It was another idle Wednesday for your least-Jordany quizmaster, The Evil Mr. Phil. I brought pen and paper with me to the quiz, but I was still asking myself whether I should do another low-tech live blog. After finding a space at the bar and getting my beer stein filled, I asked myself why I'd ever question this.

8:00 Two out of two Random Chaos Matts agree that live blogging is the way to go. Welcome to the second installment of the live blogged weekly recap.
8:05 The Price is Right theme song is playing and Dr. Jordan has stepped up to the mic!
8:06 This pub quiz sure has a lot of rules. I feel repressed.
8:07 Tonight is sponsored by Butternuts (that's right, Butter Nuts). Tonight's prizes are t-shirts featuring the Pork Slap logo. Oh, and they have women's sizes.
8:08 Journeyman quizzer Naomi is sitting next to me at the bar, and she keeps asking me whether I'm sure I know what blogging is. The once-live-blogged-about quizmaster, Cuban B, is participating in an exhibition chug against a guy with an impressive braided pony tail.
8:09 Looks like that wasn't the pony-tailed gentleman's first time having a beer, as he chugged it handily.
8:10 We just had a pint-on-us toss up question about WD40. (If it's moving and it shouldn't, use duct tape. If it's not moving and it should, use WD40.)
8:11 All teams have answer sheets, and we're starting round 1 - "A Titulating Round". Seems to be about titular characters. (Feel free to mark off "titular" on your IRCPQ bingo cards.)

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8:22 Cooling off with some nice cold double IPA from Speakeasy after ten "hot" titular character questions.
8:23 OJ the Imposter is at the mic, and he looks like he has something to say. Oh, he has something sad to say. It's a "sad" round. One thing about OJ - he's a man who likes his wordplay.

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mid-round aside: He's also a man who likes his global current events. C'mon OJ, this is 'murica!

8:38 Roll call time. Woman and Husband are first, and... I can't keep up. Just check the score sheet - they're all there.
8:41 Dr. Jordan is letting us know how we did on the first round. I'm sitting in as a mostly-silent member of Random Chaos, and so far we're doing pretty well.
8:44 Our representative chugger did well in the tie-breaker chug for that round, but alas, U of I's Noah prevailed and won a chance to select a woman's t-shirt.
8:45 Dr. Jordan is starting a round called "Air Heads" based on Us Weekly and People magazines. (I wonder if the first question will be, "What's a magazine?")

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mid-round aside: Snooki's not being from New Jersey, doesn't make New Jersey that much better.

8:56 Just enough time for OJ to tell us how badly we did on round 2, and then we'll be at halftime. (I hope we get halftime snacks.)
8:57 Before reviewing the "sad" round, we got the sad trombone sound effect - nice. The PaliSADes Parkway just got the most applause that any roadway has ever received.
9:02 Five teams are chugging for a shirt. Yet again there's one girl in the mix.
9:03 Yet again a dude has won. Will the women-sized Butternuts shirts go unclaimed?

halftime

9:21 Halftime is over. There were no halftime snacks. Fatigue is really setting in. I'll remind you that the pub quiz is a marathon, not a sprint. So tired.
9:23 Dr. Jordan has answers for the Us Weekly round. There's no tie, but an 0/10 team has been brought up to chug against a 10/10 team. One team did better with wordplay, but let's see who can chug the fastest. And... it's... Pedal and Paddle over U of I for beer-chugging supremacy. Who needs points when you've got beer?
9:27 But, OJ has just announced that U of I is in the lead at halftime with an incredible 29 points! Who needs beer when you've got points?
9:31 OJ just did a pint-on-us question about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's indoor plumbing. He was the first in America to have it, if I heard correctly.
9:32 Now he's begun round 4 - all about "Divas". If he asks a question about me, I swear I'll throw an absolute fit and walk right out the door!

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9:46 Oh Boy. Dr. Jordan is asking about Grammys. Ah, it's an "Initially the Same" round. I guess we'll have to come back to this question after we figure out what the initials are.

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mid-round aside: OJ just sauntered over to get our answer sheet and while here he ate my nachos. Damn. He invoked quizmaster's privilege. Nothing I could do about it. It's in our IRCPQ QM bylaws and everything.

9:59 I think Dr. Jordan escaped "Initially the Same" by the skin of his teeth. There was a lot of grumbling at the beginning, but by the end we figured out the initials and worked backwards. That's when I stopped grumbling.
10:00 OJ has answers for the divas round, and he's totally strutting around like he owns the place.
10:01 Man, it's getting late. These guys better step it up so we can all get home to watch public access television.
10:02 Yay! Another tie at the end of a round! More beer chugging! And, our very own Ryan "The Cardigan" Ryanman (I'm assuming his last name is Ryanman) just killed his beer!
10:07 (The New York Ice Hockey Rangers have just tied their game at 3!)
10:08 Alright, time for the Common Bond round.

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10:16 Our answers are all set. Time to sit back and wait to see if anyone caught up with U of I.
10:19 Dr. Jordan has answers to the "Initially the Same" round, where the initials were "FA". There's some beer poured. I guess there's gonna be more chugging. Whoa! A six way! I wonder if that's even legal in this state.
10:33 OJ has finished grading the CB round. Let's see how this thing ends.
10:35 The Common Bond is Arnold Schwarzenegger? I think that's the most perfectly developed Common Bond we've ever had.
10:37 A tie in the chug off. Ecstatic Alphabets and Touched by an Uncle (I think) are having a rematch.
10:38 Robin, the flying Scotsman, keeps waving his phone in my direction. Either he wants me to call him this weekend or the Rangers just lost to the Devils (talk about a Sophie's choice).
10:40 Final scores... I'm getting pretty tired... I say check the scoresheet online.
10:43 Damn. Tie for the night between U of I and my adoptive team, Random Chaos. They're getting tie-breaker questions. I've had to abandon my team for this.
10:45 Tie-breaker sheets are in, and Random Chaos has won 2-1. Tonight that means a whole slew of Butternuts beer in addition to the $25 gift certificate. Thank goodness it's over. We can all go home now.

As the man in the sign-off says, "Goodnight, and see you next week!"