Sunday, June 01, 2008

Trivia Weekly Winners

While we all know PG won the Monthly game...Today I see a couple new players and some returning players back in the game. It's a clean Slate so everyone try and play as many days as possible...I see we have some Vacationers actually playing from Disney World...Awesome!!

Well back to the business of naming the Weekly Winner as I had to work this morning I did not have time to tabulate the results..And they are interesting.

Congrats to....

KATHLOCK !!

While she tried her best to catch PG at the end for the monthly win...he just didn't let up. PG was a close second but it was a crazy week where as you can see from the results below::

Player Weekly Pts Overall Standing
1.kathlock 120 2
2.PG 119 1
3.Tom 93 3
4.Dawtch 80 2
4.Bunny 80 4
5.thewino 67 21

There were actually 6 in the top 5 as there was a tie for 4th place between Dawtch and Bunny

Of course "Your Trivia Host" made an appearance winning his first game of the month on the last day and getting 3rd place for both the week and the month!!

Probably the biggest move was made "thewino" really getting serious in the last week of the month and coming out of 21st place overall to make the top 5...Nice Job Wino!!

thewino proves to us all that no matter where you are in the standings you can come out a winner in any given week..

Hey ! We need a picture of thewino!! And of course keep looking for updates to the Player Picture Series..It just keeps growing!!

Good Luck All and tell your friends to play...the more that play the more points you can earn when you get the win!!

Congrats PG !! Manny 500!!

CONGRATS PG from Annoyingly Boring...

Weekly Winners will be announced later as I'll be painting all day !!

Check and see if you made it in the Hall Of Fame!!

Someone who is guaranteed to go into the HALL OF FAME is Red Sox Outfielder Manny Aristides Ramirez who hit his 500th Home Run last night in Baltimore...Only 24 other Major League Baseball Players ever done it

CONGRATS MANNY!!

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Trivia Player Picture Series "Marvella Redbush"

Marvella Redbush
Has a flair for the Dramatic
Is a Radioshow Sidekick
Has the silliest Screen Name in Trivia Challenge


I actually spoke with Marvella the other day after receiving the picture above. I call him Marv, he tells me he will try to play every day and make a serious effort to compete this June..


Bring it on Marv, Bring it on!!


IN Sports NEWS:

The Boston Celtics are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1987 and the Larry Bird era.

HOOOORAH !!

Now if the NBA can just get their referees to call the right calls.. I almost fell out of my chair last night when Paul Pierce hit a 3 pt shot and was run into as he was shooting and He was called for a foul !!

WTF???

I guess the Celtics took it personally because they went on to erase a 10 point lead by Detroit and win the game!!

Awesome !!

Celtics and Lakers in the NBA Finals......That's Basketball's equivalent of the Red Sox vs Yankee rivalry in Baseball.

Speaking of the Red Sox they beat Baltimore last night in 13 Innings...Manny Ramirez is still looking for his 500th homerun but he ran like a rabbit last night in the 13th and scored what would prove to be the winning run.

YES, Boston woke up happy today!!

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Weekly Winner, Trivia Update and Celtics Win

We have a 1st Time winner today and she came on strong winning the past 2 days of competition.

Congratulations go out to :

MOMZY


Great Job Momzy !!

Here is the breakdown for the top 5 for last week:


Player Weekly Pts Overall Standing
1.momzy 122 11
2.dawtch 93 3
3.PG 79 1
4.kathlock 76 2
5.Tom 69 4


Of course the big move for Momzy came over the last 2 days of the week with 2 consecutive wins..Dawtch has continued her strong play and there's a real battle going on between Kathlock and PG. Tom managed to squeak in there too..I'm giving myself a pat on the back.

The weeks quizzes were not all that easy, Science and Religion posed some real problems for people. I saw the comments on the Trivia Page so I asked for a vote for this weeks categories and while there were not too many voters out there we did get enough to make it official.

This weeks category will be Fun Trivia Mix...All Week... Every Day !

This week will reveal not only the Weekly winner which I track, but the Monthly winner will also be Highlighted.

The question is will it be PG or Kathlock ???

THE BOSTON CELTICS

I wonder if the announcer with one name "MASON" regrets the way he introduced the Boston Celtics in Detroit last night.

He started by telling the partisan crowd that he was about to introduce " Some of the greatest athletes in the world" and the crowd cheered, then he said "But first let me introduce the starting lineup for the Boston Celtics!!"

OUCH, that was a bit of a snub!

So the apparent not so great Celtics Players took the floor and subsequently took the game with a commanding performance , winning by 14 points, 94-80

Great Job Celtics

Friday, May 23, 2008

STROKE: Remember the 1st Three Letters.... S.T.R.

I really dislike emails that ask me to send them on to 10 more people, but in this case my sister sent me this email which explains how to identify the symptoms of a stroke. it's worth the read and could save a life...Please take a minute to read it.


During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call
paramedics) ....she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening

Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die.... they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this...

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke... totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR. Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S * Ask the individual to SMILE.
T * Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) ( i.e. It is sunny out today)
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 999/911 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue..If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other , that is also an indication of a stroke.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Tom's Trivia Picture Series..The 1st Nude!!

At the Tender age of 6 Weeks



The IQ

Likes the Science Quizzes
Loves those Southern Calif. Beaches
Thinking about being a Nudist


IQ emailed me..He's psyched about today's test and wants me to post Science and Technology quizzes every day, Not gonna happen..


Good luck today on the Quiz

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Those Boston Teams!!



Less than 48 hours after beating Queen James and the Cleveland Cavaliers..The Boston Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons 88-79 in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Scoring was led by Kevin Garnett , 26 points.

Paul Pierce threw in some beautiful fall away shots and had 22 points.

Rajon Rondo had 5 steals and 7 assists to go along with 11 points

Kendrick Perkins had 10 rebounds and really helped to control the boards.

We are still waiting to see Ray Allen step up ( 9pts) but I saw glimmers of the old Ray in this game.




The Boston Red Sox followed up the remarkable No Hit performance by John Lester , a cancer survivor, on Monday. With another fine pitching performance by rookie Justin Masterson who notched his first win in the Majors.

For Jason Varitek's it was his 4th No Hitter as catcher and it should put him in the record books and maybe even the Hall of Fame.

The last 2 No Hitters pitched in the Majors were pitched by Red Sox Pitchers!!

Tonight the Red Sox faithful will get their first look at Bartolo Colon on the mound, the 35 year old pitcher will start against the Kansas City Royals tonight in Boston.

Monday, May 19, 2008

Trivia Player Picture Series, here's DAWTCH !!



DAWTCH


Hailing from Indiana and a new player this month it looks like Dawtch has got good control of the mouse today completing Monday's test at Tom Trivia Challenge in only 36 Seconds!! It must be Witchcraft!!

She sent me the picture above and also a link to her blog. The Life And Times

Great to have you in Tom's Trivia Challenge Dawtch...Tell your friends to come and play..!!