FlashBack RetroPub

[sooner88]

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.

Is it not on a regular basis?

Between Challenge Entertainment and Lost Ogle there are trivia options on almost a nightly basis. They both have different styles, but both are fun. I look forward to trying FlashBack.

[zefferoni]

Not sure about the trivia at Flashback, but the Lost Ogle Trivia at Speakeasy hands out sheets. Each round you fill the sheets out with your answer and turn them in to be scored. No yelling the answers out, or you'll get dirty looks.

[Pete]

They do 8 week series followed by the championship round where all the previous winners compete.

Just ended the last series and will be starting a new one soon.

[Pete]

They are opening their back patio Wednesday.

Will be completely smoke/vape free.

[JRod1980]

Totally Trivia - OKC Trivia Series kicks off Wednesday, August 24th at 7:30pm. Hosted by okctalk's own Pete... This will be a 6 week series with a Tournament of Champions after Week 6. Hope to see you loyal okctalk followers there.

[Bullbear]

Totally Trivia - Oklahoma History Series kicks off Wednesday, August 24th at 7:30pm. Hosted by okctalk's own Pete... This will be a 6 week series with a Tournament of Champions after Week 6. Hope to see you loyal okctalk followers there.

Im intrigued.. but wondering how well I'd do at Oklahoma Trivia..lol

[dankrutka]

Im intrigued.. but wondering how well I'd do at Oklahoma Trivia..lol

Get studying! As a former Oklahoma History teacher, I'm rooting for this to be a huge success.

[Pete]

Im intrigued.. but wondering how well I'd do at Oklahoma Trivia..lol

Come and find out!

I'll be running this and OKCTalk is the sponsor!

It will be more OKC focused but we'll include some state-wide questions as well. More details to follow.

Categories:

Potpourri (a bit of everything)
Geography and Geo-sciences
Sports
Entertainment
Nostalgia / History

It's also (hopefully) an opportunity to learn more about your city and state.

[AP]

I'll be there!

[Pete]

Just so you know:

5 rounds of 15 questions each
Up to 6 people per team, but 2-person teams have done quite well in previous FlashBack trivia contests, do don't worry if you don't have a full team
Hopefully, we'll be including a bunch of multi-media questions with images, video clips and sound.


The idea is to make it challenging but not *too* hard. The goal is for every question that not every team gets it by not every team misses it either. Jose did a great job of finding that balance in the previous FB contests.

OKCTalk readers will have an advantage simply because by your participation here, you learn a lot.

But this will be for everyone and it will be fun and laid-back. I hope people will learn something as well.

[OKCinsomniac]

Awesome! Sounds fun.

[Pete]

Also, hoping to integrate a lot of multi-media questions with photos, video and sound.

[Anonymous.]

I will try and make it, although Wednesdays will be tough.

[Bullbear]

I am going to see if my Group can handle a Wed gig.. if so we will be there!

[AP]

This is tonight, correct?

[Pete]

Yes!

Was just about to post an update.

We start at 7:30 tonight. Please come out even if you don't have a team. You can either play as a team of 1 or join others.

Our categories (mostly OKC but some general OK stuff as well):

Potpurri (misc. stuff)
Geography
Sports
Entertainment
Nostalgia / History


It will be challenging but hopefully not too much so. And hopefully you'll learn something, as I certainly did in researching a bunch of the questions.

This is all very laid back and fun and you can even come and hang at the bar and/or play video games and just listen without having to formally play.

Please come out!

[bradh]

I can't make it tonight but hope to make it another week

[Pete]

I can't make it tonight but hope to make it another week

Booooo!

Always an excuse!

[Pete]

[bradh]

Booooo!

Always an excuse!

better half has a commitment, but we are trying to make next week

[Pete]

Last night was a lot of fun!

We had 6 teams, which is a very good start. Usually, the number of teams build over the weeks...

We have 5 more weeks -- every Wed at 7:30 -- and then the championship round.


In writing the questions, I really struggled to find the right level of difficulty and after the results last night, I now know the questions were just too hard.

The winning team only got 39 out of 75 questions correct and that number really should be in the 50's.

Everyone really struggled with the History/Nostalgia category in particular.


Hope to see more of you out there in the coming weeks!

[AP]

Had planned on being there last night, but had to make a last minute trip to Stillwater. I have next week on the schedule!

[dankrutka]

If you're an expert on a topic, like Pete is on OKC, it can be really hard to write good questions. The questions you think are too obvious are not obvious at all. I often talk about this phenomenon with teacher candidates. The longer they teach, the further they are intellectually from their students. They have to be keen about students know and don't know. It's a skill...

[Pete]

I ran a bunch of the questions by different people to gauge the difficultly.

Every team but one from last night was brand new to this and I know there are at least 3 teams that generally play -- and usually win -- at FlashBack that have yet to make an appearance.

Playing 80's and 90's trivia the questions were *hard*. They are supposed to be challenging... If everyone gets the answer there is no point in asking it. Same way with everyone missing one, which rarely happens.


Here is one the crowd whiffed on last night that really surprised me:

Where did NFL Hall of Fame receiver Steve Largent go to high school?

[Urbanized]

^^^^
PCO...that's a no-brainier. NOBODY go that?!