Hitch
April 02, 2012
FORMERLY TWICE MONTHLY MONDAY
Trivia Club's Black Label location was a bi-weekly event from September 2013 to September 2017, before it became a weekly event in time for our fourth annual Christopher Hitchens Cup, and then shifting back to a more comfortable twice monthly schedule in the summer of 2018.. The audio and visual side of Trivia Club would not be possible, if not for Hitch. On May 20th, 2019 Hitch became our longest-running location at 2,080 days which surpassed the full run of Trivia Club at Cardinal Rule by two days, while also having become the location with the second-most events with the 131st in August of 2018. In total Trivia Club ran at Hitch for 2,345 days or 6 years, 5 months, and 1 day.
FIRST EVENT
FIRST EVENT
September 9th, 2013 (Monday)
LAST EVENT
February 10th, 2020 (Monday)
EVENTS each YEAR
7 (2013)LAST EVENT
February 10th, 2020 (Monday)
EVENTS each YEAR
23 (2014)
26 (2015)
25 (2016)
29 (2017)
28 (2018)
23 (2019)
3 (2020)
125th WINNER – Fighting Mongooses
150th WINNER – Team Name
ONE LAST ROUND WINNER – Fighting Mongooses (as 2001: A Mongoose Odyssey)
PAST HITCH EVENTS
Teams included have at least five appearances at twice monthly events, as well as winning at least one Golden VHS.
29 (2017)
28 (2018)
23 (2019)
3 (2020)
 |
| The first Golden VHS won at Hitch on September 13th, 2013 |
MILESTONE GOLDEN VHS
1st WINNER – Ghost Creek Drinking Society
100th WINNER – Lt. Dance (as Estelle Getty Lee)
10th WINNER – Hot Tub Trio
25th WINNER – Rusty Trumpets
25th WINNER – Rusty Trumpets
50th WINNER – Trusty Rumpets
75th WINNER – Tiny Tim's... (as Tiny Tim's Tootie & the Blowfish)
75th WINNER – Tiny Tim's... (as Tiny Tim's Tootie & the Blowfish)
125th WINNER – Fighting Mongooses
150th WINNER – Team Name
ONE LAST ROUND WINNER – Fighting Mongooses (as 2001: A Mongoose Odyssey)
Trusty Rumpets (as of March 24th, 2014)
Five Neat Guys (as of May 25th, 2015)
Tiny Tim's... (as of September 26th, 2016)
Good Folks from Laramie Cigarettes (February 20th, 2017)
M. Night Shaym-Aliens (as of September 25th, 2017)
Wookiee of the Year (as of October 23rd, 2017)
Fighting Mongooses (as of February 26th, 2018)
Smartly Pretty (as of October 15th, 2018)
PAST HITCH EVENTS
The Christopher Hitchens Cup, in honour of Hitch's namesake, is an Annual Event that takes place each September at Trivia Club's east-end Toronto location, making it Trivia Club's Fall Classic! The Hitchens Cup is notable for being the only imbibable Annual Championship, a Golden bottle of Christopher Hitchens' drink of choice, Johnny Walker Black. The Hitchens Cup winner for the first three years was the team with the highest aggregate score in the month of September, celebrating our first night at Hitch, on September 9th, 2013! In 2016/2017 it became a best two-outta-three scores aggregate, before returning to the aggregate score over the two events in September, for the next two years!
| Year | Events | Hitchens Cup Champions | Champ Pts | Runner-Up | R-U Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/2014 | Hi#023 & Hi#024 | PETE! | 150 pts | SHARK | 118 pts |
| 2014/2015 | Hi#049 & Hi#050 | Trusty Rumpets | 147 pts | The Electric Bastards | 109 pts |
| 2015/2016 | Hi#074 & Hi#075 | Tiny Tim's... | 388 pts | Trusty Rumpets | 306 pts |
| 2016/2017 | Hi#097, Hi#098, Hi#099 |
M. Night Shaym-Aliens |
199.5 pts | The Good Folks from Laramie Cigarettes |
198.5 pts |
| 2017/2018 | Hi#132 & Hi#133 | Smartly Pretty | 270 pts | The Good Folks from Laramie Cigarettes |
139.5 pts |
| 2018/2019 | Hi#154 & Hi#155 | Fighting Mongooses | 297 pts | The Good Folks from Laramie Cigarettes |
285 pts |
| TEAM | VHS | HITCHENS | EVENTS | WIN % | HS | PNT AVG. | PNT TTL. | <0 | 150+ | TRVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting Mongooses | 24 | 2 (1 VCR) | 66 | .364 | 208 | 76.2 | 5,027.5 | 1 | 8 | 3.181 |
| Trusty Rumpets | 24 | 1 | 59 | .407 | 206.5 | 68 | 4,014 | 0 | 7 | 2.271 |
| Good Folks from Laramie Cigarettes |
15 | 0 | 75 | .200 | 203 | 66 | 4,947.5 | 1 | 7 | 2.153 |
| Wookiee of the Year | 12 | 0 | 72 | .167 | 194 | 60.7 | 4,370.5 | 3 | 11 | 1.915 |
| Smartly Pretty | 9 | 1 | 14 | .643 | 232 | 129.9 | 1,819 | 0 | 7 | 1.550 |
| M. Night Shaym-Aliens | 8 | 1 | 25 | .320 | 165 | 62.4 | 1,560.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.179 |
| Tiny Tim’s… | 5 | 1 | 33 | .152 | 214 | 67.3 | 2,220.5 | 0 | 3 | 1.033 |
| Five Neat Guys | 8 | 0 | 24 | .333 | 170 | 50.3 | 1,207 | 0 | 2 | .820 |
| Bob Loblaw Law Blog | 4 | 0 | 9 | .444 | 115 | 73.1 | 657.5 | 0 | 0 | .809 |
| Team Name | 2 | 0 | 6 | .333 | 157 | 108.2 | 649 | 0 | 2 | .639 |
| Man with the Candy | 4 | 0 | 20 | .200 | 162.5 | 44.4 | 887 | 0 | 2 | .521 |
| Girl Gon Git It | 2 | 0 | 11 | .182 | 217.5 | 103.6 | 1,139.5 | 0 | 3 | .523 |
| 5 Fast 5 Furious | 4 | 0 | 15 | .267 | 152 | 44.8 | 672 | 0 | 1 | .446 |
| PETE! | 2 | 1 | 7 | .286 | 150 | 46.4 | 324.5 | 0 | 1 | .422 |
| Cunning Stunts | 3 | 0 | 5 | .600 | 188 | 84.7 | 423.5 | 0 | 2 | .373 |
| SHARK | 3 | 0 | 13 | .231 | 167 | 50.9 | 662 | 1 | 1 | .354 |
| hey dummy | 1 | 0 | 7 | .143 | 140 | 71.7 | 502 | 0 | 0 | .320 |
| The Sinking Ship | 2 | 0 | 13 | .154 | 143 | 42.6 | 553.5 | 2 | 0 | .303 |
| Lt. Dance | 2 | 0 | 8 | .250 | 136 | 32.1 | 256.5 | 0 | 0 | .187 |
| Rank | Points | Team | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 234.5 | West Virginia Losers Club | Hi#103 | 31/10/17 |
| 2. | 232 | Not One, Not Two, Not Three, Not Five... Four Gregs | Hi#140 | 11/02/19 |
| 3. | 217.5 | Girl Gon Git It | Hi#083 | 23/01/17 |
| 4. | 214 | Tiny Tim's Tootie & the Blowfish | Hi#075 | 26/09/16 |
| 5. | 208 | Fighting Mongooses | Hi#151 | 22/07/19 |
TOP FIVE GOLDEN VHS CHAMPIONSHIPS
1. Fighting Mongooses - 241. Trusty Rumpets - 24
3. The Good Folks from Laramie Cigarettes - 15
4. Wookiee of the Year - 12
5. Smartly Pretty - 9
TOP FIVE APPEARANCES
1. The Good Folks from Laramie Cigarettes - 752. Wookiee of the Year - 72
3. Fighting Mongooses - 66
4. Trusty Rumpets - 59
5. Tiny Tim's... - 33
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