Insert Clever Name Here
August 8, 2006 7:11 AM Subscribe
MeFi has given names to volleyball teams, fantasy sports teams, and bands. Can it come through yet again?
Every Friday night, a couple friends and I participate in a live trivia game at the local watering hole. Our trivia skills aside, the game also features a free pitcher of beer for the team with the best name. We have never won the free beer. MeFi, please help me come up with a great name to end our losing streak.
Background info: the bar is a typical sports bar/grill inhabited primarily by middle class late twenty-somethings to mid thirty-somethings. The winner is selected by the trivia MC and the bartenders. Some names get pretty offensive and nobody seems to care, although I don't think the team would go for something too over the top. Topical names seems to do well--for instance, last week's winner was "Mel Gibson's Designated Drivers".
Every Friday night, a couple friends and I participate in a live trivia game at the local watering hole. Our trivia skills aside, the game also features a free pitcher of beer for the team with the best name. We have never won the free beer. MeFi, please help me come up with a great name to end our losing streak.
Background info: the bar is a typical sports bar/grill inhabited primarily by middle class late twenty-somethings to mid thirty-somethings. The winner is selected by the trivia MC and the bartenders. Some names get pretty offensive and nobody seems to care, although I don't think the team would go for something too over the top. Topical names seems to do well--for instance, last week's winner was "Mel Gibson's Designated Drivers".
Landis' Syringe
Hairy Potter
McNabb's Sack
(Use your QB)
Bonds' Bulging Veins
posted by UncleHornHead at 7:27 AM on August 8, 2006
Hairy Potter
McNabb's Sack
(Use your QB)
Bonds' Bulging Veins
posted by UncleHornHead at 7:27 AM on August 8, 2006
Corey Feldman and the National Goatse Orchestra.
Been trying to pass that one off to someone for a while now.
posted by dobbs at 7:30 AM on August 8, 2006
Been trying to pass that one off to someone for a while now.
posted by dobbs at 7:30 AM on August 8, 2006
Don't Quiz on the Electric Fence.
posted by Ritchie at 7:31 AM on August 8, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by Ritchie at 7:31 AM on August 8, 2006 [1 favorite]
My winning pubquiz team is the "self-determining unicorns."
posted by k8t at 7:47 AM on August 8, 2006
posted by k8t at 7:47 AM on August 8, 2006
"George Will and the Funktown Five"
"Michael Hutchence and the Neckties"
"Don't Forget to Tip Your Wait-Staff"
posted by cardboard at 7:51 AM on August 8, 2006
"Michael Hutchence and the Neckties"
"Don't Forget to Tip Your Wait-Staff"
posted by cardboard at 7:51 AM on August 8, 2006
I've always been a fan of "Sandy Duncan's Glass Eye"
Similarly, I've always liked "Stuart Scott's Lazy Eye".
One that I've seen come up before is "Touched By An Uncle".
posted by inigo2 at 7:53 AM on August 8, 2006
Similarly, I've always liked "Stuart Scott's Lazy Eye".
One that I've seen come up before is "Touched By An Uncle".
posted by inigo2 at 7:53 AM on August 8, 2006
Matt wants a whale penis sandwich
The Masters of the Universe, featuring Chris Watson
posted by parmanparman at 7:58 AM on August 8, 2006
The Masters of the Universe, featuring Chris Watson
posted by parmanparman at 7:58 AM on August 8, 2006
Dave is Gay
posted by parmanparman at 7:58 AM on August 8, 2006
posted by parmanparman at 7:58 AM on August 8, 2006
I've won Quizzo many a time with The Little Lebowski Urban Achievers.
posted by LilBucner at 8:45 AM on August 8, 2006
posted by LilBucner at 8:45 AM on August 8, 2006
I'm partial to Ugly Stick - so that when you win, you get to tell the other team that they were beaten by an Ugly Stick.
posted by robhuddles at 8:50 AM on August 8, 2006
posted by robhuddles at 8:50 AM on August 8, 2006
Some names get pretty offensive and nobody seems to care
Topical names seems to do well
Have all males on the team go in drag. Spontaneously neck from time to time. Call yourselves Lezbollah.
I don't think the team would go for something too over the top.
Nevermind then.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:04 AM on August 8, 2006 [1 favorite]
Topical names seems to do well
Have all males on the team go in drag. Spontaneously neck from time to time. Call yourselves Lezbollah.
I don't think the team would go for something too over the top.
Nevermind then.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:04 AM on August 8, 2006 [1 favorite]
Bondar III: We Endorse Bondage
posted by randomination at 9:46 AM on August 8, 2006
posted by randomination at 9:46 AM on August 8, 2006
Trivia Newton John
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:46 AM on August 8, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:46 AM on August 8, 2006 [1 favorite]
The bar trivia game that I play in some Tuesday nights has two prizes: first place is a $75 bar tab, and second place is a set of pint glasses. Therefore, my team's name is "Enjoy Your Pint Glasses".
posted by ND¢ at 10:18 AM on August 8, 2006
posted by ND¢ at 10:18 AM on August 8, 2006
Flattop Tony and the Purple Canoes
posted by BobFrapples at 10:24 AM on August 8, 2006
posted by BobFrapples at 10:24 AM on August 8, 2006
I usually try to name teams in such a way as to be the most inappropriate given the members of said team. So, if your team consists of big guys, I'd recommend showing up in biker gear and calling yourselves "The Foppish Dandies"
posted by Mayor West at 10:34 AM on August 8, 2006
posted by Mayor West at 10:34 AM on August 8, 2006
Off Constantly
Because nobody - NOBODY - beats Off Constantly.
posted by Steve Simpson at 12:10 PM on August 8, 2006
Because nobody - NOBODY - beats Off Constantly.
posted by Steve Simpson at 12:10 PM on August 8, 2006
Because nobody - NOBODY - beats Off Constantly.
I think you misunderestimate your opponents. One time I spent an entire evening beating Off Constantly.
posted by kindall at 2:14 PM on August 8, 2006
I think you misunderestimate your opponents. One time I spent an entire evening beating Off Constantly.
posted by kindall at 2:14 PM on August 8, 2006
As for the name, just call yourself Ken Jennings. That'll strike fear into your opponents' hearts.
posted by kindall at 2:14 PM on August 8, 2006
posted by kindall at 2:14 PM on August 8, 2006
Artificial Intelligentsia
Condoleeza's Thongs
The Kinder, Gentler Bunker Busters
Tom Cruise's Spiritual Advisors
posted by CodeBaloo at 3:44 PM on August 8, 2006
Condoleeza's Thongs
The Kinder, Gentler Bunker Busters
Tom Cruise's Spiritual Advisors
posted by CodeBaloo at 3:44 PM on August 8, 2006
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posted by pdb at 7:15 AM on August 8, 2006