The Taking and Taking Edition of the de Vere’s Irish Pub Pub Quiz Newsletter

December 12, 2011

  Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,               Winter is upon us, and that means that we should all get look forward to a vacation, or at least a break. Many Americans are such accomplished consumers that they have taken on shopping as a second job, and our economy is picking up pace because [...]

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The Scrooge vs. Grinch Edition of the de Vere’s Irish Pub Pub Quiz Newsletter

December 5, 2011

Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,               Welcome to December! As I marched with my family in the candlelit parade through downtown Davis last Thursday, and the subsequent visit to The Varsity Theatre for the free showing of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, I thought of London, and the London wintertimes I spent in [...]

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The Augustus Gloop Edition of the de Vere’s Irish Pub Pub Quiz Newsletter

November 28, 2011

Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,   It’s always exciting for a Quizmaster to walk into an Irish Pub full of anticipation and trivia wonks, as happened for the first time in Davis last Monday. It must be like attending a TED Conference, only with Guinness. Every time I visit de Vere’s, and I seem [...]

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The Debut at de Vere’s Irish Pub for the new Pub Quiz!

November 22, 2011

Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,               I am so pleased to remind you that tonight marks the RELAUNCH of the Pub Quiz! This evening at de Vere’s Irish Pub, starting right at 7pm, I will be ringing the bell (a new bell – wait until you hear it) for a new iteration of [...]

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Thoughts from Previous Pub Quiz Participants

September 28, 2011

Below you will find some of the kind words shared with Your Quizmaster at the conclusion of the last stage of the previous iteration of the Pub Quiz. I hope you will join us at the de Vere’s Pub Quiz to see why everyone was making such a fuss. Putting my Quizmasterly snark aside for [...]

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The Farewell Edition of the Pub Quiz Newsletter

September 27, 2011

Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,             If you don’t know already from having read recent articles in the Davis Enterprise (subscription) and the California Aggie, our Pub Quiz has been cancelled. As I found out this past Friday evening, tonight’s Pub Quiz will be my last. I’ve so enjoyed working with the managers and staff, [...]

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The Smiling Mandelaris Edition of the Pub Quiz Newsletter

September 20, 2011

  Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,               As a child, I did not relish my trips to the dentist. Ironically, my dentist (at the Bethesda Medical Building) was Dr. Broring, a name I found to be appropriate because “Broring” was the sound his drill made while he was eagerly boring into my teeth. [...]

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The Chawbacons Beware Edition of the Pub Quiz Newsletter

September 13, 2011

Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,             “Education is the best provision for old age,” said Aristotle, who lived into his early 60s. Did he mean that thinking people live longer, or that the elderly will have more to reflect upon if they can look back on a life full of rich learning experiences? According [...]

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The Eye-Popping Labor Day Edition of the Pub Quiz Newsletter

September 5, 2011

Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz, 19 years ago this Labor Day, most of my closest friends and family joined my bride Kate and me in Hinsdale, Illinois, to watch us tie the knot, as they say. As a result, this holiday is always a joyful time for us, as well as a time when [...]

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The Cutting for Stone Edition of the Pub Quiz Newsletter

August 30, 2011

Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,               If you join enough book groups, it’s almost like attending graduate school. At least that’s what my wife Kate is discovering as she keeps up with the reading for her various book groups made up of Davis moms (and in one group, moms and daughters). They’ve read [...]

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