# Help us name our trivia team for the upcoming league!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 26, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803 "2011-04-26T18:58:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 16\
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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/41 "2012-01-05T19:55:19Z")

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> [@drastic\_quench](#):
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> A Pox on Thy House!

😃

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**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/42 "2012-01-05T20:59:07Z")

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.22 Caliber Intellects

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/43 "2012-01-05T21:14:58Z")

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[A terrible thing to taste](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mind_Is_a_Terrible_Thing_to_Taste)

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/44 "2012-01-05T22:13:03Z")

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> [@mnemosyne](#):
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> [A terrible thing to taste](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mind_Is_a_Terrible_Thing_to_Taste)

Not bad - it makes the list! Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/45 "2012-01-06T00:24:48Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> I think you’ve already answered your own question. Bill yourselves as “Call” and every time they say your name, holler back “Response!” . . .

Or make it:

Stimulus - Response.

The name I’ve never found an excuse to use is Polysyllabic Designation. (From Schlock Mercenary, which used the ship names Post Dated Check Loan and Serial Peacemaker.)

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/46 "2012-01-06T00:41:55Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> Moved Cafe Society –\> The Game Room.

I think we have a winner!

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/47 "2012-01-06T03:37:54Z")

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Shampoo for my real friends, real poo for my sham friends

Cerebella Lugosi

Circle of whatchoo talkin’ about Willis

Pia mater poopa pater

Subdural hematomatometer

Better late than pregnant

Brainy days and Mondays

Gray doesn’t matter  
mmm

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/48 "2012-01-06T03:43:49Z")

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Pavlov (response: bark)

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/49 "2012-01-06T04:12:44Z")

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Share-a-bellum  
Head Games  
Singing in the Brain  
It’s Axionatic  
The School Team from the Hippo Campus

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/50 "2012-01-06T05:00:38Z")

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> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> Cerebella Lugosi  
> Brainy days and Mondays
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> mmm

These 2 made me literally LOL! They are on the list.

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**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/51 "2012-01-06T05:02:45Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> Share-a-bellum  
> Head Games  
> Singing in the Brain  
> It’s Axionatic  
> The School Team from the Hippo Campus

Almost all of these made the list, and Singing In The Brain is one of the best names ever! Head Games is excellent, too. The Hippo Campus one is funny, but the pub quiz crowd is too lowbrow to get it.

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/52 "2012-01-09T06:01:13Z")

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And the Final Three (sorry the above suggestions didn’t make the cut):

[Abby Normal](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH97lImrr0Q)

[Conan The Librarian](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8)

The Dragon With The Girl Tattoo

What’s your favorite?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/53 "2012-01-09T06:19:27Z")

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Conan gets my vote.

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/54 "2012-01-09T13:10:56Z")

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Abby Normal!!!

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**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/55 "2012-01-09T16:13:32Z")

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I think I am going to start a poll on this, in order to stimulate voting.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-trivia-team-for-the-upcoming-league/579803/56 "2012-01-09T16:29:22Z")

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Call it what you like, just don’t use mine: Raging Smart-On.  
(That team name is probably my favorite thing I’ve ever conceived…and I’m a father)

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