Ye Wilde Century Quiz - almost there

Only 4 more (hopefully less hot) nights and then we'll party like it's cool. And it will be. In every sense of the word.
Our little flock is getting bigger and confirmations and reservations are coming in by the ton. Currently we have 4 tables left for the big Barbecue Century Silly Games event that goes by Ye Wilde Quiz #100.
Those who already have their table, remember the following:

• We start at (or around) 7 pm so that we can get a spot of barbecueing done, without queuing and stressing. The door to the back bar will be closed as usual (just to keep unwanted strangers and moochers out) but if you're part of the party - DO ENTER without waiting and proceed to the BBQ area in the yard (or your table). Just make sure you close the door behind you.
• IF you want to put the heat to some meat, do bring whatever you want to devour that night. Hobby chefs who want to rustle up a salad or special sauce or dessert, feel free to bring anything you've always wanted to test - in your kitchen, on your team or neighbours. If you make enough to share, brownie points for future quizzes are guaranteed. 
• Remember that one round will be made up of YOUR questions. Each team has until Monday 9pm to send 5 questions (topics are entirely your choice, I reserve the right to discard any quantum mechanics, water polo rules, or Irish boy band questions etc. ;)) to the usual email address or as message through facebook. Don't forget to include the correct answers ;). We will pick at least 1 question per team, the asking team will have to answer pro forma but will, of course (?), have that point as a freebie (make sure you brief your team members :P). UPDATE: thanks a lot to DAQ, Cannonballs (nicely 100-themed ;)), Graces, both Feid Clubs and Gehirnzellenmassaker for the lovely questions, we have enough for 2 rounds now. Those who didn't send any - you'll have to rely on your luck and/or knowledge :D
• There will be one round with 'best of' questions picked (randomly ?) from the last 100 quizzes. Mixed bag of nuts. Let's see if/what you remember :D
• We will have a music round and a picture round, not sure yet what topic for the former, but the latter will be a mix of old and new.
• Games rounds will include pitchers and paper planes, and maybe balloon animals if I get round to buying, and blowing up, balloons. UPDATE: Houston, we have balloons :D (we will also have instructions ;))
• Anyone who feels compelled to bring a camera, please do. I have only 1 battery for mine and will most likely not have the time to take pics all night. 

So much for those who are already (im)patiently waiting for Thursday. It's gonna be fun!

Those who don't have a table but want in on the fun - PHONE OSCAR WILDE. Emails/text messages/tweets/facebook messages will NOT be accepted.
Likewise, if you realise (at any time between now and Thursday afternoon) that you can't make it, please phone Oscar's to cancel and thus vacate your table. We always have strays or last minute bookings.

Any more updates/discussions in the fb group. Find us, join us.

Massacred Brain Cells, Mixed Purple Olsons & M-Bands

Apologies for the tardiness in putting up results & pics & stuff (it takes less time to chuck it all in the FB group).. heat is partially to blame.
Another fun night with what looks like 2 potential new regular(ish) teams... welcome to Gehirnzellenmassaker (und ja, ihr könnt euren Namen bei zukünftigen Auftritten ändern ;)), welcome back to Oreos & Olsons (wor canny Scandinavians on their annual Berlin/WQ visit).
And - with a tear in our collective eyes - we wave goodbye to Charlie's Angels who, by now, might be back in Ireland. We are going to miss you, the quiz nights will be sooo quiet from now on (just kidding ;)) and we will welcome you back any time you descend upon Berlin :D
Yogi'winners' Gehirnzellenmassaker will join us not only for Ye Wilde Century Quiz but also for WQ#101. You have until Sunday 4 August to send me your 3 topics. If you don't know how, do ask on Thursday. Here are a few pics (the rest on facebook) and the current Champions League table. Looks as if DAQ are on the way to their second title, eh?

Ye Wilde Century Quiz - preparations I

Nothing more to say for the moment about food issues (Do you have any? Issues, that is, not food).. BUT rounds & games want preparing too.
As befits a 'potluck' BBQ & party, we will have a 'potluck' round, or consider it 'Secret Santa in Summer'. Each team can send in 5 questions (with matching correct answers) which will then be drawn from a hat and presented to their fellow quizzers. The asking team doesn't have to answer and gets a point for 'Zuarbeit', the others have to answer the questions. 8 teams = 8 questions. 14 teams = 14 questions. (The WQ#100 rounds will not all have the same length, some might be 'speed' rounds, some might be handouts for the whole night, we might have games & creativity rounds.. just saying)
If you pick the most difficult or outlandish ones you can think of, be prepared for your friendly neighbours to do the same. But bear in mind that the idea of the WQ#100 is not to piss off fellow quizzers but to have fun. Just saying ;)
Do send me your lists with questions (of course NOT irrelevant and totally simple stuff like quantum physics, the intricacies of Inuktitut grammar, or the contents of Mariah Carey's closet) by mail to the usual address, by Sunday 9pm at the very latest. If we don't get enough questions ALL have to answer mine ;). Just saying :D

More on plans & organsational details up here as soon as they take shape.

WQ#100 - The Century Barbecue & Puzzles Party

For those who have not been keeping tabs on Ye Wilde Quiz, a ton of WQs or Ye Wilde Century Quiz (aka WQ#100) is almost upon us.
We'll celebrate 100 Wilde Quizzes on Thursday 1 August, starting at the unusual time of 7pm or even a bit earlier. There will be a barbecue before and during the usual party quiz rounds and games. Unlike the rest of the summer, reservations for this special quiz are absolutely needed, if only for organisational reasons. To date we have 6 tables left, maybe 7 if Cannonballs are out. Phone Oscar Wilde if you want in, NO emails or SMS.
The BBQ is going to be BYO - bring as much or as little as your team wants to throw on the grill (sausages, steak, veggies, small cows...) - makes it easier for you and for us to plan, avoiding leftovers or shortages, and you can be sure that you get exactly what you want. If you want to rustle up a salad or desserts for your team and your neighbours - sharing is caring.
As mentioned above, we will have games rounds, and the question/music rounds might be more but shorter, making sure everyone gets the chance to win a round of shots. I'll be figuring out the rest in the next 2 weeks, ideas or wishes welcome. Discuss this in the FB group.
First though WQ#99 is coming up on Thursday 25 July and I can promise it will be fun. Especially since it will be Charlie's Angels' last week :)

Horst Hindenburg & hilarious holders for onions

Another highly fun night, so much so that newbies The Oreos spontaneously decided to try their luck again next week, having already chosen a wonderful Yogi topic.
Quiet Angels (was that Mum's influence?) and lovely Liverpool visitors who in turn adopted a knowledgeable guest from India who otherwise might have helped the Graces to a few more points...Maybe we'll have strays again next week.
Victory of the night went to DAQ who extended their lead over ??? but noch ist Polen nicht verloren, we still have 4 weeks to play.
Below a handful of pics, and the table for CLS8.

Predictions of the week (when will THE baby be born, what gender will it have, and what name) - The Oreos got at least the BOY part right so far and will start with 1 point on Thursday. Should HE be named James, they'll get another point :D

WQ#97 Prediction of the Week

Remember remember.. prediction of the week. Teams who take part in tomorrow's mystery mayhem can start with 2 points if they predict who will win tomorrow's stage of the Tour de France and who will wear the yellow jersey at the end of the day.
You have until Thursday 10am. Mail or FB or comment here.

Summer Nights and Ye Wilde Century Quiz

Book for next week(s) and the heads-up for August.

On Thursday 1 August we will celebrate A Century of Wilde Quizzes (that is, in the new era). Yep, we're getting close to the big round 100 (if you count the irregular special nights we've already passed a ton). There will be special treats, and games, and mayhem and general party but we will also have a few questions and puzzles for you. And. of course, drinks, nuts, and other goodies.
Ye Wilde Century Quiz (aka WQ#100) is not part of Champions League Season 8 and you have to explicitly book your table (in time, if you want a good one) because - like the scouts - we want to be prepared. Apart from 'The Big 4' who are seeded, only Lord Pinky, The Pinkies & Dr. Brain are in the book. The sooner you reserve, the better a table you get.
I know it's holiday season but for a number of reasons we will not move it into September till peops are back from foreign lands or feel like gracing us with their presence because the weather sucks. If you miss it you'll have to wait and see if we can make 150.
Unlike the current summer quizzes, reservations for WQ#100 have to be made through Oscar Wilde. Best phone (030/2828166), not sure where emails go ;)

If you have any suggestions for rounds or features we should include in Ye Wilde Century Quiz - mail or facebook.

Full house, French cuisine & framboise vodka shots

First things first, thanks to all teams old and new who made it a full house on a warm summer night (well, almost full but it felt like a sell-out.. partly due to BIG teams and a noise level we need to work on.. reducing ;))
It was immense fun, or so I've been assured, and it was nice to see that newbies played well with the alten Hasen. Special thanks to Graces for once more showing that hospitality is our middle name and adopting (semi-regular) strays and to Charlie's Angels for the wonderful illustrations of this week's rounds. I'm already looking forward to next week's artwork.
Jimmy Kelly's Strawberry Limeys were a big success and shall make a return next week. That is, if I get to buy some strawberries and prepare the concoction. Maybe we'll even have enough for a consolation round or two for those teams unfortunate not to win a round ;)
Yogi topic for WQ#97 has already been chosen by Charlie's Angels and I shall attempt to do some research  that makes it possible for the other teams to answer a question or two.
Points on the night:
Die ???*** 92
DAQ* 90
LN & Les Golfeurs 84
Les Frenchies 72
Amazing Graces* 71
John Tucker Must Die 68,5
Struwwelpeter 51
Charlie's Angels 50,5

Below a handful of pics (the rest on facebook), and the CL table. As well as the aforementioned artwork.
Graces* & DAQ* can start working on their Streichergebnisse, ???*** need one more game to catch up, Cannonballs* need two. It's half-time in WQCLS8 and from now on it's getting spannend.

And, before I forget, Prediction of the Week.
The teams who intend to attend on Thursday can get 2 points to start with if they predict, by Thursday 10am, who will win the Tour de France Stage 12 from Fougère à Tours, and who will take le maillot jaune (or the yellow jersey) on Thursday afternoon. Predictions to be sent, as usual, by mail or comment here or on fb.
Thanks again for a fun night et à la prochaine :D

Get REDdy for WQ #96

Things are taking shape. And taste.
Tomorrow's round winners don't just get ordinary vodka shots but super special summer homemade (by La MerryKwizMiz höchstselbst) strawberry limeys (fresh strawberries, grenadine, fresh lime juice and OF COURSE vodka - Jimmy Kelly's original recipe). Nicely chilled between now and 8pm tomorrow.
You don't want to miss them.
Or the quiz. With a AmeriCanada round, 80s hits music round and LOADS of canny new puzzles in the picture round. (Have I got mystery objects for you ;))

We still have a few tables so pop in at 8pm (or before) and join the international crowd for a night of multi-kulti mayhem. (we even have 3 versions of Total Eclipse of the Heart for the post-quiz Karaoke ;))