# Help Seattle Dopers name their trivia team! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058 "2004-02-25T07:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/1 "2004-02-25T07:21:11Z")
Some Seattle Dopers have been working hard to do the boards proud at our local trivia night. We’ve assembled a team with intelligence, wit, and good looks in abundance. Regulars include **Aguecheek** , **Interrobang!?** , **Cervaise** , **amarinth** , and **inkysplotchy** , and the lovely Mrs. Aguecheek is a regular too. Even with all this talent, we lack one important element: the perfect team name! Ever since a “name our gay bowling team” thread last year (my favorite: the Nathan Lanes), I’ve known that if I ever needed a team named, the boards would be the place to go. So, please suggest away…but with one important restriction: We’d like the team name to have a **music** theme. This is because the two winningest teams on Trivia Night have musical names ( **Elvis** and **Spear Britney** ), so we figure there’s some musical mojo going on. Our team, since hitting its stride in December, has won twice: once with the anti-Elvis name **Bloated Bathroom Cadaver** (tasteful, no?), and tonight (yay us!) as the non-musical **Easy-Bake Coven**. Front-runner for next week’s name is **Mortal Sinatra** …not bad IMHO, but we’d like a musical moniker that’s worth keeping forever. Thanks, and remember…a bad pun is a joy always. By the way, for Dopers in the area who have not yet joined in the fun, it’s Tuesdays, 8-10pm, at the George and Dragon pub (on Leary Way just west of Fremont’s core). To see who’ll be there on a given Tuesday, follow [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=234189). ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/2 "2004-02-25T16:00:52Z")
Perusing the list of Team Trivia names I keep stashed in my Palm Pilot: Look At Them Yo-Yo’s Hotel Carolina (Born from an amusing wrong answer) A Flock Of Seagulls - Greatest Hits …a few of our favorite non-musical names: Mrs. Paul’s Shelter For Battered Fish Jedi Mind Tricks Dumb Cookies …and finally, my favorite team name gleaned from the Straight Dope: Observe the Snow: It Fornicates ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/3 "2004-02-25T16:09:03Z")
The trick to naming a trivia team is pick something so obscure that it will intimidate the other team when none of them get it – or even better, when one of them gets it and then spends the rest of the night worrying about the fact that his teammates didn’t. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/4 "2004-02-25T17:34:23Z")
Sketchy at Best The Chocolate Platypus Experience (could be cross referenced with Jimi H.) The Medicated Outpatients and one of my personal favorites… Rancid Yak Butter Tea Party which is a local band in Columbus Ohio. I doubt VERY much that they will mind you borrowing the name. Good Luck moejuck ---
**Author:** ![Kakkerlak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@Kakkerlak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kakkerlak)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/5 "2004-02-25T18:15:43Z")
When we played up at Murphy’s on 45th, we changed names every week. I thought that the very best ones were pun-based, and referential to recent news stories. Those names tended to intimidate other teams with our brilliance and cleverness, even though we only carried the day once because of our inhumanly strong 80’s-Sci-Fi-Cartoons expert. Thanks to the SDMB, we had “Harry Pothead and the Stoner’s Source”, and my favorite local pun was “Eyman’s Piemen”, after an incident involving a public radio station, the City Attorney, and meringue. This weeks recommendations: Martha’s Cellmates May Garriage Al Sharpton’s Rolodex ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/6 "2004-02-27T02:28:40Z")
Thanks for the suggestions made so far. Keep ‘em comin’! I swear I’m not posting just to bump the thread. I wanted to record, and not forget, two good ones: **Minnie Pearl Jam** (credit to **Cervaise** ) **Crystal Gayle Force** And there’s always **Guitarzan**. Or, more obscurely, **Sitarzan**. Jack Black (in **High Fidelity** ) came up with one of my all-time favorites, **Kathleen Turner Overdrive**. Finally, another one already taken, the all-time favorite of the emcee at Trivia Night: **Trivia Newton-John**. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/7 "2004-02-27T03:38:49Z")
Exposed Nirvana ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/8 "2004-02-27T05:14:44Z")
Old school, but still one of the best - _Ed Gein’s Upholstery_ ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/9 "2004-02-27T14:40:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Jack Black (in High Fidelity) came up with one of my all-time favorites, Kathleen Turner Overdrive. One of the regular teams at the restaurant where I host plays as “Sonic Death Monkey,” which is also from “High Fidelity,” as I understand. “Kathleen Turner Overdrive” also reminded me of one of my absolute favorites from a quizbowl tournament I helped run: “Stone Cold Jane Austen.” Just the right mix of academia and poor taste. ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/10 "2004-02-27T14:48:42Z")
Shameless (though relevent) plug: I keep a woefully out-of-date game recaps page on our trivia company’s [website](http://www.brainstormtrivia.com/news.html). Feel free to hijack any amusing names as you see fit. (I really did think E. Thorp, et al, might find an amusing name or two among the recaps. I don’t intend this to be a “[message] primarily intended to promote a…website,” so I don’t think it’s against the rules. If I’m wrong, feel free to zap the post with my apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/11 "2004-02-27T19:36:58Z")
For what it’s worth, I mentioned our quest for a moniker to my wife, and the intent of this thread. And when I told her we were looking for a pun or other play on words, she wrinkled her nose in distaste, as if I’d proposed we name ourselves “People Who Play Polo with the Bloody Skulls of Aborted Fetuses.” Apparently, she _loathes_ puns. She suggested, if we’re looking for a musical name, that we borrow the title of the Buffy episode and call ourselves **Once More With Feeling.** Pretty good, but secretly, inside my head, I immediately turned it into **Puns More, Wife Reeling.** Sorry sweetie. It’s a failing. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/12 "2004-02-27T21:31:26Z")
How about something musical which is also a Straight Dope reference? **Cecil’s Tailors**. Cecil Taylor is a jazz pianist. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/13 "2004-02-27T22:08:23Z")
Musical? How about: REO Meatwagon QueenAnne’sRyche - A bit of seattle plus bellevue based metal band If you wanna go sacrilicous as well as topical you could go for: Pontius Pilate and the Nail Driving 5 (which is what I would name my band if I had one) ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/14 "2004-02-27T23:26:44Z")
Dirty rotten puns: **Johnny Cashholes** **Sex Pistol Packin’ Mamas** **Knights in Cecil’s Service** **Rum, Sodomy and the Clash** **R.E.Emperor** **Peggy Lee Harvey Oswald** **Beat the Meatles** Non-puns that would work nicely: **The Velvet Underground** **Talking Heads** That being said, my favorite is actually **Original Sinatra**. Short, sweet, and not on obvious pun. At least, not a naked groaner. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/15 "2004-02-28T01:38:25Z")
Well, we could just call ourselves the Naked Groaners and be done with it… ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/16 "2004-02-28T06:08:15Z")
Hey, these are getting good. Cecil Taylor is one bad mofo. How about **The Jesus and Mary Chainsaw Massacre**? **Once More With Feeling** is pretty good indeed. But if the election were held today, I would probably vote for the electable candidate, **Original Sinatra**. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/17 "2004-03-01T20:04:13Z")
I’ve got Sex Pistols on the brain: **Sex Pistoleros** **Sex Pistol Whipped** **The Opposite of Sex Pistol** Sex on the brain: **Burlesque Ives** I like **Jesus and Mary Chainsaw Massacre**. Or the shorter, non-musical **Seattle Chainsaw Massacre** for space. ---
**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/18 "2004-03-01T20:59:58Z")
Someone in the other thread mentioned **The Usual Group of Idiots**. It’s got a good beat - I say go with that, unless you don’t want to label yourself idiots. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/19 "2004-03-01T21:30:02Z")
It’s not musically related but you could try for one of these: Haiku D’Etat Pol Pot Pie Tonton Macoute-a Kinte Mao Tse Tong in Cheek ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058/20 "2004-03-01T23:29:25Z")
> [@JayLa](#): > > Someone in the other thread mentioned **The Usual Group of Idiots**. By completely random chance, when I saw this, I was humming “A Horse with No Name.” And the America vibe combined with **JayLa** post to give me: **The Usual Muskrats.** I don’t know why that cracks me up, exactly, but I think that’s my favorite option right now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-seattle-dopers-name-their-trivia-team/231058.md?page=2)