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No Touching! An Arrested Development Quiz from Geeks Who Drink

Category: Other
When: Saturday, July 20, 2013 5:00 pm

How: Official Website
Cost: $5.00

What/Why: And now the story of a wealthy family whose future was abruptly canceled, and the one quiz company who had no choice but to hope there'd be a fourth season worth of material to ask about.

It's Geeks Who Drink's 'Arrested Development'... quiz.

This July Geeks Who Drink is delving back into the world of the Bluths in the wake of the highly anticipated Netflix-supplied fourth season with NO TOUCHING, our third Arrested Development Quiz.

Sure, you may have napped during the George Sr. parts, but by now most 'Arrested Development' geeks already know how many episodes featured an ostrich, which characters played The Thing in Tobias' Fantastic Four musical, and the names of the three woodblock apps on the iTunes store. This is your team's chance to show off and win a cash prize of anywhere between $200 and $500!

LEGAL NOTE: In some jurisdictions "cash prize" may be awarded in the form of Babytock devices.

As always, teams are limited to six players, and there's an admission fee of $5 per player. The quiz won't be entirely Season 4, though. We'll have plenty of questions from the first three seasons, so get ready for your second (or third) rewatch of the year. Also, we're not just tooting our own horn when we say this was the most popular quiz event of last year, but this was the most popular quiz event of last year with thousands of attendees across the country. You don't need to camp out or anything crazy, but plan to get there at least an hour or so ahead of time so that you don't miss out on all the cornholing action.

Never been to one of our themed quizzes before? Read the FAQs below so you know what to expect!

Oh, and here's the trailer for the event:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AVzj5QA...%3DAVzj5QAXgXI

QUIZ LOCATIONS

ALBUQUERQUE
O'Niell's Pub (Heights) (9pm) | 3301 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111

AUSTIN
Opal Divine's Penn Field (10pm) | 3601 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX | (512) 707-0237

BOSTON
Common Ground* (5pm) | 85 Harvard Avenue, Allston, MA | (617) 783-2071

CHICAGO, IL
Pitchfork Food and Saloon (2pm) | 2922 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL | (773) 866-2010

COSTA MESA, CA
Durty Nelly's (5pm) | 2915 Red Hill Avenue G101, Costa Mesa, CA | (714) 957-1951

DALLAS/FORT WORTH
West End Pub (7:30pm) | 1801 North Lamar Street #100, Dallas, TX | (214) 748-5711

DENVER
Moe's BBQ (Englewood) (5pm) | 3295 S Broadway, Englewood, CO 80113

GLENDALE, CA
Complex (Doors at 4, quiz at 5:30pm) | 806 Colorado Street, Glendale, CA | (323) 642-7519

HOUSTON, TX
Lucky Strike Lanes (6pm) | 1201 San Jacinto Street, Houston, TX | (713) 343-3300

KANSAS CITY, MO
Charlie Hoopers (3pm) | 12 West 63rd Street, Kansas City, MO | (816) 361-8841

KNOXVILLE, TN
Preservation Pub (5pm) | 28 Market Square, Knoxville, TN | (865) 524-2224

MADISON, WI
Buck and Badger (3pm) | 115 State Street, Madison, WI | (608) 230-7999

NEW ORLEANS
Bruno's Tavern (7pm) | 7538 Maple St New Orleans, LA 70118

PITTSBURGH
James Street Gastropub (7pm) | 422 Foreland Street, Pittsburgh, PA | (412) 904-3335

ROCHESTER, NY
Southwedge Colony (9pm) | 503 South Ave Rochester, NY 14620

SACRAMENTO
Capitol Garage (7:30pm) | 1500 K Street, Sacramento, CA | (916) 444-3633

SALT LAKE CITY
Gracie's (4pm) | 326 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT | (801) 819-7565

SAN ANTONIO
Firehouse Pub (5pm) 5380 Walzem Road, San Antonio, TX | (210) 946-9600

SEATTLE*
Ballard Loft (2pm) | 5105 Ballard Avenue Northwest, Seattle, WA | (206) 420-2737

TUCSON
The Canyon's Crown Restaurant and Pub (8pm) | 6958 East Tanque Verde Road, Tucson, AZ | (520) 885-8277

This list could change or be adjusted, so follow up as the event gets closer in case we updated anything.

*We may offer an additional seating for this event at this location. Stay tuned.

THEMED QUIZ FAQs

How much to play?
It's $5 per person to play (bring cash!), and we'll ask you to pay for everyone on your team before we give you quiz materials.

What's the maximum/minimum players per team?
There is no minimum, but if you want to win, you should have a fully staffed squad. Use our Facebook and Twitter to recruit. Team maximum is strictly six players, as always.

Can we play the quiz twice by traveling to another city?
No. No. And no. First of all, our themed quizzes are now on Saturdays (with the rarest of exceptions). Secondly, even if you figure out a way to cheat, don't do it. We will catch you. Again, the answer is no. We had a team who did this once, and they are cheaters. No, we're never going to let it go, thanks for asking.

Can minors play?
That's entirely up to the venue. Check with them.

Do spectators have to pay?
Yes. Yes, they do. Spectators generally have to pay for sporting events, right? This also goes for Geeks Who Drink employees that aren't working at the event.

Can my dad/girlfriend/friend sit at our table and not play? No. Six people max seated at a table and all players must pay.Can you host this at BLANK bar in BLANK city? No. We host these at venues that meet certain criteria. So, if we're not in your city, there won't be a quiz. If we're in your city, and there's no quiz, we're sorry. Feel free to let us know if you think demand is there, and maybe next time we'll get it started.

Is there a prize for second place?
Nope, this is winner take all. But second place is impressive; you should be proud.

How is the prize amount determined?
In most cases, the prize amount is 50% of the total take. Why not 100%? Because we have to cover our costs of producing and marketing these event quizzes.

Will BLANK TOPIC be covered?
Everything is fair game. Study hard. And we never give clues.

Do I need to RSVP?
Seating is first-come, first-served and there are no reservations. These things quite often sell out, so get there as early as you can to guarantee a seat.

[thedivahrrrself]

For music geeks!

I was watching Music Voyager yesterday, and it was in Hollywood, FL, of all places, covering a festival to celebrate the anniversary of the arrival of Ponce de Leon. Hollywood looks beautiful, and they are having a bit of an artistic renaissance from the looks of it.

They covered this great flamenco singer/guitar player/killer percussionist, and he was talking about collaborating with Cuban musicians. He said this was interesting because Afro-Cuban music uses a rhythmic system called clave, which goes in two-measure patterns, as opposed to the system classical musicians are used to with predictable emphasis every 1 measure and 4 measure phrases. This immediately interested me, and upon listening and drumming out a few of the beats, I was crazy fascinated!

So basically, it's like writing music in 8/4 time, which gives you some room to play with your rhythm and vary it without worrying about the every measure emphasis (on the upbeat of 1 &3 that is so popular, for instance).

If you take this even further on the melodic side, not having the 4-measure phrasing means some chord patterns can be a lot more complex and less predictable.

OK, so I just had to geek out on that for a minute. Because it totally explained why my brain has just attached itself to Cuban music for the last year or so.... the patterns are so unique and intricate, and now I know why

[Kelt]

275,000 Dominoes - Enjoy Your Life (Guinness World Record)

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[thedivahrrrself]

“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.'”

― Edgar D. Mitchell

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