The purpose of this blog is to take a “snapshot” of each trivia game we’ve played at McShane’s this past season. I’ve also added the two games we played at the Sawmill Saloon in Big Rapids MI.
It’s similar to the “Captain’s Log” thing I did a few years ago.
I will “attempt” to update this after each game. This is the first time we’ve attempted to make a semis bid at a My Trivia Live bar since before the plague, so I thought this would be a good chance to document our efforts.
As of September 3, 2025; we’re waiting to find out how we finished for the season and won’t know anything for sure until Wednesday, September 10.
This is my white whale to hunt – I had to try to do our best to try qualifying this season! 😉
Focal points of this “snapshot” will be names of players we brought to games, scores going into final questions, final questions, and prize winners.
Things will be super abbreviated. Also you may have to zoom in to see the crappy photos! I’m lazy and don’t want to type everything, so there! 😛 😊
1 Tuesday, April 15, 2025:
Just me and Mike playing. No prizes, 58 total points.
Dead Guys, 49, Rather Be At, 50, ???; Rather Be At/Spacecats/Never Here, 56; Pods, 58; Pants/Three 59.
Final Q:
Pants took first. Only team to get correct. Did not write down other game winners.
2 Thursday April 24 2025:
Just Mike and I playing. 62 total points, second from last. Did not write down scores.
Two finished second 69 points, Starlings finished first, Spacecats third
3 Thursday, April 17, 2025 – Sawmill Saloon Big Rapids MI
Mike, myself, Willow and Ben at this game. Third place $10 prize.
4 Thursday, May 1, 2025:
Just Kim and I playing. $10 third place prize, 46 total points.
Starlings, 21; All, 30; Titanic 43; Beethoven, 44; O Snappiness, 45; Nope/GDX(Pods), 46; Spacecats, 49
I use the GDX name when playing with only female players in a trivia game.
Final – Pods, third; Nope, second; Spacecats (?) , first.
5 Thursday May 8, 2025:
Mike, Kim and I playing. Third place $10 prize, 55 total points.
Scores heading into final:
Final Q: What company had first advertisement showing woman only wearing a bra?
Final scores – Pods, 107; Nope; 112 and Boom, 152.
6 Tuesday, May 13, 2025:
Mike, Kim and I played this game. 55 total points, no prizes.
Scores heading into the final:
Final question:
In 2025, what organization ran what they claimed was the first fresh produce ad in a Super Bowl commercial?
Game winners Three, third; Spacecats, second and Never Here, first. Two teams got the final q correct.
7 Thursday May 22, 2025 – Sawmill Saloon, Big Rapids, MI
Did not play McShane’s week of May 19, used substitute score of 62 from an alternate trivia spot.
8 Tuesday, May 27, 2025:
Kim, Mike and I played this game.
Scores heading into the final:
Final Q:
Game winners – Random Guessers, Never Here, Rather Be At.
9 Thursday, June 5 2025:
Mike, Dave and I played this game. No prizes, 53 total points.
Scores going into final:
Pods, 53; Myron, 64; ???, 66; Spacecats, 57.
Final Q:
10 Thursday, June 12, 2025:
Mike and I played this game. Third place/$10 prize, 63 total points.
Scores heading into the final:
Final question:
Game winners:
Pods, third; Never Here, second; Titanic, first (only team to get it correct).
11 Tuesday, June 17, 2025:
Mike, Dave and I at this game. Second place/$20 prize, 65 total points.
Scores heading into the final:
Final Q:
A woggle, first mentioned in a 1923 publication, is part of a uniform worn by participants in what organization?
Game winners: Dead Guys, Pods, Three.
12 Thursday, June 26, 2025:
Mike, Dave and I played this game. Rajiv was a guest. First place/$30 prize, 69 total points.
Scores heading into the final:
Final Q:
Game winners: Spacecats, third; Nope, second and Pods first.
13 Thursday, July 3, 2025:
Mike and I for this game. No prizes, 63 total points.
Scores heading into the final:
Final Q:
Mary Katherine Goddard name on what historic document she was inducted into Maryland Hall of Fame 1998?
Game winners – Spacecats, third; Titanic, second; Nope, first.
14 Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Mike, Kim and I for this game. No prizes, 51 total points.
Scores heading into the final:
Final Q:
Game winners: Spacecats, third; Never Here, second and Three, first
15 Thursday, July 17, 2025
Mike, Dave and myself at this game. No prizes, 64 total points.
Scores heading into the final:
Final Q:
Game winners: OSnappiness, third; Starlings, second and Scotty, first.
16 Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Mike and I were only players at this game. No prizes, 51 total points.
Scores heading into the final:
Final Q:
Game winners:
17 Thursday, July 24, 2025
Mike and I played this game. Second place/$20 prize, 66 total points.
Scores heading into the final:
Final Q:
Game winners: Keeping up with the Joneses, 63; Pods, 66 and Spacecats, 67.
18 Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Mike and I played this game.
Scores heading into the final:
Final Question:
Game winners: Rather Be At, Pants, Never Here (only team to get final q correct).
19 Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Mike and myself at this game plus guest player Joel M. No prizes, 62 total points.
Scores heading into the final:
Final Question:
Game winners:
20 Thursday, August 7, 2025
Mike, myself, Kim S. And Brent S. played this game. No prizes, 60 points.
Scores heading into the final:
Final Question:
Game winners: Dead Guys, Pursuit of O Snappiness, Ypsi Starlings Rugby.
21 Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Mike and myself played this game. 52 points, one second place/$20 prize.
Final Q: who was the only U.S President to be sworn in by a woman?
Game winners – We Were Never Here, Pods, Spacecats.
22 Thursday, August 14, 2025
Mike, myself, Dave, Kim, Brent and new guy Archie played this game. Second place/$20 prize, 63 points
Final Question/game winners:
23 Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Mike, myself, Kim, Brent and Dave played for us at this game.
Game winners – We Were Never Here, Pods, Three.
24 Thursday, August 28, 2025
Mike, myself, Dave, Kim, Brent and Archie played this game.
Final Question:
Game winners: Nope, Dead Guys, Pods.
25 Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Mike, myself and Dave played this game.
Final Question:
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