Oh the Hermanity.

At the risk of sounding repetitive, it will not be stated that this week was a tough week for individuals involved in a complicated conglomerate consisting of Trivia and Olympia’s and ex-republican presidential nominee Herman Cain.

However, what will be said is that not once, not for one second, did the Team have hope.

Especially after that Prison round. 

And the Reggae round. Jesus Christ! These are all fine, upstanding, hard working*contributing members of society. They do not endorse the smooth, devil-may-care Rastafarian lifestyle so exhibited by Reggae greats Peter Tosh and Jimmy Cliff. And neither can they tell them apart.

However, for the record, Clemsons kicked ass on the mountain round.

Stats and Standings

• Especially strong performance from Cory Knapp, who might have carried the team with his astute guesswork. 
• Jim and Mike Clemson made the mountains their BITCH!
• Elise Van Fossen got a question right about guppies.
• Special honors go to Mike Clemson for the creation of a very funny Winston Churchill’s parrot bit.

 It was a tough week for the team, Talk Herman to Me, and thus a tough week for Herman Cain.It was a tough week for Herman Cain and thus a tough week for pizza, Stephan Colbert and Hank Williams Jr. It was a tough week for everyone.* 

This week, the team looked extra dapper, so hopes ran high. These hopes were strengthened by doing unusually well** in the first round, Current Events.

However, like so many campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, Talk Herman to Me fell apart. Crippled by questions about jazz musicians, cigarettes and the Muppets, the team ended up not placing, and resorted to congratulating each other on how funny they were and what a good time they were having, which is a sure sign of intellectual defeat. 

Stats and Standings:

• Mike Clemson looked really sharp and as usual, knew about Events. 
• Jim Clemson knew the name of an airport in Paris*** (lah di dah.)
• Special honors go to Shawn for carrying the Jazz Round. 
• Cory Knapp shocked and surprised audiences by his knowledge of Demi Moore’s personal life.

Best Round:

• Current Events-80%

Worst Round:

• Name the City this Airport is In-50%

*I wish I could quote some current events to reinforce that point, but apparently, Current Events is not my strong suit.

**most of our guesses were correct answers!

***that round was a PIECE OF SHIT. 

What a heart-racing round, for all of our local Hermaniacs!

This week we had the lovely addition of one Tracy Taylor, who added pizzazz and spunk and a NOTEBOOK full of THINGS to our team. Tracy, who you might remember from Talk Nerdy and Rusty Beaver had a plethora of trivia knowledge to bestow upon the H.C. She also had a sweet hat. Not to mention she brought the first place trophy to OUR TABLE. Which is the closest any of us had actually gotten to it, thus far

This week, H.C. was strong on the general trivia round but fell apart when the stupid 80’s movie rounds reared their ugly, pimply heads. Special thank to Tracy and Shawn for organizing that round.

Jim Clemson performed well during the Chicago round. (he just came back from Chicago. LA DI DAH DI DAH.) Mike Clemson was a strong support for the general trivia round and the Samuel Jackson round. Cory did well during the detective round and also said many funny things, not related to trivia.

Your dearly beloved team ended up fifth place, which as all agree, is NOT LAST.

Oh the Hermanity!

Returning from a week-long hiatus, (-insert HC related team name here-) sprung back into action with a pulse-pounding, adrenaline rush of a trivia night. The team was confronted with unusual challenges this week including answering a question about the Campo dei Miracoli incorrectly for the second time, and pondering the relationship between the prime number 19 and breakfast cereals. 

The team ended up only six points shy of first place, the loss mainly attributed to a disastrous Seen on TV photo round.  

A strong performance was given by Jim Clemson on the Latin round, Mike Clemson on the Monument round and Cory Knapp on the Prime Numbers round. Elise Van Fossen mostly ate salt dust.