So Tuesday evening parenthesis (girl) and GTA Feghoot, most likely due to their very recent move to Bayview, decided to attend the inaugural pub quiz at the Carleton Grange in St. Francis, without any of the other HGS members, thus appearing not as HGS but as another team (which we'll not name here).
Well, the pizza was very good, and the beer selection not great ("oh, we don't really have St. Georges Ale, although both our menu and website say we do"--come on, guys, it's called updating), so we were subjected to something called "London Pride" (which the Qu?zmaster claims is the best beer ever, but which the HGS claims is only slightly better than Bass), and the quiz was held in some special room that looked like it was reserved for some lame wedding reception. The Carleton Grange itself was nice, despite its blue-haired old-folks' home appeal. Dude, we were the youngest ones there by thirty years--these patrons made the HGS look really young, and that's saying something, because, you know.
On the whole, the masquerading HGS did very well with only two members, especially since all the other teams had about 6 to 8 members. Highlights: getting the Pakistan and the the South Africa questions correct, as well as knowing the capital of Hawaii. What killed us, and what could have killed any team, were the ridiculous questions concerning the ordering of various things, like which musical artist has had the most #1 singles in America, or which countries have the most international tourists. Those questions are not so much trivia as they are based on pure luck or chance--unless you know exactly the top 5 countries with the most international tourists, or if you're able to identify them correctly, you're not likely to guess the top 5 correctly, even with options. Since there was about four questions like that, the faux HGS was unable to do well, even though we were competitive. Perhaps if we had more people on the team. Who knows? I'm talking to you, other HGS members.
Will HGS return to the Carleton Grange for trivia? Perhaps, but most likely not as HGS. I have a feeling that the HGS as we know it is no more. What does "trivia" mean anyway?
What was special about this night had nothing to do with the trivia teams, but had everything to do with our beloved Milwaukee Qu?zmaster. It is fitting that the surroundings at the Carleton Grange resembled a wedding, since both parenthesis (girl) and GTA Feghoot witnessed a marriage--that of the Milwaukee Qu?zmaster and his destiny, "marriage" in this case meaning "any close or intimate association or union." The MQ's 1st appearance at a bar that is not the Brit Inn implies the first step to stardom, to celebrity, to the "no-looking-back" stage. The two of us witnessed this Tuesday night the MQ being more than just the MQ--he has become a corporate entity. The MQ officially commodified himself. Will life ever be the same?
He has become, officially (!), larger than life. Some trivia teams (which will be left unnamed) may want to ride his coattails, but does the HGS? We don't make much money, that's for sure.
Damn straight.
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