Wednesday is Pub Quiz Night at Porta Jersey City
Wednesday nights at 8:00pm
The Venue: the Monk Room downstairs bar (basement)
Porta Pizza
135 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201) 544-5199
Right off the PATH Grove St. stop
The Rules: Teams of up to four players. Three rounds: picture round (based on a theme announced in advance below), general ignorance Q&A, list-o-mania fill-in round
The Prizes: First place: $50 against your tab (or gift card) Second place: $25 gift card for your next visit
almost always over by 10:00 p.m.
Trivia Themes:
March 4, 2020: Toys and Games
March 11: Science, Math & Technology
Canceled March 18: The Irish – Canceled due to COVID-19
Canceled March 25
Canceled April 1
Canceled April 8
I am waiting to hear of any scheduling changes beyond Wednesday 4/8 trivia. Please watch this space for more info or drop a line to jillian@pubscholar.com
Winter 2019-20 themes:
Dec. 11: NO TRIVIA due to scheduling conflict (Porta private party)
Dec. 18: Winter Wonderland: Winter Trivia Season begins
Dec. 25: NO TRIVIA Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
Jan 1: Something New
Jan 8: Things that Fly
Tues. Jan 14: Totally ’90s – note date change!
Jan 22: Fashion & Style
Jan 29: Books & Authors
Feb 5: Villains
Feb 12: Colors (Surprise Theme)
Feb 19:Famous Couples
Feb 26: Movie Connections: Winter Trivia Season Finale
Winter 2019-20 Season Championship Leaderboard
Most points after 10 weeks gets a gift package with Porta swag!
Get points each time you play:
10 points for 1st place 9 points for 2nd place
8 points for 3rd place 7 for 4th, 6 for 5th, and so on…
Click here if you changed your team name and need your points aggregated.
| Team Name | 12/18/2019 | 1/1/2020 | 1/8/2020 | 1/14/2020 | 1/22/2020 | 1/29/2020 | 2/5/2020 | 2/12/2020 | 2/19/2020 | 2/26/2020 | Total |
| Winter | Sthg New | Fly | 90s | Fashion | Books | Villains | Colors | Couples | Movie Connections | ||
| JVSquad | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 80 | |
| We’re bad at team names | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 63 | |
| Shangri-Las | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 60 | |
| Chumba Wumba | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 47 | ||||
| Fellowship of the Beer | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 40 | ||||
| Anna, Ted etc. | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 37 | ||||||
| Untitled (in italics) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 25 | |||
| Hang in there, Ginsburg! | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | ||||||
| Orion and the Dark | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | |||||||
| Happy Birthday, Lincoln | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| Catskillers | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| Tale of 2 Pizzas | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Lost Holiday | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Free Agent | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Old Farts | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Reversion to the Mean | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Cry for Help | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Paul & Brian | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| MAAC | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Purple Potato | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Rufio | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Porta Partiers | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Fina | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Highway | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Doctors | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| I’m Peaches & Cream | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 90s Babies | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Birds of a Feather | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Fall Inter-season themes:
Nov. 20: Something Missing
Nov. 27: No Trivia – happy Thanksgiving
Dec. 4: Food & Drink
Fall 2019 themes:
Sept. 11: Food & Drink
Sept. 18: Cats & dogs
Sept. 25: Funny People
Oct. 2: Around the World
Oct. 9: Cartoons
Oct 16: Money & the 1%
Oct 23: Decades: Surprise theme
Oct 30: Monsters! Halloween Special! 1-5 points per team member for costumes! Apple bobbing! Candy!
Nov. 6: Surprise theme 2
Nov. 13: Movie Connections
Fall 2019 Season Championship Leaderboard
Most points after 10 weeks gets a gift package with Porta swag!
Get points each time you play:
10 points for 1st place 9 points for 2nd place
8 points for 3rd place 7 for 4th, 6 for 5th, and so on…
Click here if you changed your team name and need your points aggregated.
| 9/11/2019 | 9/18/2019 | 9/25/2019 | 10/2/2019 | 10/9/2019 | 10/16/2019 | 10/23/2019 | 10/30/2019 | 11/6/2019 | 11/13/2019 | Grand Total | |
| Food/Drink | Cats & Dogs | Funny Ppl | Around World | Cartoons | Money | Surprise | Monsters | Surprise | Movie | ||
| fellowship of the beer | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 80 | |
| CAT Kings | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 78 | |
| shangri-las | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 59 | |
| we suck at team names | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 45 | |||
| Hang in there, Ginsburg | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 34 | |||||
| Chumba Wumba | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | |||||
| orion and the dark | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 27 | |||||
| Bart & Charlie | 10 | 9 | 19 | ||||||||
| octachorons | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 19 | ||||||
| Dumpster Divas | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| Porta Potties | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| hopefully not last | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| two jakes | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||
| Hog Town | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Soigne’ all Day | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Domeward Bound | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| One To Many | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Weird Als | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Battlestar Galactica | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| trivia newton john | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| wikipedia.org | 1 | 1 |
N.B. in case of a tie, the team with the highest number of wins in the season wins the championship. If this does not determine a winner, there will be a 15-question showdown round.
End of summer 2019 inter-season themes:
Aug 28: It’s all fun and games
Sept 4: Music
Audio Round
Word Bank:
Audio clips:
1-5:
6-10:
11-15:
16:20:
21-25:
26-30:
Sept 11: Fall trivia season begins
Summer 2019 Themes::
June 12: Fathers: Summer trivia season starts
June 19: Supporting Roles
June 26: Villains
July 3: America! does not count for summer season
July 10: Stars & Stripes Forever (Surprise Theme)
July 17: Advertising
July 24: Strange Creatures
July 31: The Internets (guest host)
Aug 7: Endless Summer
Aug 14: Children’s Books
Aug 21: Movie Connections summer season finale
Summer 2019 Season Championship Leaderboard
Most points after 10 weeks gets a gift package with Porta swag!
Get points each time you play:
10 points for 1st place 9 points for 2nd place
8 points for 3rd place 7 for 4th, 6 for 5th, and so on…
Click here if you changed your team name and need your points aggregated.
| Team | 6/12/2019 | 6/19/2019 | 6/26/2019 | 7/10/2019 | 7/17/2019 | 7/24/2019 | 7/31/2019 | 8/7/2019 | 8/14/2019 | 8/21/2019 | Total |
| Come at the Kings | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 73 | ||
| The Upstarts | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 67 | ||
| Fellowship of the Beer | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 65 | ||
| Shangri-Las | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 39 | |||
| Hopefully not Last | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 32 | ||||
| We’re Bad at Trivia Names | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 28 | |||||
| Royal Family of Zamunda | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | ||||||
| Chumba Wumba | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | ||||||
| Reversion to the Mean | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |||||||
| Exec. Producer Dick Wolf | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |||||||
| Forever Young | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| Metallic Mint Green 1963 Buick Skylark Convertibles | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Summer Betty & the Holy Goats | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Whazzup | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Beast of the East | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Orion & the Dark | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Brad Sarlacc Pitt | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Beebo | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Future DILFs | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Crab Rave | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Sex Cauldron | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 7th Place | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Jolly Shack | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Area 51 Here We Come | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Van Etc. | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Poppa Don’t Preach | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| This is Fine | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Regal Moose | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Triflers Need Not Apply | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Dare to NaDream | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| #NotVillains | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Spring-Summer inter-season trivia:
May 29: New York City
June 5: Famous Joes
March 6: Logos & Brands
March 13: The Irish
March 20: Food & Drink; Spring Trivia Season Begins!
March 27: Sitcoms
April 3: Spots & Dots (Surprise Theme)
April 10: Celebrity Yearbook Photos
April 17: Something Missing
April 24: Planet Earth
May 1: Art & Artists
May 8: Nerddom & Geekery
May 15: Something Old, Something New
May 22: Movie Connections; Spring Trivia Season Finale
Spring 2019 Season Championship Leaderboard
| Team Name | 3/20/2019 | 3/27/2019 | 4/3/2019 | 4/10/2019 | 4/17/2019 | 4/24/2019 | 5/1/2019 | 5/8/2019 | 5/15/2019 | 5/2/2019 | Total |
| Food & Drink | Sitcoms | Dots & Spots | Celeb Ybk | Something Missing | Earth | Art & Artists | Nerds/Geeks | Old/New | Movie Connections | ||
| OAF Kings | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 86 | |
| Fellowship of the Beer | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 77 | |
| Royal Family of Zamunda | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 53 | ||
| Chumba Wumba | 8 | 9 | 10 | 27 | |||||||
| Defenestrators | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 26 | ||||||
| Seton Hall Law Mafia | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | ||||||
| Reversion to the Mean | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| We’re Bad at Trivia Names | 9 | 8 | 17 | ||||||||
| Estonians | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| Regal Moose | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||
| You’re a Quizzard, Harry | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
| Sex Cauldron | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
| Van etc. | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| We’re the Schist | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Helmut McHelmetstein | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| FL State Seminole Vesicles | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Dot Dot Dot… | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Shonele | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| EJ | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Quizlamic State | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bathtub Orgy | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Lexa’s Birthday Crew | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Crew 717 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Bones Bourbon | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Merry Marxists | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Geena Davis | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Trypophobians | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| JC in JC | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Kiss me I’m Everything | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Sexy Socialists | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Spinner’s End | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Three BFs anyone could Have | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Theranos Lives | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bubble & Squeak | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Winter 2018-19 Themes:
Dec 19: Holiday Spectacular
Dec 26: Something Missing – **not part of season championship**
Jan 2: Science & Technology
Jan 9: Around the World
Jan 16: Surprise Theme
Jan 23: Minority Americans (US History minus the dead white guys)
Jan 30: Before & After
Link to music covers round
Feb 6: Books & Authors
Feb 13: Famous Couples
Feb 20: Toys & Games
Feb 27: Movie Connections
Winter 2018-19 Season Championship
Most points after 10 weeks gets a gift package with Porta swag!
Get points each time you play:
10 points for 1st place 9 points for 2nd place
8 points for 3rd place 7 for 4th, 6 for 5th, and so on…
Click here if you changed your team name and need your points aggregated.
| Team Name | 12/19/2018 | 1/2/2019 | 1/9/2019 | 1/16/2019 | 1/23/2019 | 1/30/2019 | 2/6/2019 | 2/13/2019 | 2/20/2019 | 2/27/2019 | Total |
| Holiday | Sci-Tech | World | Surprise | Minority | Before-After | Books | Couples | Toys | Movies | ||
| OAF Kings | 10 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 81 | |
| false profits | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 80 | |
| Will & Anna | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 57 | |
| Roayl Family of Zamunda | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 36 | ||||
| Wet Bandits | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 32 | |||||
| Dämmerung | 8 | 10 | 18 | ||||||||
| Seton Hall Law Mafia | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |||||||
| Biden’s Future Cabinet | 9 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||
| What’s Our Name | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||
| Van etc. | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||
| Asian Invasion | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
| ChumbaWumba | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Just Friends | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
| Pitchforks | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Rin Tin Tin | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Moving to CR | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Irving Fain | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ted, RKST | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| I can’t find my Baby | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2 Schmucks and Better Halves | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Hoop Fury | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Grace & Frankie | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Bones Bombers | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 3s a Crowd | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| R2D2 Likes Robots | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Out to Sea | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Lil’ Sebastians | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Arugula | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Property Triplets | 1 | 1 |
In the event of a season tie, the team with the greatest number of wins across the season takes the grand prize. If that doesn’t break the tie, a 10-question tiebreaker round will be used.
Between-season themes:
Dec 5: Animated Movies
Dec 12: Cults, Secrets & Mysteries
Fall 2018 Themes:
September 19: People Parts
September 26: Logos & Brands
October 3: Unique Names (Surprise Theme)
October 10: Books & Authors
October 17: Fashion / Best Dressed
October 24: Brothers & Sisters
October 31: Halloween Spectacular! ** a Halloween theme, plus extra games and up to 5 points per team member for a costume; best costume wins a surprise pair of event tickets from Porta
November 7: Music
November 14: Food & Drink
November 21: NO TRIVIA Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28: Movie Connections: Fall Season Championship
Fall 2018 Season Championship
It was neck-and-neck, two of the winningest teams in Pub Scholar history. The Propheteers and Gilgamesh & Enkidu’s Wrecking Crew came in to the season finale all tied up. But G&E WC had a formidable round 3 in our final Movie Connections night – and took home the prize: a colander filled with candy, wine, trivia books and other goodies. Congratulations!
Most points after 10 weeks gets a gift package with Porta swag!
Get points each time you play:
10 points for 1st place 9 points for 2nd place
8 points for 3rd place 7 for 4th, 6 for 5th, and so on…
Click here if you changed your team name and need your points aggregated.
Summer-Fall Interseason Themes:
September 5: Before & After
September 12: Movies by Prop
September 19: Fall Trivia Season Begins!
Summer 2018 Themes:
June 20: Children’s Books – Summer 10-week trivia season begins!
June 27: America!
July 4: NO trivia – enjoy Independence Day!
July 11: Villains
July 18: Endless Summer
July 25: 1, 2, 3 (Surprise Theme)
Aug 1: Pairs, Duets, and Duos
Aug 8: Food & Drink
Aug 15: Toys & Games
Aug 22: Movie Connections
Aug 29: Back to School – Summer Trivia season finale!
Summer 2018 Season Championship
Congratulations to Swipe Right for Trivia! Newcomers to the season championship toppled the competition to claim the victory prize: a bucket filled with wine, trivia books and games, candy, Porta tees, and more. With 4 wins out of a 10-week season, they proved themselves to be real trivia champs! Congratulations!
| Team Name | 6/20/2018 | 6/27/2018 | 7/11/2018 | 7/18/2018 | 7/25/2018 | 8/1/2018 | 8/8/2018 | 8/15/2018 | 8/22/2018 | 8/29/2018 | Total |
| Childrens’ Books | America! | Villains | Endless Summer | 1, 2, 3 | Pairs, Duos | Food & Drink | Toys & Games | Movie Connections | Back to School | ||
| Swipe Right for Trivia | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 91 |
| Propheteers | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 78 |
| Chumbawumba | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 54 | ||
| [Will & Anna] | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 53 | |||
| Hang in there, Ginsburg! | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 42 | |
| Rin Tin Tin | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 38 | ||
| Quizzly Bears | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | |||||
| Royal Family of Zamunda | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 | |||||||
| ABCV | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | |||||||
| Jeagan Styles | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||
| Chutney Cartel | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Shangrilas | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| HQ IRL | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Go Dawgs Go | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Die Hard | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| HQ IRL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| Feels Bad, Man | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 Guys, a Girl & a Pizza Place | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| Better w Steve | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| What Would Jersey Do? | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Dancing Hitlers | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Mile High Club Solo Flyer | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Smelly Mellie | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Brooke & Carolyn | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Team has no name | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| G-Flyyyys | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Pickle Rick | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Team Sullivan | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Sex Cauldron | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| I thought this was speed dating | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Best Guess | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Sharonnnnn | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Funky Tows | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Most points after 10 weeks gets a gift package with Porta swag!
Get points each time you play:
10 points for 1st place 9 points for 2nd place
8 points for 3rd place 7 for 4th, 6 for 5th, and so on…
Click here if you changed your team name and need your points aggregated.Spring mid-season themes:
May 30: Famous Johns
June 6: Animal Kingdom
June 13: Celebrity Yearbook photos
Spring 2018 Themes:
March 7: no trivia (big snow)
March 14: Totally 90s
March 21: no trivia (storm)
March 28: Famous Redheads
April 4: Animated Movies
April 11: Sweet Thing
April 18: Transportation (Surprise Theme)
April 25: Poetry & Rhymes – Part of Jersey City Poetry Festival 2018
May 2: Before & After
May 9: SciFi & Fantasy & More
May 16: Movie Connections
May 23: The 1%
Spring 2018 Season Championship
Most points after 10 weeks gets a gift package with Porta swag!
Get points each time you play:
10 points for 1st place 9 points for 2nd place
8 points for 3rd place 7 for 4th, 6 for 5th, and so on…Click here if you changed your team name and need your points aggregated.
Midwinter off-season themes:
February 14: Famous Couples
February 21:Famous Cops & Detectives
February 28: Inventors & Technology
Winter 2017-18 Themes:
November 29: Sweet Thing
December 5: Tuesday (note change) Famous Dogs
December 13: 8:30pm Before & After (note time change)
December 20: no trivia this week
December 27: Holiday Spectacular
January 3: Mascots
January 10: Surprise Theme
January 17: Around the World
January 24: Art & Artists
January 31: Movie Connections
February 7: Books (season finale)
Midseason themes:
November 15: Celebrity Yearbook Photos
November 22: Pizza (happy birthday, Porta!)
November 29: Sweet Thing (Winter Trivia Season Begins! Most points after 10 weeks gets a gift package with Porta swag!)
Fall 2017 Themes
Sept. 6 Back to School
Sept. 13 Movies by Prop
Sept 20 People with Animal Names (Surprise Theme)
Sept. 27 Folk, Fairy Tales & Myths
Oct 4 Brothers & Sisters
Oct 11 World History
Oct 18 Sidekicks
Oct 25 Album Covers – on the roof deck tonight only!
Nov 1 Halloween Special
Nov 8 Movie Connections
Fall 2017 Season Championship
Congratulations to the Propheteers!
August 9: Around the World
August 16: Potent Potables (booze!)
August 23: Famous Joes
August 30: Movie Final Scenes
September 6: Fall 10-week trivia season starts!
Summer 2017 Themes
May 31: Movie Connections: tell me what 3 movies have in common
June 7: Famous Toms
June 14: Fun & Games
June 21: Before & After
June 28: Books & Authors
July 5: America!
July 12: Science & Technology
July 19: Food Around the World
July 26: Endless Summer
August 2: Logos & Brands
Summer 2017 Season Championship
Congratulations to the Swanky Modes!
May 10 theme: children’s books
May 17: vices (things that are bad for ya)
May 24: best dressed (people you’d recognize from how they dress)
May 31: Summer Trivia Season Starts!
Spring 2017 Season Championship: Congratulations to Sex Cauldron!
Devoted trivia players… often a bridesmaid, never a bride… till Spring 2017 when they swept the trivia season and left the competition in the dust. Just a team of three they spanned a knowledge of the high and the low, the ancient and the trashy, the pop and the obscure. Their prize was a basket full of booze, trivia books, candy, and fresh Porta tees. Congrats, team!
Mar. 1: Music
Mar. 8: Famous Johns
Mar. 15: The Irish
Mar. 22: Crime & Punishment
Mar. 29: Celebrity Yearbook Photos
Apr. 5: International People (Surprise Theme)
Apr. 12: Candy & Sweets
Apr. 19: Bad Girls
Apr. 26: Players’ Choice: Comic-Based Movies, Comics, Graphic Novels + more
May 3: Movie Connections (I will give 3 movies, you say what they have in common)
Winter-Spring mid-season
Feb. 15 Trivia: Food & Drink
Feb. 22: Famous Couples
Mar. 1: Spring Season Starts: Music
Winter 2016-17 Season Championship: Congratulations to the Mindslips!
Known for their deep knowledge of even obscure trivia, ready with a sharp answer and a great sense of humor, the Mindslips were our 10-week champions Winter Season. Congratulations, guys!
Dec. 7:Famous Redheads
Dec. 14: Around the World
Dec. 21: Holiday Spectacular
Dec. 28: Before & After
Jan 4: Something New
Jan 11: Sitcoms
Jan 18: Surprise theme: Cats & Dogs & Mice
Jan 25:Movie Connections
Feb 1: Players’ Choice: The 1990s
Feb 8: Current Events
Fall-Winter mid-season
Nov. 16 Trivia: Animals
Nov. 23: No Trivia: Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov. 30 Food & Drink
Fall 2016 Season Championship: Congratulations to [Weekly Name Change]!
On Halloween they were the Predictable Jump Scares, on Before & After they were Karl Marx the Spot, then on US Presidents they were the Dead Kennedys … but consistently over 10 weeks they proved to be contenders, and they won Porta’s Fall Season Trivia championship.
Fall 2016 Themes:
Sep. 7: Back to School
Sep. 14 Mascots
Sep. 21 Art & Artists
Sep. 28 Junk Food
Oct. 5 Surprise Theme: Before & After
Oct. 12 Mythology & Religion
Oct. 19 Movie Connections
Oct 26. Halloween
Nov. 2: US Presidents & World Leaders
Nov. 9: Players’ Choice: The 1990s: Season Finale
Aug. 10: Food & Drink
Aug 17: Summer Movies
Aug. 24: Comics
Aug. 31: Celebrity Yearbook Photos
Summer Season Championship: Congratulations to the Little Scoobies!
It was a vicious competition but the Little Scoobies pulled ahead mid-season and secured a victory for the summer season. Their keen wits earned them an old-school Peroni cooler, Porta tees, vino and chocolates, and an assortment of trivia books and games. Congratulations!
Summer 2016 Themes:
June 1: Movies by Prop
June 8: Sidekicks
June 15: TV Dads & Families
June 22: Best Dressed
June 29: Children’s Books: Surprise Theme
July 6: America
July 13: Saturday Night Live
July 20: Around the World
July 27: Harry Potter: Players’ Choice
August 3: Bad Girls
May 18: Surprise Theme
May 25: Books
Spring Season Championship: Congratulations to the THOTs Strike Back!
The THOTs came back this spring with a vengeance, edging out Electric Mayhem and Llama House to clinch the championship. They won a gift basket filled with wine, Porta rooftop tee shirts, trivia books, a logic puzzle, and a backyard cornhole set. Huzzah!
Spring 2016 Themes:
March 9 Brothers & Sisters
March 16 The Irish
March 23 1980s Movies
March 30 Famous Joes
April 6 Before & After
April 14 Animated Movies
April 20 Album Covers
April 27 Villains
May 4 – Players’ Choice – Logos & Brands
May 11 Facial Hair
Wed. Feb 24: Potent Potables
Wed. Mar 2: Surprise Theme
Winter Season Championship: Congratulations to the Rowdy Teens!
The Rowdy Teens won a total of 5 games winter season, edging out the Hamilton Park THOTs by three points. They won a megabowl filled with trivia books, booze, and candy, as well as a handmade Woodford Reserve stool crafted out of a real bourbon barrel!