Back from a short break...

We are back in action this Thursday night, 2/22, after a week off.

This week will be your last chance to submit your Oscar Ballot for our Oscar Pool, too. Each team is eligible to fill out their very own Oscar Ballot. After the winners are announced this Sunday, we'll see who got the most picks correct. The winner will receive lots of prizes, including some nice shwag from Scarecrow Video, tickets to see the Thunderbirds, 50 points in the league, and their very own Oscar trophy!

Also this week: New and Improved audio and video! That's right, no more cramming into the main room so you can see the big screen, and hear the audio questions. We have worked with Jillian's to tap into their video system, and will be (finger's crossed!) on all the screens, including the bar. The audio will be tapped into the soud system as well. So you can choose seating with ease!

And of course, this week's hint for the Bonus Round question:

ASPC Oscar Pool Announced!

We love the Oscars. We don't just love the Oscars, we love the ceremony, the drama surrounding the event, the anticipation of who will win... and sometimes better yet.... who will lose.

We are proud to announce that this year, All-Star Pop Culture has put together an "Oscar Pool". That's right, each and every team that comes out and plays in our quiz is elligible to fill out their very own Oscar Ballot. Picking from the nominees who you think will win each award, we'll take the team with the most correct picks and shower them with prizes!

The categories you will be picking winners in are:

Best Actor (leading role)
Best Actor (supporting role)
Best Actress (leading role)
Best Actress (supporting role)
Best Animated Feature
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Director
Best Picture
Best Screenplay (adapted)
Best Screenplay (original)
Best Original Score
Best Song

The prizes being awarded to the winning team:

- 50 points in this season of ASPC
- 5 free rentals per team member at Scarecrow Video
- 1 Scarecrow Movie Guide for each team member
- 1 Scarecrow Video T-shirt for each team member
- The coveted Oscar Trophy!

More prizes will be added as time goes on, so check back!

Ballots can be filled out when you come to play in the quiz, and must be turned in no later than 2/22. The winners will be announced on 2/25, and we'll announce our Oscar Pool winning team at the beginning of the quiz on 3/1.

Hint for Week 3

Bonus Round questions are valued by each team (like Final Jeopardy). Value cannot exceed 20 points, and will result in negative points should your team answer incorrectly.

Week 3 Hint:

20 Teams!

In only our second week out of the gate, attendance at All-Star Pop Culture blew even our expectations with 20 TEAMS showing up last night.

Fighting their way to the top of the night were new-comers Marsha, Marsha, Marsha, tied with returning team The Mogs with 71 points. But 42 remains at the top of the overall standings for the season.

One note about last night's quiz... It was brought to our attention that the answer for the Half-time Multiple Choice question, BoyzUp, is infact a real boy band (actually it's "Boys Up"). While we can tell you that this name was made up by the ASPC quiz team, we find it very strange that this name exists. As a result, we have removed all points earned for that question (since there actually was no correct answer). Rest assured, this did not change the night's winners or the payout of the prize pool.

Next week, Feb. 8th, we are back to our regularly scheduled time slot: 7:00 p.m. at Jillian's.

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UPDATE: After much deliberation and counsel at ASPC Main Offices, the dispute that was lodged regarding the Half-time question has been reversed. The question was stated: "Pick the name that was NOT a Boy Band". The intended correct choice, BoysUp, turned out to be a real group, but a fabricated "mock" group. While they received some press, and put out a controvercial video (with resulting documentary), they never released a CD. ASPC waxed and waned on what, exactly makes a Boy Band a "Boy Band". We settled on the fact that a Boy Band must have some sort of music for sale at some point in their career, and therefore we overruled the previous dispute. All scores are corrected.