# Pub Trivia in Seattle 2006: Electric Boogaloo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101 "2006-01-02T18:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/281 "2006-04-26T19:23:54Z")
> [@Interrobang!?](#): > > I’ll be there tonight, probably after 7:30. > > Re: tip jar – the whiff of impropriety might disappear if you could have the bar staff hold the tip jar so that you can’t see who is or isn’t contributing. Mind you, I’m not advising you to do a tip jar. Hmm. Well, I can see drinking people assuming that a tip jar on the bar would be for bar staff, and I can see bar staff having a problem with that. So I don’t think that’s the solution. Still pondering. Personally, I don’t imagine that, if I were sitting in the audience, and I saw a tip jar, that I would gasp and go, “That means a corrupt host!” I’m sure that would occur to the occasional person, but the occasional person always finds something to complain about. Besides, the fact that a group that I sit with before the quiz, and that I often leave with, wins pretty frequently, is already an “appearance of impropriety.” So it’s not anything I don’t think I can handle. So I’m probably gonna talk to the owner about a tip jar. I mean, the chick who calls the bingo numbers puts one out, and I do WAY more work than her. Plus I’m probly broker than her, since I’m broker than everyone else. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/282 "2006-04-26T21:17:48Z")
I think the tip jar idea is worth pursuing – I just really have no idea how it’s going to go over. None of the trivia hosts I’ve seen at other bars have ever had tip jars; maybe that just means you’re thinking smart. Or they’re getting paid more than beer for their participation. If you have no luck with the tip jar, and would like more cash, look at other venues. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/283 "2006-04-26T21:43:41Z")
I got an offer from the Ravenna Alehouse, and I told him it would be cash, not beer, so we’ll see what the response to THAT is. (Just sent that email, so I haven’t heard back yet.) Odd thing is, Ravenna Alehouse and Old Pequliar are owned by the same guy. So maybe I could work out some kind of franchise deal with him. I deal with the respective bars’ managers though, so far. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/284 "2006-05-02T17:55:27Z")
I’ll be there tonight. Anyone else? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/285 "2006-05-02T17:57:20Z")
I plan to come, but may have to leave early. **!?** , what time are you arriving? ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/286 "2006-05-02T18:04:06Z")
Is it Trivia Tuesday? I think it is. Is there going to be a SDMB team at the Old Pequliar? I expect so. I’ll be there, at any rate. ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/287 "2006-05-02T18:17:25Z")
We’re in. **E. Thorp** , if you’re leaving early, we can’t give you a ride home, but would you like one there? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/288 "2006-05-02T18:30:51Z")
I got another early-morning page for misbehaving software. Coincidentally enough, just like last time, I’ve been up since 2:45 this morning. I don’t know whether or not I’m going to make it tonight. Say fifty-fifty. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/289 "2006-05-02T18:31:20Z")
Arrival: more than likely between 7:30 and 7:45. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/290 "2006-05-02T18:36:47Z")
My internet’s back up, working on what is shaping up, I think, to be a good one. Well, parts of it are giving me that feeling of smug satisfaction that makes for a good trivia quiz. Gird up y’all! ---
**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:** [May 2, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/291 "2006-05-02T19:51:14Z")
> [@Aguecheek](#): > > We’re in. **E. Thorp** , if you’re leaving early, we can’t give you a ride home, but would you like one there? Thanks, but today I have my own wheels. ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/292 "2006-05-02T21:01:17Z")
Just an FYI to the group. I just got an e/mail from Ian, my friend and **Cervaise** ’s, that he and his wife will be showing tonight as well. ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/293 "2006-05-02T21:39:02Z")
I’m out tonight, have a meeting to go to. Next week, though! ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/294 "2006-05-02T23:19:37Z")
> [@Aguecheek](#): > > Just an FYI to the group. I just got an e/mail from Ian, my friend and **Cervaise** ’s, that he and his wife will be showing tonight as well. Cool. I invited Ian last week. Nice to see they can make it! ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/295 "2006-05-03T05:58:49Z")
Well THAT sucked. I should know better than to get excessively complicatious. Plus, it’s a confidence thing: if an early round doesn’t fire on all cylinders, it affects my “mood” for the rest of the game: I’m more likely to be oversensitive to weak moments. Oh well, another fresh mistake to add to my quiver. As it were. Also, non-exhaustive fact checking raised some ugly heads. If I find a trivia question/fact somewhere, I fact check for at least one other source that says the same thing. I don’t exhaustively plumb the 'net for contradictory opinions and analyze all possible interpretations. I find a fact(oid), find a confirming source, and move on. Case in point, Loch Ness. Found a this-day-in-history site that said it was first sighted in 1933. I googled it, found another site that said the same thing. I didn’t keep googling, looking for other interpretations of “previous” sightings. I moved on to the next factoid. At some point you gotta go with “you can’t prove a negative” and get to the next question. My interpretation is that the first “recorded sighting” was in 1933, and then cryptozoologists dug further back for historical passages that MIGHT be interpreted as earlier sightings. FWIW, Wiki seems to agree: > [@](#): > > Rumours of a monster or animal living in the loch are claimed by believers to have been known for several centuries, though others have questioned the accuracy or relevance of such tales, which were generally unheard of before the 1960s when a strong wave of interest in legitimizing Nessie’s 1930s-based history began. So, valid debate notwithstanding, I’m sticking to 1933 as the first “official” sighting, insofar as it’s even possible to say such a thing in this context. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2006, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/296 "2006-05-03T06:05:54Z")
Just to repeat, I’m really not bitching about losing a point on Nessie. My cryptozoological phase was about 20 years ago, so I remembered the story about the monk but wouldn’t have known any current research. And I didn’t think you sounded bad. The “one of these things” round was a great idea, but probably too open to interpretation. And hey, you were right about Michigan… ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/297 "2006-05-03T06:13:51Z")
> [@Interrobang!?](#): > > Just to repeat, I’m really not bitching about losing a point on Nessie. My cryptozoological phase was about 20 years ago, so I remembered the story about the monk but wouldn’t have known any current research. > > And I didn’t think you sounded bad. The “one of these things” round was a great idea, but probably too open to interpretation. > > And hey, you were right about Michigan… Naw, it’s cool; it just sent be back to re-check, so I thought I’d report my findings. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/298 "2006-05-09T16:20:07Z")
Anybody NOT going tonight? I’m having trouble with a round and need to bounce 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:** [May 9, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/299 "2006-05-09T16:25:30Z")
I’m not going tonight. Bounce away. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-trivia-in-seattle-2006-electric-boogaloo/338101/300 "2006-05-09T17:08:02Z")
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