HARTMAN TROPHY STANDINGS (as of 42x06)

#	TEAM NAME	∧∨--	HIGH[EP]	HOST	SONG	TOTAL
1	The Ignorant Sluts	--	178[01/03]	57	49	862
2	Holtzwomenn	∧1	213[02]	79	24	826
3	War Horse Can Dance	∨1	216[05]	316	46	803
4	The Team You Wish You Hadn’t Started A Conversation With At A Party	∧1	171[03]	0	30	719
5	Buffalo Bill Murrays	∨1	156[01]	0	49	663
6	Not Ready For First Place Players	--	132[04]	87	41	651
7	The Style Boyz	--	221[03]	108	31	567

GILDED RADNER STANDINGS (as of 42x06)

#	TEAM NAME	∧∨--	HIGH[EP]	HOST	SONG	TOTAL
1	Night CrawlerZ	--	355[03]	364	42	1272
2	Suck It Trebek	--	247[04]	166	37	1006
3	Jenny Slate’s Potty Mouth	--	236[03]	0	30	954
4	Martha Stewart’s Home For The Holidays Topless Christmas Special	--	193[02]	10	40	838
5	Three Legged Jeans	--	153[03]	0	30	661
6	Murry’d With Children	--	159[03]	0	25	644
7	Kebert Xela	--	123[03]	0	15	500

WEEKEND WARRIOR AWARD STANDINGS (as of 42x06)

#	TEAM NAME	∧∨--	HIGH[EP]	HOST	SONG	TOTAL
1	Jones’n For A Good Time	--	217[02/04]	166	65	934
2	Lazy Sunfeys	--	197[03]	211	37	895
3	Haders To The Left	--	162[01]	57	55	802
4	International Na$ty Gals	--	167[03]	0	13	647
5	Boyfriend’s Talk Show	--	128[03]	0	50	573
6	The Gay You Wish You Hadn’t Started  A Conversation With At A Party	--	202[03]	108	0	558
7	Lorne Again Christians	--	126[03]	0	6	533
8	Jon Bovi	--	161[05]	95	17	490

CHRISTOPHER GUEST GROUP STANDINGS (as of 42x06)

#	TEAM NAME	∧∨--	HIGH[EP]	HOST	SONG	TOTAL
1	Johnny Switchblade	--	288[04]	182	50	1284
2	Go Gene Rayburn!	--	213[01]	67	39	963
3	DJ Baby Bok Choi	--	328[03]	108	29	939
4	Don’t Make Me Sing	∧1	178[03]	10	0	892
5	Space Pants	∨1	228[02]	87	31	875
6	I Know Why The Caged Bird Laughs	∧1	184[03]	0	80	834
7	Wookin’ Pa Nub	∨1	159[01]	201	40	784

YVONNE HUDSUCKER PROXY STANDINGS (as of 42x06)

#	TEAM NAME	∧∨--	HIGH[EP]	HOST	SONG	TOTAL
1	The Weekenders	--	239[03]	221	0	1014
2	Not A Strong Swimmer	∧1	218[03]	0	43	948
3	Skanky Little Prostitutes	∨1	227[04]	87	47	893
4	Lil Baby Aidy	∧1	269[03]	108	65	879
5	This Team Has Everything	∨1	222[02]	174	27	862
6	Heather From Work	--	153[02]	0	50	781

LOUIS-DREYFUSS GROUP STANDINGS (as of 42x06)

#	TEAM NAME	∧∨--	HIGH[EP]	HOST	SONG	TOTAL
1	Dan Akroyd Rage	--	332[03]	108	34	1171
2	Kristen Wiig In A Box	--	262[05]	182	49	957
3	Total Bastard Airlines	--	188[03]	0	5	817
4	The Vondrukes	--	185[03]	0	0	760
5	E. Buzz Miller’s Saturday Night Live Fantasy League Team	--	148[02]	10	0	607
6	The Ninos	--	135[02]	0	0	548

GOLDEN ROCKET MAN STANDINGS (as of 42x06)

#	TEAM NAME	∧∨--	HIGH[EP]	HOST	SONG	TOTAL
1	A One-Dimensional Female Character From A Male Driven Comedy	∧1	175[03]	0	15	750
2	@TheRealLindseyBuckingham	∧1	165[02]	0	21	714
3	Lovitz Knows No Bounds	∨2	158[01]	0	20	700
4	El Nino	--	149[03]	0	47	621
5	Sports Team!	--	152[05]	103	17	548
6	Blizzard Man	--	119[02]	0	46	507
7	Scrumtrelescent	--	146 [04]	87	25	444
8	Junk Squad	--	94[02]	0	0	377

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 H ungover from the day before, they came to compete at Cardinal Rule! Because, as I've said before, even though Trivia Club is a competition we also strive to be community of shared knowledge, and overlapping interests, while generally being a safe space! For enjoyment, friendly rivalries, and when all else fails... a safe and appropriate amount of number of Amsterdam beers! We were once again also sponsored by the movie The Edge of Seventeen! And we were surrounded by a cadre of returning teams and returning Champions!

It was a night of returns, because you CAN come back home, and with the Last Place Team taking their first week off in twenty-three weeks (they've got a band, folks, they've got things to do!) we needed to see those familiar faces! The Electric Mayhem returned for their first time in 10 weeks, a night in which they were victorious, and speaking of returning champions, four and a half points behind the Mayhem were the Returning Champions, who were themselves returning after three weeks away from their last appearance... also a victory! Two and a half points behind the Champions were another group of returning champions, Fantastic Beats and Where 2 Drop Them, also known to Trivia Club competitors as Lt. Dance! They had last competed, and won, at Cardinal Rule on July 29th, 2015! Team Name were in fourth, also after a few weeks ago to recover from the weather, while Trivial Knowledge were in fifth after an additional week away due to touring! Wrapping up the field were newcomers Team Frog Legs, and after seventeen weeks away... making their second appearance, with a memorable name, Russel Hardest! I still barely know them, but I like their style!

Welcome back everyone!

Countdown Takedown, as it does, began our Game Show Game round! Fantastic Beats and Where 2 Drop Them grabbed the TOP TEN in our first game, while Trivial Knowledge used their early wager wisely and locked in eight points, while all other teams went over! Survey Says then saw the board cleared with the last possible guess, but not before Team Frog Legs grabbed the TOP TEN! Electric Mayhem grabbed eight points, while Trivial Knowledge once again got on the board, followed by Fantastic Beats, and Russel Hardest in that order! C-C-Combo Breakdown then rolled in, and proved quite tricky indeed, as team fell away... including Team Name who once again came out of round two sans points (they're greatest rival may very well be Game Show Games, followed closely by the Unusual Suspects)! Returning Champions and Fantastic Beats and Where 2 Drop Them both were eliminated with one point to their team, meaning the Electric Mayhem finished the Breakdown as last team standing with EIGHT POINTS!

Tri-Pardo then leveled the field before the Finale, as the Returning Champions gained fifteen points, and Team Frog Legs gained twenty-five! Russel Hardest lost forty-five points, rusty from the seventeen weeks away, and fell into the heavy negative side! Electric Mayhem picked up twenty-five points, Team Name picked up forty-five points that they needed, but Trivial Knowledge and Fantastic Beats each picked up thirty-five points! This moved the team otherwise known as Lt. Dance into first place before the Finale, two points ahead of the Electric Mayhem, while Trivial Knowledge flipped to third! Still, their was only nine points between the fourth place Team Name and the first place spot!

And so the Finale! Wagering was one of two things on this night, everything or nothing! And when the results settled, it was Trivial Knowledge with the runner-up on their thirty-sixth appearance at our Original Home presented by Toronto's Original Brewery! The winners on the night?

On only their second appearance at Cardinal Rule, with their second victory their as well, winning their FOURTEENTH GOLDEN VHS are FANTASTIC BEATS AND WHERE 2 DROP THEM! Yes, as I noted, this was only their second appearance at our west-end location, but also their second Golden VHS! Interestingly enough they had also gone two for two at their first two appearances at Lou Dawgs BBQ, as well! Of course, their first two wins were on consecutive appearances, while at Cardinal Rule... their last appearance and first win was 65 events ago, on July 29th, 2015 as The Best Friends Gang!
11/09/16 POINTS TABLE

TEAM	CLASSIC	CT	SS	CB	PARDO	WAGER	FINALE
Fantastic Beats and Where 2 Drop Them	24	10	4	1	35	(74)	148
Russel Hardest	14.5	0	2	0	-45	(0)	-28.5
Team Name	20	0	0	0	45	(65)	0
Electric Mayhem	31	0	8	8	25	(70)	2
Trivial Knowledge	18.5	8	6	0	35	(0.5)	67
Returning Champions	26.5	0	0	1	15	(42.5)	0
Team Frog Legs	18.5	0	10	0	25	(53.5)	0

Congrats to Lt. Dance, as Fantastic Beats and Where 2 Drop Them, and thank you as well to all the wonderful teams who came out to compete at Cardinal Rule this past Wednesday! It was so wonderful to see all your familiar faces once again! We'll see you again NEXT WEDNESDAY, when we'll be joined by our new sponsors, The Candy Bar! Remember it's not what you know, it's what you learn along the way!

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Click here for more pictures of the event on Facebook!

 W e were back on the east end of Toronto to not only enjoy another competitive night of the Greatest Game Show in T.O. with a host of great teams, but also to up the stakes we had not one but two great sponsors on the night! Paramount Pictures new film The Arrival gave away t-shirts and preview passes, and we also debuted a new reoccurring sponsor in The Candy Bar! Yes those wonderful folks, who can be found at 849 College St (near College and Ossington) supplied us with a wonderful array of sweet to give away to the nights winner! And WHO walked away as winners?

After the first round of Trivia Classic, it was The Trusty Rumpets in first place with a two point lead on their Hitchens Cup holding rivals, Tiny Tim's..., who on this night were known as Hirsute Heloise's Holy Hand-Held Holographic Hip Hop Hairsuit Heathen's Hegemony! Half point behind the H's were not one, but TWO TEAMS, the returning Quizzness Casual, and our returning Golden VHS winners hey dummy! Finally rounding out a tightly competitive field were the Little Kids Table, just five and a half points off the top spot in fifth!

Game Show Games, beginning with Countdown Takedown as it is want to do, saw the Little Kids Table get the TOP TEN on the first guess! hey dummy, those Trusty Rumpets, Tiny Tim's H's, and Quizzness Casual all also got points, and in that order! Then in Survey Says it was Hirsute Heloise's Holy Hand-Held Holographic Hip Hop Hairsuit Heathen's Hegemony with the TOP TEN grab, while the Trusty Rumpets picked up eight, and hey dummy, Little Kids Table, and Quizzness Casual rounded out the order! Finally it was Hirsute Heloise's Holy Hand-Held Holographic Hip Hop Hairsuit Heathen's Hegemony who outlasted the Trusty Rumpets, who picked up one point, and the rest of the field as the last team standing in Combo Breakdown, picking up THREE POINTS in the process!

Suffice to say, it was a close night of Trivia Club heading into the third round, and Tri-Pardo was not about to make things any easier on the competition! Little Kids Table picked up five points on the three questions, and fell to fifth before the Finale! Meanwhile Hirsute Heloise's Holy Hand-Held Holographic Hip Hop Hairsuit Heathen's Hegemony picked up twenty-five points, but were surpassed by the Trusty Rumpets thirty-five points! Ultimately though, they weren't along, they were in fact right in the middle of Quizzness Casual and hey dummy, with both teams picking up forty-five points, a feat which placed the returning Golden VHS champs hey dummy into first place! Then came a Finale that tested the metal of the teams involved... and with the slimmest of margin for error, hey dummy got the answer incorrect and fell from the VHS as two teams got the Finale correct, giving them the win on the night and the runner-up spot!

As runners-up Quizzness Casual finished an up and down night of Trivia Club that saw them almost fall away after a rough round of Game Show Games, before storming back... but it was the night of the TRUSTY RUMPETS to the tower of Golden VHS, as they won their TWENTY-FOURTH GOLDEN VHS! It was also the seventh time that the team crossed the Sesquicentennial Mark, finishing the night with 155 points!
11/07/16 POINTS TABLE

TEAM	CLASSIC	CT	SS	CB	PARDO	WAGER	FINALE
hey dummy	25.5	8	6	0	45	(84.5)	0
Tiny Tim’s…	26	4	10	3	25	(66)	2
Trusty Rumpets	28	6	8	1	35	(77)	155
Quizzness Casual	25.5	2	2	0	45	(72.5)	147
Little Kids Table	22.5	10	4	0	5	(41.5)	0

Congrats once again to the Trusty Rumpets, who also gave their winning Candy Bar sweets ace grades with a hearty devouring of the well selected spoils of war! Thank you as well to all the excellent teams who came out to compete at Hitch and made it a great night as always. We'll see you again on November 21st, as we edge ever closer to the end of 2016! Remember, it's not what you know... it's what you learn along the way!