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[Pete]

Last night, my trivia team was de-throned in the championship round of the 90's trivia contest.

We had won the 80's competition with relative ease but two teams were really, really good this time and we finished third.

They are planning to move to 00's trivia next. They do a great job... 5 rounds (events, music, sports, movies and TV) of 15 questions, which are challenging enough that it's a good balance of right and wrong answers. The team that won last night got 65 out of 75 questions correct, which I believe is the highest score ever. High 50's / low 60's is usually enough to win, which also means even the best teams are missing about 20% of the questions.

[king183]

Last night, my trivia team was de-throned in the championship round of the 90's trivia contest.

We had won the 80's competition with relative ease but two teams were really, really good this time and we finished third.

They are planning to move to 00's trivia next. They do a great job... 5 rounds (events, music, sports, movies and TV) of 15 questions, which are challenging enough that it's a good balance of right and wrong answers. The team that won last night got 65 out of 75 questions correct, which I believe is the highest score ever. High 50's / low 60's is usually enough to win, which also means even the best teams are missing about 20% of the questions.

My team came in fourth. It was the first time I had joined my team in a while due to travel obligations, but it was a lot of fun again. I agree that they do a great job with this and they have really good prizes--much better than the other trivia events going on throughout the city.

If any other OKC Talkers are around, you should join.

[Pete]

^

Ironically, in qualifying we tied with the team that won it all last night.

They must have added a new player or two because they were way, way better than before.

[OKCinsomniac]

I was on the team that won last night. Had a great time. We played three different weeks during qualifying, and we won twice and lost in sudden-death OT the other time, so last night was not an aberration. No new players - we just played well when it counted.

[Pete]

I was on the team that won last night. Had a great time. We played three different weeks during qualifying, and we won twice and lost in sudden-death OT the other time, so last night was not an aberration. No new players - we just played well when it counted.

Hats off to you guys!

Completely dominated a tough field.

Were all the same people there the night you beat us in OT? Seemed like there were less and that's the only time we played.

[OKCinsomniac]

(As an aside, among the prizes were tickets to the supremely apropos "I Love the 90s" show at the Cox--we're stoked! http://www.coxconventioncenter.com/e...y-2016-tickets)

[OKCinsomniac]

Hats off to you guys!

Completely dominated a tough field.

Were all the same people there the night you beat us in OT? Seemed like there were less and that's the only time we played.

Thanks sir! I wish I had have known you were there and taken the opportunity to meet. We were somewhat surprised to do so well early in the game. Generally we've had to make up ground in the later rounds. Yes, same folks, though depending on which week that was (they're all kind of running together now, ironically) it's possible one slot might have been different, but we won with both lineups, so no shenanigans occurred.

[bradh]

Wait a minute, do I know you OKCinsomniac? That team that won last night has a long trivia history, going back to the old Lost Ogle trivia days at Speakeasy. Wife and I used to play with them pre-kid and we racked up quite a bit of prize money and threw a helluva victory party on year.

[OKCinsomniac]

Wait a minute, do I know you OKCinsomniac? That team that won last night has a long trivia history, going back to the old Lost Ogle trivia days at Speakeasy. Wife and I used to play with them pre-kid and we racked up quite a bit of prize money and threw a helluva victory party on year.

I think you do! Yeah that whole run and resulting party will always be one of my favorite memories.

[Pete]

BTW, the reason I was surprised by your team's performance last night OKCInsomniac is because the first time we played against you, we led by 6 points going into the final TV round, where you caught us as we had a disastrous last round (and you guys obviously did very well).

Last night, you were 12 points ahead at the same point and we had scored about the same as before.

So, you guys made up *18* points in the first four categories (60 total questions) from the previous matchup. That is absolutely a stunning difference, no matter how you slice it.

[OKCinsomniac]

Yeah, like I said, we typically had done better in the later rounds for whatever reason (and consistently had done particularly well on TV). Last night we did better earlier on and had to kind of hold on at the end.

[Fletch24]

My team came in fourth. It was the first time I had joined my team in a while due to travel obligations, but it was a lot of fun again. I agree that they do a great job with this and they have really good prizes--much better than the other trivia events going on throughout the city.

If any other OKC Talkers are around, you should join.

We tied your team for 4th... Our goal was to not finish last, at least we shared that honor. Getting 7/15 on sports didn't do us any favors.

Looks like nearly every team has an okctalk tie in.

It was a lot of fun, looking forward to 2000s next time!

[Pete]

Did any of you guys start playing trivia at FlashBack after reading abut it here, or is it just coincidence that virtually all the team that made the championship round have posters/readers on this site?

[king183]

We tied your team for 4th... Our goal was to not finish last, at least we shared that honor. Getting 7/15 on sports didn't do us any favors.

Looks like nearly every team has an okctalk tie in.

It was a lot of fun, looking forward to 2000s next time!

We got back in contention with Sports after a disastrous first round and then we were pretty bad on the TV category.

Did any of you guys start playing trivia at FlashBack after reading abut it here, or is it just coincidence that virtually all the team that made the championship round have posters/readers on this site?

I started going after my brother saw it advertised on their Facebook page, and then I saw you post about it. Pretty cool there are a bunch of OKCTalkers there!

[Pete]

^

Also sad none of us made that connection.

I tend to be be friendly with the other teams and got to know some of the others but I think the better teams -- frankly -- are more serious and not that interested in socializing.

During the 80's trivia the groups were much more friendly across the board and I even joined one of them on a night where the rest of my team wanted a break.

Maybe I'll ask Jose to have all the OKCTalkers to raise their hands at future contests.

[sooner88]

We have a group that plays pretty consistently at the Garage, I may try and switch it up for the 2000s.

[OKCinsomniac]

I just wanted to add: I appreciate the addition of prices on the beer boards, and the bartender I tend to deal with (Samantha, I believe) always takes good care of us and really knows her beers, giving good, solid and thoughtful recommendations. I volunteered at the craft beer fest a couple weeks ago and ended up pouring one of her recs that I really enjoyed (Elk Valley's fantastic Coffee Nemesis) the week before.

[Pete]

^

Agree on all those points and yes the bartender's name is Sam (Samantha).

FlashBack has really hit their stride and the owner told me since the opening of 21c their mid-week business has really picked up.

They are usually pretty packed on Fridays and Saturdays due to the DJ's and that is always fun and friendly.

I bet they really see a lot more mid-week business when the Residences at 21c starts up in a few months, as there will be hundreds of construction workers right across the street, with very few nearby drinking options.

[Pete]

I also want to reiterate that I think they do a great job with these trivia contests.

It's just the right mix of fun categories and the questions are challenging enough that even the best teams will routinely miss about a quarter of them, but not so hard that more casual players will be completely skunked.

To their credit, they continue to refine after starting off in the 80's with questions that were probably too easy then going perhaps a bit too far in the other direction before find the sweet spot.

[Martin]

all this talk has really picqued my curiosity... what is the format of these contests? do teams buzz in like a game show or something? -M

[Pete]

all this talk has really picqued my curiosity... what is the format of these contests? do teams buzz in like a game show or something? -M

No, just sheets with fill-in-the-blank.

5 categories of 15 questions each: events, sports, music, movies and TV.

The MC reads the questions then you have a certain amount of time before he moves on to the next. Also have a limited time to finish you last answer and turn in your sheet (one per team up to 6 people).

He reads the correct answers after each round. After two rounds he gives the total scores, then again after the 4th round before the final round.

[Roger S]

I love it! Trivia with pencil and paper... You don't get much more retro than that!

[Martin]

oh man... outside of sports trivia, i'd be a one-man wrecking crew at that. -M

[AP]

No, just sheets with fill-in-the-blank.

5 categories of 15 questions each: events, sports, music, movies and TV.

The MC reads the questions then you have a certain amount of time before he moves on to the next. Also have a limited time to finish you last answer and turn in your sheet (one per team up to 6 people).

He reads the correct answers after each round. After two rounds he gives the total scores, then again after the 4th round before the final round.

That's pretty much the only way I've ever played. Easiest I think.

[Pete]

oh man... outside of sports trivia, i'd be a one-man wrecking crew at that. -M

If you want to play, you can join our team.

There are only 3 of us and you can have up to 6.

I'll post on this thread when they setup their next round.