How are you at Pop Culture trivia?

Wesley · Post by **Wesley** » November 13th, 2006, 2:06 pm

OK Austin, get ready...VH1's Pop culture trivia game show is coming our way February 9-11.

http://www.vh1.com/shows/casting_call/a ... ?id=881895

DO YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD'VE WIPED THE FLOOR WITH LAST SEASON'S COMPETITION TO TAKE HOME THE $250,000 GRAND PRIZE? THEN PUT DOWN THE REMOTE, GET OFF THAT COUCH, & FORM YOUR OWN TEAM OF 3 & PROVE IT!

The World Series of Pop Culture
tournament, which will be taped to air on VH1 Summer 2007, will take place
March 22nd - 24th in NYC.

Casting Calls followed by Regional Qualifying Games will be held
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY!
New York City: January 19th - 21st
Los Angeles: January 26th - 28th
Chicago: February 2nd - 4th
Austin: February 9th - 11th
Orlando: February 16th - 18th

In each city, Casting Calls will be held on Friday & Saturday. Select teams will be called back by Producers to play in a Regional Qualifying Game on Sunday. Callbacks to play in Sunday's Regional Qualifier Game will come on Saturday night. Your team MUST be available for the entire weekend in your selected city to be considered.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » November 13th, 2006, 2:10 pm

It's rare that I see any reality tv/game show casting that I would seriously consider...but,

I would love to be on a team with two other pop culture trivia rock stars.
I know I can compete with the best of them

Mac Antigua did this last year and made it to the TV show.
Some other friends from ChicagO Comedy Sportz were there too and made it inot the second round on the tv show.
plus, the host of the show is really good and awesome.(altlough i don't know him)

Anyone want to train for this and do this for realsies?!?!

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » November 13th, 2006, 2:11 pm

Hell yes.

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » November 13th, 2006, 2:13 pm

Fuck yeah.

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » November 13th, 2006, 2:20 pm

We should have multiple teams, and try to spread out the knowldge.

Vines, Buckman and myself on a team would be a poor choice...unless they decide to make it a very special Balls-Out Metal edition of Pop Culture Trivia

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » November 13th, 2006, 2:31 pm

kbadr wrote: Vines, Buckman and myself on a team would be a poor choice...unless they decide to make it a very special Balls-Out Metal edition of Pop Culture Trivia

I think you meant Balls to the Wall - Accept - 1984

HerrHerr · Post by **HerrHerr** » November 13th, 2006, 3:05 pm

I'm better at pop culture before 1995. I'm constantly remembering the names of TV sitcom actors, random 70s and 80s music and movie stuff.

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » November 13th, 2006, 3:35 pm

2 things:

1)
I'm highly down for this. I have a catalogue of useless factoids. my specialties would be 80s R&B, Stand-up Comedy, and Austin improv history.

2)
Hooray for Austin being on such a short list with other great cities. Coincidentally, other cities with large comedy scenes. Coincidence?.....

jeremy

Dave · Post by **Dave** » November 13th, 2006, 4:21 pm

vine311 wrote:
kbadr wrote: Vines, Buckman and myself on a team would be a poor choice...unless they decide to make it a very special Balls-Out Metal edition of Pop Culture Trivia
I think you meant Balls to the Wall - Accept - 1984

I own a copied cassete of this.

Jill Morris · Post by **Jill Morris** » November 13th, 2006, 4:33 pm

I own Trivial Pursuit Pop Culture DVD. I regularly visit pinkisthenewblog.com. These are my qualifications. Pick me to be on your team. We can play Trivial Pursuit and watch old episodes of Friends and The Simpsons.

kaci_beeler · Post by **kaci_beeler** » November 13th, 2006, 5:09 pm

I'm probably more on par with Jill's kind of pop culture knowledge, though I could use a brush up.

mcnichol · Post by **mcnichol** » November 13th, 2006, 9:27 pm

i think i could do well in this, if paired with complementary trivia folks. my knowledge of pop culture ends around the mid to late 90s, but it extends far far back and admittedly rests heavily on the 60s.

also, i need that $250,000 for my new expensive lifestyle i've been saving up for. please help me be the best and most expensive me i can be.

bits aside, i want to do this.

arthursimone · Post by **arthursimone** » November 14th, 2006, 9:56 am

why not? let's send teams to represent and spend their winnings on AIC gokarts.

my proposal:::::::::::

Sometime in the next couple of weeks, anyone who's interested can gather for a game or two of trivial pursuit, strengths and weaknesses can be appraised and teams that click together will be formed. Teams can even get coaches.

You people are all so brilliant; go win money and give it to me!

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » November 14th, 2006, 9:59 am

arthursimone wrote:my proposal:::::::::::

Sometime in the next couple of weeks, anyone who's interested can gather for a game or two of trivial pursuit, strengths and weaknesses can be appraised and teams that click together will be formed. Teams can even get coaches.

Let's do it!! Weekly drinks at Opals? BarTrivia somewhere? Let's make it happen! And we'll even have fun while we do it.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » November 15th, 2006, 1:12 pm

Another really cool thing about this particular show is that in order to break a tie breaker they will give you and your opponent from theother team a subject with multiple answers and you have to go back and forth until someone cannot think of one.

For example:

Since winning Best Actor Award for Philadelphia, Tom Hanks has been in 12 movies that have grossed over $100 million. Name them.

I am so psycehd to audition for this...

We need to put our competing teams together soon.

Where? When?

Austin Improv

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