““It
might save us from the hell that is karaoke,” declared MSNBC’s
Keith
Olbermann. He was talking about The Big Quiz Thing, New York’s No.
1 live
trivia event, packing in hipster-nerd acolytes on Monday nights at the
Slipper Room. And on Thursday May 17, the BQT returns to Mo Pitkin’s
House
of Satisfaction for another special event.
Quizmaster Noah Tarnow, joined by sidekick EDP, brings friends together
for the ultimate test of meaningless information, with stupendous prizes
(cookies, DVDs, stimulating reading material) and the glory of knowing
that you possess more useless intelligence than your peers. Surprises
galore await: the audio round, our famed Lightning Round, the big
Four-Part Questions, clever banter, semantic arguments, absurd analogies,
etc. Contestants play as teams, so no one’s dragged onto stage and
humiliated; the quizmasters get plenty of that on their own. And even
if
players can’t even hazard a guess, there is still hope: If a wrong
answer
makes the quizmasters (and the crowd) laugh, it’s counted as correct
and
is granted a Smart-Ass Point. Between rounds, DJ GB spins for your musical
delight.
The Big Quiz Thing presents its regular show of stunningly original trivia
on alternating Mondays at the Lower East Side’s Slipper Room, with
shows
on May 7, May 21 and June 4. Its cast has performed in special events
throughout the city and around the country, and is available to hire for
private parties and corporate gatherings.
Trivial times call for trivial trivia, and in a culture ruled by bite-size
information and prepackaged wisdom, nothing is nobler than a live quiz
show. Come see The Village Voice’s pick for “The Best Place
to Show Off
Your Inner Nerd.”
The Big Quiz Thing presents a special event at Mo Pitkin’s House
of
Satisfaction, 34 Avenue A between 2nd and 3rd Sts, Thursday, May 17th
at
7:30pm. Admission is only $5. For more info, visit bigquizthing.com, or
contact quizmaster Noah Tarnow at noah@bigquizthing.com.
Quiz me this…
Q: What’s the brand name for a specially crossbred variety of brine
shrimp, available at toy stores nationwide?
Q: Name the TV show: a chef, a florist, a typist.
Q: What make of car shares its name with the Latin for “I roll”?
Q: William McKinley was the only U.S. president between 1869 and 1913
who
did not wear what?
Q: According to Foreigner, he started rockin’. Ain’t never
gonna stop.
Gotta keep on rockin’. Someday gonna make it to the top and be a
what?