The Hints

J-Date and Mary O'Shag have a wide-ranging and adrenaline-infused evening of Quiz planned tonight!

Keep this in mind: Squishington, Molly Coddle, and the Closet Monster warmly welcome you to Halloween season.

No costumes tonight, but in two weeks, perhaps...

Happy Wednesday! The Evil Mr. Phil and Professor Lone Star have five fun-filled rounds for you tonight, and we hope you're ready for them!

But just in case you're not, we have a special hint, just for you: If you don't currently have plans for April 4th, 2025, perhaps you could go watch Jason Momoa get stalked by a big green thing that kinda looks like a penis.

What the hell does that mean? I guess you'll have to stop by 181 Cabrini tonight to find out!

See you all tonight!

Mary O'Shag and J-Date will be slinging questions this evening. J-Date is a middle school teacher who had an ordinary day at school today. November 14, 1960 was no ordinary day at a school in New Orleans.

While you ponder that, maybe keep YOURSELF out of trouble by helping out the local Community Fridge? 

You can find volunteer options here, and you can make a monetary donation to the Progressive Church that runs the Fort Fridge here.

You've got the Evil Mr. Phil & Professor Lone Star tonight, and that means you're getting the epitome of presentational excellence. So to spotlight that fact, I give you

A Dramatic Reading

MAYOR: Drebin, I don't want anymore trouble like you had last year on the South Side. Understand? That's my policy.

FRANK: Yes. Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That's *my* policy.

MAYOR: That was a Shakespeare-In-The-Park production of "Julius Caesar", you moron! You killed 5 actors! Good ones.

Annnnnnnd SCENE.

While you ponder that, maybe keep YOURSELF out of trouble by helping out the local Community Fridge? 

You can find volunteer options here, and you can make a monetary donation to the Progressive Church that runs the Fort Fridge here.

When you arrive tonight, check out Baby Tyrant's exquisite drip.

Pub quiz IS enough to drive you crazy if you let it, but that's not the hint this week.

This week we're wondering: How do they calculate the ABV of beer?

If you can figure that out before 8 PM tonight you might have an advantage over the other quizzers. Now wouldn't that be something?

This week's hosts are Mary O'Shag and The Evil Mr. Phil.

Pub quiz is enough to drive you crazy if you let it.

Professor Lone Star here. We're going to get straight to business this week with a hint from Baby Tyrant: 

“Hoo-Hoo, Hare-Lip, and Edwin don’t believe their grandfather about the world before the Red Death, and in turn history is doomed to repeat itself.”

With that out of the way, I have a more serious announcement to make: The Uptown Pub Quiz Family lost one of its members last week. 

Andrea Sears, beloved wife of our own Mary O'Shag, passed away on August 8th. She was a brilliant, talented, badass woman, and she will be missed.

Andrea's friends have established a GoFundMe to assist Mary with any necessary expenses. There will be at least two memorials, date and location TBA.

Anyway. Stay safe, tell someone you love them, and I hope to see you all tonight. 

It's the first Wednesday of August, everyone gets a fresh start toward the Jordie! Pick a good team name and get this thing started right with hosts Mary O'Shag and J-Date.

Here's your hint from J-Date!

HINT: Have you had enough of the rain?! And the heat we had before it?! This has been some week, huh?! Do I seem worked up?! How can you tell?!

Stay calm and figure that one out before the 8 PM quiz start time at 181 Cabrini this evening. See you there!

It's the last Wednesday of the month, and that means we'll be crowning our monthly victors tonight!

Not only that, you get a hint from guest host Emily!

HINT: Businessman, Banker, Diplomat, Flautist, Brigadier General, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize Winner…impressive resume, no?

I don't know what that hint means. I'm just a website. But I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out before the 8 PM quiz start time at 181 Cabrini this evening. See you there!

The first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. Wait, no. I mean "the first time as a member of Fleetwood Mac, the second time as a solo artist."

Don't you love the study of literature? It comes with an entire lexicon of interesting words, like prosody. Some terms even sort of have a combination of gender and position, like masculine, feminine, initial, and terminal. Examples abound.

Now might be a good time to memorize the entirety of singer/songwriter M. Ward's discography.  But if you don't have time for that, you could probably make do with just his output through 2006.  Here's a link.

Thank goodness for oviparous chondrichthyans. Without them, where would mermaids put their keys?

We are heading into a hot and sticky several days, so here's a clip of a very special clothing line.

Happy Wednesday! It's an exciting day, we've got an exciting quiz planned, and I've got an exciting hint for you, courtesy of a Very Special Guest Host:

"Everybody's got the right to some sunshine. Not the sun, but maybe one of its beams." 

All quizgoers are equal, but some quizgoers are more equal than others.

If you ever need some relationship advice, you could do worse than taking it from my boys Akbar and Jeff.

You could also do better, but you could definitely do worse.

"Self-referential" is such a meta phrase. Have a close look here.

Hawaiian Airlines is the only carrier that will get you from Honolulu to Tafuna Airport.

Brooklyn's first public park was a cemetery? Wha?

These pancreatic cells sound like a great place for a vacation.

George warns expected guests, "Please don't be long for I may be asleep."

Does anyone else here remember Five Alive? It hasn't been sold in the US for many years, but Canadians can still find it.

According to Coca-Cola:

"With it’s refreshing citrus taste from a blend of five fruit flavour and it’s quirky personality, Five Alive encourages unexpected and fun acts making those around them feel more alive."

Unexpected and fun acts like spelling "flavor" with a "u" and using "it's" as a possessive?

Anyway... enough reminiscing and nit-picking. See you at the quiz tonight!

Derivatives, integrals, and novocaine...

A lot of principal personages will be stopping for refreshments at 181 Cabrini tonight.

A TMC0280 linear predictive coding speech synthesizer, a keyboard, and a receptor slot? What else could a kid ask for?

If you want to catch a wading bird in the genus Scolopax, Ophelia's dad has some ideas.

Love is in the air, and we are rebranding this week! Please grab your Valentine du jour and join us tonight at 8 for the Uptown Love Quiz!

Meanwhile, since it's absurdly cold out and my fellow teachers have next week off, YOUR HINT OF THE WEEK is a question:

Where could I go in the Caribbean if I don't have a passport?

I think we should start referring to the trivia attendees as "Li'l Folks."

On December 3, 1967 Louis Washansky received a new (to him) body part.

Have fun watching the video, and the Sadiest and Professor Lonestar will see you tonight at Quiz!

There's a version of Microsoft Windows considered worse than all the rest? I had no idea!

"Hitchhiker's Guide with sex"? Sign me up!

Happy New Year! It's 2024, which means it's time for resolutions: We at the Uptown Pub Quiz resolve to post the hints BEFORE noon on Wednesday!

Oh. Shit. Maybe next year...

Anyway, here's your hint:

"According to Planet Money, this has been screaming RECESSION since last year."