Tuesday, December 18, 2007

"Can you tell me the difference between the garlic fries and the feta fries?"

Matt: Really? I'll give you one guess.

Me: I want the feta ones. Not the garlic.

Quiz night at the Northside Grill is good times for all. Matt gets our vote for best Seattle waiter of 07, and really, how can you go wrong with Moroccan food? The lamb burger is awesome, the hummus and pita are perfect, and they have Mac n Jack's. The real question here is why wouldn't you go to Quiz Night?

My quiz team is clearly the best: The Mod Moose. Erica picked this out, maybe because she's a fan of Moose Drool beer. Anyway, we have a 4-1-4 record and a super moose logo. We try to aim for either 1st or 4th place, because 1st gets the money, but 4th gets to decide a category for the next round.

In our first choice of rounds, we picked Indiana Jones and had an Indy marathon at Erin's house. We researched in between movies. I learned that Tom Selleck was originally going to play Indy, that Short Round wore a Yankees cap in the Temple of Doom, and that Cairo was the last destination for Indy in Raiders.

Then we won 1st place and the pot of money, which was exciting and essentially covered our dinner. Mostly this was due to Peter's encyclopedic knowledge of 60s and 70s sitcoms, which I never watched, not ever re-runs.

This week was pop culture week. I did contribute several answers, one of which was "Waffle House." That's right, the restaurant where Kid Rock was arrested at in Atlanta. Really, why do I know such things?

There are rumors that geography might play a role in our selection of categories for next quiz night (New Year's Day, Jan 1st), but you'll have to show up to find out....

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