We do it so you don't have to!

The Vocabulary Shenanigans team made a field trip up to Nanny O'Briens in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, DC earlier this week for one reason: PUB QUIZ.

It seems that Irish bars do it best, so we wanted to put Nanny to the test and here's our report to our dear readers.

Cathy_Thighs thought the big night started at 8 p.m. but rather the fun didn't start until after 8:30. The quizmaster was trying out a new format so there were a few kinks to work out. It made us wonder what the old format was...the new format wasn't anything too revolutionary, but hey! what do we know?!

We came up with pretty unique name, The Team in the Back (or "book", as Cathy_Thighs wrote it) With the Guy in a Jersey. There were a few other great names but nothing as awesome as SOME of us wanted, but we'll save that awesome name for our next night o' trivia.

Our team came in third, winning nothing, but surprised us all with the # of points we actually got. The winning team, Three Guys and a Beer, got a $50 bar tab.

Pros:
-location is pretty awesome and convenient to those metroing
-dive irish bar
-strong drinks
-decent french fries
-several rounds of trivia with varying point values
-rounds included assisinations, sports, music, geography. There wasn't any multi-media questions (pictures, video clips, song clips, etc) but the questions were projected on a screen so it made following along super easy.

Locals are abound at Nanny O'Briens, trivia night or not and it's often hard as a non-local to feel comfortable. Locals, welcome new people to your bar. You should take it a compliment that we want to follow in your footsteps.

Each week we hope to bring you a review of some other DC-NoVA-MD trivia nights. Our goal is to find the perfect combination of quality questions, smart-ass quiz master that can handle a crowd, cheap and/or strong drinks, yummy snack food, good atmosphere and a respect for the Holler Bread.