Scott Turner's Quiz Mail of the Week

From the greatest quiz show on earth, from the greatest quiz mail in the universe ( that's right martians, you got nothing!)

Every week, our fearless Rocky Sullivan's Pub Quiz Master Scott MX Turner sends a heartfelt email to his expansive list of attendees.  You learn! You laugh! You sometimes actually cry. And you get a clue to the bonus question.  Test your knowledge now on last week's photo round!

Hereeeeeeeeee's Scott!

Greetings, Pub Quiz Walk Five Hundred Milers...

Okay, any mention of a walkathon is gonna elicit a 
Proclaimers reference.  Or Nancy Sinatra.  Some things are automatic, like crying at the end of Old Yeller or that gag reflex whenever another Mike for Mayor ad comes on the t.v.

It won't be 500 miles, but two-and-a-quarter miles.  It's the fifth annual 
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn Walkathon, colloquially named Walk Don't Destroy 5.



I'm walking in it this year.  You know the drill -- 
Ratner, lousy development project, sixteen skyscrapers, a basketball arena, a Russianoligarch team owner, billions of taxpayer dollars wasted, no appreciable numbers of affordable housing or newly-created jobs, overwhelming traffic, exploitation of Brooklyn Dodger mythology, environmental and health concerns, blighted wasteland created by Ratner and not time, lack of democratic process, eminent domain abuse.

Wow..that's the shortest I've ever summed it up.

Stopping Ratner's boondoggle and replacing it with a project that makes sense for the surrounding communities.  This is a crucial time -- the project will either proceed after New Year's 2010 or it'll be a goner.

Whether you've followed this from afar or heard me talk about it up close, you know what's at stake.  
DDDB's legal bill are hefty.  Along with dozens of other community groups, DDDB has been fighting the Atlantic Yards for six years.  Six years.  

The Walkathon is what DDDB does to keep going.  Walkathons...bake sales...benefit concerts...the passing of many hats...small checks from concerned citizens.  DDDB has never had the hundreds of millions of private and government money available to 
Forest City Ratner for their endless p.r. assault.   The money raised at this year's Walkathon goes to DDDB's legal fight.

These are tough times.  Too many people and groups have their hands out.  This is mine, on behalf of DDDB.  If you can help out, either by sponsoring 
my walk or heading to DDDB's website and signing up to walk yourself, that would be grand.  You can get more info on the issues there as well.

That's the spiel.  I don't make it lightly.

Also, there's this:  a week from Friday, on 
October 16th, the legendary 1970s London punk rockers The Spunk Lads will be playing Freddy's Bar & Backroom.  They're all living in Brooklyn now, and support DDDB's fight against the Atlantic Yards.  According to the Lads' lead singer Nick Knickers, "wot if they'd tried this in Camden?  I'd bloody well fall over effin' basketball fans and condo buggers and end up with me 'ead in bandages.  Bloody 'orrible, that!"

Sez it all.

The Spunk Lads will be headlining 
DDDB's Pre-Walkathon Party.  Also on the bill are the John Sharples Band, comedian Pat O'SheaJudy GormanSteve Espinola and Neil deMause.  Starts at 8 in the evening.

You never know when it'll be the last chance to see the world's most exciting band, still at it over thirty years after they single-handedly -- well, eight hands between them -- birthed the London punk scene.  Little is remembered of their early days, but much is enjoyed when they play shows today -- rare as that is.  'Loos are wrecked as well.  Call in the 
American Standard people...it'll be a busy night in Brooklyn.

Don't miss it.  You've been warned.



Back to our regularly-scheduled 
Quizmail screed next week.

Thanks...

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Last week's 
Rocky Sullivan's Pub Quiz was an eight-team affair.  The exotically-monikered Hovercraft Full of Eels won going away, topping runners up We Are Looking For Curly and Bridesman Revisted.

Scores on the Door
Hovercraft Full of Eels: 87
We Are Looking For Curly: 71
Bridesman Revisited: 62
The Papis: 60
The Gowanus Canalrapists: 56
The Crotch Mavens: 55
Dykeman's Girls: 50
Assfuck Suck Suck: 50

Big huge special thanks, props and whatever else eminates from an e-mail to last week's 
Guest Round mastermind Trevor Williams, whose Holy Trinity of Guest RoundGuest Music Round and Guest Photo Round, on three separate topics unified by Trevor's love for all three, was a spectacular undertaking.

Hearty welcome to our newest Quiz devotees: 
AlexMattMaxDan -- welcome aboard, and you're always welcome.

Here're last week's 
Quizcasso winners -- nice work by all.  You'll notice one multi-media work -- pen and pizza-topping.  It's the first instance of the Quizcasso scanner needing a cleaning after the weeklyn image-capturing.




Here's last week's Trevor-helmed 
Photo Round -- Video Games from yesteryear and today.  Drop your quarter, grab the joystick, and have at it.  Answers down at the bottom.



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And yes, on Monday night, 
Cheer's Norm, a.k.a. George Wendt, did indeed stop by Rocky's for a few pints.  Thanks to everyone from the Quiz community who came out for the night -- it was a good number of you.

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George is a swell guy, friendly to all, a pal of the bar's, and another reason Rocky Sullivan's is unlike any other bar in 
New York City.

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This week's 
Rocky Sullivan's Pub Quiz will be a warm, cozy, comfy indoor affair.  It's a General Knowledge Night.  Come for the fun, the food, the drink, and Guest Round mastermind Sam Ahmad's double-turn at the wheel.  Sam is working right now to craft both the week's Guest Round questions and Guest Audio Round.  THAT'S RIGHT, audio round.  Might not be a music round.  The Crotch Mavens can be heard singing like angels and already liking their chances.

Seven rounds of quizzy goodness in the realms of culture, music and imagery.  But there's so much more!
  • Individual potable prizes after each round;
  • Free tee-shirts from Brooklyn's most attitudinal fashion-wear emporium, MissWit!
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  • Rocky Sullivan's Pub Quiz SuperMix Compilation CD -- answer a super-tough question and win a mix CD of full versions of all the songs in this week's Music Round;
  • Special prizes from the Quizmaster's Magic Bag Of Stuff You Can Live Without But Why Would You?
  • Grand Prize -- a thirst-slaking round for everyone on the winning team.
DON'T FORGET: As is custom, somewhere in this e-mail is a clue for this week's Pre-Quiz Bonus Question.  Get it right and your team earns five points before the Quiz has started.

George Wendt knows.  DDDB knows.  The Spunk Lads know.  Rocky's is the place to be on Thursday nights, and Rocky's Pub Quiz is the reason to be there.

Hope to see you this week,

Scott M.X.
Rocky's Quizmaster
 
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Rocky Sullivan's Quiz
General Knowledge Night
with Quizmaster Scott M.X. Turner
This Thursday evening, 
October 8th
8:00 p.m, on the Rocky's roof-deck, weather permitting
free admission, potable prizes, per chance wearable winners and aural awards
Rocky Sullivan's
34 Van Dyke Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn
F/G to Smith/9th Street -or- F/R to 4th Avenue/9th Street Stations 
transfer for the B77 Bus to corner of Van Dyke & Dwight Street, Red Hook
free Ikea shuttle buses.  Go here for more info: 
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WE'VE DONE IT!  The 
Rocky Sullivan's Pub Quiz Fan Club page at Facebook has topped the Century Mark!!  And it's gone past that, to 105! ...a big THANKS!   If you haven't joined yet, stop by, join, trad barbs and witicisms and photos and poke each other and toss Vampire Quizmaster taunts at one another.  Thanks, Deb Goldstein, for being the architect here.

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