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Alisa Stewart   Queen of Quizzery
Alisa passed all the Mensa tests & could be a member of the elite group, but she'd much rather write quizzes, hang out in pubs, drink beer and give money & pitchers of beer away. Besides, Mensa meetings have got to be boring. Polly Pospisil   Quizmaster Goddess
Polly hails from the armpit of America, small town Ohio, where coincidentally the state mascot is a Buckeye, a poison nut. Polly has had many illustrious careers ranging from Waitress, sales of tours of stars homes in Nashville, to Wine Stewart and has won some prestigious Christmas party awards, one that includes a medal for "Miss Vivacious." After pursuing academic interests she landed at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio and earned her degree of Applied Sciences in Interior Design and within a year of work in her field under her belt, she had something else growing under her belt as well and that led her to a life of exile as a suburban stay at home mom. Drowning in Khaki, trips to the gap, and a life of luxury travel and time, Polly formed a new resolution for the Year of 2006 break out of suburbia before you forget why your doc martens were cool, and what Indie Rock means. If you get too serious, you could die of starch. - Cyndi Lauper Wendy Holmes   Quizmaster Extraordinaire
I lived most of my life in the Sacramento Valley of California in a little, rural community called Yuba City. I was one of those awkward teenagers who just wanted to be accepted. I met a young man who liked me and we started dating. I married my high school sweetheart and had 2 children with him. Shortly after we separated, I shed my California tan for a Portland umbrella, and my kids & I share our pad with my new beau, his Rottweiler, and our 2 cats. I love dancing, shooting excellent tequila, camp, hot tubbing, more dancing, movies, and did I mention dancing? My daughter and I like to be couch potatoes on Sundays, catching up on all of the reality TV shows we DVR. My boyfriend and I hit up the karaoke every week. It's one of my moments to be famous. LOL. And here we are! Jeremy Henrickson   Quizmaster Extraordinaire
I previously worked in the hustle and bustle of a newspaper called The Argus. Now, I am living happily in Beaverton with my cat, who demands most of my free time. When I do get a moment, I am always up to things of a notorious nature with my buddies over in Portland. It never ceases to provide new and interesting ways to get into trouble. The good kind of trouble - not the Big Trouble you'd sometimes find in Little China. With Kurt Russell. John Patrick Pullen   Quizmaster Extraordinaire
However, since he spends his days working as a freelance writer, people mostly ask him to write and edit various things. Once upon a time, he edited the third best inflight magazine in the country. He has also worked on the world's most colorful direct marketing industry trade publication, a women's website where he - using an assumed name - gave brides-to-be advice based on his very limited experience of being (and staying) married just once, as well as several travel magazines for places he's scarcely been. David Sedaris has called him "very nice," and Ira Glass once left him a voicemail message. And yet while none of these things qualify him to be a Quizmaster, his adroit manner with the English language, comfort with public speaking in general, years of experience as a pub trivia player, and crackerjack ability to recite lyrics of 1980s sit-com theme songs somehow make him perfect for the job. Oh yeah, and he was a Resident Advisor in college, so he knows how to handle pain-in-the-ass drunks. Pat Moran   Quizmaster Extraordinaire
Well, a lot of things actually. He is a Seattle native who emigrated down the I-5 corridor to go to school at the University of Portland where he earned a degree in Acting. He also earned a degree in how to accrue hilariously large, almost Scrooge McDuck-ian heaps of student loans but that is neither here nor there. In addition to a career as a local actor, Pat is a writer for a few decently respected magazines and is hard at work developing the proverbial "somewhat great sort of American novella". He also saves his pennies to travel to places that remind people of different stomach viruses, such as Kathmandu, Bangkok and Spokane. He likes reminding people to drive the speed limit, trying to learn how to cook more than canned food, listening to too much NPR and being outdoors while saying things like "why don't we do this more often?" and "Hey cool! A Bear! Let's get closer!". He also is aware that his last name is similar to "Moron" but considers it a term of endearment and a low set of expectations. Tony Fernandez   Quizmaster Extraordinaire
I do actually have a bachelor degree in film from the University of Texas at Austin (HOOK'EM HORNS!!!). Growing up in Texas, you don't really get a good feel for how people act everywhere else in the world or even the U.S. Texans are oblivious and generally don't care what happens outside of Texas (because we're awesome). So I took a job with a production company here in Portland. What did I do there you ask? Well a bit of camera work here and there, but you may recognize some of my work online. Have you ever used Google Street View? Ya, I did that. I am probably one of the few people in the world who has driven every drivable street in Manhattan. I lived all over the U.S. filming cities, and when I was done I came back here to do some commercial work. The most interesting production I was on? Well, how about filming BASE (Building, Antenna, Span, Earth) jumpers in Kuala Lumpur leaping off the KL Tower in 'wing suits' then parachuting into the rooftop pool of our adjacent hotel? Interesting enough for you? I thought so. I continue my pursuits in film here working as a host/videographer/editor/executive producer/director for a show called "Pirate Satellite TV". Cool local stuff. The more work I did in front of the camera, the more I realized...I NEED TO HOLD A MICROPHONE!! Love of trivia (and attention) brought me here. John Broetje   Quizmaster Extraordinaire
He earned his BA after a grueling five years, in between skipping classes he found out that sitting on the corner of the road playing "you honk we drink" was much more educational than any class. Please if you see John walking on the side of the street, stop him, say "hello", share some useless information with him and perhaps you'll hear him "howl" in return... Kevin Parks   Quizmaster Apprentice
Kevin has taken his revelry from place to place over the years--from humble beginnings in Kansas City, he spent four years accidentally finishing college in Lawrence before leaving the center of the country (a "fly over" state, to the snobbier Coasties) for larger pastures ...of Wisconsin. He has spent a solid month with both Michelangelo's David and Rodin's Thinker, and once unwittingly awoke in the middle of the Adriatic Sea. He's rested his head amongst the dusty aisles in Paris' Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore, and nearly been scared to death while off-roading through the landmine-ridden mountains of Afghanistan. He's also traveled to every state in the country--except Arizona and Alaska. (He had tried to do it in reverse alphabetical order, but got confused and lost track of his priorities after hanging out a bit too long in the French Quarter. Next he knew he was stranded on Dauphin Island. Unnecessary life goal ruined.) Kevin's always been a contrarian, so he moved to Portland just to spite the locals (and shop at Powell's). Don't worry, though: he's just as over-educated and under-paid as all of you (and NOT! from California). But he does clean up nicely, and has lately been spotted in SE sporting neither long hair, nor a beard. So he's got that going for him, which is nice. Carlson Muss   Quizmaster Apprentice
Muss is currently a full time student at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Studying video, he plans of making revolutionary music video's for you (if you're a musician of sorts, or a receptive audience of musicians of sorts). Friend him at www.facebook.com/muss1 and he'll keep you posted on the latest, funnest most happening place to be on a given night! |
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