Wednesday is Pub Quiz Night at Porta Jersey City
Wednesday nights at 8:00pm
The Venue: Wednesday at 8:00pm, in the Monk Room downstairs bar (basement)
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), 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
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 | 63 | |||
| false profits | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 60 | |||
| Will & Anna | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 42 | |||
| Wet Bandits | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 26 | ||||||
| Roayl Family of Zamunda | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | ||||||
| Dämmerung | 8 | 10 | 18 | ||||||||
| Seton Hall Law Mafia | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |||||||
| Biden’s Future Cabinet | 9 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||
| Just Friends | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||||||
| Van etc. | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||
| Asian Invasion | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
| ChumbaWumba | 8 | 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 | |||||||||
| What’s Our Name | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2 Schmucks and Better Halves | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Hoop Fury | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Grace & Frankie | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Bones Bombers | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Reversion to the Mean | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 3s a Crowd | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| R2D2 Likes Robots | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Tolkein | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Out to Sea | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Lil’ Sebastians | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| A Trivia Runs Through It | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Arugula | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Property Triplets | 1 | 1 |
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.
| Team Name | 9/19/2018 | 9/26/2018 | 10/3/2018 | 10/10/2018 | 10/17/2018 | 10/24/2018 | 10/31/2018 | 11/7/2018 | 11/14/2018 | 11/21/2018 | Total |
| People Parts | Logos & Brands | (Unique Names) Surprise | Books | Fashion | Bro-Sis | Halloween | Music | Food-Drink | Movie Connections | ||
| Propheteers | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 78 | |
| Gilgamesh & Enkidu’s Wrecking Crew | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 78 | |
| Will & Anna | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 65 | |
| Royal Family of Zamunda | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 61 | |
| Hot Sick | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 47 | |
| Mongooses | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 29 | |||||
| Manafarts | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 29 | |||||
| Rin Tin Tin | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | ||||||
| Chumba Wumba | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |||||||
| Flying Solo Pt 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||
| Walnut Haus | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Here to win trivia and love my children/ I’m all out of children | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Iron Hymen | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| 7th Period Slackers | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Almost Married… w/o Children | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Angel’s Phat Beats | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| The Worst | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Where’s Lindsey? | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ride or Die | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| White Indipinos | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| The Worst / The Awesomest | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Professional Nomads | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Savage Detectives | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| pork chop express | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Buxies | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Rosemary’s Puppy Monkey Baby | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| The Manning Family | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| better than blank | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Here for the Meatballs | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Barack Obama’s Big Black Caucus | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| House Party | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Wild Thornberries | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Roni | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sid & Dana | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Patty Labels | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
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!