The Hints

Hint of the Week for May 7, 2025

It's an all new month this week (Ever heard of May?  They just came out with it!), and that means it's anybody's game.  Let's try to even the odds even more with a little hint for y'all!

Who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982?

Hint of the Week for April 30, 2025

"Cancelled with Nathan" and "The Loud Librarian" were amusing recurring segments on a Nickelodeon show that got revived a few times.

AND: It's the last week of the month! Can Mosesocrities overwhelm U of I Northend to take away the Geordi away? Come and find out!

Hint of the Week for April 16, 2025

This week's hint comes from an American chef:

"I am an American chef.  Hello.  Nice to meet you.  Is it really spring in New York?  Wow, doesn't really feel like it.  Where I'm from, it's much warmer than this.  Anyway, have you been to any of my restaurants?  You should come check out my restaurants.  Come to August or Domenica or Borgne, or maybe even Willa Jean or Eunice.  They're all great.  I'm really proud of all the work I've done with my restaurants.  Well, maybe not the 'culture of sexual harassment' but otherwise, I think I've done a great job.  Okay.  Bye."

Well, that's the hint.  Wow, that chef really had a lot to say.  See you tonight!

Hint of the Week for April 9, 2025

Uptown Pub Quiz regrets to inform you that our opening act, Cans of Piss, had to cancel. We hope to see you tonight anyway—eight o'clock, Northend Food Hall.

Hint of the Week for April 2, 2025

First week in a new location!   Come join us at Northend Food Hall!

And since you're coming, might as well be prepared with a hint.  What MLB team changed their name following the 2021 season?

Hint of the Week for March 26, 2025

First of all—and completely unrelated to anything else—spring is here!  Isn't it just wonderful?

Moving on....  Tonight's hint is sponsored by Baby Tyrant, The Sadiest, 181 Cabrini, and the Keepers of the Eastern Door.

Hint of the Week for March 12, 2025

Here is a very expansive hint for you this week: This select group of people includes presidents, popes, protesters and you. Yes, you!

Hint of the Week for March 5, 2025

So you say you want a hint of the week?  Well guess what—

It's nobody's business but the Turks.

Hint of the Week for February 26, 2025

 The Sadieist provides this week's hint:

"What exactly is silent lucidity?"

Hint of the Week for February 19, 2025

Polar coordinates involve rays and poles and thetas, phis, rhos, and equations. But you can use a couple of equations to convert these coordinates into something a certain 17th century philosopher/mathematician would recognize.

Hint of the Week for February 12, 2025

Today's the day! It's the week of Valentine's Day, and that means it's time for the Annual Uptown Pub Quiz Pink Elephant Gift Exchange! If you would like to participate, please bring an unmarked, wrapped gift worth $10-25 to quiz tonight! There are more details on the linked page.

Outside fo that, I have your weekly hint for you. Since it's Professor Lone Star writing this week's hint, I will offer up my semi-regular YouTube link.

See you tonight!

Hint of the Week for February 5, 2025

The world.  It's really a place where we all live, isn't it?  Good thing there's a little house of food, drink, and fun we can all go to play with our friends once a week while we're living in the world.  We are—believe me—very much looking forward to seeing you there this evening.

Anyway, chances are you're here to see the hint of the week.  Well, it's simple really.  Who is the president of Russia?

Hint of the Week for January 29, 2025

Every Wednesday is special when you're a Quizzer. This week, we have a Very Special Guest Host, as UPQ:TNG makes another appearance accompanying JDate an Mary O'Shag. Cheer on Equizabeth Moss as they share the premiere of their appearance on Pop Culture Jeopardy (watch after Quiz), and find out which team will have a cocktail named for them.

I've been thinking about the letter A lately, as I gaze up into the night sky. Astronomers measuring angles while sipping absinthe in their atria....

Hint of the Week for January 22, 2025

It's Wednesday, and this week is a Very Special Uptown Pub Quiz. What's so Special about this week? I guess you'll just have to show up tonight to see what the Evil Mr. Phil and Professor Lone Star have planned! Are you PHILin' Lucky?

So come raise a glass with us! And maybe in the meantime you should LEARN THE LYRICS TO THIS DRINKING SONG:

Hint of the Week for January 15, 2025

He also wrote the self-help book What Would Shakespeare Do?

Hint of the Week for January 8, 2025

The cold mid-winter months hide nothing from us. As Jean Baudrillard might have observed: it is the truth which conceals that there is none.