Insert Clever Name Here

August 8, 2006 7:11 AM

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".

posted by jtfowl0 to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (28 answers total)

I was once in a punk "band" called the Angry Red Welts. It's yours if you want it. I'll fully understand if you don't.
posted by pdb at 7:15 AM on August 8, 2006

Thunk Tank
posted by poppo at 7:18 AM on August 8, 2006

I've always been a fan of "Sandy Duncan's Glass Eye"
posted by Lucinda at 7:19 AM on August 8, 2006

Landis' Syringe

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

Don't Quiz on the Electric Fence.
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

"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

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

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

Dave is Gay
posted by parmanparman at 7:58 AM on August 8, 2006

First Degree Nerder
posted by kimdog at 8:10 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

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

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]

Give Us The Beer Dammit.
posted by casarkos at 9:21 AM on August 8, 2006

Bondar III: We Endorse Bondage
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]

screaming bluebirds of death
posted by mdpc98 at 10:16 AM on August 8, 2006

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

Flattop Tony and the Purple Canoes
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

[Name of MC] is God.
posted by winston at 11:52 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.

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

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

"The Muffled Whumps"
"Come Here And We'll Show You"
posted by tomble at 4:19 PM on August 8, 2006