Geeks Who Drink Leads the Pub Trivia Nerd Pack

It was 10:45 pm, and the sixth annual Geek Bowl went to overtime. A hundred and fifty teams from around the US had trekked to Texas and paid to battle it out in the Austin Music Hall early this year. By the end, two master trivia squads—the locals of Team Dong, and Independence Hall and Oates from Philadelphia—were tied, vying for the $5,000 grand prize. The grueling contest featured questions that merged the brainy and the profane in a way that you'd never see on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. (For instance, you need a deep familiarity with both Italian architecture and gross Web memes to arrive at the answer to one question: "two girls, one cupola.") And as the teams headed into the final bonus round, the 1,000-plus people in attendance were almost sober enough to care.

Source: http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/06/st_geekbowl/

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