Hints 1/30/13: A celebration of 2 years of nonsense.

My oh my, we made it to see 2 years. We thank you so much for the support and would love to have you celebrate with us as we hit a pretty cool milestone. From our very humble beginnings to where we are now, it wouldn't be possible without you guys (a nice remodel helped, too). Join us as we start our trek towards year 3. We'll have cupcakes, y'all. Maybe a bonus prize or two as well!

Hints:
Image - Super Bowl Commercials
Sound - Man or Woman? No naming song titles or artists this week, just simply identify if you hear a man or a woman. 50/50 odds but Manti Te'o would be so confused. I promise I'll let this story die after this week.

Joe , Noah, Mike + you! Tell your friends, bring your friends.

Congrats to last week's champion, Eastsiders. Everyone laughed and mocked and ridiculed and pointed fingers and passed judgement but fate told them to have a pencil at the ready. Who's laughing now? Can they repeat their succcess this week? Only one way to find out. Well, I guess you could just check here next week or ask a friend who was in attendance too. Ummm....

Hints 1/23: Cold as F.

Sup gang? Wednesday night, trivia night, we bring it to you at the Sports Page at 7pm. I (Mike) return from my brief hiatus and I promise NOT to bring any germs that I may have inherited in the last couple of weeks. I DO promise that Joe and Noah will be there to join me as we bring you our goods. The goods being our dashing good looks, genius level (?) trivia questions, and undeniable charm (and modesty!). Moving on, here's our hints....

Image Round - Snowiest U.S. Cities
Sound Round - "Think Warm Thoughts" a piece by Noah Paster

A historic three perfect scores last week. Why do these things happen when I'm away?! Very impressive but there can only be one winner, congrats to our winning squad last week, Derek Zoolander. The latest and greatest team to join the winner's circle.

Don't let the chilly weather prevent you from coming out and having a good time. 7pm tonight! Be there! Or not, your choice, this is 'Merica.

1/16 Trivia Info!

Matt Damon.

Good day to you all! Another round of Sports Page Wednesday Night Trivia is all set up and ready to roll! Excited to bring you yuks, clucks, and aw-shucks!

Mikey Manosack unfortunately will be out again tonight - but we fully expect him to return next week! In his place, Noah and Joe will do their best to be half the host that he is. So expect both of us to bring 1/4 effort...? That doesn't sound right. Scratch that.

IMAGE ROUND - Matt Damon. Guess the movie! Noah is on a Damon kick, apparently. Who could blame him? So handsome!

SOUND ROUND - Disney songs. Name the song title and the Disney movie it is from. Nothing obscure.

7PM start as always. Free as always. Get there early for a table! Should be a fun night!

Winners for the past two weeks - Seoul Patrol. Who will knock them off the throne??

1/9 Trivia Hints and High-Fives!

Just a reminder of what Packers misery looks like. It looks so good. Hopefully Dom Capers' "vaunted defense" doesn't let you down like usual. (This message brought to you by bitter Vikings fans.)

Trivia night is tonight! 7PM @ the Sports Page in Bloomington. A whole new slew of questions ready to go. Noah and Joe are reporting for duty, while Mike goes on the 7-day disabled list with illness. Get better Mike!


IMAGE ROUND: Return of Wuzzles! Visual word puzzles for you to try. You can find them in the Variety section of your newspaper.

SOUND ROUND: New Wave Music. Noah is alllll over it for this evening.

Apologies for not posting an image of last week's winning team - we will update later if we are able.

Free as always! Bring your friends! 7PM!

Hints 1/2/2013

Happy New Year! First trivia of the year and it's going to be a theme night. Everything will be about the year that was 2012. It'll be beneficial to know a lot of the big names and new events that occured last year as that will be the focal point.

Image Round: Movies of 2012
Sound Round: Songs of 2012

All three of us will be there tonight, as should you! Sports Page, Bloomington, 7pm, tell your friends!

Also, make sure to check our year end awards right below this post. It may kind of, sort of factor into our bonus prize tonight.

Double also, here's last week winners. Congrats to Harold of the Rocks. Welcome to the winner circle!

Harold of the Rocks

2012 Year End Awards!

Hey gang! Here's an attempt for us to connect with you. We compiled a best of the year list for 2012. Your trivia gang came up with our favorites for 20 different categories. Feel free to comment on here or at trivia with your thoughts!


1) Movie

Joe: Dark Knight Rises. Amazing ending to a brilliant story.
Mike: Moonrise Kingdom. Beautifully done, quirky, charming. Loved every second of it, outside of the fish hooks scene. That hurt my tum-tum.
Noah: 21 Jumpstreet.

2) TV Show

Joe: Breaking Bad takes the crown this year, but The Newsroom get my nod for best newcomer.
Mike: Catfish on MTV. Loved the movie, translated into a really fun, addicting show.
Noah: Tie: Luther/Louie.


3) Actor

 

 

 

Joe: Daniel Day Lewis in "Lincoln", although Leonardo DiCaprio in "Django Unchained" is a close second.
Mike: Aziz Ansari makes me laugh every time he's on screen. That's charisma, folks.
Noah: Nick Offerman.

4) Actress

 



 

Joe: Amy Adams in "The Master"

Mike: Zooey Deschanel.

Noah: Emily Blunt.

 

5) Song 

 

Joe: Demi Lovato "Give Your Heart A Break" (click to play) So damn catchy.

Mike: Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" (click to play) This song ruled my year. Honorable mention to Grimes "Oblivion". It was a good year for female Canucks music.

Noah: Katy Perry "Wide Awake" (click to play)

 

6) Band/Musician

Joe: One Direction. Heard my first song here at trivia, that's gotta count for something, right?
Mike: Mumford and Sons. Huge year for these boys. I was into it.
Noah: Beach House.

7) YouTube Video

Joe: "Gangnam Style" blew up for a reason. Weirdest 5 minutes of my life.
Mike: Dancing with an iPod in Public. Technically, the video I'm referencing was from Nov. 2011, but he's made a couple follow ups and I didn't see this video until this holiday season. It's a feel good video unlike that S. of a B. called Psy. Don't judge me.
Noah: Scare Pranks. Tie with DJ Steve Porter's videos.

8) Website

Joe: Reddit. If Facebook and Craigslist fucked and had a kid, this would be it. Sort of.
Mike: Facebook. Outside of  Ericsrepair.com, the official car care provider of Wednesday trivia, I'm probably on Facebook the most. It's a daily visit. FRIEND ME!
Noah: Profootballtalk. Tie with dailymail.uk

9) Internet Meme

Joe: Overly Manly Man. Bullocks!
Mike: McKayla is not impressed.
Noah: Jay Cutler smoking. Tie with Grumpy cat.

10) Video Game

 

Joe: Tetris for iPhone. Good night.
Mike: WWE '13 for XBox 360. It's the only one I played for more than an hour outside of Noah's choice.
Noah: WWF No Mercy for Nintendo 64. Bringing it back.

11) Phone App

Joe: Twitter. Instant news. Revolutionizing information as we know it.
Mike: Temple Run. So much potential productivity lost.
Noah: Instagram.

12) Athlete

Joe: LeBron James. MVP, Champ, Finals MVP, Gold Medal. Love him or hate him, Sports Illustrated nailed this one.
Mike: Anthony Tolliver. Sentimental favorite. I miss him more than anyone should. Noah and I got to meet the Tollipop this year and it was a definitely a personal highlight for 2012.
Noah: Adrian Peterson.

13) Sports Moment

Joe: Vikings beat Packers to get into playoffs. Runner-up: Parise/Suter sign with Wild on July 4th.
Mike: Vikings make the playoffs! Rollercoaster of a game, a lot of fun, a ton of anxiety, and now we technically have a chance for the Super Bowl.
Noah: Eli Manning to Mario Manningham Super Bowl connection.

14) Hottest chick

Joe: Kate Upton. Unbelievable
Mike: Olivia Munn.
Noah: Jennifer Lawrence.

15) Hottest dude

Joe: Ryan Gosling. The Baby Goose until further notice.
Mike: Ryan Gosling. Biggest no brainer ever.
Noah: Anderson Cooper.

16) Restaurant

 

Joe: Tilia. Good stuff.
Mike: Blackbird Cafe. 38th and Nicollet. Check it out.
Noah: Lucky's 13. Great beer specials and nachos are great.

17) Drink

Joe: Crispin Cider. Crispin + Ice = nothing better. Except for sex. And even then...
Mike: McDonald's Iced Coffee with Vanilla. I wake up too early and I needed a jolt one day. Bought one of these cups of sugar and caffeine and have been addicted since.
Noah: Angry Orchard.

18) Person of the Year

Joe: Psy. Dominated all of 2012. Against our better judgement.
Mike: Victoria Soto. Truly heroic teacher who sacrificed herself for the safety of the children of Newtown.
Noah:  Teachers, students, authorities, families, etc. who lived through the Newtown shootings.

19) Person/Place/Thing/Idea that seemingly dominated our trivia questions

Joe: Taylor Swift. Let's make a pact - No Swift in '13, deal?
Mike: I used to write weekly Jersey Shore questions, but I feel like we probably give too much attention to pro wrestling. That being said, Wrestling themed trivia sometime in 2013! Believe it!
Noah: Psy. No more after this mention.

20) Trivia Moment

Joe: Bachelor Auction. You boys got bought!
Mike: Christmas, the remodel, charity night were all fantastic but I what I will remember most is my struggles with reading. I tend to talk fast and I recall practicing so I wouldn't slip up when saying the word "buttonhole". Of course, I end up messing it up and reading the word as "butt hole".
Noah: Debut in the newly remodeled room.

So there it is, that's 2012 for us. Did we forget anything? Let us know! It was a fun year hanging out with all of you guys and we're ready to bring on 2013 with all it has to offer. It's time to make some new memories at the Page. Take care, gang!