Spencer's Sporcle Trivia Nights

30/10/2024

The weather is amazing, the night is going to be fantastic at Ignite Brewing Company (Barberton)

I fully expect to be set up outside (there will be a tv inside as well) Come on out and pregame Halloween!

I'll see you at 7!

The three main ingredients for Clams Casino are clams, breadcrumbs, and bacon.

I would argue you should never forget the shallots, as well, but people think it's not Clams Casino without Breadcrumbs and Bacon

Today's picture is a yellow chrysanthemum from a couple Octobers ago

See you tonight!

29/10/2024

On Tap Medina!

There is trivia this week!

I can't wait to see you all tonight at 6:30!

There will be no trivia next week, so come on out and get your fill tonight. Since it will be 2 long weeks before you see me again at On Tap.

To be exact, I suppose it will be one long week and one regular sized week. (Since Sunday is the longest day of the year according to clocks)

I'll see you tonight and remember Avogadro's Number you don't need to know what Avogadro's Number (or Avogadro's Constant) is, but if you know that it is something, then I have a question for you!

Here's another eagle from my travels:

28/10/2024

Hey out there, Brunswick!

Just under two hours until trivia tonight at 7 at Ignite - Brunswick!

After this, the show will move to Thursdays, so come on out and help me pack. (Not really).

Just come out, to get through the ten long days of Brunswick Trivia drought!

I'll see you tonight where we will chat about 2024 ESPY comeback award winner Simone Biles and almost twenty other things!

I'll see you tonight!

Today's picture is a lighthouse lens

24/10/2024

Houston Pub!!!

Tonight we celebrate!!

Trivia at Houston Pub will continue, but my time hosting at Houston Pub comes to an end tonight!

I have been blessed to host here since December 15, 2022 and it has been a fantastic 2 years. For day job reasons and personal life reasons, I need to change my trivia schedule.

So, tonight, we celebrate!!!

Since I won't be there on Halloween itself, tonight there will be bonus points for Halloween themed clothes and costumes!

So, come on out, raise a glass or two, enjoy some spectacular Houston Pub food, and let's have a wonderful send-off.

There will be a coverage host next week on Halloween, and your new regular host, Lizzie, will start November 7. You get to have more celebrations then!

See you tonight at 7:30!!!

Today's picture is a goat from Zion

23/10/2024

Barberton!!!!

Ignite Brewing Company is ready for some trivia tonight!

A couple teams let me know a couple weeks ago that they would have preferred the patio when the forecast said it would drop into the high 40s, so I will be ready for one tonight with a forecast in the 60s and high 50s..

If I arrive and all the people say, "Tonight, we all want to be inside" I get that, but I'll be ready tonight.

If anyone wants to take a minute and remind themselves of the very witchy movie "The Craft" starring Neve Campbell and more, I totally understand, but just make sure you're at Ignite by 7

See you tonight!

Here's the night sky from Banff with some fast moving clouds:

22/10/2024

On Tap Medina!!

Join me tonight for some sunset trivia! That is trivia that starts about sunset, not trivia about sunsets. I'll start at around 6:30ish tonight and I can't wait.

Also, speaking of the Nazca Lines, they're in Peru.

I wasn't speaking of the Nazca Lines and you knew they were in Peru? Well, that's weird that I brought it up then

Here's a Sunset picture

21/10/2024

Hey out there!

After that weekend in Cleveland sports, let's play some trivia and drink some beer!

Ignite Brewing Company - Brunswick, I've got some fantastic trivia for you starting at 7!

I'll be over there, drinking some Scarlet and asking some questions.

I know that I don't have to tell you that a "Domestique" is a cyclist who races in a support role on a cycling team, but I have done so, anyway.

Some big news upcoming: trivia nights at Ignite Brewing Company - Brunswick will be changing to Thursday Nights starting November 7! I'll still be hosting, but on Thursdays

Oh! Here's a picture from Riding Mountain NP from last year's trip

17/10/2024

Hey there Houston Pub!

I've got trivia tonight at 7:30!

The Guards game starts at 5:08, so I'll be aware of that as I start, but whatever happens, we've got two great games of trivia tonight!

There will be a host change in 2 weeks. This is my second-to-last week at Houston Pub. I have to rearrange and lessen my trivia schedule and that means a new host will take over this show starting on Halloween.

But that's not a today problem: Today I'll be out there to give away a bunch of fantastic Houston Pub gift cards and rooting on the Guards.

And the University of Cincinnati Bearcats mascot is a Binturong, which is neither a bear nor a cat, but is still somehow a Bearcat.

And since it came up, here is a picture of a bear I took a few years ago in Grand Tetons

16/10/2024

Barberton just can't wait!

I've got fantastic trivia tonight at 7 at Ignite Brewing Company!

There is no important baseball tonight, so come on out, relax, and play some trivia.

I was told last night that I should still post pictures to my account, so I will.

And the first African Country to elect a women leader was Liberia

See you tonight, enjoy my picture of a pelican, he was flying over the Mississippi when I caught this picture.

15/10/2024

Trivia at On Tap Medina tonight at 6:30

There will be TVs with the ALCS game (which starts until 7:38). So you can root for the Cleveland as loudly as you need to while playing some trivia. If you need to you can sit politely and want good things to happen for the Yankees ;-) also while playing trivia.

I can't wait to see you tonight!

Not that you would forget, but don't forget Lucy Ricardo's maiden name on "I Love Lucy" was McGillicuddy.

See you tonight!

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14/10/2024

I just checked the whole world and it turns out the best place to watch the Guards in the the ALCS tonight is Ignite Brewing Company - Brunswick!

There's Ignite beer (Including Scarlet -my favorite - again )

There's great food.

And there's trivia to help you through the anticipation until first pitch (*trivia starts at 7) and then through the commercials and posing after that. I promise when exciting at-bats come up, I'll be aware.

So come out with your team and watch our team while competing against other teams.

And, Kansas, the free answer tonight is Kansas

And here are a couple pictures of the comet visible in the early night sky this week (pictures are from Saturday). The colors on the tail are because of the sunset, not the tail itself

10/10/2024

Hey there, Houston Pub!!!

I'm back!!

Spencer returns to to Houston Pub for trivia at 7:30

Where's the best place to watch the Guards play and enjoy some Sporcle trivia? Houston Pub

The great food, great beer and endlessly entertaining trivia host make this a spectacular night to be there!

Remember: Fernando Valenzuela played his first 11 seasons with the Dodgers!

Here's a vacation picture from my trip home through Yellowstone

09/10/2024

Ignite Brewing Company (Barberton)

SPENCER is back!

As I said Monday, the best way to cool off after a Guardians playoff game is with Ignite beer and some Sporcle trivia with Spencer. It was true then, and it's true today.

I'll see you at 7 with a Scarlet (welcome back to my favorite Ignite brew) and a bunch of questions.

Don't forget the Chupacabra is a monster of Puerto Rico

Here is my current favorite picture from vacation

08/10/2024

Spencer Returns Tonight!

I'll see you in an hour for a spectacular night of trivia at On Tap Medina! However awesome your hosts were the last couple weeks, you're stuck with me again! See you at 6:30

El Museo del Barrio is in New York City.

Here's a picture from vacation

07/10/2024

I AM BACK!!!!

I'm watching the Guards now, but I'll be at Ignite Brewing Company - Brunswick tonight for trivia at 7!

The perfect way to relax after watching Cleveland take on the best pitcher in the AL this year is with Ignite Beer and Sporcle trivia (that's just a fact).

Here's another fact: Jenna Ortega played the Veep's daughter in Iron Man 3, and was the motivation behind the VP trying to end civilization.

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03/10/2024

I was caught without a connection yesterday but I have one today! Houston Pub, the answer you're looking for today is public health.

Here's a picture from Glacier

30/09/2024

Oops, Ignite Brewing Company - Brunswick, you should actually remember today that Sofia Vergara makes perfume.

I can only blame vacation brain.

30/09/2024

Hey there, On Tap Medina The second and last week of vacation begins today and speaking of vacations remember Lorena Ochoa who dominated the LPGA for 8 years before retiring early while ranked world #1 and returned to her native Mexico to hang with her kids and lead her charity.

See you next week!

26/09/2024

Sorry, Houston Pub

There's no way I can think of a
of any trivia questions on the face of such an amazing display of aurora. I can think of one answer: California, Texas, and Florida

25/09/2024

Today, Ignite Brewing Company (Barberton) I woke up with a burning need to tell you something but I ended up with Cheech and Chong's "Born in East LA" in my head and can't think of it.

Oh well, enjoy this pictures of Geese at dawn over Lake Superior

24/09/2024

Hey there, On Tap Medina!

I am out here in Pukaskwa National Park, taking a breather, enjoy the show and remember that Mario Molina won the Nobel Prize in 1995 for studies on Ozone.

23/09/2024

Hey out there, Ignite Brewing Company - Brunswick. I am just not going to be able to sleep without letting you know that The band Aventura is also known by the initials “K.O.B.,” which stand for “Kings of Bachata” Bachata, you'll remember, is a musical genre created in the DR.

19/09/2024

My to do list for the day:

Pack for Vacation: Done-ish
Create a fantastic playlist for trivia: Done
Doll myself up for Houston Pub: Done
Smile inwardly at myself and think contentedly about what a wonderful life I have: Done
Look up a recipe for Tres Leche Cake and realize I don't have 2 of the three kinds of milk necessary to bake one: Done
Instead, I'll drink some gin.

See you tonight at 7:30!

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18/09/2024

It's Wednesday!

What do we like to do on Wednesday?

Hang with Friends?

Enjoy the evening air on a spectacular patio with delicious Food?

BEER?

Smooth, delicious, award-winning beer?

Showing off how very smart you are?

Pondering the beauty and meaning of Diego Rivera's expansive frescoes The Detroit Industry Murals?

Than I have the perfect place for you tonight!

It's Barberton and Ignite Brewing Company!

Come on by at 7 for trivia and we'll discuss Diego Rivera's murals and several other topics over some beer and I'll pass out a bunch of free beer to the winners

See you tonight!

The weather is PERFECT!

17/09/2024

Every Tuesday!

That's one of the best parts of trivia at On Tap Medina!

After 2 long days of work, people want something simple and fun. Somewhere to go and spend a couple fantastic hours enjoying a fantastic burger, a great drink or two, and of course trivia!

No one wants to have to come up with the questions on Tuesdays. So, I have done that work for you tonight.

I've got questions and if you wait just a couple minutes: I have answers. You might know those answers, you might not, but at the end of the night, you will know the answers. It is that sort of calm assured pattern that makes for a great night.

It's just this easy:

"Finish this book title by Erika Sánchez: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican _____"

Discuss, chat, ponder, order a drink

Then, answer

"Daughter"

And get points!

A spectacular time is had by all, you get points, I get to mark things as correct. It's a great night!

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