I’ve always considered myself a bit of a geek. Music geek, language geek, movie geek, book geek…the list goes on and on. But on Wednesday night (at The Catamount) at Geeks Who Drink, I got schooled. Seriously schooled. My years of Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble and graduate school did nothing to help.

Pulled from the house by SFR editor Julia Goldberg’s guest trivia-mistress spot I rolled up late (things kick off at 8:00*, I got there at 9) and found myself in the midst of a political trivia session. Actually, I did pretty well with Goldberg’s questions, but I think working at the paper for five years was a bit of a help, sneaking an answer to D-Listed even though I wasn’t “officially” on the team.

The next two rounds however, no dice. Round 6, Random Science Knowledge–which Geeks Who Drinks host Alex DeVore describes quite nicely on his Geeks Who Drinks blog (about halfway down the page, under the picture of the guy in the Carnegie Mellon hoodie)–was damn near impossible. These weren’t the kind of questions that I thought, “If only I’d paid more attention in eighth grade science class…” these guys stumped the Chemistry PhD who sat next to me.

“OK,” I thought, “science isn’t for me.” But Round 7 was no better. DeVore played movie clip sound files from his computer and I got exactly one right off the bat, Doubt (great flick by the way, check it out). Even the “easy” ones (Dark Knight Returns, Wall-E), movies I’ve seen, I couldn’t place.

Admittedly, this little blow to the ego was too much, and I split for the punk rock tunes of DJ Hardcorn (who rocked a sweet Minor Threat shirt by the way) at The Madator.

Will I geek out again? Probably, but first I’ve got some studying to do!

*Update: I originally said things kick off at 8:30 and now find out it starts at 8:00. No wonder I felt like I was walked into something that was already in full swing. (Also, totally stole Slate’s design for fixing errors. Nice.)

Geeks Who Drink is an organization that hosts pub quizzes in New Mexico, Texas and Colorado. Here in Santa Fe, they host an event every Wednesday, at 8 pm, at the Catamount. When Geeks rolled out its Santa Fe night, John Dicker (who is the organizer, and who I know for a variety of other reasons), told me they’d be having celebrity quiz masters to give the quiz a local flavor.
This week, Geeks Who Drink introduces its first celebrity quiz master. Reader, I am that Geek.
I am wicked ready to stump you, so come on out. I am only hosting one round and John tells me my questions seem hard. That’s really all I know, but below is the ad for the event. See you there?

THIS WEDNESDAY at 8PM

Geeks Who Drink pub quiz at…
Catamount Bar & Grille:
125 E. Water Street, Santa Fe

Featuring The Reporter’s very own Editor: Julia Goldberg as Celebrity Guest Quizmaster!

Does it cost anything to play? Nope, it’s free.

Do you need to sign up beforehand? No, that’s silly.

Uh…what exactly is it?

The pub quiz (kinda like trivia night, but better, smarter and wildly superior in every possible way) consists of eight rounds of eight questions and is played in teams of up to six people. Questions are read aloud by the quizmaster; teams write their answers on provided answer sheets and turn them in at the end of each round.

Geeks Who Drink quizzes are unique in that they include two rounds of music questions – like name that tune, but with an edge. Examples: Country Music that Doesn’t Suck, Pop Songs Butchered by David Hasslehoff…

What do you win?

Bar cash and prizes ranging from this to that. And of course, the winning team gets their photo on the blog at www.geekswhodrink.com

Wednesdays @ 8pm
Geeks Who Drink pub quiz at…
Catamount Bar & Grille:
125 E. Water Street, Santa Fe