Seeking the ultimate pub quiz team

I used to belong to a pub quiz team that was legendary beyond a doubt. A few of the elite members of Team Burger King that have been mentioned in previous blogs included Monster, The Viking, Madcap Menno and TDO. Unfortunately that team is no longer, mostly because the LMG Pub Quiz was abandoned and we had nowhere to go and partly because some of the team members became “grown ups” (gasp!)  and had better things to do than go to a beer-fuelled night of answering questions and shouting profanities at other teams. (Needless to say Monster and I were not one of those – we will never grow up.)

Sigh, I do miss those nights…

But there is hope. I have been informed of a new pub quiz, called CityMusicQuiz that is starting at Gourmet Boerie on Monday nights. There’s some comedian involved called Rhys Woods who is on 5FM and 2OceansVibe Radio. That means the small problem here is that this event could potentially be filled with nasty little hipsters, who are threatening to take over every watering hole in our city. But, that said, I am intrigued to see what a quiz night involving a comedian, a bunch of hipsters and gourmet boerewors rolls would be like.  So I want to go and check it out. If only to eat boerie rolls, make a noise, drink beer, have a shot of tequila and scare hipsters. But to do this, I need a team. And not just any team… a legendary Tarty team! Seeing as it is a CityMusicQuiz, I am going with Top of the Tarts and Monster reckons it should be called Tart Toppers (he’s quite good at coming up with clever names).  But that’s up for discussion. It also needs to be a team of women. Because whilst we know that men can be sluts, they don’t make very good tarts (unless they are gay of course).

So I am searching for women (preferably tarty ones) to form a legendary pub quiz team that will go out once a month on a Monday (every week would just punish our wallets and our livers) and have some fun.. It will be the ultimate girls’ night out. Beer, wine, comedy and well, a sausage fest. Heck, we may even win prizes. But before you quickly wave your hand in the air going, “Me, me! Pick me!”, there are certain qualities you need to possess to be part of this team…

1. Be available once a month on a Monday (most likely the one after payday). No babysitting cancellations, no husband or boyfriend dramas and no period excuses. If you can’t make it you will be expected to find someone to take your place and you will be made to buy everyone a beer at the next quiz.
2. Have some general knowledge. Geographical and historical knowledge is a huge plus. 
3. Music knowledge goes without saying. It’s called CityMusicQuiz so they are likely to focus on music. I know bugger all about music (although I now know how to spell bass guitar) so I expect my team mates to answer all these questions.
4. Failing all of the above, you need to be entertaining or good at going to the bar and getting drinks. Or both.  I was in Team Burger King purely to keep everyone entertained, but now I will be heading up a team of tarts so I need to keep everyone safe from the clutches of hipsters and any other unsavoury characters. Plus make sure none of the hipster teams are cheating.
5. Be able to drink at least one shot of tequila. You are in a team with the Tequila Tart. Enough said.

And that’s it really. If we find the sausage isn’t up to our standards and we are running out of hipsters to crucify, we can always go to the pub quiz at Oblivion  on Monday nights (Mondays are the new Fridays) where we can swig wine while swinging on the pole. Either way, it’s going to be legendary.

So who’s in?