C ardinal Rule not only brings together a familiar crowd, but a fun one as well, as teams compete to win the Golden VHS and anything... ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! On this past Wednesday, we were joined by Team Name and the M. Night Shaym-Aliens once again, and for the twenty-first straight week Last Place Team participated! This brings them past The Bastards twenty consecutive appearances at Lou Dawgs, as the most consecutive appearances all-time by a team at Trivia Club! Joining them were The Returning Champions, a first-time team (with a member of the Alex Tre-Bests along for the ride) and thus the twisted mirror image of the Last Place Team!

After the first round of Trivia Classic, it was the M. Night Shaym-Aliens back in first place with a three point lead on The Returning Champions! Three points behind second place were Team Name, who themselves had a one point lead on the Last Place Team. In fifth were The Rug Club, who would join us for the first two rounds but would be gone by Tri-Pardo.

Countdown Takedown, as has been the tradition for most of 2016, started off our Game Show Games! The Returning Champions gained the TOP TEN for their troubles, while the M. Night Shaym-Aliens slipped past Team Name for eight points, while their growing rivals gained six points!  The Rug Club took four points, while Last Place Team took the two good points. Then in Survey Says, it was Team Name with the TOP TEN answer, while the M. Night Shaym-Aliens grabbed eight points once again. Last Place Team recovered for six points, while The Returning Champions were able to nab four points. Combo Breakdown established a new high water mark in the game, when more then one team went more then ten rounds with a correct answer... Last Place Team and The Rug Club were the first teams to fall for four points each, while Team Name ended with nine points to their name, but it was The Returning Champions who tapped out at ten points, while the M. Night Shaym-Aliens were the first at Cardinal Rule to reach the new TWENTY POINT COMBO LIMIT as the Last Team Standing in epic fashion!

It was an impressive end to the round, yes indeed, but Tri-Pardo did not prove quite so kind... as the fifteen point question came back to bite not one but two teams, with the Last Place Team and the M. Night Shaym-Aliens each taking a hit for five points! Team Name righted their ship by gaining ten points, and coming within two of the Shaym-Aliens, but The Returning Champions followed up the second highest point haul of the Game Show Game round with an additional THIRTY points in Tr-Pardo! This put our newcomers The Returning Champions in the cat-bird seat, for the Finale, and they wagered quite well, putting thirty-five points on the line... just far enough out of reach of any other team if everyone go the last question correct, while also leaving them ample points if every team got the last question wrong.

On this night... every team was able to get the Finale correct! Which left Team Name as runners-up, with 100 points on the nose, while are GOLDEN VHS CHAMPIONS for the first time were THE RETURNING CHAMPIONS! Yes, now a twisted mirror view of the Last Place Team even more, the mostly first-time team had won their first VHS on their first night out! Well done!

We'll see you all again NEXT WEDNESDAY, as we continue to bring you the Greatest Game Show in Toronto at the Original Home of Trivia Club, Cardinal Rule!

Russel Harder hosts Trivia Club at Hitch (1216 Queen St East) every other MONDAY of the month, at Lou Dawg's near Ryerson (76 Gerrard St E) every TUESDAY, and Cardinal Rule (5 Roncesvalles Ave) every WEDNESDAY!

The first round of Trivia Classic saw the Cunning Stunts take an early lead, and a tasty drink or four! PETE! was in second, seven points behind them, with Lt. Dance six points behind PETE! as Organizing Every Issue of Alpha Flight on Prom Night! Peter & Peter rounded out the field with eight points. 

In Countdown Takedown it was Peter & Peter however who shocked the competition with the TOP TEN to start things off, while PETE! grabbed eight, Alpha Flight on Prom Night took six points in the first Game Show Game, and the Cunning Stunts grabbed four points. Then in Survey Says, it was the Cunning Stunts with six points, while PETE! took four points, Alpha Flight on Prom Night grabbed eight points, while Peter & Peter once again won the TOP TEN! Their luck would run out, as they exited from the C-C-Combo Breakdown with four points, while PETE! and Organizing Every Issue of Alpha Flight on Prom Night both finished with TEN POINTS, while the Cunning Stunts held on juuuust long enough for the TWENTY POINT Breakdown, for the first time in our new format!

With Tri-Pardo, the Cunning Stunts headed in once again with the momentum but a mistep on the fifteen point question see them gain thirty points but lose fifteen to only net them fifteen in the third round! The same would happen to PETE! Alpha Flight on Prom Night were able to pick up the ten and fifteen point question but could not lock down the twenty point question, making for a twenty-five point Tri-Pardo! This would put Alpha Flight on Prom Night six points ahead of PETE! but nine points behind the Cunning Stunts! In the Finale, the Stunts and Organizing Every Issue of Alpha Flight on Prom Night both went all-in, while PETE! kept all his points at bay... and Peter & Peter also went all-in! It was up to the Finale question...

Organizing Every Issue of Alpha Flight on Prom Night got it correct, but the team also known as Lt. Dance, would have to be happy with the runner-up spot for the twelfth time in 2016... because your GOLDEN VHS CHAMPIONS for the second week in a row, and for the FOURTY-EIGHTH time... were the CUNNING STUNTS!

Congrats to those Cunning Stunts, and thank you to everyone who came out to compete on the night! We were sponsored at Lou Dawg's by Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, out on Friday, who gifted us with some cool swag! We'll see you again next Tuesday for more Trivia Club goodness.

Russel Harder hosts Trivia Club at Hitch (1216 Queen St East) every other MONDAY of the month, at Lou Dawg's near Ryerson (76 Gerrard St E) every TUESDAY, and Cardinal Rule (5 Roncesvalles Ave) every WEDNESDAY!