April 3, 20205 yr If any of you assholes are in need of socializing this weekend, I hosted pub quizzes / trivia nights for over ten years in Austin and have come out of retirement and am hosting a pub quiz each Saturday at 8:30 CST via Facebook live as long as this Corona crap sticks around. Last week we had 20 plus teams get together via zoom, the phone, and other ways to play along. It's really just an excuse for friends to (virtually) hangout and have something to do. It was really cool to pop into some of their Zoom groups and see folks on their couches hanging out with their friends miles apart. www.www.facebook.com/austinpubquiz
April 3, 20205 yr Author 6 minutes ago, Droopy said: Suuuuure. I'll join your cult. Hey, the cool aid's free!
April 4, 20205 yr Hey @Mr. Blutarsky I'm in and have a team. I'm familiar with a lot of tech; however, I've never used FB Live. Quick ? Assuming I'm the one turning in the answers, would my entire team be on FB live w/ me submitting OR does my team work independent of FB Live w/ me submitting the answer to you?
April 4, 20205 yr Author 11 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said: Hey @Mr. Blutarsky I'm in and have a team. I'm familiar with a lot of tech; however, I've never used FB Live. Quick ? Assuming I'm the one turning in the answers, would my entire team be on FB live w/ me submitting OR does my team work independent of FB Live w/ me submitting the answer to you? So the way we're doing it is we're live streaming the questions on a Facebook Live broadcast and have an online answer sheet that you'll turn in at the end of each round. We're asking for teams to coordinate how they get together, but popular methods are zoom, skype, facetime etc. One scribe and one answer sheet turned in per team per round works best. I'll go over the FAQ's before we start tonight as well. http://www.facebook.com/austinpubquiz
April 6, 20205 yr @Mr. Blutarsky Thanks for doing this. We had a great time. /creepy paper Looking forward to next week when I'll have a full(er) team.
April 6, 20205 yr 4 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said: @Mr. Blutarsky Thanks for doing this. We had a great time. /creepy paper Looking forward to next week when I'll have a full(er) team. Missed it this week, but it's because we were doing other things, which is good. Keep us updated. Would still like to do this.
April 6, 20205 yr Author @Knoxtnhorn I'm glad you enjoyed it! We've been getting a lot of extremely positive feedback, and it's definitely scratched an itch of my own. Like I said Saturday, we're going to keep doing this each Saturday as long as this shit sticks around. It just seems to be a really good break for folks, not to mention an excuse to reach out and spend time with friends. @Brisketexan Literally the more the merrier. We all need something fun right now.
April 11, 20205 yr Blutarsky - are you putting this on tonight? ETA nevermind, answer was smack in the middle of my screen when I clicked your FB link. Edited April 11, 20205 yr by BradInATX
April 13, 20205 yr Author On 4/11/2020 at 3:06 PM, BradInATX said: Blutarsky - are you putting this on tonight? ETA nevermind, answer was smack in the middle of my screen when I clicked your FB Last night was a bit of a cluster with both kiddos up most of Friday night. Hopefully you had fun though!
April 13, 20205 yr https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30880/11-things-you-didn’t-know-about-america’s-spymasters . The Company has a wicked sense of humor Following World War II, Frank Wisner helped found the Office of Policy Coordination. Officially, its mission was refugee assistance and working with the International Red Cross. Its actual mission involved covert actions against the Soviet Union. Wisner was a wily, charming, Southern aristocrat who was forever changed when he witnessed the brutal Soviet occupation of Romania. His office invested heavily in psychological warfare, which was still a relatively new concept. Ideas that came from the office included delivering American toiletries across the Iron Curtain (to demonstrate superior Western standards of comfort) and airdropping enormous condoms labeled “Medium” onto the Soviets, to demoralize them against an anatomically superior American army. (Sadly, this plan was never carried out.
April 13, 20205 yr 10 hours ago, Mr. Blutarsky said: Last night was a bit of a cluster with both kiddos up most of Friday night. Hopefully you had fun though! Wife and I were about as far into the bag as you were, so we didn't care. It was a good time, thanks for doing it. I think we're going to get several couples together through a zoom this next Sat.
April 15, 20205 yr On 4/12/2020 at 11:15 PM, Mr. Blutarsky said: Last night was a bit of a cluster with both kiddos up most of Friday night. Hopefully you had fun though! We did. Looking forward to Saturday nights now. Thanks.
April 17, 20205 yr Will be joining for the first time on Saturday with some buddies. Looking forward to it.
April 18, 20205 yr @Mr. Blutarsky - any chance we can get one or two score updates mid game this time, for shit talking our friends purposes?
April 19, 20205 yr Author 1 hour ago, BradInATX said: @Mr. Blutarsky - any chance we can get one or two score updates mid game this time, for shit talking our friends purposes? The kids went to bed early tonight so the wife won't be playing catch up. It shouldn't be to difficult, but remind me as I plan on drinking to change things up.
April 25, 20205 yr Author If anyone's looking for something to do tonight, we'll be live streaming the pub quiz tonight at 8:30 CST. http://www.facebook.com/austinpubquiz Edited April 25, 20205 yr by Mr. Blutarsky
May 3, 20205 yr Author 13 hours ago, Uncle Boobs said: Tonight? Sorry I didn't see this until now and yep we did it again. We're gonna keep going every Friday as long as it's smart to stay in.
May 3, 20205 yr 5 minutes ago, Mr. Blutarsky said: Sorry I didn't see this until now and yep we did it again. We're gonna keep going every Friday as long as it's smart to stay in. Friday, Saturday what's the difference?
May 3, 20205 yr Author 2 hours ago, hornbri said: Friday, Saturday what's the difference? I have no fucking clue what any of the days are anymore. But yes, Saturdays.
May 3, 20205 yr Had a great time as always. We were a little late. You inspired my mom to create a family trivia game for the grand kids that started at 7.
May 4, 20205 yr Author 6 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said: Had a great time as always. We were a little late. You inspired my mom to create a family trivia game for the grand kids that started at 7. That is awesome!
May 23, 20205 yr Author Running it again tonight if anyone's interested. 830 live stream at Facebook.com/austinpubquiz
June 21, 20205 yr Author If anyone's looking for something to do tonight, we're about to start the last quiz of wave one at www.facebook.com/austinpubquiz .
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