Do It Better Set New Record

   
   It all came down to the last question. Johnny stared at the paper in stunned disbelief. THEY HAD DONE IT! Italians Do It Better had set a new Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacular record, shattering the old one by seven points. Over four rounds, they had scored only 19 points! That's almost impossible when you consider that the true/false round is, at worst, a 50/50 proposition. But this was a team of destiny. They managed to get only two true/false questions correct, and from there it was smooth sailing. The reaction in Italy was a mixture of pandemonium and euphoria.

   "There has not been this much excitement since we beat the West Germans in the 1982 World Cup Final!" said Michaelangelo Da Vinci, a male hooker in Milan. "Finally, the Italians are Number One again!"

   Johnny has offered to buy the team a glass of very cheap champagne if they contact him. "The moment was so magical," said Johnny, his voice quivering, "I just wish it wouldn't end." Critics say that Johnny just wants an excuse to hang out with the hot Italian girl. "No comment," remarked Goodtimes.

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   Large Western Omelette Eggs Competition

   The Western Omelette, which grew exponentially as the game wore on, were able to outlast A Name on Tuesday, 85-78. The Johnny Goodtimes Ethics Committee lodged a complaint after Tuesday's contest against the two "members" of Omelette who were essentially making out on the floor. "It's been so long since Johnny made out with anyone, the last thing he needs to see is two other people making out. From now on, any making out at the Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacular will have to include Mr. Goodtimes," said Ethics Committee Chairman Fritz Harddrive.
   
   
   Johnny Goodtimes Ethics Committee (from L to R: Antowain Cadillac, Elroy Sutcliffe, Jimmy "Superfly" Kielbasa, Fritz Harddrive, Sparky Beefcake, and Teddy Roosevelt, Jr.)
   

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   Snachos Rebound!

   After a bitter, heartbreaking loss at the hands of Pudge Rodriguez and Team Hater in overtime last week, the Snachos started slowly but came back and outlasted SLS to win 80-75, in the Johnny Goodtimes Spectacular at O'Neals. SLS darted out to an early 11-6 lead after round one, but the Snachos stayed the course and had the game tied up after round three. After an emotional win last week, Team Hater seemed drained and never really got on track, finishing with 72.
   

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   Jams Repeat!

   One member of Deweey Cheatum and Howe (whose name I won't mention-you'll never guess) screamed and moaned when I announced that the second round would be baseball, then her team got a perfect score that round. But that was not enough to hold off the Jams, who came from behind to knock off DC and H, 88-85. This was the Jams second straight win, and fourth in the last five. The cute girls who played last week were no-shows, leaving Johnny bitter and disillusioned.

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   October 16, 2003

   WTF Avoids DQ

   
   Team WTF hung on to win with 84 points in a performance that was almost ruined by some unacceptable behavior by a team member. And for the last time, Jerry Lee Lewis is not the "Big Bopper!"
   

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   October 15, 2003

   Fan Costs Team Title!

   In one of the most exciting match-ups of the season, Team Hater was able to pull off a victory in overtime, 99-98, when Pudge Rodriguez, who has come up huge in these last few weeks, answered three of five questions correctly in OT. The controversy came when a fan reached out and swiped a correct answer out of the minds of the Snachos. The fan, who is as of yet unidentified, had to be led out of O'Neals by police. Fans of the team were outraged. "That idiot just reached out and stole that answer from the minds of the Snachos. Johnny should have called fan interference." The Snachos have not won a Johnnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacular since 1908, and many think they are cursed. (O'Neals does not permit billy goats inside the bar.)
   

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   That's Our Foul Ball Wins Again!

   
   That's Our Foul Ball won for the second time in three weeks, surviving a scare from Western Omelette, 84-81. The Omelette was looking good, but was overcooked by the Foul Ball. The Omelette had hoped to win back to back titles, but they committed a late error on what should have been a double play ball.
   

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   Jams Back On Top

   
   The Jams were able to climb back on top, winning for the third time in the last four weeks, a streak interrupted only by Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe last week. The Broad Street Bullies were able to finish finish second. More importantly, the cute girls in the back finished fourth or fifth or something, and Johnny hopes they contact him.
   

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   October 11, 2003

   His Boy Elroy Repeats

   
   His Boy Elroy crushed the competition again, breaking the 100 point barrier for the second straight week. The Black Sheep Flockers, attempting to become the first team to win back to back Quizzos (Black Sheep and Nick's), took a 52-51 lead into the final round, but fell to pieces under the pressure.
   

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   Black Sheep Flockers Tames Herd

   
   The Black Sheep Flockers were able to emerge victorious at the Black Sheep, overcoming the handicap of going a little heavy on the alcohol. Soon after the victory, one of the members of the team was reprimanded by police officers for climbing a tree. (That's not a joke. I seriously saw it happen after the event.) Johnny Goodtimes does not condone or endorse said behavior, though he does find it at least mildly amusing.
   

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   October 8, 2003

   Do We Get Cheated and How Wins

   
   Do We Get Cheated and How blew past the field in the Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacular on Tuesday at Frank Clements, knocking off the second place finishers (Special Ed Ed) 105-92. 105 was the third highest score ever in a Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo. Two time defending champs the Jams finished third.

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   The Western Omelette Sizzles!

   
   Western Omelette took a frying pan to the head of the competition on Tuesday at the Bards, browning out second place Brown Town, 92-75. Superfly finished with a new record low score of 26.

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   Whatchamacallit wins cliffhanger

   
   Whatchamacallit fought off Team Hater in round four of the Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacular to win a squeaker, 94-89. Defending champ SLS finished 3rd with a score of 74.
   

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   October 2, 2003

   His Boy Elroy Breaks Record

   His Boy Elroy turned in a remarkable performance on Wednesday night, breaking the hours old record with a 110. They answered 38 out of 40 questions correctly to blow past the competition. The Horsecranks finished 2nd, with a respectable 96.
   

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   Braintrust Sets Record-For Two Hours

   
   Braintrust came from all over the United States to set a new record with a 108. The celebration was shortlived, however, as that record was broken at Nick's two hours later. The Trust defeated the second place squad by 13 points, and walked away with the $40 gift certificate. "We quiz each other on business trips all the time, so this was a chance to finally show off our stockpile of useless knowledge.
   

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   October 1, 2003

   Jams do it again!

   
   The Jams won at Frank Clements for the second straight week, crossing the 100 point threshold again. They barely overcame a spirited performance by Special Ed, who has finished in the money for three consecutive weeks with a 97. (One first and two seconds.) Dewey, Cheetum, and Howe finished third with a 95.

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   Bards

   
   
   The Somnambulists came from behind to record an 87-84 win over the Knights of Ni, leaving them stunned and a touch disillusioned. The last place team, who asked not to be identified, finished with a new Johnny Goodtimes record of 27 points in the contest. The most inspirational play in the contest came from Huevos Rancheros, who had only nine after two rounds but came on with a vengeance, scoring 66 points in rounds three and four to finish in third.

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   SLM Wins in Blowout

   
   SLM Sliced, Leveled and Mutilated the competition at O'Neals on Tuesday night, recording a blowout 87-74 win over Adam Shapiro and the RoadTrippers. SLM led from beginning to end. The most disappointing performance came from Quattros Equis, who fell to pieces and recorded a meager 61.
   

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   September 26, 2003

   They Put the "I" in Team!

   
   The I team, an early millenium rip-off of the 80's hit TV series "A-Team," won in overtime in the first Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo at Black Sheep. The Brows, last after the first round, made a nice run in the final round to tie the score at 61, before the I Team pulled away in OT. Johnny returns to the Black Sheep Wednesday at 8:00 p.m., as contestants vie for the $40 gift certificate that goes to the winner.

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   September 24, 2003

   Swillensky Holds on for Victory

   Swillensky was able to hold off a feisty Western Omelette squad in the final round to win the inaugural addition of the Johnny Goodtimes Brain Attack at The Bards, 87-82. The Western Omeletes were 15 down going into round number four, but turned on the cheese and almost turned the Swillensky's into minced ham. The Master Debaters got whacked, scoring only 47.

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   Team Hater Blows Out Field

   Team Hater became only the second team to crack triple digits with a score of 100 yesterday, blowing out the second place Tres Equis, who finished with 87 points. Team Hater took an early lead and never looked back.
   

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   Jams set Brain Attack Record

   The Jams exploded for a record 103 points to set a new Johnny Goodtimes Brain Attack record on Tuesday. They did the impossible, scoring a perfect 55 in the Impossible Round. Defending Champs Special Ed Ed had the lead going into round four, but had to settle for second place with 92 points. The Broad Street Bullies, minus a couple of key players, were still able to grab third place after a slow start.

   
   

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   September 18, 2003

   Cranking It Up

   
   It was a record setting night at Nick's Roast Beef as "Horse Cranks" set the Nick's Roast Beef quizzo record and tied the Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacular record with an impressive 96 points. Bill & Mike finished 2nd with 84 points, defending champ "His Boy Elroy" finished a dissapointing 5th, with 70 points.
   Will Horse Cranks be able to defend their title? Will their Ivy League ringer return? Will their parole officers pick them up before next Wednesday? Will "Special Ed Ed" accept the Horse Cranks challenge to show up in Old City? Only one way to find out. Show up next Wednesday for the next chapter in Johnny Goodtimes Quizzo Spectacular history.

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   September 17, 2003

   Special Ed Ed Wins!

   Special Ed Ed scored a perfect score through the first two rounds, and held off the Sealappers in round four, to win 96-92. The Broad Street Bullies struggled in the wild card round, and landed in third with 87. The defending champs Do We Get Cheated and How never got on track, finishing with 66.

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   September 15, 2003

   The Bards Joins the Goodtimes

   The Bards, located at 2013 Walnut, will be entertained by the Johnny Goodtimes Brain Attack on Tuesdays starting on September 23rd. The Quizzo will begin at 10 p.m. on Tuesdays.

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   September 10, 2003

   "Do We Get Cheated & How" Win!

   
   

   Known as "The Jose Mesas" in the quizzo world due to their late game breakdowns, Do We Get Cheated and How were finally able to rip the monkey from their backs in stirring fashion, holding off Ditech by one point, 95-94. The Broad Street Bullies, who are about as popular in Philadelphia as Andy Reid's playcalling, had a seven point lead going into the final stanza, but uncharacteristically fell apart and scored only 30 in the fourth round.
   

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   "His Boy Elroy" the Winner at Nick's

   
   

   One man Überstar romps at Nick's Roast Beef. Don Seymour (His Boy Elroy)overcame a twelve point deficit in the final round to shock defending champ Fingerless Phrenology Limited, 83-80. Don was the only player to spell "sesqicentenary" correctly in the final round. Phrenology missed it by one letter, and thus lost the illustrious $50 gift certificate.
   

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   What we learned this week

   Here are a few things that were learned this past week at quizzo:

   Alaska contains the westernmost, northernmost, and easternmost points in the United States. (the Aleutian Islands wrap around the Earth, and are located in the Eastern Hemisphere, with a longitude farther east than Maine.)

   The president on the 2nd largest bill in the U.S. is Ulysses S. Grant, who is on the $50.

   Dr. Robert Morton fired a bullet into a corpse and was the first man to use an x-ray machine on a human body.

   Elizabeth I was completely bald.

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   Quizzo Name of the Week

   Congratulations to 5th place finisher "We'll Rape the Winner" for making everyone feel a little uncomfortable. You've won the Johnny Goodtimes Name of the week prize!

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